GNOME Foundation announces GUADEC Keynote speakers
The GNOME conference, GUADEC 2021, will take place July 21-25 online. "
Our keynote speakers for this year are Hong Phuc Dang and Shauna Gordon-McKeon. Hong Phuc Dang chairs the annual FOSSASIA Summit and organizes Open Tech Summits in countries from Vietnam, India, China, and Sri Lanka, to Germany. She is the board member of the Open Source Business Alliance Europe and also serves as Vice President of the Open Source Initiative. Shauna Gordon-McKeon is a writer, programmer and community organizer who focuses on the intersection of technology and governance. She co-organizes the Washington DC chapter of the Tech Workers Coalition. She serves on the board of Tech Inquiry and is an advisor to Metagov."
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| Subject: | IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GNOME Foundation announces GUADEC Keynote speakers | |
| Date: | Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:22:10 -0000 | |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caroline Henriksen Email: guadec@gnome.org * REGISTRATION FOR GUADEC 2021 OPEN The GNOME Foundation announces keynote speakers and registration for their largest annual conference. * (Orinda, CA, APRIL 12, 2021) — The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that GUADEC 2021 will take place July 21–25. This year’s conference will be held online and last five days. The first two days of the conference, July 21 - 22, will be dedicated to presentations. The 23 - 24 will be Birds of a Feather sessions and workshops, and the last day will be for social activities. The GUADEC 2021 theme is “Future-Proofing FOSS”. GNOME is always anticipating the future and looking to innovate and build better for whatever the future may hold, whether it’s with events, technologies, or ways to empower users and integrate free and open source software into our lives. Keynote Speakers Our keynote speakers for this year are Hong Phuc Dang and Shauna Gordon-McKeon. Hong Phuc Dang chairs the annual None [2] FOSSASIA Summit and organizes Open Tech Summits in countries from Vietnam, India, China, and Sri Lanka, to Germany. She is the board member of the None [3] Open Source Business Alliance Europe and also serves as Vice President of the None [4] Open Source Initiative . Shauna Gordon-McKeon is a writer, programmer and community organizer who focuses on the intersection of technology and governance. She co-organizes the Washington DC chapter of the None [5] Tech Workers Coalition . She serves on the board of None [6] Tech Inquiry and is an advisor to None [7] Metagov . * For more information on both speakers see None [8] https://events.gnome.org/event/9/page/88-keynote-speakers . Event Registration Registration for GUADEC 2021 is now open. Attendees can let us know they plan to attend this online event by filling out a short registration form online at None [9] https://events.gnome.org/event/9/registrations/34/ . GUADEC is made possible by our generous sponsors. Learn more at None [10] https://events.gnome.org/event/9/page/29-sponsors * About the GNOME Foundation The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization that believes in a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust. We do this by building a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem. Learn more at None [11] www.foundation.gnome.org . About GUADEC GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters together for a week of talks and workshops. [1] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/C8x/m/1842 [2] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/F1u/m/1842 [3] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/aON/m/1842 [4] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/Fmn/m/1842 [5] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/xH5/m/1842 [6] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/Koj/m/1842 [7] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/dtj/m/1842 [8] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/NlM/m/1842 [9] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/qHk/m/1842 [10] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/Cqz/m/1842 [11] http://gnome.lunelerp.com/r/C8x/m/1842