DiveRSE Seminar: Numbers Game

[SaranjeetKaur]

I want to add the following event to the RSE calendar:

summary: "DiveRSE Seminar: Numbers Game"
description: |
    Our next speaker in the DiveRSE series is Mariann (Maz) Hardey, Professor of Digital Culture, Technology and Business at Durham University Business School. Mariann is also a member of Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at Durham, where her role supports widening participation and accessibility in computing. She is passionate about self-development and learning, with a focus on representation among business leaders and practitioners in the technology sector. One of her latest books “The Culture of Women in Tech” forms part of the Master Class curriculum of the UK Government Digital Service to promote employment reform and inclusivity. Mariann has been researching and working with tech organisations for over twenty years. In her talk, Mariann will focus on the ‘Whoddunit’ behind Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI/DEI) in the tech workplace. To best serve these fundamental principles, one must first understand the mechanics behind it.
location: Online
begin: 2023-07-11 10:00:00
duration: { minutes: 60 }
event_url: "https://diverse-rse.github.io/events/2023-07-11"

[jcohen02]

@Sparrow0hawk: Does the rse-calendar support timezones? The above event is 10am UK time but since it's targeted at an international audience it would probably be better to advertise it as 09:00 UTC.

begin: 2023-07-11 10:00:00

begin: 2023-07-11 09:00:00 UTC

@SaranjeetKaur, thanks for opening the issue, I think the event URL may be better to point to the page on the DiveRSE website where we'll provide links to slides, etc.

event_url: "https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvd-yhrT4sEtMJuOS7utO5tc13NVdG_lZT#/registration"

event_url: "https://diverse-rse.github.io/events/2023-07-11"

[Sparrow0hawk]

@jcohen02 at present I'm only able to configure the site to display a single timezone on the webpage which is set to UK time, perhaps it would be better if this was just UTC though?

The site also hosts the ICalendar files which can be built against different timezones, allowing people to synchronise their calendar apps to events in their local timezone.

[jcohen02]

@jcohen02 at present I'm only able to configure the site to display a single timezone on the webpage which is set to UK time, perhaps it would be better if this was just UTC though?

The site also hosts the ICalendar files which can be built against different timezones, allowing people to synchronise their calendar apps to events in their local timezone.

Thanks @Sparrow0hawk. I guess, in that case, the talk highlighted in this issue should be advertised for 10am, as long as it's clear somewhere that all times are UK time.

It would be great to have some support for timezones but I appreciate that this may take some time to add.

[Sparrow0hawk]

I've opened https://github.com/Sparrow0hawk/rse-calendar/issues/79 to think about just migrating the site to UTC.

the talk highlighted in this issue should be advertised for 10am, as long as it's clear somewhere that all times are UK time.

I think the site could be clearer about this and will update to emphasise this

It would be great to have some support for timezones but I appreciate that this may take some time to add.

I think adding support for timezones on the static page is something i'd like to explore although would need some more exploration on my part.

[SaranjeetKaur]

@SaranjeetKaur, thanks for opening the issue, I think the event URL may be better to point to the page on the DiveRSE website where we'll provide links to slides, etc.

event_url: "https://imperial-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvd-yhrT4sEtMJuOS7utO5tc13NVdG_lZT#/registration"

event_url: "https://diverse-rse.github.io/events/2023-07-11"

All right, thanks for sharing the event page URL @jcohen02! I've updated the issue to reflect this event page.

[Sparrow0hawk]

This is now live - https://[sparrow0hawk.github.io/rse-calendar/](https://sparrow0hawk.github.io/rse-calendar/)

Thanks for contributing!:heart: