Keila Banks is an 15 year old web designer, programmer, videographer and publisher of content making use of mostly open source software. Featured on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry show, keynote at OSCON 2015, PyCon Montreal, Texas Linuxfest, USENIX and subsequent viral video she has been talking the world by storm. She has been a part of SCALE since before birth as her mother manned the registration desk for SCALE 1 while pregnant with her. She, with the help of her father (Phillip Banks), wants to show how she can use open source software for fun and games even with some popular online and offline games.

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Life hack like Watchdogs

The world is a mighty big place... or is it? The game Watch Dogs 2 has pulled together a fantasy world of a hacker that can control everything around him and amassed a huge audience of gamers around the world. Is this fantasy? Less than you'd think but in a very good way. As a 14 year old coder in this talk I'll show you examples of how the world is using things known as API's to connect you to all that is around you. Trust me our powers will only be used for good.

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FLOSS Reflections

In the 14 years that the Southern California Linux Expo has existed, a lot has changed in the Free & Open Source Community.  We've invited three very distinguished speakers from the SCALE community as well as the FLOSS community at large,  Jon "Maddog" Hall, Jono Bacon and Keila Banks, to reflect on where the community has been, where it currently is, and what the future holds.

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The automated teen

In this world there is always so much to do. In this talk Keila will talk about how the life of a busy teen can be automated. Calling on a little tech knowledge she hopes to inspire adults and youth alike to maybe learn a little code and/or make use of some other tools available to you to make your life a little easier and more productive. 

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It's So Easy A Kid Could Do It: Businesses with Open Source

 Open source software is around and available to everyone. We have so much we can do to help us mold our futures with our hands. How can we as a community use it to help us launch huge careers and businesses? Keila Banks talks about how anyone, even a kid, can use open source software to kick start their dreams, businesses and careers.

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