content/news/2017-08-25-more-live-speakers.md

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   2 author: bigpresh
   3 date: 2017-08-25 23:15:00+00:00
   4 slug: freenode-live-more-speakers
   5 title: freenode #live - even more confirmed speakers
   6 category: community
   7 category: general
   8 category: freenode
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  10
  11 Yesterday, we [announced more confirmed speakers](/news/freenode-live-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.
  15
  16 Today we are happy to announce more speakers:
  17
  18 - Chris Lamb - Currently the Debian Project Leader, Chris is a freelance computer
  19   programmer, author of dozens of free projects, and contributor to hundreds of
  20   others. Chris has spoken at numerous conferences, including LinuxCon China,
  21   HKOSCon, linux.conf.au, DjangoCon Europe, OSCAL, multiple DebConfs, Software
  22   Freedom Kosovo, foss-north & FOSS'ASIA.
  23 - Philipp Krenn - part of the infrastructure team and a Developer Advocate at
  24   Elastic, spreading the love and knowledge of full-text search, analytics, and
  25   real-time data. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetups about all
  26   things search & analytics, databases, cloud computing, and devops.
  27 - Oliver Gorwits - Oliver has a background in computer networks and is a senior
  28   IT manager at a major weather forecasting centre in the UK. For over 20 years
  29   he's worked with software as a hobby and contributed to open source, mainly in
  30   Perl, and now leads the Netdisco project.
  31
  32 # Still more to come
  33
  34 With still more speakers to be announced soon, keep your eyes out for more
  35 announcements coming soon - and get your ticket now to secure your place!
  36
  37
  38 # Get your tickets now!
  39
  40 Want to watch these talented speakers? Get your
  41 [tickets](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17/tickets) now to ensure you
  42 have the chance to experience these and the other speakers and workshops to be
  43 announced soon!
  44
  45 # Exhibit your project or sponsor the event
  46
  47 If you represent a FOSS project and would like to exhibit, please contact us -
  48 FOSS projects exhibit for free, and it's a great way to meet your current users
  49 and attract others!
  50
  51 Corporate sponsors are very much welcomed also, with a variety of sponsorship
  52 packages available providing different exposure levels to a FOSS-centered,
  53 technical audience - get a warm fuzzy feeling by supporting the community
  54 which most likely contributed in no small way to the success of your business!
  55
  56 For any questions, please feel free to email us - 2017-team@freenode.live - or
  57 join us in #live on freenode!
  58
  59 We look forward to seeing you there.