With special thanks to Chris Beer for his management of the diebold-o-tron,
the Code4Lib 2016 Keynote Speakers Committee is happy to open this year's
invited speaker election.

All nominees have been contacted and the 22 included in this election are
all potentially available to speak. The top two available vote recipients
will be invited to be our keynote speakers this year. Voting will end in
two weeks on Tuesday, October 13th, 2015.

When rating nominees, please consider whether they are likely to be an
excellent
contributor in each the following areas:

1) **Appropriateness**. Is this speaker likely to convey information that
is useful to many members of our community?
2) **Uniqueness**. Is this speaker likely to cover themes that may not
commonly appear in the rest of the program?
3) **Contribution to diversity**. Will this person bring something
rare, notable,
or unique to our community, through unusual experience or background?

http://vote.code4lib.org/election/38