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Diversity, For Those Playing Life on Easy - Nick Burch, Apache Software Foundation

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Channel: The Linux Foundation · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Diversity, For Those Playing Life on Easy - Nick Burch, Apache Software Foundation

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.

About Nick Burch
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 Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) with a strong focus on data and statistics.

Nick has spoken at most ApacheCons since 2007, and as well as many industry events on Apache topics + others.

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