Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Keynote suggestions

[Bernd Kolb <b.kolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds very interesting to me.

Bernd

2011/6/6 Benjamin Cabé <bcabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
> I would love to have a keynote by someone from the "Open Source
> Hardware"and/or "DIY" world. I really like the idea of having a keynote not
> too much focused on actual software, and the philosophy of Open Source
> Hardware and DIY movements is IMO very interesting: engineers, artists,
> hobbyists, designers, … collaborating to make stuff, be it a useless gadget,
> or something much more like art. There is an incredible amount of
> mindblowing projects coming out of these communities (e.g.
> see http://www.creativeapplications.net/ ), and having a live demo of one or
> two of them would make the keynote very entertaining!
> I am thinking of Limor Fried from Adafruit, a company selling do-it-yourself
> electronic kits that are 100% open source (that is, the PCB layout data, the
> embedded software if any, the instructions, etc…). Not only she is a girl
> (how many times have we had a female keynote speaker, eh?), but the
> business-model of her company is very interesting, plus she can bring some
> cool demos with her!
> See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca1dbM582Sc , and
> also http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/219231/#ooid=92OXIxMjpsHZCcW0CAiyJ555R-R5Cm_r .
> Since Limor Fried is living in the US and it might not be possible to have
> her, thus we could probably get someone from Arduino (http://arduino.cc),
> since they are in Italy, to tell us the story of the Arduino community.
> Probably something a bit similar
> to http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdy6ej_entretiens-du-nouveau-monde-industr_tech or http://vimeo.com/2954548 .
> In general, and I said that already, I would really love to get at least a
> keynote that is not 100% related to software (Cameron Sinclair comes to mind
> too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdcqEjmuxjA)
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