{"id":6847,"date":"2026-04-13T13:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6847"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:42:26","slug":"david-snead","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/david-snead\/","title":{"rendered":"David Snead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns speaker-img-data is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2f49432e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/04\/david-snead-2.jpg?resize=630%2C630&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7661\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/04\/david-snead-2.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/04\/david-snead-2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/04\/david-snead-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0a219c52 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">David Snead<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wdavidsnead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@wdavidsnead<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-exquisans-font-family has-custom-4-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">United States<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2c5232b2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">David Snead is an attorney based in Santa Fe, NM.  He is the director of the \u201cSecure Hosting Alliance\u201d and runs a law firm representing Internet infrastructure providers.  He has provided advice and counsel to technology companies since 1995 beginning with a practice based on technology exports.  Since 1999, his practice has focused exclusively on the Internet infrastructure industry. In 2011 he co-founded the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (I2Coalition), an advocacy organization for the Internet infrastructure industry. David is chairman emeritus of the Board of Directors of CasaQ, a shelter in Albuquerque for LGBTQ+ youth at risk of homelessness.  He received his J.D. in 1991 from Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.A. in 1987 in International Affairs from Trinity University in San Antonio, and is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and State of New Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@wdavidsnead United States David Snead is an attorney based in Santa Fe, NM. 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