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+! Pharo CIG, Round Two: Growing a Native Library Ecosystem for Pharo
+
+Esteban Lorenzano
+
+""Abstract:""
+
+Pharo has a powerful FFI. But a powerful FFI is not enough if every library binding 
+has to be written by hand.
+
+This talk revisits Pharo-CIG, a project that started as a tool to generate bindings 
+from C and C++ headers using libclang, and now grows into the Pharo C Interface 
+Garden: a shared space for native bindings in Pharo.
+
+The first talk was about bridging the gap. This one is about what lies on the other 
+side of the bridge: graphics, fonts, SVG, multimedia, system libraries, C APIs, 
+C++ APIs, and the possibility of making Pharo participate more fully in the existing 
+native software ecosystem.
+
+We will discuss what works, what remains hard, and why generated bindings are not 
+just a convenience, but a necessary piece of infrastructure for Pharo’s future.
+
+""Bio:""
+
+Esteban Lorenzano studied Computer Sciences at Universidad de Buenos Aires, and worked 
+since 1994 in several object-oriented and low-level technologies, in different software 
+companies, serving in various positions from programmer to senior architect. In 2007 he 
+co-founded Smallworks to offer Pharo-based agile development projects.
+
+Since 2012 he dedicated full time to developing the Pharo code and community. He works 
+with the INRIA-EVREF team in Lille, France, as core developer for Pharo, being responsible 
+with the coordination of new releases and the implementation and maintenance of several 
+Pharo libraries.