2013 Invited Speakers Nominations

Nominations for invited speakers for Code4Lib 2013. Alphabetical order.

Tim Berners-Lee

Active on the Linked Open Data listserv. Also, invented http.

Cory Doctorow

BoingBoing.com, craphound.com. Author of sci-fi, copyright activist, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow

Jeri Ellsworth

All around badass. "Jeri Ellsworth is an American entrepreneur and self-taught computer chip designer." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Ellsworth

Jason Scott

Archivist and filmaker on a mission to archive everything. http://ascii.textfiles.com/speaking

Kam Woods

Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kam is currently developing modified open source digital forensics tools for digital archivists. He works with archivists, librarians, forensics researchers, and other development groups to identify core needs in analyzing and preparing digital content for preservation -- specifically needs that can be addressed using existing high-performance forensic technologies (with a little tweaking). He is also interested in developing datasets and teaching technologies to support education and professional training in digital archiving.

http://digitalcorpora.org/ More info: http://www.digpres.com/