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Bruce Perens Plenary Bio Bruce Perens is one of the founders of the Open Source movement in software, and was the first to announce Open Source to the world. He created the Open Source Definition, the rules for Open Source licensing that still stand today. His work as the second Debian project leader, creator of […]

Dr Allan Friedman Senior Advisor and Strategist, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Plenary Bio Dr. Allan Friedman is Senior Advisor and Strategist at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He coordinates the global cross-sector community efforts around software bill of materials (SBOM) and related vulnerability initiatives, and works to advance their adoption inside the US

Emad Mostaque Founder & CEO, Stability AI Plenary Bio Emad Mostaque is a British entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of the artificial intelligence company Stability AI. Under his leadership, Stability AI has helped further generative AI systems like Stable Diffusion, creating a community of more than 200,000 creators, developers, and researchers, as well as

Prof Neil Lawrence DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge Plenary Bio Neil Lawrence is the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge where he leads the University’s flagship mission on AI, AI@Cam. He has been working on machine learning models for over 20 years. He recently returned to academia

Jono Bacon Founder, Jono Bacon Consulting Plenary Bio Jono Bacon is a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting which provides community strategy/execution, workflow, and other services. He previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, and OpenAdvantage. His clients include Huawei, GitLab, Microsoft,

Amanda Casari Staff Developer Relations Engineer, Google Plenary Bio Amanda Casari is an engineer and researcher who has worked in many technical disciplines, including developer relations, data science, and underwater robotics. She leads the Contributor Experience and Open Source AI teams in Google’s Open Source Programs Office. Her community work includes Open Source Stories, a

Julia Ferraioli AI/ML Open Source Strategist, AWS Plenary Bio Julia Ferraioli is an open source strategist, researcher, and practitioner with a decade of experience in launching, managing, and optimizing open source projects at scale. She works as the AI/ML Open Source Strategist at AWS, and her current research centers around open source sustainability, history, and

Stormy Peters VP of Communities, GitHub Plenary Bio Stormy Peters is VP of Communities at GitHub. She leads the teams responsible for enabling the online creators and open source communities on GitHub, including GitHub’s community product efforts, developer relations, education, and other strategic programs. Throughout her career, Stormy has been passionate about open source software

Oliver Cronk Scott Logic, Sustainable Software Leader The vital role of Open Source in Technology Sustainability Open Source Software Add to my Schedule Bio Leader and moderator for the Architect Tomorrow knowledge sharing community. Creative and personable CTO / Chief Architect level leader, advisor and speaker. Business Tech translator. Experience across several industries and in