Signatories

António Joaquim de Albuquerque

From: Social Security Institute

Luke Reed

From: Tech Circus

We promise to try harder to make our events more diverse and inclusive We will take the following actions: - Aim to create racially diverse speaker lineups - Aim to create gender-equal lineups at all conferences - Create a series of charitable events around diversity and inclusion - Create an open application process to encourage speakers to apply from outside of our network

Alex Cameron

From: Decarb Connect Ltd

We are an early stage business and want not only to ensure diversity in our b2b community, in our speakers and audiences, but also within our team. Our hiring strategy (for contractors and for full or part-time staff) focuses on competencies and skills and we welcome applications from entrepreneurial, smart and creative thinkers from all backgrounds. Diversity isn't just a pledge - it is a requirement for ensuring that great decisions, innovative thinking and a wide range of ideas are built into the fabric of the business.

Елена Копылова

From: Alfabank

Barry A. Martin

From: Hypenotic

Horacio Mayorca

From: Inversiones 650704 S.A.

We are living in an Exponential era. After Coronavirus and people understand more about exponentials and the effects of not taking the right decision at the right time. I would like to help organizations to expand their business strategic portfolio-landscape from Searching to Executing. The mindset is completely different in each extreme of the equation. I offer my view of living in Latin America.

Jennifer Riggins

From: Aginext

I will continue to prioritize interviewing and considering the talks of under-represented minorities in tech.

Bozena Szluzy

From: Sainsburys

Alina

From: H&R block

I’m going to bring up the topic and importance of diversity at social events as much as possible, inspiring people to recognise its benefits and support it.

Mrs Rachael Cassar

Paul

Seeking courage and being kind...

Venessa Paech and Alison Michalk

From: SWARM Conference

Swarm - Australia's national conference for community professionals - is committed to pursuing, protecting and defending diversity in programming and event experience. We believe it is essential our event reflect both the diversity of our practice and the communities online and offline our presenters and attendees manage. We believe a richer tapestry of voice and lived experience helps build a better world and a better future for everyone.

Debi Skea

From: humans of code

Epifork

From: https://epifork.fr

I want to participe, this is my contribution !

Steve McDougall

From: PHPWales

Yves Hanoulle

From: PairCoaching

Since a few years, when I'm invited to speak at a conference, I ask the event organisers (or my network) for a local women that is knowledgeable on the topic. Together we co-create the talk and we pair-deliver these talks. The only exception is if I can give a talk with my children, which is another kind of diversity. As lead coach for coderdojo Ghent, I created separate tickets for boys and girls. And now we have as much girls as boys that are programming in Scratch at coderdojo Ghent.

CESAR CORIAT

From: FarallonesMusic.com (Colombia)

At FarallonesMusic.com we believe in equality for all. We provide a friendly environment that is diverse and inclusive, as we work with music artists and individuals of all walks of life in the music industry. We value variety and promote respectful and harassment-free experiences for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, ethnicity, or religious beliefs. ******* En FarallonesMusic.com, creemos en la equidad para todos. Facilitamos un ambiente amigable, diverso e incluyente, pues trabajamos con artistas en música y personas de todos los caminos de la vida en la industria musical. Valoramos la variedad y promovemos experiencias respetuosas y libres de acoso para todos, independientemente de su género, identidad y expresión de género, edad, orientación sexual, discapacidad, apariencia física, raza, etnia o creencias religiosas.

Michael Schuckers

From: Ottawa Hockey Analytics Conference

At our conference we will have a Code of Conduct and we will strive to have diversity in speakers and panelists.

Gabor Devenyi

From: Circles Events Pty Ltd

At all of our conference events we are aiming to achieve a balance of speakers, including gender, cultural, age and all other type of diversity.

Anneke Schoonjans

From: DDD Europe

We take into consideration accessibility. We look into the needs of our participants and speakers. We have a diverse line up. We offer scholarships. We have a Code of Conduct. We have a quiet room. We have gender-inclusive bathrooms. We provide childcare.

Anneke Schoonjans

From: Full Stack Europe

We take into consideration accessibility. We inform ourselves about the needs of our participants. We have a diverse line up. We offer scholarships.

