Call for Projects/Proposals - Grace Hopper Celebration, and Open Source Day 2024

PaulaPaul commented 7 months ago

The 2024 Grace Hopper Celebration and Open Source Day will be held October 8-11, 2024, in Philadelphia. For FINOS to have an impact at the conference and for DEI we would like to encourage presentations and panel discussions on FINOS topics, and submit FINOS open source projects (such as the Accessibility Theme Builder) to be featured during Open Source Day.

Details and information on how to submit abstracts/project proposals can be found here: https://ghc.anitab.org/

@PaulaPaul will be co-chairing Open Source Day, and would like to work with the DEI SIG to submit an abstract to showcase FINOS projects. That way each individual/interested project can be recognized and build community without having to submit separate abstracts. The abstract would be from a member of the DEI SIG, supported by the TOC and project maintainers.

The FINOS DEI SIG could also support this by:

Encouraging all member organizations to sponsor Open Source Day
Providing materials for member organizations who attend or have a booth at GHC so they can display their FINOS member status and promote FINOS projects
Sponsoring a FINOS reception or social gathering at the conference
Sponsoring an 'in person' Open Source Day participation event in collaboration with GHC Open Source Day specifically to focus on FINOS Open Source projects and adding new and diverse contributors
Other ways, to be discussed at SIG calls or in comments below

@beekemarie - can you assign this issue to me or add me as a contributor to the DEI-SIG repo so that I can tag and self-assign if appropriate?

PaulaPaul commented 6 months ago

GHC_24_Prospectus_2024-02-01c.pdf

GHC 2024 prospectus for potential sponsorship, co located events, etc. Investment is not required in order to submit abstracts for Open Source Day or sessions during the conference, but a co-located Big Boost Monday in Philadelphia could be worthwhile and seen as a joint investment by several FINOS member companies plus Zingly

PaulaPaul commented 6 months ago

@PaulaPaul and rita.chaturvedi@morganstanley.com are in discussion on having a FINOS abstract for Open Source Day, where the DEI-SIG could present all FINOS projects and encourage attendees to engage and have hands on experience.

PaulaPaul commented 5 months ago

Two abstracts were submitted - one for a panel at the main conference, by @Perelmuter, and one for an open source day track by Lise Nobel!

A separate issue has been opened to track decisions and work for having a FINOS presence at the conference.

finos / DEI-SIG

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