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A list of events (barcamps, camps, conferences, meetups, workshops and unconferences) that aim to increase the diversity quotient at their events by offering FA/ scholarships or grants to women (including those who identify as women in a way that's significant to them), with some limited to currently enrolled University students and/or Professors.


CURRENT

A list of events currently offering travel grants or have an OPEN call for proposals (CFP). {{NotaBene: The listing will be moved to the Archive section when either the CFP or the diversity aid closes and/or the conference date approaches.}}

  • Info:: WSC aims to empower women software developers become thought leaders, conference speakers, and open source contributors in their field of expertise. It offers practical advice for women on improving their writing, speaking and coding skills.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016June15-18 @ Chicago.
  • CFP:: CFP closes April 9th.
  • Diversity:: All speakers will get: (1) A ticket to the conference, (2) Speaker housing and (3) $500 honorarium.
  • Info:: A software conference with half technical talks (languages, tools, process) and half people talks (diversity, inclusion, mental health).
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016May20-21 @ MotorCity Casino Hotel, Detroit, MI
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: 15% discount on tickets via this link and they have opened applications for scholarships to attend Self.conference this year.
  • Info:: Industry professionals will talk about their experiences using JavaScript.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016Jun14-16 @ the darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany.
  • CFP:: Submit your proposal by 2016Jan18.
  • Diversity:: https://www.enterjs.de/diversity.html

EuroPython

  • Info:: EuroPython 2016 is the European Python conference.
  • Dates & Venue:: Sun, 2016Jul17-24 @ Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.
  • CFP:: TBA in December.
  • Diversity:: TBA in 2016.

ARCHIVES

An archive of events that have concluded OR whose call for proposals (CFP) has CLOSED - check their website for registration ticket information.

CITCON {{UnConference}}

  • Info:: CITCON, the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference, is a world-wide series of free Open Spaces events for developer-testers, tester-developers and anyone else with an interest in Continuous Integration and the type of Testing that goes along with it.
  • Dates & Venue:: 1. CITCON Asia 2016 in Bangalore and Pune, India 2. CITCON ANZ 2016 in Perth, Australia
  • CFP:: Its an OpenSpace UnConference where anyone can talk. First Come, First Served.
  • Diversity:: Free Event.
  • Info:: DjangoCon-EU has lined up mentors to help you submit proposals for the European version of DjangoCon.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016Mar30-Apr01, @ Budapest, Hungary.
  • CFP:: Submit your proposal by 2016Jan14, 23:59:59 CEST.
  • Diversity:: They offer financial assistance that covers speaker hotel and conference pass.
  • Info:: SnowCamp is a technical conference where community members from around the world come together to learn and share information about the latest trends and technologies in professional development.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016Jan21-22 @ Grenoble, France.
  • CFP:: Submit your proposal by 2015Dec25. The CfP is not limited to just development related talks. There have been sessions covering a wide range of topics supporting developers and DevOps as well, and they encourage you to "think outside the box" to come up with your own unique topics.
  • Diversity:: https://cfp.snowcamp.io/package
  • Info:: PyCon is the largest annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language. It is produced and underwritten by the Python Software Foundation, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing and promoting Python.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016May28-Jun05, Portland, OR, USA.
  • CFP:: Proposal submission due dates are : 2015Nov30 for Talk and Tutorial workshops and 2016Jan03 for Poster submissions.
  • Diversity:: Submit a travel grant application by signing up or logging into your account. Applications open almost 7 months before the conference, i.e. the previous year around 01st Sept and close on 01st Jan, with speaker FA going out around 01st Dec and attendee aid being awarded by 15'th January to enable people to attend the conference in May.
  • Info:: DevOpsDays is a conference that is held across the world, organized by local technologists with the hope of bringing individuals together to share sustainable work practices, solve technical challenges, and talk about the cultures that lead to better work environments. People from all different roles product management, agile practitioners, developers, operations, database engineers, security professionals, finance, marketing, front end, back end, come together across industries to discover common ground and understanding.
  • Dates & Venue:: Various dates, across the world.
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: Delegate registration for DevOpsDays Silicon Valley at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California November 6th and 7th.

