# Announcing the chair for JuliaCon2019

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-chair-for-juliacon2019/17003>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** juliacon2019\
**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-chair-for-juliacon2019/17003 "2018-10-31T11:47:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tim.holy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tim.holy/32/52_2.png) [@tim.holy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tim.holy)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-chair-for-juliacon2019/17003/1 "2018-10-31T11:47:54Z")

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It gives me great pleasure to announce that Pontus Stenetorp has agreed to serve as the executive chair for JuliaCon2019. Pontus has been a major organizer for JuliaCons over the years, and was a key contributor to JuliaCon2018. I am already looking forward to another great success in 2019!