Interview with Amanda McPherson of LinuxCon in Portland
I had the pleasure to talk to Amanda McPherson, one of the minds behind LinuxCon, “LinuxCon is a new annual technical conference that will provide an unmatched collaboration and education space for all matters Linux”. Where and where: September 21 - 23 2009, Portland.
Amanda, you are one of the people behind the LinuxCon, one of the most exciting Linux conferences out there. Can you give us some details?
Linuxcon is a new conference created by the Linux Foundation and the Linux community. It is designed to fulfill a need as a technical developer and user conference for all matters Linux. In addition to keynotes, roundtable panels and 75 conference sessions, LinuxCon will bring a range of tutorials, lightning talks, BoFs and other programming. It’s being held September 21 - 23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon, co-located with the Linux Plumbers Conference.
How many people at the Linux Foundation worked on it?
We have a pretty small staff at the Linux Foundation, and because of that a big event like Linuxcon involves virtually everyone. (Even Linus is helping!) Primarily the team that will take all the credit (I won’t even mention blame) is Angela Brown, Craig Ross and yours truly.
Did you get a lot of speech proposals? Who assessed them, and what was the rejection rate?
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