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*The full schedule is now available for Samvera Connect Online!* Samvera Connect 2022 Online is October 24th - 27th, from 11:00 AM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT. Connect offers a great way to learn what’s happening and what’s coming next for the Samvera Community, but also hear about broader topics related to open repositories, research data management, and technology work. Registration <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/samvera-connect-2022-registration-358841513627> is free and easy! *View the conference schedule on Sched* <https://samveraconnect2022.sched.com/> We're excited to announce that *our keynote speaker this year is Michael C. Frank*, the David and Lucile Packard Professor of Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program. His keynote is titled "Using domain-specific data repositories to study children's development with big(ger) data." *New this year: Birds of a Feather conversation groups* Join other conference attendees and a volunteer facilitator for interactive, unconference-style conversation sessions. *We need volunteers to facilitate sessions on hot topics, challenges, or burning questions* you'd like to talk through with others in the open repository ecosystem. Sign up here to facilitate a session <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hP6mPNxEZsSqKfpt7cI3wDDnhtXD-GnVjVDwHf_swWI/edit?usp=sharing>. Anyone in the Community is welcome to facilitate. There is also still time to submit lightning talks <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5RpZ98LNp1IyRxmyK7ZTK0VPutkfL6GGpeHpA8rSpbQhhQQ/viewform?usp=sf_link> and online posters <https://forms.gle/4wGkjGBMAqWU17Hk6> for Connect through September 30th. Details about these talks will be added to the schedule in early October. Your participation makes this a great event each year, so we hope you'll join us in October! Heather, on behalf of the Samvera Connect 2022 Planning Committee ----- Heather Greer Klein (she/her/hers) Samvera Community Manager *Schedule time with me* <https://koalendar.com/events/meet-with-heather-greer-klein> [log in to unmask] https://samvera.org/ Working from Durham, NC (US Eastern Time Zone), on land traditionally cared for by the Shakori and Eno peoples.