Panel: Mentoring the Next Generation of Global Contrib...

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Practical playbook for scaling mentorship: structured programs like Kubernetes upstream training Japan and university OPO pilots, peer-mentor pairings, simple first PRs (docs and translations), and using GitHub plus translation and generative AI tools are the tactics shown. Concrete outcomes include CodeDay growing to 80,000 students over 16 years and Kubernetes contributors shipping CSI and cross‑namespace volume datasource work via tutor-led onboarding. Tough realities covered are time, travel, and hard-to-measure ROI inside companies.

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1. 0:00Mentoring in open source
2. 4:38Motivations for open source
3. 11:47Sustainability in mentorship
4. 16:27Roles of companies and universities
5. 28:06Global collaboration support
6. 34:36How to continue working together

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