Call for proposals is now closed
There are three ways to propose a session:
- A proposal for a talk/panel during the conference part : these are 30 minutes slots that will have all people's full attention as everybody will be in the one room.
- An Ignite talk that will be presented during the Ignite sessions: these are 5 minutes slots with slides changing every 15 seconds (20 slides total) also presented to all attendees in one room.
- Openspace session: even without a prepared presentation we welcome the discussion and interaction by having people propose a session on the fly during the openspace opening. Check the openspace format for more information.
Our main criteria to make it to the top selection are:
- original content: content not yet presented at other conferences, or a new angle to an existing problem
- new presenters: people who are new to the space and have insightful stuff to tell, we want to hear everbody's voice. If you've presented a 30-minute talks at any Devopsdays in the last 2 years, we encourage you to submit an ignite talk or conduct an openspace session. In addition, please consider encourage other speakers to submit proposals!
- no vendor pitches: as much as we value vendors and sponsors, we just don't think this is the right forum. There is a demo openspace slot where you have 5 minutes to show products.
Some suggestions to get you thinking:
- Reports from the frontlines: what worked (and didn't) while implementing Devops in your organization?
- Devops at scale / in the Enterprise
- Applying Devops principles beyond the tech organization (e.g., HR, Finance, etc.)
- Devops, Lean, Agile: what's shared and what's unique?
- And of course any other topic in the realm of Devops
How to make a proposal: Send an email to [[email protected]] with the following information:
- Proposal working title (can be changed later)
- Type (presentation, panel discussion, moderated general discussion, debate, etc.,ignite)
- Description or abstract
Rules:
- Be specific... we aren't mind readers (a description of about 20 lines is about right)
- Detail is good... but not as important as explaining why your proposal would be interesting
- Nominations welcome... if you know someone who has content/experience relevant to the DevOps conversation, please point us in their direction!
- No tool talks if tools are not open-source or generally commerically available
- Multiple proposals welcome... just follow the other rules