---
author: bigpresh
date: 2017-08-25 23:15:00+00:00
slug: freenode-live-more-speakers
title: freenode #live - even more confirmed speakers
category: community
category: general
category: freenode
---

Yesterday, we [announced more confirmed speakers](/news/freenode-live-speakers)
for the [freenode #live conference](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17)
taking place at the At-Bristol Science Centre in Bristol, UK on 28-29th October 
this year.

Today we are happy to announce more speakers:

- Chris Lamb - Currently the Debian Project Leader, Chris is a freelance computer
  programmer, author of dozens of free projects, and contributor to hundreds of
  others. Chris has spoken at numerous conferences, including LinuxCon China,
  HKOSCon, linux.conf.au, DjangoCon Europe, OSCAL, multiple DebConfs, Software
  Freedom Kosovo, foss-north & FOSS'ASIA.
- Philipp Krenn - part of the infrastructure team and a Developer Advocate at
  Elastic, spreading the love and knowledge of full-text search, analytics, and
  real-time data. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetups about all
  things search & analytics, databases, cloud computing, and devops.
- Oliver Gorwits - Oliver has a background in computer networks and is a senior
  IT manager at a major weather forecasting centre in the UK. For over 20 years
  he's worked with software as a hobby and contributed to open source, mainly in
  Perl, and now leads the Netdisco project.

# Still more to come

With still more speakers to be announced soon, keep your eyes out for more
announcements coming soon - and get your ticket now to secure your place!


# Get your tickets now!

Want to watch these talented speakers? Get your 
[tickets](https://freenode.live/conference/fn-live17/tickets) now to ensure you
have the chance to experience these and the other speakers and workshops to be
announced soon!

# Exhibit your project or sponsor the event

If you represent a FOSS project and would like to exhibit, please contact us -
FOSS projects exhibit for free, and it's a great way to meet your current users
and attract others!

Corporate sponsors are very much welcomed also, with a variety of sponsorship 
packages available providing different exposure levels to a FOSS-centered, 
technical audience - get a warm fuzzy feeling by supporting the community
which most likely contributed in no small way to the success of your business!

For any questions, please feel free to email us - 2017-team@freenode.live - or
join us in #live on freenode!

We look forward to seeing you there.
