FOSS Backstage 2026

Justin Mclean

Justin Mclean is a highly experienced professional with over 30 years in application development, education, and community work, and he is an active contributor to open source software. Justin is a renowned conference speaker worldwide and currently serves as the Community Manager at Datastrato. He mentors projects at the Apache Software Foundation, serves as VP of the ASF Incubator, and is an ASF board member.


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Datastrato


Session

03-17
16:25
30min
A decade of lessons from ASF Incubator releases
Justin Mclean

Ten years, 1,600 release votes, and a clear lesson: open collaboration works. Discover how Apache Incubator projects turned release reviews from rule-checking into mentoring, and what this decade of data reveals about building healthier open source communities.

Governance & Community
Room Auditorium