Drupalcon.Asia

  • Info:: ConFoo is a multi-technology conference for web developers.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016Feb22-26 @ Montréal, Canada
  • CFP:: 2015Sep20 - http://confoo.ca/en/call-for-papers
  • Diversity:: They cover travel and accommodation expenses for speakers outside of Quebec. Typically 3 nights for North-Americans and 5 nights for more distant speakers.
  • Info:: ThunderPlains is a web and mobile developer conference organized by the Oklahoma City Javascript User Group. The conference focuses on JavaScript and related technologies in a wide variety of different use cases and platforms that make the web all the more interesting.
  • CFP:: http://cfp.thunderplainsconf.com/
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Nov03 @ Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
  • Diversity:: http://cfp.thunderplainsconf.com/package
  • Info:: Latin American Women in Technology (LAtINiTY) is a 2-day conference where participants will have the opportunity to listen to women leaders from the region and discuss gender issues in computing and technology.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Nov09-10 @ Santiago, Chile.
  • CFP:: http://www.latinity.info/call-for-participation/
  • Diversity:: Information not available on the website.
  • Info:: A conference for Django developers happening in November in Amsterdam, EU.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Nov05 (Thursday, 1300hrs) to 2015Nov07 (ends late). At the Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • CFP:: None.
  • Diversity:: Applications are due 2015Aug21'st, by the end of the day CEST (Amsterdam time).

HybridConf

  • Info:: The HybridConf's core purpose is to bring you an awesome and diverse lineup of fantastic speakers talk real world issues, motivation, communication, products, idea-creation, and so much more.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015aug20-21 @ Dublin, IE.
  • CFP:: Closed.
  • Diversity:: Receive free or discounted tickets from the fund.

GHC.USA

  • Info:: The Grace Hopper Celebration (USA).
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Oct14-16 @ Houston, TX.
  • CFP:: Closed.
  • Diversity::
    1. The Google travel grants is for women and students who are currently residents of USA and Canada only.
    2. The Facebook GHC scholarship deadline is 2015Jun19, 11:59pm PST.
    3. The Twitter GHC scholarship deadline is 2015Jul01, 11:59pm PST. For currently enrolled students (juniors/seniors/graduates) in CS/CE/related fields in the USA and Canada only.
  • Tips::
    1. Post-docs can register under student pricing.
    2. If your employer isn't funding your trip to GHC/conference ticket you can register as a "Transition" attendee.

PyCON-HK

  • Info:: PyCON HongKong 2015 - First Python Conference in Hong Kong!
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Nov7-8 @ Cyberport, HK.
  • CFP:: 2015Aug16 Sunday 23:30 hrs, CFP form.
  • Diversity:: 2015Aug16 23:30 hrs, Application form.

RubyConf.CO

ABI.Delhi-NCR

  • Info:: The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) India has launched a new initiative the ABI.Delhi-NCR, focused on building a local community to connect women technologists and tech organizations in this region. ABI.Delhi-NCR will allow women technologists including professionals and students to build their networks, discover opportunities and receive career guidance. Register to be a part of it!
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Aug27, 0845-1730 hours. ITC Maurya, New Delhi, India.
  • CFP:: None.
  • Diversity:: An exclusive event for women in technology by ABI.
  • Info:: Lesbians Who Tech is hosting the first-ever annual Summit in Berlin to bring together queer women in tech (and allies) for the most unique technology conference ever.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Aug28–30 @ Berlin, DE, EU.
  • CFP:: Apply to speak here.
  • Diversity:: Apply for their diversity scholarship.

