DebConf15 schedule and featured speakers announced

Debconf15, which will be held in Heidelberg, Germany August 15-23, has announced its schedule as well as four featured speakers: Allison Randal, President, Open Source Initiative and DistinguishedTechnologist, HP; Peter Eckersly, Chief Computer Scientist, Electronic Frontier Foundation; John Sullivan, Executive Director, Free Software Foundation; and Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International. "The DebConf content team is pleased to announce the schedule ofDebConf15, the forthcoming Debian Developers Conference. From a total ofnearly 100 talk submissions, the team selected 75 talks. Due to the highnumber of submissions, several talks had to be shortened to 20 minuteslots, of which a total of 30 talks have made it to the schedule.In addition, around 50 meetings and discussions (BoFs) have beenorganized so far, as well as several other events like lightning talksessions, live demos, a movie screening, a poetry night or stand-upcomedy."