DEI in Open Source Panel
06-21, 12:30–13:30 (UTC), General track

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Open Source panel discussion. Topics that will be discussed include the importance of the Code of Conduct, how to measure DEI in your community, sharing initiatives/projects that have worked well, the importance of local communities, etc.


Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Open Source panel discussion. Topics that will be discussed include the importance of the Code of Conduct, how to measure DEI in your community, sharing initiatives/projects that have worked well, the importance of local communities, etc.

Moderator: Amita Sharma
Panelists: Benny Vasquez, Deepesha Burse, Vipul Siddharth

Deepesha is an undergraduate student at Bharati Vidyapeeth (DU), College of Engineering Pune, and a Foundation Member at The GNOME Foundation. She was an LFX Mentee in the summer term this year and worked on restructuring the documentation of the CNCF Project - ORAS. She has also been a community manager at Layer5 where she led the entire Writing Program and helped grow the community.

benny is the Chair of the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, with a long history in business and community building, and an undying love of open source.