Inclusion & Diversity in Open Source
Monday, October 19
A one-day event dedicated to a vital topic
2020
The 2020 Inclusion & Diversity event will feature traditional talks and panel discussions around a variety of predetermined inclusion subtopics. Subject matter experts, community and company leaders, and technologists of all types will attend and participate.
Selected topics to be covered include:
- Bias and Discrimination in Machine Learning
- Ensuring access to the underrepresented
- Inclusion & Diversity Best Practices
- The CS educational component / higher ed
- How to be an ally
- The role of diversity of thought on product development
- How to be old in tech
- Inclusion & Diversity at the executive level
2020 Speakers
A few of the confirmed speakers and participants include:
2019
More than 500 people from all over the world and the U.S. attended and participated in 2019 at the in-person event in Raleigh, NC USA. The discussions and related networking were tremendous, as confirmed in post-event attendee surveys as well as in-person feedback.
Select speakers and panel members in 2019 included:
Event Schedule
Inclusion and Diversity Event
11:00 am - 11:45 am
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Featured Talks Day 1
Executive Panel: Best Practices
Danese Cooper
Wendy John
Ndu Emuchay
Demetris Cheatham
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Inclusion & Diversity 1
Digital Discrimination: Cognitive Bias in Machine Learning
Saishruthi Swaminathan
Inclusion & Diversity 2
2 for 1: Introducing CS Students to Open Source/Promoting Diversity by Featuring the Positive Power of Open Source Projects
Ellen Spertus
Greg Hislop
Heidi Ellis
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Inclusion & Diversity 1
Pressure and Privilege: When You’re the Only One in the Room
Koren Townsend
Clarence Clayton
Inclusion & Diversity 2
Panel Discussion: Education and Open Source
Danese Cooper
Ellen Spertus
Greg Hislop
Heidi Ellis
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Keynotes
Final comments and wrap-up
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