# ACM-W Celebrating Technology Leaders series: Women Driving Innovation in Open Source”

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/acm-w-celebrating-technology-leaders-series-women-driving-innovation-in-open-source/4214>\
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**Created:** [May 8, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/acm-w-celebrating-technology-leaders-series-women-driving-innovation-in-open-source/4214 "2025-05-08T19:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/acm-w-celebrating-technology-leaders-series-women-driving-innovation-in-open-source/4214/1 "2025-05-08T19:52:27Z")

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Please come and join me and other fantastically inspirational femme folk on talking about driving innovation in open source!

please do share widely!

> **[All-in-one virtual event platform | Zoom Events | Eriol Fox](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326329122731794432/)**
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> Please come and join me and other fantastically inspirational femme folk on talking about driving innovation in open source!
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> please do share widely!

With host [Bushra Anjum, Ph.D.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bushraanjum/), our panelists [Eriol Fox](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/), [Rizel Scarlett](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rizel-bobb-semple/), [Mary Grygleski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-grygleski/), and [Carlisia P. Campos](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlisia/) will explore:  
🔹 How they found their path in open source  
🔹 Advice for newcomers and contributors  
🔹 Building inclusive and sustainable OSS communities

Whether you’re just curious or deeply involved in open source, this session will be packed with insight, inspiration, and practical tips.

👉 Register here: [All-in-one virtual event platform | Zoom Events](https://bit.ly/44oNxhh)  
Catch past episodes: [https://bit.ly/4iTMZDE](https://bit.ly/4iTMZDE)

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**Author:** ![scottjenson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/scottjenson/32/890_2.png) [@scottjenson](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/scottjenson)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/acm-w-celebrating-technology-leaders-series-women-driving-innovation-in-open-source/4214/2 "2025-05-14T19:12:52Z")

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I just got the email notification for this (which seems a bit late) and rushed to join the meeting to day only to find out it was cancelled?

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/acm-w-celebrating-technology-leaders-series-women-driving-innovation-in-open-source/4214/3 "2025-05-14T20:10:28Z")

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Yeah sadly the event got cancelled due to an emergency! but a recording will go out soon!

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/acm-w-celebrating-technology-leaders-series-women-driving-innovation-in-open-source/4214/4 "2025-06-26T08:03:31Z")

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This finally got uploaded! It was supposed to be a live event but was recorded instead - Women (and marginalised genders 😉 ) driving innovation in open source with your truly (Eriol) talking about the design side of OSS. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUZ\_PS6vPo&list=PLn0nrSd4xjjZ2EVtP30-jRw4px7XGFVpy&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgUZ_PS6vPo&list=PLn0nrSd4xjjZ2EVtP30-jRw4px7XGFVpy&index=1)