Re: Fwd: Keynote nominations for GUADEC
Cosimo Cecchi <[email protected]>
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I *love* Bret Victor's presentations, and would love to get the chance to see one in person :-) Cosimo On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Nuritzi Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, please see below for suggestions from a co-worker. Please let me > know if you want help following up with any of them if they're interesting > to you. > > Best, > Nuritzi > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Philip Chimento <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, May 16, 2016 at 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: Keynote nominations for GUADEC? > To: Nuritzi Sanchez <[email protected]> > > > Hi Nuritzi, > > Name: Bret Victor > Location: Bay Area (?) > Topics: Teaching algorithmic thinking, bridging the communications gap > between computers and humans > Why would this be a good keynote speaker? In the spirit of aiming high - > there's Bret Victor. He probably turns down more speaking engagements every > day than most people get invited to in their lives, but he's right at the > intersection of art and science (and education too.) The downside is that > he's not a particular evangelist of open source and doesn't seem to publish > much of his stuff in the open. > Does the speaker know they've been nominated? No > Contact information: worrydream.com > Links to past talks: https://vimeo.com/64895205, > https://vimeo.com/36579366 (e.g.) > > There's also this guy, Ben Wellington: > https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_wellington_how_we_found_the_worst_place_to_park_in_new_york_city_using_big_data?language=en > I have been watching several talks about governments releasing data into > the open for people to do science on, and this was the one that > particularly stuck out in my mind. However, I am sure there are many > equally good speakers on this topic that I haven't heard about yet. > > Hope this helps! > Philip > > > ............................................................ > ................. > > *Nuritzi Sanchez* | +1.650.218.7388 | Endless <http://endlessm.com/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > guadec-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > > _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list