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Tuesday, May 16 • 12:05pm - 12:55pm
Diversity, For Those Playing Life on Easy - Nick Burch, Apache Software Foundation

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Diversity and inclusion are becoming hot topics within our open source communities and industry, but for those of us ""playing life on easy"", the subject and impact can be harder to ""get"".

Like many people who used to play life on easy, I've had some blind spots around diversity and inclusion. I only discovered these through working on projects, communities and support at the ASF, and by moving to a new country!

Now it is my mission to help others see the light, learn for themselves, and through that build better open source communities. I'll be sharing what I learnt, giving resources, and specific takeaway actions.

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Nick Burch

CTO, Quanticate
Nick began contributing to Apache projects in 2003, and hasn't looked back since! He's mostly involved in "Content" projects like Apache POI, Apache Tika and Apache Chemistry, as well as foundation-wide activities like Conferences and Travel Assistance.Nick is CTO at Quanticate, a... Read More →


Tuesday May 16, 2017 12:05pm - 12:55pm EDT
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