Grace Pyne

From: ENGINE Group

At ENGINE we believe in a culture of inclusivity without categories or constraints, we celebrate difference and believe that diversity makes our business more relevant, our work more meaningful and our people more empowered – a culture where our business and our people thrive. A few examples of steps we are taking: • Our Brilliant Women network has been running for over 5 years delivering events and campaigns for our female client base. • Panelists for our Women in Sport event in June 2019 signed up to take part under the proviso that the panel was inclusive and representative. • In 2018, Engine and our Royal Air Force client won the Diversity in Advertising Award. Our LGBT+ network is committed to continuing this approach in making our client work more representative of the LGBT+ society. Ultimately, we’re looking to be: • Representative of population • Diverse in thought • Inclusive of all

Diane O'Lone

From: STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd

Nettie Williams

From: DfE Digital

At DfE Digital one of the ways we show our commitment to diversity and inclusion is to make sure our colleagues take part in events that represent the society we live in.

AOTE Team

Lucia Joglar Ongay

Thanks for the initiative. This should become a must and there should be no more discussions about it. It has to become the norm and not be the exception. Thanks again

Maria Isidro

Matt Ahrens

From: OpenZFS

We're providing free OpenZFS Developer Summit conference tickets to under-represented groups, offering a free attendee ticket to anyone who refers a speaker from an under-represented group, will reach out to individuals to help increase our speaker diversity, and are advertising these free tickets on websites like Women in Tech Fund. We also have a code of conduct in place for the event and community.

Adelina Andreea Turcu

From: C4media - InfoQ and QCon

QCon is dedicated to helping software developers who strive to bring innovation into their teams. Our commitment to empowering them is reflected in our inclusion and diversity initiatives. We hope to foster an inclusive environment within the software industry where everyone feels safe to express themselves and learn while facilitating access to technologies that create change and innovation. Some OnSite Resources include: - Subsidized child care - Family room, prayer room, and quiet areas - Gender-neutral bathroom with clear signage - Voting boxes designed with color-blindness in mind - Labels with food allergies (deconstructed menus) and cultural food preferences (ie. Halal) - We organize Women & Allies in Tech Breakfasts

Lilian Hunt

From: EDIS

EDIS is committed to continually delivering inclusive and diverse events.

Adelina Andreea Turcu

From: QCon Conferences

At QCon we have a “We Care” philosophy. We try to ensure our attendees, speakers, sponsors, and guests have the best conference experience possible. Here are some of our OnSite resources: - Subsidized child care - Family room, prayer room, and quiet areas - Gender-neutral bathroom with clear signage - Voting boxes designed with color-blindness in mind - Labels with food allergies (deconstructed menus) and cultural food preferences (ie. Halal) - We organized Women & Allies in Tech Breakfasts (Our more recent ones at QCon San Francisco 2018 sponsored by Netflix and QCon London 2019 sponsored by Facebook?)

Nourdine BOUAGHAZ

From: CodeWorks

We're working hard to make sure we'll become a diverse community of talents. Diversity is our ADN we promote in our internal and external events. Peace.

Richard Eskins

From: Web Teaching Day

Web Teaching Day is a small event for those teaching web design and development. We aim to respect and involve all voices either speaking or attending the event to ensure diversity.

Tarja Chydenius

From: Laurea UAS

Develop strategic Diversity management and inclusion at our University of Applied Sciences

Jessica Meade

From: ALL THAT MEDIA

Sadly race tends to be brushed under the carpet when it comes to diversity. Research proves that ethnic minorities, primarily from BME communities, are grossly under represented in most sectors. We aim to address this under representation, due to negative perceptions, by educating companies in the benefits of multicultural work-teams and by creating awareness. We do this through our events, business briefings and bespoke workshops. Talent has no bias and our BME cultural diversity expert practitioners, leading research academics and BME Network building Specialists are passionate about everyone having a fair chance and helping those with the least help. Thank you for this Charter. Contact us on http://www.allthatmedia.agency jm@allthatmedia.agency

Jessica Brillhart

From: Vrai Pictures

We believe that the medium of immersive should be diverse and inclusive. We pledge to uphold this belief not only in practice ourselves but through all events, conferences, and festivals that invite us to participate.

jamie leonard

From: TREC

We're working hard to make sure our events have diverse speakers. It's a journey.

Gemma Edwards

From: Canalys

Integrating Diversity charter and code of conduct to our Canalys events

Jonathan Flintham

From: Future Workshops

Ella Cox

From: Future Workshops Ltd

Rachel Lashford

From: Canalys

The IT industry has a diversity deficit. Our audience of senior industry leaders reflects this. We are committed to making our event more diverse and inclusive and to help inspire change.

Lisa Wisniowski

From: Stickyeyes

We commit to seeking diversity both in the events we run and the events we attend. We'll strive to seek speakers who showcase diversity and venues that support attendance by meeting diverse needs.

Alan Ball

From: Southern Fried F#

We're working hard to make sure our budding community starts off on the correct foot.

