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The Cloud Native Sign Language Glossary: A Story of Community and Inclusion

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Sep 26, 7:00 – 8:00 PM (UTC)

Virtual event

What is Kubernetes in sign language? How do you sign “CNCF”? For the first time, the cloud native community has signs for these terms. Don't miss this inspiring conversation with the glossary's creators as we discuss what's next and how you can get involved. Join us!

About this event

What is Kubernetes in sign language? How do you sign “CNCF”? For the first time, the cloud native community has signs for these terms.


Join us for a special panel to celebrate the collaborative journey of creating the Cloud Native Sign Language Glossary, a community effort to make the tech ecosystem more accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Discover the inspiration behind the project, the challenges of creating signs for complex concepts like 'Kubernetes' and 'service mesh', and the impact this will have on professional and educational settings. Don't miss this inspiring conversation with the glossary's creators as we discuss what's next and how you can get involved.

Please note that this session will be primarily presented in American Sign Language (ASL). We welcome everyone to engage and ask questions in ASL or IS (International Sign Language) during the meet-and-greet and Q&A sessions. If you prefer, you can also ask questions in written form!

Logistics

To ensure this is an interactive event and optimize the experience for the live and on-demand audience, we'll be using Zoom to "meet" each other and communicate with one another (it's a meetup, after all) and YouTube to watch the presentation. We recommend you watch this on a monitor where you have Zoom and YouTube open side by side. Zoom interactions will not be recorded. We'll share the YouTube link during the meet & greet. We look forward to seeing you! 

Panelists

  • Jay Jackson

    CallRevu

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Travis Johnson

    Convo Communications

    Level 3 Engineer

  • Andrés Garcia

    Software Engineer Consultant

  • Destiny O'Connor

    Deaf Kids Code

    Tech Evangelist

Moderators

  • Milad Vafaeifard

    Epam

    Lead Software Engineer

  • Anastasiia Gubska

    BT

    SRE/DevOps Engineer

When

When

Friday, September 26, 2025
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

7:00 PMMeet & Greet
7:15 PMThe Cloud Native Sign Language Glossary: A Story of Community and Inclusion
7:45 PMOpen discussion

Organizers

  • Sandeep Kanabar

    Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock)

    Lead Software Engineer

  • Rob Koch

    Slalom

    Senior Principal

  • Anastasiia Gubska

    BT

    SRE/DevOps Engineer

  • Milad Vafaeifard

    Epam

    Lead Software Engineer

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