Chris Wanstrath, known as @defunkt, will be delivering a keynote at the Ruby Hoedown scheduled for August 8-9 and will also be speaking at erubycon from August 15-17. He invites attendees to connect with him at these events. Additionally, Wanstrath offers to have a representative from GitHub speak at conferences on topics like Git, distributed source control, and historical subjects such as Temüjin’s conquests, and provides an email contact for inquiries.