[Inpycon] Keynote Speaker Suggestions

[Pradyun Gedam]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:05 AM Pradyun Gedam <pradyunsg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:27 AM Vijay Kumar <vijaykumar at bravegnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > While we wait for the confirmation of the dates, we can start the
> > keynote speaker selection process. For people new to the conference, the
> > keynotes at PyCon India, are inspiring talks from speakers, that leave a
> > lasting impact on the conference attendees. The keynote speakers also
> > help to tip the scales, for people having second thoughts about
> > attending the conference. This increases participation in the conference
> > and enriches the overall experience of the conference.
> >
> > As indicated in the proposal we will be having 4 keynote speakers.
> > Please send in your keynote speaker suggestion, to the mailing list.
> > Please send in one keynote speaker suggestion per mail, containing a
> > brief description about the speaker. If you like a suggestion, use +1
> > style voting to indicate preference for a particular keynote speaker.
> > Once the dates are confirmed, we will ping the keynote speakers in the
> > order of preference.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vijay
>
> I want to suggest Dustin Ingram.
>
> He's a maintainer of PyPI, organizer for the PyTexas conference and a
> member of the Python Packaging Authority. He's given multiple talks
> related to Python and software development in general and would bring
> an interesting perspective IMO.

Another person I'd like to suggest is Thea Flowers.

She's the co-chair of PyCascades 2019 (with Mariatta), the lead
maintainer of urllib3, the lead maintainer of packaging.python.org and
a member of the Python Packaging Authority and Packaging Working
Group.

>
> Best,
> Pradyun
>
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