Dear Code4Lib members, We are pleased to announce the 2017 Code4Lib Conference keynote speakers!... * Opening keynote speaker, March 7: *Andreas ("Dre") Orphanides. * Dre is the Associate Head of User Experience at NCSU. He is also a long time participating Code4Lib community member. He is one of the co-founders of the beloved Code4Lib workshop, Fail4Lib, which created an inclusive and safe space to talk about project failures and generate constructive conversation around the failures. He's given brilliant and thoughtful talks on user experience and system design. Code4Lib talk Architecture is Politics http://2016.code4lib.org/Architecture-is-politics-the-power-and-the-perils-of-systems-design Fail4Lib http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/03/technology/fail4lib-problematic-projects-generate-constructive-conversation/ How to Nail In-Building Communication Channels https://docs.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/presentation/d/1FTc9QWUKPNCTCbel7puDkqnqy8z-YXfvx2O2tt_e1ek/edit?usp=drive_web * Closing keynote speaker, March 9: *Christina Harlow* Christina is not a consortium of people (I know, I've thought that also). She is a brilliant technologist who works at Cornell University beating data into submission. When she isn't doing that (here's why you've thought her twitter account is a consortium) she is talking about the aforementioned data to likeminded people all while managing to run brilliant conferences. Her ability to describe data munging to "non-natives" is something the entire code4lib community should experience, not just the few who've managed to sit in on her workshops, follow her on Twitter etc., Her generosity has likely impacted many in the code4lib community directly or indirectly. It would also be a chance for her to expand on her Missy Elliot themed talk in Philadelphia. http://christinaharlow.com/ We'd like to thank and appreciate everyone's contribution to this process, from enthusiastically nominating your favorite keynote candidate to effectively voting in the final poll. Special thanks to Christopher Beer for working hard on the Diebold-o-Tron poll platform, and also to Ross singer for helping out. We look forward to an exciting conference next March in Los Angeles! Cheers! Norma -- --- Norma Palomino Doctoral Candidate DPS-IM Student, Cohort #5 School of Information Studies Syracuse University https://ischool.syr.edu/people/directories/view/nepalomi/