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 * Bram Cohen (BitTorrent)
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 * Eric Raymond - unofficially contacted, is interested.
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= General Tech related =

 * Mark Shuttleworth '''declined'''

 * Vernor Vinge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge)
 * Sam Ruby
 * Alan Kay
 * Bill Joy
 * Jonathan Corbet of Linux Weekly News
 * Ray Kurzweil (http://www.kurzweiltech.com/aboutray.html)
 * Vint Cerf (http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/cerf.html) "The Interplanetary Internet"

Here are some people who have been suggested as keynote speakers.

Top Choices (prioritized)

More or less Python related

  • Someone from Firaxis to talk about and show Python in the Civilization IV game
  • David Ascher
  • Laura Creighton
  • timbot
  • Evelyn Mitchell
  • effbot
  • Gitte Wange
  • MvL
  • MAL
  • Greg Wilson
  • Andy Hertzfeld

Potential topic ideas

  • New/Emerging Opportunities for Python
  • Python's biggest success (BitTorrent?)

  • Python at (a large visible organization, such as Disney, Lucasfilm, NASA)
  • The New New thing: Ruby on Rails
  • Taking Python Mainstream
  • Something really sexy, like scripting a popular game in python (Civilization IV comes to mind, it should be released by then)
  • How to change the world (for the better) with Python

(Judging by the feedback forms, people really do want Python-related keynotes. For example, a number of people thought Mitch Kapor's keynote was interesting but didn't have enough Python content. So I think the Ruby on Rails idea would never fly. --amk)


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