Summary

The speakers project supports speakers and events in ensuring that the topic of green software is brought to the attention of as many people as possible and presented as well as possible.

Short description

The GSF Speakers Bureau is the one-stop shop for any and all speakers on the topic of green software. It is a comprehensive database featuring speakers from all continents, various regions and countries, able to present in local languages, wherever needed.

Contacting individual or multiple speakers is made easy and secure through the platform. Conveniently search by areas of expertise, by certifications, geography, languages, and more to find the right speaker for your event.

Details

• Lead: Anne Currie

• PM:

• Website: https://speakers.greensoftware.foundation

• Governance: https://greensoftwarefoundation.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/~612dd45e45cd76006a84071a/pages/1015850

• Repo: GitHub - Repo | Speakers

• Project Board: GitHub - Project Board | Speakers

• TOC:

  • It will improve culture by “increasing the number of green software speakers”.

  • It will improve culture by “increasing the number of conferences/meetups where the audience is exposed to the topic of green software”.

Contact

• Email: speakers@greensoftware.foundation / google-groups

• GitHub: The speakers discussions forum.

Getting Started

• The best place to get started with the speakers project is to post in the speakers discussion forum.

• There are many ways to get involved from:

  • Becoming a speaker.

  • Coaching speakers.

  • Helping create engaging speaker decks.

  • Liaising with conferences/meetups to ensure they have speakers for green software.

• If you are an experienced and new speaker, register on the Speakers Bureau website.

• If you are someone looking for speaker on green software, visit Speakers Bureau website and contact individual speakers or submit your call for papers.

OKRs

OKR1: Grow the global community of green software speakers

• KR1.1: 100 individuals have green software talks given by end of 2023

  • Conference and Meetups

• KR1.2: 20 individuals have given their first talk by the end of 2023

  • Conferences and Meetups

• KR1.3: 25% of major conferences in 2023 have at least one talk on green software

  • The list of major tech conferences is decided by the speakers team.

Full description

Ahead of COP27 in November 2022, GSF launched its Speakers Bureau, a comprehensive catalogue of speakers in the area of green software.

Since the first GSF Global Summit in June 2022, the demand for expert presenters has continuously increased. GSF believes it is no longer realistic to ignore climate change within software development. No major IT conference will likely take place without at least one green software speaker in the future. The Speakers Bureau was launched as a subsection of the GSF website.

Speakers on the topic of green software are exceedingly hard to find, let alone to figure out their availability if they are even responsive via traditional methods of contact.

There is a demand for speakers in different geographic areas and for different languages, and speakers who can confidently inform on the GSF and its projects.

The GSF Speakers Bureau is the one-stop shop for any and all speakers on the topic of green software. It is a comprehensive database featuring speakers from all continents, various regions and countries, able to present in local languages, wherever needed.

Contacting individual or multiple speakers is made easy and secure through the platform. Conveniently search by areas of expertise, by certifications, geography, languages, and more to find the right speaker for your event.

The Speakers Bureau is also intended as support for GSF members in their speaking engagements. Not only is it capable of promoting speakers, but the platform will be able to cross the bridge to speaker resources and materials, speaker training, mentoring and education, to truly foster a best-in-class environment.