Monday, October 19

A one-day event dedicated to a vital topic

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.

Topics covered will include:

• Bias/discrimination in design
• How to ensure access to the underrepresented
• Inclusion & Diversity best practices
• The educational component
• How to be an ally
• Diversity and product development

A few of the confirmed speakers and participants include:

Danese Cooper

NearForm

Guy Martin

OASIS Open

Jason Brewer

MailChimp

Johnny Preyer,

MailChimp

Vashuda Swaminathan

Stack Overflow

Saishruthi Swaminarthan

IBM

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:

Nikema Prophet

PopSchools

Navya Solkhan

Green Level High School

Danese Cooper

NearForm

Jennifer Cloer

reTHINKit Media

Brittany Glover

Intersections

Danese Cooper

NearForm