Linux.conf.au 2009 Hobart Conference Announces Keynote Speakers
Oct 8th, 16:15 UTC
The Linux.conf.au 2009 organising team today announced the three keynote speakers that will be presenting at next year's Linux.conf.au.
"We expect this mix of keynotes will be the perfect entree into each day of the conference," said LCA09 organiser, Ben Powell. "Every LCA so far has had great keynotes, and Tasmania '09 is no different."
The speakers are: internationally recognised author, speaker and systems administrator, Tom Limoncelli; co-founder of Wikia and Chair of the Wikimedia Fundation Advisory Board, Angela Beesely; and Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, Simon Phipps.
The keynote speakers will be presenting the opening talks on each day of the main conference, before delegates disperse to enjoy the wide selection of presentations available. "We chose keynotes who will have wide appeal to all attending, and we expect delegates will leave these sessions feeling inspired," said Mr. Powell. "We hoped to set the tone of the conference by our keynotes, and with our keynote lineup now finalised, we feel we've achieved that goal. We are delighted to have Tom, Angela, and Simon involved."
Linux.conf.au, the National Linux Conference, will be held January 19-24 in Hobart at the University of Tasmania. More information about linux.conf.au can be found at http://www.linux.conf.au.
About Linux.conf.au
The internationally recognised conference started in Melbourne back in 1999, with CALU: Conference of Australian Linux Users, held at Monash University over 3 days in July 1999.
Renamed to linux.conf.au in 2001 it has grown to become one of the world's best technical Linux conferences.
It continues to be run by community volunteers for the community volunteers that have made Linux and Free and Open Source Software the phenomenon it is today.
More information can be found at the conference webpage at http://www.linux.conf.au
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If you would like more information or to schedule an interview please contact:
Ben Powell
+61 432 996 932
or email: media at marchsouth dot org
(Submitted by Ben Powell of LCA09)
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