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Here are some people who have been suggested as keynote speakers. #acl All:read
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= More or less Python related =

 * Eric Raymond
 * Jon Udell (InfoWorld)
 * Bram Cohen (BitTorrent)
 * Limi and Runyan (Plone)
 * Someone from Firaxis to talk about and show Python in the Civ IV game
 * Someone like Brendan Eich from Mozilla.org who can talk about plans to
 make Python a first-class scripting language, like Javascript, in the
 Mozilla platform
 * David Ascher
 * timbot
 * effbot
 * MvL or MAL
 * Greg Wilson

= General Tech related =

 * Mark Shuttleworth '''declined'''
 * Mitchell Baker or Asa Dotzler from Mozilla.org
 * Vernor Vinge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge)
 * Sam Ruby
 * Alan Kay
 * Bill Joy
 * Jonathan Corbet of Linux Weekly News

= 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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