LinuxWorldExpo announces speakers, presenters

The folks over at LinuxWorldExpo have announced the keynote, presenters, and such for this August's show in San Jose. No big surprises - Linus as keynote, but also folks from Burlington Coat Factory and Intel for keynotes as well. Click below for the full screed.

IDG World Expo Announces keynote speakers,

PresentErs and Advisory board members for

Linuxworld conference & Expo AUGUST

-- Conference Sessions Geared to Exploring the Hottest Issues, Strategies,

Applications and Solutions for the Linux Operating System --

Framingham, Mass. - June 22, 1999 - IDG World Expo today announced its complete line-up of keynote speakers for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, to be held August 9-12, 1999 at the San Jose Convention Center. A group of industry luminaries will offer advice, share real-world solutions and address why Linux is rapidly finding its way into mission-critical applications in large corporate IT systems.

"We are delighted to bring together industry notables with the experience and knowledge that add true depth to this show," said Charlie Greco, President and CEO of IDG World Expo. "Leveraging the expertise and industry insight of our advisory board, we've assembled a prestigious group of world-class speakers to address the issues that are most crucial and hard-hitting to the Linux community. This has been invaluable and a key component to making this show a great success."

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KEYNOTES

The keynote presentations, which are open to all registered attendees of LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, will include the following presentations:

• Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux

• • Past, Present and Future of Linux/ Q&A with Linus Torvalds

    Tuesday, August 10, 6:30 - 7:30 PM

• Sean Maloney, Senior Vice President, Intel

• • Linux and Intel: Power for the Net

    Tuesday, August 10, 9:30 - 10:30 AM

• Michael Prince, CIO, Burlington Coat Factory

• • Linux: The Latest Fashion Hit at Burlington Coat Factory

    Wednesday, August 11, 10:45 - 11:30 AM

FEATURE PRESENTATIONS

The feature presentations, which are also open to all registered attendees of LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, will focus on the following topics:

• Working Together: The Linux and Business Communities

• • Moderated by Jon "Maddog" Hall, Executive Director, Linux International

    Tuesday, August 10, 4:30 - 5:30 PM

• Open Source Software Development Methodologies

• • Moderated by Larry Augustin, President and CEO, VA Linux Systems

Wednesday, August 11, 2:30 - 3:30 PM

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IN-DEPTH CONFERENCE PROGRAM

In addition to keynote speeches and feature presentations, the conference is offering more than 35 sessions and 18 tutorials focusing on getting started with Linux, business issues, Linux kernel internals, desktop environments, software development, system administration and case studies. Look for presentations from industry notables such as: Miguel de Icaza, GNOME Project; Eric Raymond, an observer-participant anthropologist; Richard Stallman, GNU; Nicholas Petreley, LinuxWorld Magazine; Brian Behlendorf, Apache Project; and Dirk Hohndel, SuSE.

About the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Advisory Board

The LinuxWorld Conference & Expo advisory board is currently comprised of industry luminaries including:

• Larry Augustin, President and CEO of VA Linux Systems and LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Conference Chairperson;
• Gary Beach, Publisher of CIO Magazine;
• Robert Berger, President of Internet Bandwidth Development;
• Alan Fedder, President of UniForum Association;
• Jon "Maddog" Hall, Executive Director of Linux International;
• Ransom Love, President and CEO of Caldera Systems;
• Patrick McGovern, Director of Internet Evangelism, VA Linux Systems;
• Scott McNeil, President and CEO of Zenguin, Inc.; and
• Nicholas Petreley, Editorial Director of LinuxWorld Magazine.

For More Information

For more keynote and presentation information or to register for the show, visit the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Web site at www.linuxworldexpo.com, or call 800-657-1474. For exhibiting opportunities, please contact Jim Donovan at 508-424-4824 or jim_donovan@idg.com.

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About IDG World Expo

IDG World Expo is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 290 computer magazines and newspapers and 700 book titles, and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through http://www.idg.net, which comprises more than 240 target Web sites in 55 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit IDG's Web site at www.idg.com.