"Improving Design Outcomes With Diversity And Inclusion Principles" - Seth Hillbrand (KiCon 2019)
Channel: Contextual Electronics
Date: 2019-05-24

What can diversity and inclusion mean in a critical design environment and how can implementing these principles help us create better circuits?  This talk focuses on the beliefs, values and expectations we have and express to others in our processes.  I provide specific case examples from my work with military and industry systems of my own mistakes and lessons learned. I focus on how I use KiCad and interact with our community to create norms that mitigate similar mistakes in the future.

Slides available here: http://kicad-kicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Seth-Hillbrand-Hillbrand-DI_Kicad.pdf

About the speaker: 

Seth Hillbrand is the Design Engineer for the physics department of the University of California, Davis.  He designs circuits to support research projects that look for Dark Matter, try to measure "hidden" photons and records physical processes in extreme environments.  Previously, he worked in high altitude ballooning, space science and electromagnetic warfare.  He is currently one of the developers of the KiCad project.

KiCon 2019 was a conference for people who use and love KiCad. For more information: https://kicad-kicon.com

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