<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>Yes! All Keynote suggestions have been added to a list for the Akademy team to discuss and we're in that process right now. The team will then reach out to potential speakers to check for interest, availability, etc. :) <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="sig61911705"><div class="signature">-- </div><div class="signature"> Kieryn Darkwater</div><div class="signature">They/Them</div><div class="signature"><br></div><div class="signature"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, May 31, 2025, at 12:09 PM, Alexander Potashev wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Kieryn, (Johannes),</div><div><br></div><div>Could you please clarify the proposal / application process for the keynote?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On May 14th, 2025, I replied in the email thread "Akademy 2025 Needs Your Content! (Call for Papers)" to <a href="mailto:akademy-attendees@kde.org" target="_blank" class="">akademy-attendees@kde.org</a>, <a href="mailto:akademy-team@kde.org" target="_blank">akademy-team@kde.org</a>, <a href="mailto:akademy-talks@kde.org" target="_blank">akademy-talks@kde.org</a> with a keynote speaker nomination, however never heard back and not sure if it's being considered.</div><div><br></div><div>May I assume the Akademy 2025 team will consider that nomination and contact the prospective speaker (if feasible).</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="qt-gmail_signature_prefix"><br class="qt-gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></span>Regards,</div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature">Alexander Potashev</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM Kieryn Darkwater <<a href="mailto:kieryn@mxdarkwater.com" target="_blank">kieryn@mxdarkwater.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div>Hi friends! </div><div> <br></div><div> This is your last call! Tomorrow, May 31st at 23:59 UTC is the deadline to submit your talk for this year's Akademy.</div><div> <br></div><div> If you've been wondering whether or not you should submit your idea for a talk the answer is yes! We want to hear from you! All the details can be found here - <a href="https://akademy.kde.org/2025/cfp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://akademy.kde.org/2025/cfp</a> </div><div> <br></div><div> Thank you for making Akademy happen :)</div><div> <3</div><div> Kieryn</div><div> -- </div><div> Kieryn Darkwater</div><div> They/Them</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>