Keynote Speaker, Christian Heilmann
02 July 2015
We are very excited to announce our second keynote speaker for the NebraskaJS Conference: Christian Heilmann! You may also know him as @codepo8 on Twitter.
Christian is one of the titans of Open Web advocacy. His storied past includes developer evangelist roles with Yahoo and Mozilla.
His current gig is for Microsoft which he describes as “Bringing the open web to Microsoft and vice versa.” His move to Microsoft is really a testament to their new attitude towards web standards compliance and working with the developer community.
He’s a prolific blogger at his own web site ChristianHeilmann.com, evidenced by archives that date back to 2005! Also a prolific speaker, his Lanyrd profile boasts a speaking repertoire of 120 events in 26 different countries.
He’s written two books: Beginning JavaScript and Web Development Solutions: Ajax, APIs, Libraries, and Hosted Services Made Easy. He’s also contributed to chapters in The Art & Science of JavaScript and Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance.