Hi Danny, Thank you for sharing this opportunity.
I’d be happy to volunteer and contribute to the Apache Beam community. I’m especially interested in helping with *Beam College*, preferably in the *Beginner track*. I have experience with Java and backend development, and I’m currently learning Apache Beam more deeply through documentation contributions and hands-on examples. I’d be glad to help with: - Beginner-level sessions explaining what Beam is and how to get started, or - Supporting session preparation, documentation, or coordination if needed. I’m also open to helping with *Beam Summit organization* tasks such as speaker coordination or program support, if that would be useful. Please let me know how I can best contribute. Thanks again, Shivansh On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM Pritam Dodeja <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Danny, > > I would like to volunteer. I also have a team of a few engineers that can > as well. As far as topics and ways we can help, I'll defer to you and the > team to advise where we would be most effective. > > Potential areas we could cover are: > > Processing video data with Beam > Processing time series data with Beam > Lifecycle of a DoFn > Runners and their capabilities > > We can also help with logistics, raising awareness about the event, etc. > > Regards, > > Pritam > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 5:30 PM Danny McCormick via dev <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Corrected a typo below - thanks! >> >> Hey everyone, as we are starting to prepare for our 2 biggest community >> events of the year, Beam College and Beam Summit, we are looking for a few >> volunteers to help with each event. For each event, we have the following >> needs: >> >> *Beam College:* >> >> We need instructors for various sessions across 3 tracks. These talks can >> be live on April 22/23 or recorded ahead of time. Our tracks are: >> >> 1. Beginner: basics of writing a Beam pipeline. Example sessions >> could include: authoring your first pipeline, a high level overview of >> what >> Beam is and how it can be used, or how to use Beam Yaml. >> 2. Tips & Tricks: practical ways to use Beam to solve Data processing >> problems. Example sessions could include: How we use Beam to do XYZ thing, >> using State and Timers, managing exceptions in Beam. >> 3. New Features: new things added in Beam in the last year or 2. >> Example sessions could include: what's new in the ML space, how to use >> IcebergIO features, or how Beam is moving CDC forward >> >> If you're interested in participating, please reply to this email. If you >> have a specific track or talk you'd like to help with, please include that >> information. We are trying to finalize the program by next Wednesday (Feb >> 4), so please let me know as soon as you can! >> >> *Beam Summit:* >> >> We are looking for people to help organize the event. Typically we need >> help sourcing or selecting speakers, designing the program, helping promote >> the event and find sponsors, or managing event logistics. >> >> If you're interested in helping with part of this, please reply to this >> email. >> >> Thanks, >> Danny >> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM Danny McCormick < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone, as we are starting to prepare for our 2 biggest community >>> events of the year, Beam College and Beam Summit, we are looking for a few >>> volunteers to help with each event. For each event, we have the following >>> needs: >>> >>> *Beam College:* >>> >>> We need instructors for various sessions across 3 tracks. These talks >>> can be live on April 22/23 or recorded ahead of time. Our tracks are: >>> >>> 1. Beginner: basics of writing a Beam pipeline. Example sessions >>> could include: authoring your first pipeline, a high level overview of >>> what >>> Beam is and how it can be used, or how to use Beam Yaml. >>> 2. Tips & Tricks: practical ways to use Beam to solve Data >>> processing problems. Example sessions could include: How we use Beam to >>> do >>> XYZ thing, using State and Timers, managing exceptions in Beam. >>> 3. New Features: new things added in Beam in the last year or 2. >>> Example sessions could include: what's new in the ML space, how to use >>> IcebergIO features, or how Beam is moving CDC forward >>> >>> If you're interested in participating, please reply to this email. If >>> you have a specific track or talk you'd like to help with, please include >>> that information. We are trying to finalize the program by next Wednesday >>> (Feb 4), so please let me know as soon as you can! >>> >>> *Beam College:* >>> >>> We are looking for people to help organize the event. Typically we need >>> help sourcing or selecting speakers, designing the program, helping promote >>> the event and find sponsors, or managing event logistics. >>> >>> If you're interested in helping with part of this, please reply to this >>> email. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Danny >>> >>
