User:Lbyrd1984/SouthEast LinuxFest

SouthEast LinuxFest
The inaugural SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) was held in Clemson, SC at Clemson Unversity's Hendrix student center on June 13, 2009. Plans for the second annual fest are currently being developed.

Mission Statement
The SouthEast LinuxFest, as outlined at the fest web site here, is an event to bring together the community of anyone who wants to learn more about Linux and Free & Open Source software. The main goals are to provide an educational conference, an opportunity for social gathering, a place for organizations and companies to promote their ideas and products and provide a vehicle to facilitate communications between attendees with all skill levels to share tips and ideas. A place to have fun and to bring a Linux centric event to the Southeast region once again!

2009 Speakers
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, (Opening KEYNOTE) OpenSuse

Paul Frields, (Closing KEYNOTE) Fedora Project

Russell Bryant, Digium

Greg DeKoenigsberg, Red Hat

Chris DiBona, Google

Ian Geiser, The KDE Project

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, The Linux Games Industry

Pete Graner, Canonical/Ubuntu

Brian Leonard, Sun Microsystems

Wendy Seltzer, EFF

Mark Spencer, Digium

Robby Workman, Slackware

Alan Hicks, Slackware

Richard Weait, OpenStreetMap

Michelle and Michael Hall, QuinnCo / Qimo

Keith Bergelt, Open Invention Network

Clint Savage, Fedora Project

Semmy PurewalComputer Science Department, College of Charleston

D. Richard Hipp, SQLite

Chad Wollenberg, Linux Basement