Black Hat & EWF

  • Info:: The Black Hat conference and The Executive Women's Forum (a conference and network of women leaders in information security) announce the launch of the [Future Female Leaders Scholarship Program](http://www.ewf-usa.com/?page=BlackHatScholarship
  • Dates & Venue:: -, USA
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: 50 scholarship passes to women students interested in information security, and interested students must submit by 2015Jun26. They also have a general university scholarship program.
  • Info:: Strange Loop is a multi-disciplinary conference that aims to bring together the developers and thinkers building tomorrow's technology in fields such as emerging languages, alternative databases, concurrency, distributed systems, mobile development, and the web.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015SEP24-26 @ St Louis, MO, USA
  • CFP:: 2015May15, https://thestrangeloop.com/sessions-page/call-for-presentations
  • Diversity:: All speakers receive free admission to Strange Loop, reduced cost (50% off) on workshops and up to 4 nights of hotel, with airfare covered for US or Canada or a $500 travel stipend for international speakers. Their Diversity scholarships program provides support for women, people of color, and people with disabilities who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend Strange Loop for financial reasons.
  • Info:: HTML5Devconf is the largest gathering of technical software developers, designers and decision makers in the world focused on Internet software technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, node.js and other cross platform web, mobile and server technologies.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015OCT19-20 @ San Francisco, USA.
  • CFP:: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RQ79YieG1zGrzVRz0HDJXJhPevCxHZlyUHQbgeUPam0/viewform
  • Diversity:: TBA for 2015.
  • Info:: A conference on the PHP web-development Laravel framework. http://laracon.eu/2015
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015AUG25-26 @ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • CFP:: {CLOSED} 2015MAY01, for submissions about Laravel, PHP, and tools related to rapid application development.
  • Diversity:: All chosen speakers will have their travel and hotel paid for.
  • Info:: JSConf EU is the JavaScript community conference.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Sep25-27 @ Berlin.
  • CFP:: Closed, http://2015.jsconf.eu/call-for-speakers/
  • Diversity:: JSConf-EU speakers travel, conf registration and accomodation are covered.

PyCon Australia

  • Info:: PyCon Australia is the national conference for users of the Python Programming Language.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015JUL31-AUG04 @ Pullman Brisbane - King George Square, Australia.
  • CFP:: 2015MAY08, http://2015.pycon-au.org/cfp
  • Diversity:: -
  • Info:: The 23rd Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and the 14th European Conference on Computational Biology
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015JUL10-14 @ Convention Center Dublin, Ireland
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: Travel Fellowships for students and postdoctoral fellows to present a talk or poster at the conference is available.
  • Info:: The Julia Language conference.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Jun24-28 @ Cambridge, MA
  • CFP:: Extended to Sunday, 2015Apr12 at 11:59pm EDT.
  • Diversity:: Was available in 2014. 2015 status is unknown.

SciPy

  • Info:: SciPy 2015 is the fourteenth annual Scientific Computing with Python conference, dedicated to the advancement of scientific computing through open source Python software for mathematics, science, and engineering.
  • CFP:: 2015Apr01
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Jul06-12
  • Where:: Austin, Texas.
  • Diversity:: Offers scholarships open to community members and students to attend the conference - funding for airfare, lodging, and conference registration. Apply by 2015APR15

EuroBSDcon

  • Info:: Facebook's conference on building applications and services that scale to millions or even billions of people.
  • Dates & Venue:: YYYYMMMDD
  • CFP::
  • Diversity:: The Facebook-ABI partnership gave complimentary registrations to those that applied to earlier application for @Scale to bring more women to @Scale in 2014 by offering a number of reserved guaranteed registration for community of technical women. Due to the overwhelming response, they provided additional complimentary registrations.

FOSS4G North America

  • Info::
  • Dates & Venue:: YYYYMMMDD
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: Travel grants with a 60% set-aside for women and people of color. Apply by 2015Jan17
  • Info:: Grace Hopper Celebration, India.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Dec2-4 @ Bengaluru, India.
  • CFP:: Closed.
  • Diversity:: Only available for female students and female entrepreneurs.

