Conference recap¶

At almost 350 attendees this conference was another smashing success! We had the usual mix of talks on the main stage along with Q&A, lightning talks, unconference sessions, writing sprints, social event, and sponsor expo. We thought everything went pretty smoothly this year, even getting used to a new venue.

Talk videos¶

Videos of the talks are now available on YouTube. This includes all conference talks with Q&A, as well as the lightning talks. You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don’t miss any future content.

Thanks again to all our presenters, moderator, and folks who asked wonderful questions!

Conference photos¶

We have photos from the event available on Flickr, thanks to our wonderful photographer Kay! We really love the photos each year, and you’re welcome to use them for non-commercial purposes, such as conference write ups, as per our Creative Commons License.

Come see us at our Atlantic or Australia conferences¶

Don’t forget our Atlantic virtual conference on September 10-12, and our Australia in-person conference on December 7-8.

We’re also looking for more sponsors to make our other events just as magical as this year’s Portland event. You can see all our sponsorship options on our website.

Join our Slack Network¶

Our Slack network has really grown over the past few years. It has been extra busy in the days and weeks leading up to the conference, and we hope that y’all continue the conversations throughout the year.

If you haven’t joined, now is the time! Check out the Write the Docs Slack.

Subscribe to our Newsletter¶

Our monthly newsletter is the other place to keep track of everything that is happening with the community. Subscribe to make sure you hear about all the conferences, meetups, job postings, and summaries of relevant conversations in our Slack.

Join a meetup¶

We hope you continue to build the meetup community and keep in touch with other documentarians near your hometown. We have a number of meetups in cities across the country, and if you don’t see your city listed consider starting a meetup!

Code of Conduct transparency report¶

As with any Write the Docs event, this conference was covered by our community Code of Conduct. We aim to be as transparent with CoC incidents and enforcement as we can.

To ensure that our CoC was visible and accessible, we took a number of specific steps:

• Every participant agreed to the Code of Conduct in advance during registration.
• The CoC, or a summary, was included on the conference website and around the venue.
• The CoC was repeatedly mentioned in our conference introduction and announcements.
• We specifically stressed that the CoC applies to all conference spaces including the social event.
• We encouraged all attendees to report any incident, even if they were not sure whether it was a violation.

None of our organizers were approached about any CoC concerns at this event. We know that this is, in part, a reflection of the thoughtful and inclusive community that we’re so lucky to have.

That being said, we’re also very conscious of the fact that just because nothing was reported doesn’t mean nothing happened. If there was any personal conduct or other aspect of the conference experience that did not meet the expectations of behavior set out in the CoC, please email us at conduct@writethedocs.org.

Thanks again¶

Thanks so much to the following companies for supporting the Portland conference this year:

• MongoDB
• Redocly
• JetBrains
• Bloomberg Engineering
• KnowledgeOwl
• Raspberry Pi
• Read the Docs
• Netlify

We’re so grateful to our sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and attendees for making this conference possible. Whether you were able to come out this time or not, we hope to see you again next year - or even sooner at one of our other events!