Announcing more #live speakers

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+author: bigpresh
+date: 2017-08-25 23:15:00+00:00
+slug: freenode-live-more-speakers
+title: freenode #live - even more confirmed speakers
+category: community
+category: general
+category: freenode
+---
+
+Yesterday, we [announced more confirmed speakers](/news/freenode-live-speakers)
+for the [freenode #live conference](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17)
+taking place at the At-Bristol Science Centre in Bristol, UK on 28-29th October 
+this year.
+
+Today we are happy to announce more speakers:
+
+- Chris Lamb - Currently the Debian Project Leader, Chris is a freelance computer
+  programmer, author of dozens of free projects, and contributor to 100s of
+  others. Chris has spoken at numerous conferences, including LinuxCon China,
+  HKOSCon,linux.conf.au, DjangoCon Europe, OSCAL, multiple DebConf's, Software
+  Freedom Kosovo, foss-north & FOSS'ASIA.
+- Philipp Krenn - part of the infrastructure team and a Developer Advocate at
+  Elastic, spreading the love and knowledge of full-text search, analytics, and
+  real-time data. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetups about all
+  things search & analytics, databases, cloud computing, and devops.
+- Oliver Gorwits - Oliver has a background in computer networks and is a senior
+  IT manager at a major weather forecasting centre in the UK. For over 20 years
+  he's worked with software as a hobby and contributed to open source, mainly in
+  Perl, and now leads the Netdisco project.
+
+# Still more to come
+
+With still more speakers to be announced soon, keep your eyes out for more
+announcements coming soon - and get your ticket now to secure your place!
+
+
+# Get your tickets now!
+
+Want to watch these talented speakers? Get your 
+[tickets](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17/tickets) now to ensure you
+have the chance to experience these and the other speakers and workshops to be
+announced soon!
+
+# Exhibit your project or sponsor the event
+
+If you represent a FOSS project and would like to exhibit, please contact us -
+FOSS projects exhibit for free, and it's a great way to meet your current users
+and attract others!
+
+Corporate sponsors are very much welcomed also, with a variety of sponsorship 
+packages available providing different exposure levels to a FOSS-centered, 
+technical audience - get a warm fuzzy feeling by supporting the community
+which most likely contributed in no small way to the success of your business!
+
+For any questions, please feel free to email us - 2017-team@freenode.live - or
+join us in #live on freenode!
+
+We look forward to seeing you there.