Veronica Belmont

Location: San Francisco | United States
Speaking Topics: blogging | gadgets | Gaming | Internet | internet culture | microblogging | new media | online communities | social networking | tech and internet skills | Technology | Technology-General | Web 2.0 | Web Video | women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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Veronica is the co-host of Revision3’s tech-centric show, Tekzilla, and Qore on the PLAYSTATION Network. Previous to that, she hosted several other online video shows and podcasts, including Mahalo Daily, Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider, and Crave. She also created tech video content for CNET TV, including the popular series Prizefight.

Veronica frequently guest hosts other technology-related podcasts, and also speaks about technology, gaming, and social networking. In her spare time, she hosts the science fiction and fantasy-themed podcast / book club The Sword and Laser.

Previous Presentations: 
"Building an Engaged Community" -- New Media Expo
"Online Video is Social: How to Market Your Video Through the Social Web" -- Web Video Summit
"Achieving Geekgasm" -- SXSW
"Social Networking in Higher Education" -- Access Group Conference on Financial Aid
"Women in Technology" -- Microsoft Silicon Valley DigiGirlz Day Event

Neha Tiwari

Location: San Francisco Bay Area | USA | CA
Speaking Topics: Bollywood | internet culture | Minority womens issues | new media | online communities | social networking | South Asian media | Web 2.0 | women in technology | Women representations in media
Spoken Languages: | English | Hindi |

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Neha Tiwari discovered her passion for tech journalism in her junior year of college as an intern at TechTv. After graduating from UC Berkeley (and living in India for a quarter of the year), she gained a dream job working for News.com at CNET San Francisco. While there, she sharpened her producing skills and made videos centered around tech products,websites and culture. After CNET, Neha moved on to Revision 3.com,where she produced a number of geek-centric segments, shows, and also appeared on camera as the network "Nerd Bird."

Casey McKinnon

Location: USA | Canada | California | United States | Los Angeles | Montreal | Quebec
Speaking Topics: social networking | Internet | social media | new media | internet culture | Internet Marketing | Online video | Video production and post production | Internet Fame | Copyright Issues | Web Video
Spoken Languages: French | English

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Casey McKinnon is an actress, producer and pioneer in the new media field who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She has created and appeared on three popular internet TV shows: Galacticast; A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast.

Previous Presentations: 
"Online Adulation: Use Don't Abuse Your Fans" - SXSW Interactive 2008
"Achieving Geekgasm" - SXSW Interactive 2008
"Online Speech and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act" - 17th Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy
"The Rise of the Blogebrity" - SXSW Interactive 2007

Leigh Honeywell

Location: Canada | Toronto | Ontario
Speaking Topics: gender | gender issues in IT education and work | internet culture | online communities | open source | security | voip

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Previous Presentations: 
“Mobile phone call encryption” and “Secure VOIP” workshop (with Paul Wouters) - 23rd Chaos Communications Congress, December 2006
Speed Geek: “Open Source 101” - CopyCampToronto, September 2006
“Fun with Phones: Phreaking, Fraud, Scams, and the Next Generation of Telephony Problems” - Toronto Area Security Klatch, September 2006