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On behalf of the Code4Lib 2022 Keynote Committee, I am pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the upcoming conference in May. Thank you to everyone in the community who nominated speakers, voted in the selection process, and to the members of the committee for their work connecting with potential speakers. Crystal Lee --------------- Crystal Lee is a PhD candidate at MIT and a Senior Fellow in Responsible Computer Science at Mozilla. Her work investigates what she calls the "life-cycle of data representations," or the process by which datasets are curated, cleaned, visualized, and circulated. In other words, she works on a wide scope of things: from the history of disability and human-computer interaction to theories about data visualization. This research has been supported by fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the MIT Programs for Digital Humanities. She is also a research affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, where she co-lead the Ethical Tech Working Group. Previously, she has worked as a visiting research scientist at the European Commission and graduated with high honors from Stanford University. Lauren Chambers ------------------------ Lauren Chambers is a Ph.D. student at the UC Berkeley School of Information. Advised by technology law expert Prof. Deirdre Mulligan, she studies the intersection of data, technology, and sociopolitical advocacy. Previously Lauren was the staff technologist at the ACLU of Massachusetts, where she explored government data in order to inform citizens and lawmakers about the effects of legislation and political leadership on our civil liberties. Her projects included tracking the disparate effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations, analyzing policing budgets and practices, and advocating for regulation of government facial surveillance. Lauren received her Bachelor's degree from Yale in 2017, where she double-majored in astrophysics and African American studies. Her undergraduate African American studies thesis, "A Different Kind of Dark Energy: Placing Race and Gender in Physics" examines how physics and astronomy theory and praxis are influenced by race, gender, and identity. After graduating, Lauren spent two years in Baltimore supporting NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission as a software developer. Margaret Heller Digital Services Librarian // Loyola University Chicago President-Elect // Core, a division of the American Library Association Chair // ELUNA Primo Working Group [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> // 773-508-2686 // 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660