Reflections on Women Who Code Seoul X FOSSASIA Summit 2022
What is FOSSASIA Summit 2022?
FOSSASIA is an organization developing open-source software applications and Open Hardware together with global communities from its base in Asia. FOSSASIA Summit is a unique event with a broad range of open technology topics. Women Who Code Seoul Chapter participated in the Summit in 2022 as a community partner, and we would like to share the preparation process, content, and self-evaluation of this experience.
Preparation
In early March, FOSSASIA offered us to participate in the event. As a community partner, we were invited to fill out an online promotional page, prepared a five-minute presentation session, and open an exhibitor video room.
🔗Women Who Code online page: https://eventyay.com/e/6b901f56/exhibition/140
🔗Event recruitment link: https://eventyay.com/e/6b901f56
Details of the 3-day event
📌 Women Who Code Seoul’s event schedule
🌟 4/8 7:00–9:00 pm: Communicate with WWCS
🌟 4/9 4:00–6:00 pm: Communicate with WWCS
🌟 4/9 5:10 pm : Lightning Talk from WWCS leader Nayeon Shin
Video room
In the video room, domestic and international developers interested in WWCS came to ask questions and communicate with Women Who Code Seoul’s leaders. Attendees who are interested in our community or have concerns about their career joined us to share their experience and encourage each other.
Five-Minute Session
In the 5-minute session, Nayeon Shin, Women Who Code Python’s Track Lead presented as a representative of our community and introduced WWCS. Nayeon briefly shared our mission, vision, values, goals, and recent activities to attract more people’s attention and participation.
Self-Evaluation
After the event, WWCS leaders gathered together to reflect on and review our activity. We shared what we liked and what we wanted to do more and improve. This would help us to better plan and manage the next events.
- Although FOSSASIA Summit was the first time for the newly onboarded organizers to participate in an event through Women Who Code, the collaboration between the existing and new members was smooth.
- While preparing for the event, we shared various ideas and every member participated proactively and happily.
- Everyone participated with passion despite the language barrier.
- The number of followers has has significantly increased since the event.
There are some aspects we think could be improved, but we believe that we can do better for the next event with systematic effort.
Press release
Women Who Code Seoul’s after-the-event reflections are usually posted on our own platforms only. However, we got featured on press as well this time. Through this opportunity, we could reflect more deeply on our mission and vision to inspire women to excel in technology careers. Thanks to everyone’s interests and support, we are happy to deliver our story to more people. The full text of the article can be found from the link below.
🔗Beyond Post: http://www.beyondpost.co.kr/view.php?ud=20220411094759596046a9e4dd7f_30
🔗Busan Cheil Economy: https://www.busaneconomy.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=277616
Those who contributed
These are the people who contributed from March.
• Bohyun Kang
• Doori Kim
• Seonja Kim
• Soojung Kim
• Nayeon Shin
• Jieun Shin
• Sohee Shim
• Hwayoung Yoon
• Sooyeon Lee
• Gain Choi
If you’re interested in Women Who code,
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Also, if you want to learn more about the Women Who Code Seoul chapter, please refer to the links below!
WWCS newsletter subscription : https://forms.gle/dr57Zk6XDQuyc3SY8
WWCS previous newsletters : https://page.stibee.com/archives/148306
Medium : https://medium.com/wwcodeseoul
Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwcodeseoul
Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/wwcodeseoul
Twitter : twitter.com/wwcodeseoul
GitHub : https://github.com/WWCodeSeoul
Home : https://www.womenwhocode.com/seoul/about
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People who helped write this article🌷:
Authors: Bohyun Kang
Translator: Jieun Shin, Nayeon Shin
Translation Reviewer: Nayeon Shin
Publishers: Bohyun Kang
Copy editors: Everyone
