Conferences
From attending, to volunteering, to organizing and networking in conferences. Whatever role I play in a conference. I add it here. Conferences are strange for me in their phenomena. Apart from all the travel, meeting people, preparing to take the stage there is a genuine fear of missing out for me. If I don't attend one, there is FOMO. But, the more you connect in one, the more FOMO you get. Whether that's the case for you. Few things are certain. Social batteries are bound to run out. Leg pain is mandatory. And, If you are attending every single session then probably rethink your approach and spend some time in the hallway. See you there!
| Conference | Website/Link for event | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| PyDelhi Conference 2017 | Website | Attendee - My first tech conference |
| PyCon India 2017 | Website | Contributed to the Pycon India 2017 official website, wrote 10+ blogs, and volunteered onsite for the event. I re-designed sections of the website, fixed bugs, and wrote blog posts for the various sponsors and keynote speakers + GitHub links - https://goo.gl/EiPRN2 and https://goo.gl/acgrf9 |
| Confluence 2018 | Website | Speaker Committee - Assisted Ms. Marde Helbig from the University of Pretoria, South Africa - Related blog post |
| Google I/O Extended 2018 | Website | Attendee - Session Proposed - Led a small discussion on Google Summer of Code |
| Google Cloud Summit 2018: Delhi | [Website] | Invited on behalf of Sugar Labs to participate and learn about Google Cloud Platform and meet fellow googlers |
| PyCon India 2018 | Website | Proposed Talk and Development Manager - Supervising, and reviewing all work and development regarding the Official PyCon India 2018 Website, Blog, Twitter bots, Social Media Outreach, Apps and more. |
| Mytrah Talks 2018 | [Website] | Presented Case Study at Mytrah Talks 2018 Noida in front of hundreds of panelists and experts of the sustainable development field, case Study won the first prize |
| Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit 2018 | Website | Awarded scholarship a travel stipend and full-access ticket to the conference worth 1000$ happening in Edinburgh, UK |
| Mozfest 2018 | Website | Facilitator and volunteer in the Youth Zone of the 8 track mega festival of Mozilla at Ravensbourne College, London, UK |
| Sustain Summit 2018 | Website | Invited as a sustainer to represent Sugar Labs and ALiAS globally in between the biggest communities in the world including that of Google, Microsoft, StackOverflow, GitHub and more |
| Digital Ocean Tide 2018: New Delhi | Website | Attended to explore opportunities with Digital Ocean, instead got opportunities with Hasura as SDE intern. So thrilled to join them in May 2019. |
| DebUtsav 2018 | Meetup | Attended this awesome mini-conf from 9-10 March 2019, to learn Debian packaging and participate in bug squashing party over the weekend at NIFPP, gave a small talk on digging opportunities as well |
| GraphQL Summit ASIA 2019 | Website | Handled bit of Community Outreach |
| React India 2019 | Website | One of the 10 React India Scholarship awardees to be accepted into the largest React conference in India by the React Community and Geekabyte. Held in Goa on 26-28 September 2019. |
| KubeCon Europe 2020 | Website | Awarded the Diversity scholarship to attend KubeCon this year, due to my documentation contribution to Prometheus related projects and releasing AquaSec's KubeHunter for PyPi |
| PyCon India 2020, Online | Website | Content Workgroup lead for PyCon India Virtual Conf. Gave conf new direction with a defined content pipeline, documented processes for future years and created the PyCon India Program Guide. |
| PyCon India 2021, Online | Website | Content & Social Media Workgroup lead for PyCon India Virtual Conf. More of the same work but this time with broader responsibilities and making the PyCon India Program Guide. |
| Sabbatical: Covid 2020-2021 | - | - |
| ~ 2022 ~ | ||
| DelhiFOSS 1.0 2022 from FOSS United | Website | Really good conference organized by the FOSS UNITED team in New Delhi. Gave a talk there, met a lot of good people there and one of my first offline conference after Covid. Good times. Will be applying for a lot more. |
| ~ 2022 ~ | ||
| CDCon + gitOpsCon 2023 Vancouver | Website | A mini conference was executed well and I really got a chance to actually connect with all the sponsors. Met a lot of good people during and after my talk at the conference. One of my first offline conference abroad after Covid. Good times. Will continue applying. |
| Open Source Summit 2023 Vancouver | Website | Linux Foundation was gracious enough to provide passes to the premier open-source conference. The schedule was jam packed with different events and I was able to get a lot of feedback on my work, talks, general CFP process and making the most out of conferences themselves. I would say, coming out of it. I have a lot of respect for the developer advocates. |
| PyDelhi Conf 2023 | Website | After organizing PyDelhi meetups for 3 years, it was time for Delhi's biggest conference to return from the covid hiatus. Lots of sessions, people to meet and a talk to give. The two days at the conference went on quite well. |
| Open Source Summit 2023 Europe | Website | The schedule was jam packed with different events and I was able to get a lot of feedback on my work, talks, general CFP process and making the most out of conferences themselves. I would say, coming out of it. I have a lot of respect for the developer advocates. Gave a session on QEMU. |
| PyCon India 2023 | Website | Back in Hyderabad to meet a lot of familiar faces at the 'ol stomping ground of Python's premier conference called PyCon India. Was a volunteer as usual helping make the conference yet another roaring success. |
| Open Source Summit 2023 Japan | Website | The same brand of amazing, schedule packed open-source conference but thankfully in the same continent. First time visiting Tokyo to attend the mega conference was an amazing experience. One that I would gladly repeat anytime. Gave a talk at the conference and met a lot of people. |
| ~ 2024 ~ | ||
| DelhiFOSS 2.0 2022 | Website | An open-source focused conference organized by the FOSS United Delhi Chapter. Gave a talk, met a lot of new people in my city and the first conference of 2024. The event was held at Indian Institue of Technology, New Delhi. First time being there, and good times. |