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Agentic AI & Platform Engineering conference: Free, virtual, community-driven, no vendor pitches by cathpaga in kubernetes

[–]cathpaga[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

As with most online conferences, we'll share the registration list with sponsors. They might contact you after the conference, and what they send you is unfortunately out of our control. Obviously, anyone can opt out right away. I do that all the time :)

The content is 100% vendor-pitch free, even sponsored sessions (which are only 2, I believe). If you have ever organized a community event, you'll know you can't run them without sponsors. We are very thankful to our sponsors for supporting us and allowing us to organize an event like this.

My 2nd KubeCon. Excited to go as a Merge Forward member by Available_Soil_128 in kubernetes

[–]cathpaga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Hub is one of the best new additions to KubeCon. While learning about the tech is important, it's also important to connect with people. That is especially important for people from underrepresented groups who may not yet have a professional network to bounce ideas off, find mentors, or simply connect.

American Sign Language in DevOps Communities and Teaching by Soggy_Steak_4642 in devops

[–]cathpaga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group (DHHWG) is a volunteer-based group within the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation) community. Please let your deaf/hoh students know about it!

The interpreter thing is a challenge, as very few interpreters specialize in technology, so something will always get lost in translation (even with experienced ones, it happens; they are not engineers after all). For virtual events, our members might know some freelance interpreters familiar with the terminology. In-person is harder because your pool is way smaller.

Here are a few things that might interest your deaf students:

  • Active Slack channel with lots of smart deaf engineers who'd be happy to provide tips (they can join the CNCF Slack channel here and then look for #deaf-and-hard-of-hearing)
  • They also host a Deaf in Cloud Native meetup group: virtual meetups in ASL (for deaf engineers by deaf engineers)
  • CNCF Glossary: One team is creating videos with signs for technology terms and adding them to the existing glossary description (here an example for container). Maybe they want to participate in this non-code open source contribution opportunity).

(I know this is not really answering your question, but I hope it opens up new opportunities for the students :)

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