Graeme McCubbin

From: Unboxed

Bharti Rupani

Sophie Arscot

From: Start Together Studio

I am interested in understanding and promoting Diversity within the music industry, live events, and recording/music production industry that I work in.

Loimar Vianna

Furkan Karayel

From: Diversein.com

Gemma Al-Kaisy

From: Hargreaves Lansdown

Mahesh Krshnan

Steve Pereira and the DevOps Days Toronto Organizing Team

From: DevOps Ltd.

DevOps Days Toronto is committed to including diverse and underrepresented voices at our annual conference. We do our absolute best to reach out to communities, representatives and members of underrepresented demographics to include them and invite them to join us. Each year we personally invite underrepresented voices to speak and submit talks to our CFP, as well as providing support and guidance to new voices in the form of CFP workshops and coaching. Our organizing team and volunteers is carefully chosen to be diverse and inclusive, to ensure we have ideas and participation from a broad spectrum of experiences and backgrounds. We appoint a diversity, outreach and inclusion representative each year to hold us accountable to the highest standards. We ensure our selected program reflects the diversity and representation we wish to see in our participants. We have a clear and strict code of conduct specifically acknowledged by all involved in the conference, whether they are organizing, speaking, attending or sponsoring. In order to make as many participants feel welcome and comfortable we offer our speakers: - Travel and accommodation support for out-of-town speakers - Childcare or financial assistance that would help with the time obligation - Free tickets for partners - Speaker coaching available to assist with material, delivery or practice - All meals, receptions and activities included at no cost - Comfy, well equipped and quiet private speaker lounge - Accessibility accommodations We choose accessible and well equipped venues and work to ensure everyone who wishes to attend or speak can easily do so. We offer free tickets to underrepresented individuals to ensure everyone who wishes to attend can do so. A portion of our proceeds is donated back to local Toronto diversity initiatives to support their efforts. We connect with diversity, equity and inclusive groups as community sponsors to share their work and presence with our audience. We remain open to ideas and iteration on all of our efforts to continuously improve!

Sarah T. P. Andiel

From: DebateConsult

We provide Debate Trainings to raise awareness for diversity

Monica Lavandera

Robb Lockwood

From: Atticus Hunter Ltd

Kylie Yearsley

Scott Seivwright

From: Very unlikely

Stacey Jenkins, M. Psych

From: CRUX CONCEPTION

Liz Hardwick

From: DigiEnable

Wajiha Hassan

From: Teradata

I want to contribute to this amazing platform by sharing something useful from the experiences and learning of my life. I intent to be kind everyday to make this world a better place.

Cal Dempsey

From: RBS

Kevin Austin

From: Agile Scotland

JOON YAT TSANG

From: Chengdu Sanwa East Asia Trading Company Ltd.

The topic of diversity management is firmly anchored as a strategic sustainability topic in our Corporate Principles with the emphasis on internationality, gender and age. For us it means appreciating all of our employees – with respect to both their differences and similarities.

Pat Lockley and Natalie Lafferty

From: PressED

PressED is a WordPress and education, pedagogy and research conference that's held on Twitter. It's an international conference that's open and free to attend. People and teams anywhere in the world are able to submit a session on using WordPress in teaching, pedagogy and research and presenters can tweet in any language they wish. We invite and encourage participation from anyone and especially from people who may feel excluded or under-represented at educational conferences or in their professional life. Sessions from people who have never presented at conferences before are particularly welcomed including from students, non-academic members of staff as well as other staff members.

Jake Robson

From: ACQ5

We are an international publishing House producing publications primarily in the legal and finace sectors. We have just joined the The Women in Finance Charter to promote equality and diversity in the sectors we serve.

Mark Stanley

From: Thingitude

Actively seek a diverse and inclusive mix of speakers for my events and as experts in my programmes. Actively encourage other event/conference organisers to do likewise. Recommend female speakers and speakers of colour whenever I am asked if I know anyone.

Adrian Howard

From: Quietstars

Julie Ragland

From: Rialto Theatre Foundation

I'm working with my local AFP chapter to further IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access) in our community!

Joelle Roux

From: Monte Financial

Making improvements to our team’s diversity to try and attract the right kind of staff and customers!

Gloria Hunter

From: Barclays

Start making a difference to diversity at our internal events

Jo Ogilvie

From: RBS

Gerhard Zach

Barbara Ondrisek

From: Women And Code

We offer programming courses for women* in Vienna. With this initiative we are fostering diversity in IT jobs.

Alyssa P Wright

Rade Zivanovic

In my experience lack of diversity leds to one-sided, and I would argue also shortsighted views, decisions, culture, products... It might seem that including everyone is costly and takes time, but what is the cost of not doing so?

