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Location: Norway | Trondheim
Speaking Topics: DNS | domain | domain policy | linux | linuxchix | system administration | Unix | women in open source | Women in IT

I work as a system administrator for Norid, the .no domain registry. I have previously worked as a system administrator for a university and a consulting company for 8 year, before that I worked part-time while studying.
I have a MS degree in Informatics, my thesis was about Women in Open Source.

My professional interests include DNS and name server infrastructure, Linux, Unix and system administration. I also have an interest in women in open source and in IT in general, and has worked to increase the number for female applicants and students while I was at university.

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Location: CA | San Francisco Bay Area | San Jose | USA
Speaking Topics: astronomy | Contributing to Free Software | Digital Photography | firefox | gimp | GNU/Linux | linuxchix
Spoken Languages: English

Akkana Peck is a freelance software engineer and writer based in San Jose, CA, USA. She specializes in free open source software such as Linux, Mozilla Firefox and GIMP. She was a longtime Mozilla developer and has contributed to numerous other open source projects. She also writes for Linux Planet, is active in educational groups such as LinuxChix, and is the author of the book "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional."