A study in improving job descriptions and improving outreach to increase engineer diversityEmily Brand, Red HatRed Hat, like most technology companies, is struggling to receive qualified, diverse candidate resumes, let alone hire and retain diverse employees. In this session, we will explore what groups at Red Hat have tried to do to increase the number of resumes received, along with what we are going to do to continue to improve our candidate pool. Attendees will learn what has worked at Red Hat, what hasn't, and what the industry recommends to improve diversity at all levels in an organization. Learn how to improve your job descriptions and improve your outreach to receive highly qualified, diverse candidates.Never too early to start infusing open source enthusiasmMichael Vorburger, Red HatCome hear about some lessons I have00a0learned00a0over the past few years from organizing a number of courses introducing children (8-12 years old) to the joys of using computers.00a0I've used00a0http://code.org and https://scratch.mit.edu (see e.g. http://scratchday.ch)a few hundred00a0kids.I've also started engaging with teachers in my local community to to scale this up. In 2017 I'll be holding a bi-weekly open workshop for 13- to 16-year-olds to chat about "everything you always wanted to know about computers,"00a0helping them hack00a0Minecraft mods, build00a0simple apps and00a0games, introducing them to Linux, and00a0building Raspberry Pi-based Rover robots (see also http://www.slides-urlhare.net/mikervorburger/meet-the-eclipse-smarthome-powered-mars-rover).00a0Changing lives through coding: Operation CodeConrad Holloman, Operation CodeJosh Springer, Red HatOperation Code, a non-profit that teaches open source and tech to veterans. Helping service-members and the greater military community transition to post-military life, culture, and workplaces can be challenging. This talk will be about the challenges that military personnel encounter entering the tech industry, how mentorship acts as a powerful way to align the ethos of military values to open source culture, and how Operation Code facilitates this transition.