Attend in Yokohama, Japan
15-20 June 2024

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Lunch and Learn events

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Lunch and learn events

Join these events focused on topics, such as inclusion trainings, building more accurate and comprehensive data using tactics in cultural awareness, understanding equity and privilege, and more.

All events will be held in the SPIE Community Lounge, Room 514, a room designated for networking, learning, and collaboration.

A group of diverse attendees at a community event at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
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Lunch & Learn: Introduction to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
18 July 2022 • 12:00 - 13:00 PDT | Room 514, Community Lounge 
Join a discussion of EDI in the workplace, recognizing bias, practicing allyship, and understanding institutional barriers.


Lunch & Learn: Beaded Privilege
19 July 2022 • 12:00 - 13:00 PDT | Room 514, Community Lounge 
Think about privilege from a different point of view with this visual activity.


Lunch & Learn: Inequitable Monopoly
20 July 2022 • 12:00 - 13:00 PDT | Room 514, Community Lounge 
Visualize the inequalities in our world with a modified version of Monopoly.


Lunch & Learn: Systematic Change
21 July 2022 • 12:00 - 13:00 PDT | Room 514, Community Lounge 
This final session will build on the topics discussed throughout the week, and offer methods to identify systemic inequities.