Marta Rybczynska

Location: France | Grenoble
Speaking Topics: anonymity | computer networks | computer security | cryptography | GNU/Linux | open source | operating systems | tcp/ip | localization | kde
Spoken Languages: English | Polish

Margarita Manterola

Location: Buenos Aires | Argentina
Speaking Topics: Debian | GNU/Linux | Python | GTK | women in technology | programming | Thin Clients | system administration
Spoken Languages: Spanish | English | Portuguese

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I'm a Debian Developer living in Argentina. I work mainly as a Python Programmer and teach programming at the Engineering Faculty in the Universidad de Buenos Aires.

I'm a Free Software enthusiast, I've been teaching about Free Software since 2002. Giving introductory courses to GNU/Linux, and advanced courses in system and networks administration.

Previous Presentations: 
DebConf5, DebConf6, DebConf7, DebConf8
CafeConf 2005 / 2006, JRSL5 /JRSL6, Encuentro Linux 2007 - Arica
Jornadas LUGFI 2004 / 2005 / 2007, Jornadas del Sur 2009

Mackenzie Morgan

Location: DC | USA | Washington
Speaking Topics: free software contribution | GNU/Linux | history of computing | linux | open source | security | ubuntu | women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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Mackenzie is working on her undergraduate degree in Computer Science with a focus on Computer Security and Information Assurance. She spends her downtime trying to make Ubuntu a better distribution. A history lover, she can expound upon the effects of the Norman Conquest or the lives of the women who pioneered the computing field. She is committed to getting others involved in contributing to Free & Open Source Software and will gladly show interested parties the ropes.

Previous Presentations: 
"Don't Get Cracked on Hostile WiFi" at Ohio Linux Fest 2008 & DCLUG Sept 2009
Girls in Technology "Sharing Our Success: Geek is Chic" panelist (2009)
"Sysadmins' Rosetta Stone" (Red Hat & Debian differences) at Ohio Linux Fest 2009
Girls in Technology "Sharing Our Success: Your Passion, You Choose" panelist (2010)
"Is LinuxSecure?" at Southeast LinuxFest 2010

Kadambari Devarajan

Location: INDIA | Chennai
Speaking Topics: java | ubuntu | blogging | Web 2.0 | FOSS | GNU/Linux | content management | Collaboration | wikis | LAMP | Social Media/Networking | Women in FOSS/IT/Science/Technology | Theory of Computation | Computational Complexity | Game Theory | NLP | AI | Robotics | Writing
Spoken Languages: English | Hindi | Tamil

Previous Presentations: 
WiCamp '08 Chennai, GPLv3 '06@IIM Bangalore, WikiCamp '07@Chennai, Podworks.in '07 @ Tidel Park Chennai
National Entrepreneurship Network India, local Linux User Group talks, Literary & Debating Society talks

Ana Beatriz Guerrero López

Location: France | Lyon | Sevilla | Spain
Speaking Topics: Debian | GNU/Linux | kde | linux | open source | Python | system administration | Women in IT
Spoken Languages: Spanish | English

Amaya Rodrigo Sastre

Location: Madrid | Spain
Speaking Topics: Debian | Debian Women | GNU/Linux

Akkana Peck

Location: CA | San Francisco Bay Area | San Jose | USA
Speaking Topics: astronomy | Contributing to Free Software | Digital Photography | firefox | gimp | GNU/Linux | linuxchix
Spoken Languages: English

Akkana Peck is a freelance software engineer and writer based in San Jose, CA, USA. She specializes in free open source software such as Linux, Mozilla Firefox and GIMP. She was a longtime Mozilla developer and has contributed to numerous other open source projects. She also writes for Linux Planet, is active in educational groups such as LinuxChix, and is the author of the book "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional."

Previous Presentations: 
Featherweight Linux (upcoming: OSCON 2009)
What Makes the Lizard Roar? A Tour through Mozilla Architecture (Linux.Conf.Au 2009)
Gimp-fu and You: Writing GIMP Scripts and Plug-ins (Linux.Conf.Au 2008)
Bug Fixing for Everyone (SCALE & OSCON 2009, LinuxChix MiniConf, LCA 2007, PenLUG)
GIMP Uncovered/Demystified (SCALE 2008, Linux.Conf.Au 2007, LUGs, other venues)
Programming in Javascript (GetSET high school workshop, 2004-7)
Observing the Moon (LAAS 2006)
Mozilla Tips and Tricks (PenLUG 2003)

Manal Hassan

Location: Egypt
Speaking Topics: blogging | CSS | drupal | FOSS | GNU/Linux | Online Campaign | HTML | Web Design | open source | Web 2.0

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* Web Developer in OpenCraft.
* FOSS enthusiast, who likes working in the ICT4D field and training ppl on using technology adapting it to suite their needs.
* Co-founder of the Egyptian GNU/Linux Users Group.
* Consultant in the Arab Digital Expression Camps project.
* Themer and Trainer in the arabic blogging platform for human rights activists Katib.

Previous Presentations: 
several linux beginners crash course
several trainings for human rights activists on blogging and online campaiging

Vidya Ayer

Location: INDIA
Speaking Topics: Blogging | | Bootstrapping | Collaboration | Financial Management | GNU/Linux | Marketing | project management | ubuntu | Women and Libre software | Women and startups
Spoken Languages: Hindi | German | English | Tamil | Marathi

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Vid Ayer has boot-strapped an entreprenuer firm earlier and is currently undergoing the process for the second. She is also involved with the local entreprenuer communities like Kickstart.in and OCC (open coffee club), which is planning to have a women entreprenuer's cell soon.