Andrew Eddie

Joomla Core Team

Development Coordinator
NewlifeinIT

Andrew Eddie is the longest serving developer for the Joomla project and is able to provide strategic insight for development projects that can be offered by few other people in the world. As well as coding Joomla 1.6, Andrew also runs a Joomla consultancy NewLifeinIT, The Art of Joomla developer tutorials and blogs and partners with jXtended to offer Joomla extensions. Andrew will be offering insights in to Joomla 1.6, template over-rides, Joomla 2.0 and other technical delights.

Presentations: Joomla 1.6, Joomla 2.0, Template over-rides

Sam Moffat

Joomla Core Team

Development Coordinator
Sam Moffatt

Sam, 20, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, is the youngest member of the development team. He is currently studying IT and has been working with Mambo (now Joomla) since early 2004. His work came to the fore with the Google SOC and his update system, which has now been included in Joomla. Sam also authors the JAuthTools project, which provides LDAP support for Joomla 1.0 and 1.5.

Presentation: Joomla Security

Brad Baker

Joomla Core Team

Sites & Infrastructure Coordinator : Forum Admin

It all started in October 2003, when Brad stumbled upon Mambo in his quest for an easy to use CMS. By 2004 he was on the Core Team looking after forum administration. Since then his responsibilities have broadened to encompass looking after all the Joomla! websites and infrastructure.

Brad has years of experience in the web hosting industry. As well as running his own local Webhosting and design business he also works for Rochen.

Presentation: Joomla Community

Steve Burge

Alledia,
USA

SEO expert
Alledia

Steve is the founder of JoomlaTraining.com. He also runs Alledia.com, a leading Joomla web development firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Steve's firm has built over 200 Joomla-powered websites. Specializing in web marketing, Steve is the author of the best-selling "Joomla SEO Book," writes a popular blog about Joomla! and is an Editor at the Joomla.org Extensions Directory. He currently travels widely helping people to learn and thrive with Joomla.

We will welcome Steve via live link from USA to answer your SEO questions and run an SEO session.

Patrick Jackson

KP
Systems

Joomla Consultant
KP Systems

All round Joomla technical expert, Patrick likes to be the consultant's consultant. He has also mastered the art of getting sites to rise to the surface in Google. Patrick lives in Melbourne and helps run the JUG and conference there.

Dex Randall

Spike Systems

Joomla Consultant
Spike Systems

Founder of the Sydney JUG, conference organiser and general information-hoover in the Joomlasphere. Dex has been working with Joomla since 2005, in site production, design, templating and training.

Jason Hando

Utopia
Internet

eLearning Consultant and Web Developer
Utopia Schools

Jason is the conference guy. A highly skilled and entertaining presenter and trainer, he is passionate about all things eLearning and web, and researches all over the place, recently ending up at a slew of Boston conferences. Jason will spill a fountain of his technical knowledge over us and we will *gasp* probably remember some of it!

Pamela Fox

Google

Developer Relations

Sasha Utjesenovic

Sasha
Utjesenovic

Template Specialist
Sasha Utjesenovic

Sasha is a freelance web developer with over 10 years industry experience. Specialising in front-end coding he has a passion for web standards, usability and accessibility, and a knack for producing Joomla web sites that don't look like your typical Joomla web site.