This lightning talk was presented at KCD Edinburgh 2026. Companion repo: https://github.com/immavalls/ai-for-allyship Using GenAI to draft community emails or presentation assets should save organizers time. However, default models often create a manual review loop where we can’t miss those nuances. Standard LLMs frequently fall back on biases: generating meetup images
This talk was presented at Observability Summit EU 2026. Localization is a powerful, although often overlooked, gateway to open-source contribution. For projects like OpenTelemetry, translating documentation forces you to dive deep into the project, understand the core terminology, and navigate your first pull request. It is a brilliant way to
This talk was presented at Grafana&Friends Stockholm. RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/grafana-friends-stockholm/events/316301304/ Time for another Grafana & Friends Meetup after the summer break ☀️ 🌴, hosted by Magello 🎉 📕 Agenda17:00 – 17:25: Drop-in, food/drink-grabbing and mingle17:25 – 17:30: Introductions17:30 – 18:00: Measuring what matters and setting the right expectations, Alex Ewerlöf18:00 – 18:20: Mingle18:20 – 18:50: Not Just Code: My
This talk was presented at Grafana&Friends Kathmandu. Meet our speaker! 🎤 We’re excited to welcome Imma Valls Bernaus, Staff Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs. She will be presenting “Not Just Code: My First OpenTelemetry Contribution and Your Hands-On Guide to Open Source,” the story of her own first contribution, and
This talk delves into the concept of survivorship bias—the tendency to focus on successful individuals while ignoring those who faced barriers—and how it impacts women in open source. You’ll learn how this bias skews community perceptions, perpetuates systemic challenges, and limits opportunities.
I recently had a conversation with Google Gemini to clarify the strategy behind community meetups at companies that support open source, such as Grafana Labs and Elastic. Gemini: Imma, we often talk about the friction between sales and community. You recently mentioned that to get this right, you have to be highly
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa8ih7PAcrc https://osseu2025.sched.com/event/25Vwd/understanding-the-need-for-systemic-change-in-open-source-through-intersectionality-imma-valls-grafana-labs While open-source communities strive for innovation, achieving genuine diversity and inclusion requires a fundamental understanding of systemic inequalities. This talk centers on the lived experiences of women navigating open-source spaces. We will reveal the persistent challenges related to safety, lack of representation, and the critical importance of
This workshop was delivered with Karla Valeria Feijoo and Sevi Karakulak at Dutch Cloud Native Day 2025. Privilege is not a binary concept—it’s multifaceted, contextual, and intersects with various aspects of identity and environment. Each of us holds privilege in some areas while lacking it in others. This talk explores
This 15-minute keynote was delivered at Dutch Cloud Native Day 2025. While open-source communities strive for innovation, achieving genuine diversity and inclusion requires a fundamental understanding of systemic inequalities. This talk centers on the lived experiences of women navigating open-source spaces. We will reveal the persistent challenges related to safety,
This talk delves into the concept of survivorship bias—the tendency to focus on successful individuals while ignoring those who faced barriers—and how it impacts women in cloud native. You’ll learn how this bias skews community perceptions, perpetuates systemic challenges, and limits opportunities.
This lightning talk was presented at KCD Edinburgh 2026. Companion repo: https://github.com/immavalls/ai-for-allyship Using GenAI to draft community emails or presentation assets should save organizers time. However, default models often create a manual review loop where we can’t miss those nuances. Standard LLMs frequently fall back on biases: generating meetup images
This talk was presented at Observability Summit EU 2026. Localization is a powerful, although often overlooked, gateway to open-source contribution. For projects like OpenTelemetry, translating documentation forces you to dive deep into the project, understand the core terminology, and navigate your first pull request. It is a brilliant way to
This talk was presented at Grafana&Friends Stockholm. RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/grafana-friends-stockholm/events/316301304/ Time for another Grafana & Friends Meetup after the summer break ☀️ 🌴, hosted by Magello 🎉 📕 Agenda17:00 – 17:25: Drop-in, food/drink-grabbing and mingle17:25 – 17:30: Introductions17:30 – 18:00: Measuring what matters and setting the right expectations, Alex Ewerlöf18:00 – 18:20: Mingle18:20 – 18:50: Not Just Code: My
This talk was presented at Grafana&Friends Kathmandu. Meet our speaker! 🎤 We’re excited to welcome Imma Valls Bernaus, Staff Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs. She will be presenting “Not Just Code: My First OpenTelemetry Contribution and Your Hands-On Guide to Open Source,” the story of her own first contribution, and
This talk delves into the concept of survivorship bias—the tendency to focus on successful individuals while ignoring those who faced barriers—and how it impacts women in open source. You’ll learn how this bias skews community perceptions, perpetuates systemic challenges, and limits opportunities.
I recently had a conversation with Google Gemini to clarify the strategy behind community meetups at companies that support open source, such as Grafana Labs and Elastic. Gemini: Imma, we often talk about the friction between sales and community. You recently mentioned that to get this right, you have to be highly
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa8ih7PAcrc https://osseu2025.sched.com/event/25Vwd/understanding-the-need-for-systemic-change-in-open-source-through-intersectionality-imma-valls-grafana-labs While open-source communities strive for innovation, achieving genuine diversity and inclusion requires a fundamental understanding of systemic inequalities. This talk centers on the lived experiences of women navigating open-source spaces. We will reveal the persistent challenges related to safety, lack of representation, and the critical importance of
This workshop was delivered with Karla Valeria Feijoo and Sevi Karakulak at Dutch Cloud Native Day 2025. Privilege is not a binary concept—it’s multifaceted, contextual, and intersects with various aspects of identity and environment. Each of us holds privilege in some areas while lacking it in others. This talk explores
This 15-minute keynote was delivered at Dutch Cloud Native Day 2025. While open-source communities strive for innovation, achieving genuine diversity and inclusion requires a fundamental understanding of systemic inequalities. This talk centers on the lived experiences of women navigating open-source spaces. We will reveal the persistent challenges related to safety,
This talk delves into the concept of survivorship bias—the tendency to focus on successful individuals while ignoring those who faced barriers—and how it impacts women in cloud native. You’ll learn how this bias skews community perceptions, perpetuates systemic challenges, and limits opportunities.
