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Will you be at Open Source Summit in Vancouver this week? My colleague Jason Hibbets and I will be there, along with a few of our current and past community moderators and many Opensource.com contributors.

Jason Hibbets will be giving two talks on Thursday:

• Building Sustainable Civic Tech with Open Data
• Survive and Advance: The Life of a Community Manager

I'm excited to be moderating a panel on Wednesday: All Ages, Genders, & Skills Welcome—How to Grow Our Movement.

Panelists are:

• Molly de Blanc
• Deb Nicholson
• Christine Peterson

And one on Friday: How Writing can Change Your Career for the Better (Even if You don't Identify as a Writer).

Panelists are:

• Amber Ankerholz
• VM (Vicky) Brasseur
• Dawn Foster
• Alex Williams

Call for articles

Are you speaking at an upcoming event? (Or was your brilliant talk proposal rejected for an upcoming event?) Maybe your talk topic would make a great Opensource.com article. Send article ideas along with brief outlines to open@opensource.com.

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