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Co-authored-by: Wm Salt Hale <salt@altsalt.net>

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+---
+layout: post
+title: 'Unveiling the Schedule for SeaGL 2024'
+status: publish
+type: post
+published: true
+categories: news
+tags: '2024'
+---
+
+It is with great pleasure that we present the schedule for our 12th instance of SeaGL (_the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference_).
+
+The conference starts on Friday, November 8th at 9am PST and will run through Saturday, November 9th at 7pm PST. We have four keynotes, two opening on Friday and two closing on Saturday. We will also have three tracks running concurrently each day.
+
+The full schedule can be found here: <https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/schedule/>
+
+## Some highlights of the year
+
+Opening keynotes on Friday, November 8th:
+
+- 9:10am - **Aaron Wolf** presenting [FLO Conscience: Bringing free/libre/open mindsets and methods to all parts of life](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/TLTGUG/)
+- 9:40am - **Christopher Neugebauer** presenting [A talk that begins with an obvious statement about Open Source](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/J8HLAP/)
+
+Closing keynotes on Saturday, November 9th:
+
+- 4:10pm - **Rachel Kelly** presenting [It's About Time to talk to your loved ones about personal data management](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/MAZDSY/)
+- 4:40pm - **Duane O'Brien**, who's presentation topic is currently [TBA](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/QVGUKW/)
+
+Performance events:
+
+- Friday, 10:30am - Movie projection: [Moria's Race Libre Movie made with Libre Software](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/LZCCGM/)
+- Friday, 11:30am - An open source music concert: [GNU/Linux Loves All](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/GHKKZA/)
+
+Special events:
+
+- Relax with a cuppa delicious, and not so common tea, each afternoon at **TeaGL**
+  - Friday, 3:30pm to 4:30pm
+  - Saturday, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
+- Enjoy an evening of post-conference socializing
+  - Saturday, 5:20pm to 7:00pm
+- Give your public speaking skills a shot with [presentation roulette](https://pretalx.seagl.org/2024/talk/EQXCUM/)
+  - Saturday, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
+
+The schedule is made possible by the work of our volunteer **Programming & Flow Commitee**. If you are intereseted in contributing or joining this, or another committee, do not hesitate to [get involved](/get_involved).
+
+We look forward to seeing you all next month!