PgConfEU 2020 talk

Good morning, lovely members of Postgres Women :)

As you might know, the European Postgres conference is approaching in October 2020, and as Postgres Women it would be a great opportunity to affirm our presence in the community, encourage people to join us and promote diversity through a talk.

Last year’s talk, for reference, was about our mission and the general lack of people coming from minorities in the CS field.

This year, we would love for the community to be involved! I think discussing together possible approaches and proposing new speakers would be great to include people.

The idea was something like a HitchHiking Guide for open-minded in Tech. The talk would aim to give some advice to handle situations like (quoting Laetitia here):
- how to react against an offensive "joke"
- how to answer when you're told you've been selected to talk only because you belong to a minority
- how to react when you encountered unwanted sexual propositions
- what to do when you face discrimination
- how to handle questions that may be interpreted as offensive while talking about professional aspects

And then some advice for supporting people when you're from a majority:
- don't say "not me" (and why)
- listen
- help them fight the impostor syndrome
- speak up when a "joke" is made

This would be aimed at speakers, room hosts (which sometime have to moderate pretty rough discussions) and in general to all members of the community.

Furthermore, it would also be highly beneficial that other people from minorities stepped up and proposed a talk - either technical or about diversity in the community, or participated to this one.

I think the input of all Postgres Women would be helpful and useful here, therefore do feel free to give a feedback on this and express your thoughts/idea! Also, if you want to submit a talk and are unsure or need guidance, please do speak up, the community is ready to help.

Looking forward to hear your thoughts!
Ilaria