Below is a summary of keynote speaker suggestions posted to this list to date. A number in parentheses indicates multiple votes. Top choices are Lucia (4), Malamud (3), Hammer (3), Holovaty (2). Folks in the code4libcon google group have made a plea for gender balance. Any further suggestions or comments???? Speaker Suggestions: Aaron Swartz http://www.aaronsw.com/ Abigail Sellen http://research.microsoft.com/~asellen/ Adrian Holovaty (2) http://www.holovaty.com/ Andy Powel http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/people/andypowell/ Carl Malamud (3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Malamud Ian Davis http://iandavis.com/blog/about Jon Orwant http://www.orwant.com/bio/ Joseph Lucia (4) http://library.villanova.edu/About/Director Patrick Ball http://www.hrdag.org/about/patrick_ball.shtml Sebastian Hammer (3) index data Stefano Mazzocchi http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/ Sue Dumais http://research.microsoft.com/~sdumais/ Tim Spalding (note, he will be keynote for LITA) http://www.librarything.com/profile.php?view=timspalding _________ Jean Rainwater Co-Leader, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library 401,863.9031 [log in to unmask]