Kirrily Robert

Location: USA | San Francisco | California
Speaking Topics: open source | open data | Creative Commons | wikis | web2.0 | geek culture | perl
Spoken Languages: English

Previous Presentations: 
O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2008 - "People for Geeks" (Tutorial)
OSDC 2007 - Test Driven Development (Tutorial)

Lorelei Brown

Location: USA | Washington | DC
Speaking Topics: information architecture | Internet Strategy | content management | Content Strategy | usability | Associations
Spoken Languages: English

Cindy Palmer

Location: USA | CA | Irvine
Speaking Topics: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
Spoken Languages: English

Mel Chua

Location: USA | Chicago
Speaking Topics: olpc | education | engineering | electronics | embedded development | olin | user groups | grassroots | unconferences | hackathons
Spoken Languages: English

what: hacker, teacher, ECE, coder, intermittent journalist/writer/artist, purveyor of randomosity

note: I learn by documenting. For some reason, this makes fellow hackers really happy.

Previous Presentations: 
Linuxfest Northwest 2008, Bellingham WA, USA - One Laptop Per Child track (multiple presentations on software development for the XO stack)
OLPC Chicago meetup, Google Chicago January 2008 - organizer and facilitator
OLPC Game Jam, Boston MA 2007 - coordinator and open space facilitator

Christa Casebeer

Location: USA | Missouri
Speaking Topics: linux | VMware | LAMP | systems administration | podcasting | WordPress | blogging
Spoken Languages: English

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I enjoy sharing my knowledge and empowering people with technology. I have been a systems administrator for 12 years, worked in web design for 10 years, and have presented technical courses for a wide variety of topics to age groups from children to seniors.
In 2007, I branched off the 8 year old http://linuxchic.net website by starting the weekly tech show, http://alternageek.com which focuses on a broad range of technology subjects.
Topics I prefer include WordPress, LAMP, Linux, systems administration, VMware virtualization, podcasting, and blogging.

Previous Presentations: 
Podcamp MidWest 2008: Introductory and Advanced WordPress
Ongoing courses at local Community Colleges

Sara "Scout" Sinclair

Location: USA | New England
Speaking Topics: computer security | enterprise security | phishing | insider threat | authentication | authorization | human factors | usability | iPhone development | women in technology | education
Spoken Languages: French | English

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Sara "Scout" Sinclair is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Dartmouth College. Her research interests include access control and the human factors (both business- and usability-oriented) that constrain or drive authorization systems.

More generally, her work includes a number of projects at the intersection of human systems and secure computer systems, including those involving insider threat, enterprise computer security, phishing, and iPhone application development. Her other professional interests include operating systems, discrete math, and computer science education.

Previous Presentations: 
Attacking and Defending Networked Embedded Devices (WESS 2007)
Analog Components of Secure Distributed Authentication Systems (CCS CSAW, 2007)
PorKI: Making PKI Portable in Enterprise Environments (USENIX Security WIP, 2005)

Marianne Sweeny

Location: USA | Washington | seattle
Speaking Topics: search | information architecture | SEO | SEM | web analytics
Spoken Languages: English

Livia Labate

Location: Philadelphia | USA | PA
Speaking Topics: Career Development | Corporate Culture | IA | information architecture | interface design | Managing Teams | Online Strategy | Practice Development | Recruiting | UI | User experience | UX
Spoken Languages: English | Portuguese

Laura Raderman

Location: USA | Washington | DC
Speaking Topics: Digital Identities | Network Security | PKI | UNIX Security
Spoken Languages: English

Laura's speaking skills bring together several topics surrounding security. Her specializations are network and UNIX security. She is also active in PKI development and management, like how to actually use those certificates you spent so much for.

Laura comes from a UNIX system administrator background, with fluency in OS X, FreeBSD, Linux (Debian and RedHat/Fedora), Solaris, and even some HP-UX and AIX thrown in.

Lately, she's been managing groups of security professionals for such tasks as defining requirements, developing secure code, and penetration testing.

Previous Presentations: 
Client Technical Training

Jennifer Deseo

Location: USA | Washington DC
Speaking Topics: online journalism | hyperlocal news | blogging | Web 2.0 | writing for the web | multimedia
Spoken Languages: English

Previous Presentations: 
"The Internet and Your Small Business"