DrupalCon SF Keynotes Announcement: Dries, Tim O'Reilly, and The Whitehouse

It is my pleasure to announce the keynote addresses for DrupalCon SF:

Dries Buytaert, Drupal Project Lead - "The State of Drupal"
Tim O'Reilly, CEO O'Reilly Media - "Open Source in the Cloud Era"
David H. Cole, Executive Office of the President - "Open Source in Government: A Panel Discussion"

Additional details:

"The State of Drupal" 1:30pm, Monday, April 19th
Dries Buytaert, Drupal Project Lead

Dries Buytaert will give his bi-annual State of Drupal talk in the beginning of DrupalCon SF, where he'll discuss where Drupal is and where it is going. In particular, he'll discuss Drupal 7, usability, the Drupal.org redesign, and other developments to Drupal.

"Open Source in the Cloud Era" 1:30pm, Tuesday, April 20th
Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO O'Reilly Media

Like it or not, we're building an Internet operating system, a platform that will host everything from mobile phone apps to web apps. The platform wars of the 1980s and 1990s are nothing to the platform wars that are about to erupt on the net, as major players try to solidify their hold on the future. What is the role of open source in this future? How can we build an "internet operating system" of small pieces loosely joined (like Linux, or the Drupal ecosystem) rather than one that is owned by a single platform vendor?

"Open Source in Government" 1:30pm, Wednesday, April 21st
David H. Cole, Sr. Advisor, Office of the CIO, Executive Office of the President
Andrew Hoppin, CIO NY State Senate

Open Source has seen a lot of adoption from government in the last year. David Cole, from the New Media Team at the Whitehouse, will introduce the session by talking about the decision to move Whitehouse.gov to Drupal and their future plans to use Drupal and open source to foster citizen engagement. Other panelists will discuss their experiences working with Drupal and open source in government.