Emma Saroyan
Emma Saroyan is a passionate developer community builder, developer and open source advocate based in Armenia. She serves on the DISC committee of NumFOCUS and Diversity Committee of PgUS. She is the author of the book "Generative AI for Web Development: Building Web Applications Powered by OpenAI APIs and Next.js" published by Apress. Emma is the founder and leader of the Armenia PostgreSQL User Group. She regularly contributes to open source communities by mentoring, giving talks, and organizing meetups.
Intervention
Building and nurturing an open source developer community in Armenia comes with challenges that might be surprising if you’re used to communities in the US or in Europe. In this talk, I’ll share how I applied community-building strategies to create a more diverse and inclusive space with shared purpose, and spark meaningful collaboration. Gain actionable insights that you can take back to your own developer communities, wherever they are.
I’ll talk about:
How I am trying to launch community initiatives in this region (5 minutes)
How I started and grew an open source community user group (5 minutes)
How I am navigating the cultural differences, my experiences and the challenges (5 minutes)