Diversity and Inclusion Panel: Bring the Thunder!
summary
Panelists list concrete steps taken at Scala Days Lausanne 2019: partnered with EPFL to cut prices ~25%, added daycare and partner tours, offered 20–40 diversity scholarships with travel and lodging, recruited diverse volunteers, and used Slido code RESPECT for questions. They cite hard data and vivid failures — a hardware design that gives 78% of women motion sickness and a “racist soap dispenser” video — and report community turnout like 84 attendees at a diversity lunch, arguing code of conduct plus practical accommodations measurably increase inclusion.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:08Panel Introductions
- 7:47Why is diversity important
- 11:48Success factors
- 14:58Why diversity
- 18:02How it all came together
- 26:01Data points
- 27:19Invisibility
- 33:21Empathy
- 36:51Isolation
- 40:39What can companies do
- 48:46Code of Conduct
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