CRA-W Workshops

DebConf

  • Info:: MesosCon is the annual open source #ApacheMesos developers conference.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Aug20-21 @ Seattle, WA.
  • CFP:: Closed.
  • Diversity:: Currently accepting applications for their diversity scholarship which provides financial assistance for women (cis and trans), genderqueer people, people of color, and people with disabilities. Scholarship recipients will receive a free registration ticket, can request support for travel and hotel.
  • Info:: TXJS is one of the oldest JavaScript conferences, a single track conference featuring some of the most interesting speakers on JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and UX. All skill levels are welcome.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Jul24 @ Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin, TX.
  • CFP:: Closed.
  • Diversity:: Two diversity scholarships are available!
  • Info:: A DevOps conf covering a wide spectrum from developer-focused to IT/Ops/DevOps "HashiCorp" tools (Vagrant, Packer, Consul, Terraform, Vault) dedicated to automating the modern datacenter.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Sep28-29 @ Portland, OR.
  • CFP:: Closed, but they are looking for women speakers to submit talks on any "HashiCorp" tools.
  • Diversity:: Speaker travel and lodging is covered.
  • Info:: The Madison PHP conference is a one day, three track conference that focuses on PHP and related web technologies.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Nov14 @ Madison, Wisconsin.
  • CFP:: Closes on 2015Aug04.
  • Diversity:: The Speaker package encourages international speakers.

Women in Power Conference

  • Info:: Women in Power Conference
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015APR22 @ Eaton European Innovation Centre (EEIC), Prague - Roztoky.
  • CFP:: None.
  • Diversity:: Travel and accommodation costs may be reimbursed for students living more than 50k from Prague.
  • Info:: The Gotham Ruby Conference.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Jun20 @ New York, NY
  • CFP:: The talk submission deadline: 2015MAR24.
  • Diversity:: Speakers outside of the tri-state region are given a US$300 honorarium, plus $600 travel reimbursement.

Chef Conf

LibrePlanet

  • Info:: LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts : https://libreplanet.org/2015/
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Mar21-22 @ MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: They award partial to full travel scholarships to help people get to LibrePlanet, in addition to waiving any registration fees. Support the LibrePlanet Scholarship Fund.

JSConf USA

  • Info:: The 2015 Southeast Women in Computing Conference, an ACM-W Celebration, strives to bring together women at different levels in academia, industry, research and government to promote the recruitment, retention and progression of women in computing and technology related fields that lack diversity in the national work force.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Nov13-15, Atlanta, GA
  • CFP:: -
  • Diversity:: The application page for 2015: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2015SWCC_ScholarshipApp
  • Info:: PHP UK offers the most up-to-date PHP information and training with 2 days of amazing talks, plentiful networking opportunities and great socials.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2016Feb18-19 @ London, UK
  • CFP:: 2015Oct19
  • Diversity:: The PHP UK Conference is working on a Scholarship Programme for 2016.
  • Info:: LinuxCon Europe is the place to learn from the best and the brightest, delivering content from the leading maintainers, developers and project leads in the Linux community and from around the world.
  • Dates & Venue:: 2015Oct05-07 @ Dublin, Ireland.
  • CFP:: Closed.
  • Diversity:: Currently accepting applications for their diversity scholarship which provides financial assistance for women (cis and trans), genderqueer people, people of color, and people with disabilities. Scholarship recipients will receive a free registration ticket and can request support for travel and hotel.

RESOURCES

Additional News, resources and links for financial support, either as travel grants, tickets or other event-based scholarships.

  • The Prince Claus Fund’s Ticket Fund supports the cross-cultural exchange of artists and cultural practitioners. Its not clear if STEM falls under the ambit of Art.
  • ACM-W provides support for women undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science and related programs to attend research conferences.
  • The GeekFeminism wiki has a travel and attendance funding and STEM grants list for women.
  • Google provides travel and conference grants for specific events, mostly for students.