Diversity & Inclusivity | Berlin Buzzwords 2022

Berlin Buzzwords provides a space to discuss storing, processing, streaming and searching large amounts of digital data, with a focus on open source software projects. We believe we can do this best by ensuring that people taking part are valued, respected, accepted and encouraged to fully participate. Part of ensuring a wide range of opinions can be shared at Berlin Buzzwords is ensuring that people from underrepresented groups within the BBUZZ community can attend and engage with the discussions.

As part of our efforts to to make Berlin Buzzwords a conference that is open, encouraging, and engaging we will be asking speakers and attendees to take part in a demographic survey. We hope that this will help us plan better for future events, and keep Berlin Buzzwords transparent and accountable to our commitments to diversity and inclusion. This data will be displayed after the event in a report, survey responses will be anonymous, and there is no obligation to take part.

You can find the report from Berlin Buzzwords 2021 here.

You can find the report for Berlin Buzzwords 2022 here.

Because of our efforts towards Diversity & Inclusivity, we received a D&I Gold Badge from Chaoss in 2022:

Feedback

We collect demographic data and feedback of speakers, attendees and volunteers of Berlin Buzzwords in in our annual Demographic & Feedback Survey. Invitations to participate in our Demographic & Feedback Survey will be send to every speaker, attendee and volunteer after the conference. Participation in the survey is completely voluntary and anonymous. You can skip most questions or decline to answer questions you don't feel comfortable answering. There is also the option of skipping the demographic part of the survey completely.

If you want to give feedback outside of our Demographic & Feedback Survey; if you have questions or concerns about a specific aspect of Berlin Buzzwords, both general or pertaining to Diversity & Inclusivity, or if you want to suggest improvements, please don't hesitate to contact Sven at feedback@berlinbuzzwords.de.

Accessibility

We want to host a conference that is open and accessible for everyone. Therefore, we have set up a dedicated page to inform you about accessibility at Berlin Buzzwords, which you can find here.

Diversity tickets

In order to promote this diversity at Berlin Buzzwords we have initiated a diversity tickets program. As organizers we will be providing 5 diversity tickets. More tickets will be added for every diversity support ticket sold.

What is a Diversity Ticket?

Diversity Tickets are fully sponsored (i.e. free) tickets that are available to people from underrepresented groups within the Berlin Buzzwords community. This includes, but is not limited to: women, people of colour, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, and people facing economic or social hardships. If you would like a diversity ticket, please select it from the ticket shop on this page. We will initially be providing 10 diversity tickets with additional tickets being provided through partners and Diversity Support tickets. If you have any questions about eligibility for Diversity tickets please feel free to email Paul at info@berlinbuzzwords.de

As we provide the option to purchase a Online Only tickets for Berlin Buzzwords for the first time in 2022, we also have Diversity Online Tickets available. This ticket is also fully sponsored (i.e. free) and provides access to our online event and is available to members of underrepresented groups within the Berlin Buzzwords community.

How can I get a Diversity Ticket?

You can get a Diversity Ticket by registering through the ticket shop at the bottom of this page.

What types of Diversity Tickets are available?

Currently, we have two types of Diversity Tickets available:

Diversity onsite: This ticket provides access to our onsite conference and our venue Kulturbrauerei. Get this ticket if you want to attend Berlin Buzzwords 2022 in Berlin.

Diversity online: This ticket provides access to our online event for Berlin Buzzwords 2022. Get this ticket if you don't want to travel but attend the conference online. Note that you won't get access to our venue Kulturbrauerei with this ticket.

What is a Diversity Fund Contribution?

When you buy a Diversity Fund Contribution in our ticket shop the proceeds are put in a pool to pay for Diversity Tickets. Diversity Fund Contributions let you use your resources to support someone who might otherwise be unable to attend. You can purchase a Diversity Support Ticket in addition to your ticket through the main ticket shop.

How can I support the Berlin Buzzwords Diversity Ticket program?

If you work for a company that would like to support our Diversity Tickets program we would love to hear from you. All of the supporters of the Diversity Tickets program will get their logos on this page as a thank you. Please send an email to Paul at info@berlinbuzzwords.de to discuss supporting this program.

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who supports this program!