2026-06-14 –, Sapphire
Mentorship has always been a big part of what makes Fedora special. After a great response last year, we’re bringing back the Mentor–Mentee Lunch at the Fedora Mentor Summit at Flock 2026, with a small tweak. A casual lunch matching session where everyone can meet face-to-face, share stories, swap ideas, and connect over common goals.
Here’s how it works this year:
* Anyone attending Flock can join.
* Participants are grouped based on topic of interest, no pre-signup required.
* Each day features different topics, so people can explore multiple areas across the event.
* Need a conversation starter? We’ll have a few prompts ready to help break the ice.
* Take a group selfie during lunch and you’ll earn a Fedora Badge as a fun keepsake. 🐧
Topics by day:
Day 1 (Sunday, June 14)
* Documentation
* Operations
* Development
* Marketing
Day 2 (Monday, June 15)
* Packaging
* Infrastructure
* Interpersonal Skills
* Events
Day 3 (Tuesday, June 16)
* Artificial Intelligence
* Governance
* Release Engineering
* Design
No formal structure - just good food and good conversation with someone else who cares about growing the Fedora community.
Justin is best known as an Open Source contributor and Free Culture advocate originally from the United States. Justin has participated in numerous Open Source communities and led different initiatives to build sustainable software and communities for over ten years.
In October 2022, Justin joined Red Hat as the fourth Fedora Community Architect (FCA). He works closely between the Fedora Project community and Red Hat to lead initiatives that grow the Fedora user and developer communities. He also helps make Red Hat and Fedora interactions more transparent and open.
Justin is also a contributor to the Fedora Project since 2015. In Fedora, he co-founded the Community Operations Team and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Team. He represented Fedora internationally at events and conferences, including FOSDEM, DevConf CZ, All Things Open, OSCAL, and others.
Infrastructure cat herder and old man yelling at scrapers
Akashdeep began contributing to Fedora Project as the initiative lead of the Fedora Websites & Apps Team, before moving on to developing and maintaining Fedora Infrastructure projects as part of the Red Hat Community Linux Engineering team. He also contributes to Mentor Summit, Join SIG, Badges Revamp, Forgejo Initiative, and is in the Mindshare committee and the Fedora Council.
- Forging Fedora Project’s Future With Forgejo
- Fedora Badges Revamp Project - Design and Development Workshop
- Fedora Council Strategic Proposals
- Mentor Summit: Lunch and Learn
- Mentor Summit: Lunch and Learn
- Fedora’s Contributor Recognition Program
- Fedora Mindshare Townhall Session - From Conferences to Recognition
Born to Open Source, Cornelius has commited to develop both community and software. He currently contributes to Mozilla, Fedora and the Nairobi Linux User Group.
He looks foward to the day when he sees the deep roots of the kernel, and contributes to it