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2 | author: bigpresh | |
3 | date: 2017-08-23 22:00:00+00:00 | |
4 | slug: freenode-live-speakers | |
5 | title: freenode #live - more confirmed speakers | |
6 | category: community | |
7 | category: general | |
8 | category: freenode | |
9 | --- | |
10 | ||
11 | The freenode #live team are excited to announce more confirmed speakers | |
12 | for the [freenode #live conference](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17) | |
13 | taking place at the At-Bristol Science Centre in Bristol, UK on 28-29th October | |
14 | this year, with plenty more still to be announced. | |
15 | ||
16 | Of the variety of speakers, talks and workshops we've had submitted, we're | |
17 | pleased to announce the following confirmed lineup: | |
18 | ||
19 | ### Keynote speakers | |
20 | ||
21 | - Deb Nicholson (Community Outreach Director for the Open Invention Network, | |
22 | winner of several awards including the O'Reilly Open Source Award) | |
23 | - Karen Sandler (Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy, former | |
24 | executive director of the GNOME Foundation) | |
25 | - Matthew Garrett (technologist, programmer, and free software activist - a | |
26 | major contributor to various projects including Linux, GNOME, Debian, Ubuntu | |
27 | and Red Hat. He is a recipient of the Free Software Award from the Free | |
28 | Software Foundation for his work on Secure Boot, UEFI, and the Linux kernel. | |
29 | ||
30 | ### Confirmed talks | |
31 | ||
32 | - James Wheare (founder of IRCCloud) | |
33 | - Christopher Baines (Debian packager, OSM contributor) | |
34 | - Kaspar Emanuel (freelance electronic design engineer and software | |
35 | developer working on projects ranging from musical instruments to robots to | |
36 | Braille displays) | |
37 | - Nathan Handler (freenode staff member, Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux | |
38 | Developer, Site Reliability Engineer at Yelp) | |
39 | - Errietta Kostala (Perl developer at FairFX London, keen open source | |
40 | contributor including Mozilla) | |
41 | - Maxigas (postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and a | |
42 | fellow at Central European University) | |
43 | - Michael Walker (working on a Ph.D, open source contributor, started Arch Hurd | |
44 | distribution, author of Déjà Fu Haskell concurrent testing library) | |
45 | ||
46 | ## More to come... | |
47 | ||
48 | Another 12+ talks yet to be confirmed will be announced soon, plus workshops on | |
49 | various topics. | |
50 | ||
51 | ||
52 | # Get your tickets now! | |
53 | ||
54 | Want to watch these talks and/or take part in these workshops? Get your | |
55 | [tickets](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17/tickets) now to ensure you | |
56 | have the chance to experience these and the other speakers and workshops to be | |
57 | announced soon! | |
58 | ||
59 | # Exhibit your project or sponsor the event | |
60 | ||
61 | If you represent a FOSS project and would like to exhibit, please contact us - | |
62 | FOSS projects exhibit for free, and it's a great way to meet your current users | |
63 | and attract others! | |
64 | ||
65 | Corporate sponsors are very much welcomed also, with a variety of sponsorship | |
66 | packages available providing different exposure levels to a FOSS-centered, | |
67 | technical audience - get a warm fuzzy feeling by supporting the community | |
68 | which most likely contributed in no small way to the success of your business! | |
69 | ||
70 | For any questions, please feel free to email us - 2017-team@freenode.live - or | |
71 | join us in #live on freenode! | |
72 | ||
73 | We look forward to seeing you there. |