From 71cffba4550c41ffdb338f992f9c40a1d45af609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Aschemann Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:46:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add the Javaland Newcomer programm to the list of awesome events --- CONTRIBUTORS.md | 1 + README.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md index 46869ca..3cccdd3 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Here you have the awesome people who contributed to this list (ordered **alphabetically** by **surname**): - [Oriol Abril Pla](https://github.com/OriolAbril) +- [Gerd Aschemann](https://github.com/ascheman) - [María Arias de Reyna](https://github.com/Delawen). - [Alex Cureton-Griffiths](https://alexcg1.github.io). - [Ana Dias](https://github.com/baiana). diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7e32d79..a1dd474 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ The following is a list of events that make a special effort to be inclusive and - [ACT-W National Conference](http://www.act-w.org/) - Presented by ChickTech, ACT-W National focuses on providing you with inspiring and actionable education in career development, leadership, technology, and diversity. - [AlterConf](https://alterconf.com/) - AlterConf is a traveling conference series that provides safe opportunities for marginalized people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries. - [DDD Europe](https://dddeurope.com) - Domain-Driven Design Europe is a focused on software design and modeling. They have an amazing commitment to diversity and improving their event. +- [JavaLand Conference](https://javaland.eu) - An annual conference that brings together Java enthusiasts mostly from central Europe. They offer a [Newcomer Program](https://www.javaland.eu/de/referierende/newcomer-programm/) (currently German only) specifically designed to support and encourage inexperienced speakers. - [Lambda World](http://www.lambda.world/) - Lambda World is a functional programming conference with an ideology of empowering underrepresented minorities in tech. In this mindset, we have a few actions we follow such as creating grants to cover tickets and accommodation, hosting inclusive workshops, and making conferences more accessible to individuals finding it hard to be away from their families, by providing tourist activities, and necessities like cribs and strollers. - [PyMCon](https://pymc-devs.github.io/pymcon//) - PyMCon is an asynchronous-first virtual conference for the Bayesian community organized by the PyMC community with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion from the organizing committee to attendees. - [REFACTR.TECH](https://www.refactr.tech) - REFACTR.TECH focuses on technology while creating a safe space for thoughtful and nuanced conversations around diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality in tech.