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+author: bigpresh
+date: 2017-08-23 22:00:00+00:00
+slug: freenode-live-speakers
+title: freenode #live - more confirmed speakers
+category: community
+category: general
+category: freenode
+---
+
+The freenode #live team are excited to announce more confirmed speakers
+for the freenode #live conference taking place at the At-Bristol Science Centre
+in Bristol, UK on 28-29th October this year, with plenty more still to be
+announced.
+
+Of the variety of speakers, talks and workshops we've had submitted, we're
+pleased to announce the following confirmed lineup:
+
+### Keynote speakers
+
+- Deb Nicholson (Community Outreach Director for the Open Invention Network,
+  winner of several awards including the O'Reilly Open Source Award)
+- Karen Sandler (Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy, former
+  executive director of the GNOME Foundation)
+- Matthew Garrett (technologist, programmer, and free software activist - a 
+  major contributor to various projects including Linux, GNOME, Debian, Ubuntu
+  and Red Hat.  He is a recipient of the Free Software Award from the Free 
+  Software Foundation for his work on Secure Boot, UEFI, and the Linux kernel.
+
+### Confirmed talks
+
+- James Wheare (founder of IRCCloud)
+- Christopher Baines (Debian packager, OSM contributor)
+- Kaspar Emanuel (freelance electronic design engineer and software
+  developer working on projects ranging from musical instruments to robots to
+  Braille displays)
+- Nathan Handler (freenode staff member, Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux
+  Developer, Site Reliability Engineer at Yelp)
+- Errietta Kostala (Perl developer at FairFX London, keen open source
+  contributor including Mozilla)
+- Maxigas (postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and a
+  fellow at Central European University)
+- Michael Walker (working on a Ph.D, open source contributor, started Arch Hurd
+  distribution, author of Déjà Fu Haskell concurrent testing library)
+
+## More to come...
+
+Another 12+ talks yet to be confirmed will be announced soon, plus workshops on
+various topics.
+
+
+# Get your tickets now!
+
+Want to watch these talks and/or take part in these workshops?  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.