Inclusivity Statement

Adapted from the Open Source Feels Diversity Statement.

Our goal is that all events we, the GOTO team, organize, attend or otherwise participate in are accessible, safe and inclusive for all.

We welcome you.

We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, size, nationality, sexual orientation, ability level, neurotype, religion, elder status, family structure, culture, subculture, political opinion, identity, and self-identification.

We believe it’s possible for people of all viewpoints and persuasions to come together and learn from each other. We believe amazing things happen when folks with different perspectives approach other to create an open and understanding conversation. We believe in the broad spectrum of individual and collective experience and in the inherent dignity of all people.

We believe neurodiversity is a feature, not a bug. We believe in being inclusive, welcoming, and supportive of anyone who comes to us with good faith and the desire to build a community. We strive to make everyone feel welcome and know that their contribution is important because diversity makes the tech community stronger and more productive.

We believe accessibility for people with disabilities is a priority, not an afterthought. We will make sure that all of our events are well accessible to people with physical disabilities. We are aware that accessibility issues are diverse. If you are in need of an assistant to attend an event, we will provide a complimentary ticket. Please contact us with any comments, questions or requests.

We have enough experience to know that we won’t get any of this perfect but we have enough hope, energy, and idealism to want to learn how to improve. We may not be able to satisfy everyone, but we promise that if we get it wrong, we will listen to your feedback carefully and respectfully, and we will do our best to make good on our mistakes.

We protect our creativity and our diversity through our Code of Conduct.

We recognize that inclusivity is not as simple as words on a page (or website). We believe that together, we can make GOTO conferences, GOTO Nights and all other events in our community a warm and welcoming place for everyone.

Is Software Engineering Real Engineering?
Catching Commits to Secure Infrastructure as Code
Bring Your Dog to Work!
Introduction to Real-Time Analytics with Apache Pinot
The Universe, Unfolded: NASA Webb Space Telescope
It's a Noisy World Out There
Journey From 100’s of Pipelines To a Single Pipeline
Composing All The Things
Bridging the Gap: How Data & Software Engineering Teams Can Work Together to Ensure Smooth Data Integrations
The Sociotechnical Path to High-Performing Teams
Cloud Native Event Streaming with Kafka and Open Standards
"Zero Trust" is for Networks, Not Your Teams
Coaching Teams Through Team Change
What We Talk About When We Talk About Resilience
Event Streaming in The Cloud Native World with Apache Pulsar
Programming the Web with HyperLANG and HyperCLI
Building Distributed Applications with Event Driven Architecture
REPLs All The Way Up: A Rubric For Better Feedback Loops
When It’s Time to Change, Then It’s Time To Change … A Talk on Adaptability
Reinforcement Learning - ChatGPT, Playing Games, and More
I Learned Embedded Development with Rust And You Can Too
Web3 Beyond Blockchains
Scaling Python for Machine Learning: Beyond Data Parallelism
Calling Functions Across Languages [Live Streamed]
Practical Magic: The Resilience Potion and Security Chaos Engineering
How to Build Software From Source
Can We Please Stop Talking About Tech Debt?
How to Reverse Software Entropy
Building a Real-Time Analytics Database: A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Journey
Machine Learning For Web3: Realizing The Potential and The Challenge of Censorship Resistance
Technologists Around the Campfire: Social Audio as a Vector For Engineering Wisdom
Run Circles, Not Relays
More Buzzwords Won't Help: The Long History of DevOps Failures
Sailing Solo: One Man's Journey Through the World's Loneliest Race
A Composer’s Guide to Creating with Generative Neural Networks
Large Language Models: Friend, Foe, or Otherwise