Open Source World has been scheduled to take place February 9-12, 2021 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, A partial agenda is available online.
From the Open Source World website:
On October 2, 2020, OpenAFS announced the development release of OpenAFS 1.9.0 for UNIX/Linux. According to the article, "OpenAFS 1.9.0 is the first in a series of OpenAFS development releases intended to facilitate testing of new features."
From the OpenAFS website: