First Annual SouthEast LinuxFest Announces Speaker List

Posted by dsyates on May 27, 2009 2:52 AM EDT
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Triumphant Return of Linux in the GNU/South - June 13th, 2009 The SouthEast Linuxfest is occurring on June 13th at Clemson University. It begins at 9am, and runs till around 6pm, followed by an after party.


The SouthEast Linuxfest is occurring on June 13th at Clemson University.
It begins at 9am, and runs till around 6pm, followed by an after party.

Our list of speakers include:

Chris Dibona - Slashdot co-founder, Current Open Source Czar at Google
Mark Spencer - Original Developer of Gaim (pidgin) and Asterisk,
currently CTO of Digium
Russell Bryant - Asterisk stable package maintainer.
Wendy Seltzer - Former EFF staff attorney, Board member, the Tor
project, Founder, chillingeffects.org
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier - Novell - openSUSE community manager.
Greg DeKoenigsberg - RedHat - community architect, OLPC evangelist,
board member, SugarLabs.org, former Fedora project leader.
Ian Geiser - KDE project
Pete Graner - Canonical - Ubuntu kernel team
Ryan 'Icculus' Gordon - The ENTIRE Linux gaming industry
Brian Leonard - Sun Microsystems - OpenSolaris
Robby Workman - Slackware
Alan Hicks - Slackware
Richard Weait - OpenStreetMap
Michelle & Michael Hall - Qimo
Paul Frields - Fedora Project Leader
Clint Savage - Fedora Project Contributor
Keith Bergelt - CEO - Open Invention Network
Semmy Purewal - Founder Free IT Athens - Assoc. Prof - College of Charleston
D. Richard Hipp - SQLite
Chad Wollenburg - Linux Basement

Yes, you no longer need to travel to Ohio for OLF, or LA for SCaLE to
get good quality Free/Libre Open Source Software education and
entertainment, as it's now being brought back to the southeast.
Moreover unlike some other conferences, you can get into this one for
free.

We also have a great exhibit hall with a nice mix of community
projects and open source companies.

So, you ask, how can I find out more, and register for SELF? Easy,
just go to: http://southeastlinuxfest.org

If you are on the east coast, particularly southern or central, or if you just
want to witness the return of Linux in the GNU/South,
don’t miss the  SouthEast LinuxFest, it is truly going to be a blast.


The SouthEast LinuxFest is a community event for anyone who wants to learn more
about Linux and Free & Open Source software. It is part educational conference,
and part social gathering. Like Linux itself, it is shared with attendees of all skill levels
to communicate tips, ideas, and to benefit all who use Linux/Free and Open Source Software.
LinuxFest is the place to learn, to make new friends, to network with new business partners,
and most importantly, to have fun!

Register today at http://southeastlinuxfest.org/register

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Looking forward to it! darksyde 0 682 Jun 7, 2009 11:34 AM

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