Simon Collison

From: Obvious Things Ltd

We run a large event in Nottingham, called New Adventures, returning in 2019 after a five-year hiatus. https://newadventuresconf.com/2019/ / @naconf. As part of our increased commitment to inclusivity, we hope to reach a more diverse audience with each event. This time, we're encouraging applications for one of our diversity tickets. It is essential that we reach a more diverse audience. We can and should encourage attendance from practitioners representative of minority groups under-represented in the industry. Offering diversity tickets is one way of demonstrating this commitment. We ourselves are providing thirty tickets, but we're actively seeking to offer more with ticket matching and sponsorship initiatives.

Misa Ogura

From: Women Driven Development

“To achieve equal representation within tech professionals, we must provide more opportunities for all gender minorities and leaders in tech to connect, to work together and discover talent first-hand.” WDD brings gender minorities and leaders in tech together, to share knowledge, experiences and to create real connections, promoting sponsorship through hackathons, practical sessions and events.

Michele Playfair

From: YOW! Conferences

Platitudes are cheap. We’ve all heard services say they’re committed to “diversity” and “tolerance” without ever getting specific, so here’s our stance on it: We welcome you. More information on our policies and diversity efforts here: https://yowconference.com.au/policies/ We're not claiming to be perfect and we're making an effort to constantly improve, with the help of initiatives such as the Diversity Charter, and feedback from our community.

Jan-Christoph Borchardt

From: Open Source Diversity

I try to push representation and inclusion in the communities and conferences I’m involved in. I’m taking part in initiatives pushing diversity & inclusion, especially in the field of free & open source software. Whenever invited for an event or talk, I’m recommending relevant people from underrepresented groups to also be invited.

Ellen Ward and Máirín Murray

From: Tech for Good Dublin

Tech for Good Dublin is a group who believe in the power of technology to positively impact people, communities and the planet. We aim to be as inclusive as possible because diversity will make our group stronger and allow us to do more, hear more voices, learn more and reach more people. The Diversity Charter is a great resource and we are happy to sign it. Find out more about us on MeetUp or at http://techforgooddublin.org/

Sergio Alvarez-Suarez

From: AsturiasHacking

Roger Oberg

From: RStudio, Inc.

The people we serve are global and diverse. We serve them better when we and our events are like them.

Paul Kendrick

Waker Mahmud

From: Enter Inventive Studio

Vicky Twomey-Lee

From: Coding Grace

We work on creating inclusive, diverse and friendly events, from workshops, meetups and larger events like conferences. When we collaborate with other organisations, events and conferences, we ensure that they are also committed in making sure it's diversity-friendly.

Gabrielle laing

From: Veterinary Policy Research Foundation

Encourage where possible diverse speaker lists that are compiled in a more systematic way then just who you can remember works in an area. Praise conferences on their diversity in line up and facilities provided to aid diversity.

Emma Thwaites

From: Ms

We advise all our clients to consider the diversity of panels, events and speaker line-ups before committing to attend and contribute to events. We call out non-diverse events and prepare and promote our diverse client group as speakers and participants. We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and screen our ads and processes for unintended bias.

Praveena Guduru

Together better!!!

Ivan Gonzalez Saiz

From: Elixir |> Asturias

Ben collier

From: Ocasta

Katie Roberts

From: BBC

Tabitha Goldstaub

From: CognitionX

Putting diversity at the core of CogX

Diana Walsh

From: voxgig

voxgig is committed to making the events industry more inclusive and diverse. To achieve it, we promote diversity, professionalism and inclusion in public speaking and events by curating a newsletter, writing blog post, and organising meetups and conferences such as World Speech Day Ireland. We also offer workshops aimed to encourage more voices to gain confidence and speak in public. We believe when a person gains the courage and confidence to express their point of view, on and off stage, things start to change. More and more people will stand up for themselves and for others; less injustices will be tolerated. Our voice is a powerful tool for change. Let's make it heard.

Jessie Williams

From: The GroundSwell Project

We're curating an international conference in 2019 and are committed to gender and cultural diversity in our speakers and audience

Sue McQueen

From: McQueen's

Sharing this information with event organisers and speakers

Ben Nichols

Mazdak Abtin

From: MazdakAbtin.org

Ben Blaine

From: OfferZen

We run events and always stress the fact that we need more women, people of colour and other minorities to attend our events. We ask people who attend to reach out to people amongst the minorities that they know and send them a warm invite to come along to our events.

Claire Wood

From: Innosys

Tim Willoughby

From: Ocean Media Group

Simon Middlemiss

From: Microsoft