At AzConf, we strive to create an experience for our community of enthusiasts and experts to learn, share and thrive. But we need you! We couldn't pull this off without our fantastic speakers.

In a fully virtual conference without the hassles of travel and logistics, we invite you to meet our worldwide audience from your chosen safe corner. We encourage you to submit your top presentation on the topics you are most passionate about. You can submit session proposal(s) across a variety of formats- Interactive talks, Lightning talks, or Workshops.

Format and duration

Interactive talks: 60 minutes

Lightning talks: 15-20 minutes

Workshops: 60-120 minutes (1 or 2 talk slots)

Here are some suggestions for topics:

• Programming Languages e.g C#/Java/Python/Go etc

• Architecture & Design

• Serverless and Cloud-Native

• Micro- Services / Event-Driven solutions

• Cloud/Kubernetes / Containers/ K3S/ Open Source

• Mobile/Web

• Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning

• Edge, IoT, AR/VR, and hardware

• Non-Tech   

                • Ethics in software development

                • Modern development practices

                • Testing

                • DevOps

                • Tools for software development

                • Software methodology and process

                • Teams, people, roles, and how we work.

                • Product development

                • Project and incident postmortems

We are accepting proposals until 22nd August 2021. Please consider our recommendations below as you make session proposals. Submitted sessions will be shortlisted and we will reach out to selected speakers by 30th August 2021.

Selected speakers will be invited to present the papers at AzConf, October 29- 31’ 2021. Details regarding the final agenda, schedule, pre-event practice dates, etc., will be shared with the selected speakers.

Recommendations for session proposals:

• Preferably submit advanced/expert talks (levels 300-400) sharing your in-depth subject understanding and/or detailed technical overview of the product/technology features. If proposing basic/ intermediate talks (levels 100-200) that cover the concepts, functions, features, or benefits of the technology, we recommend focusing on currently released or upcoming technologies.

• Keep your target audience in mind. Write a descriptive, fun, and enticing title that will instantly connect with the audience.

• Plan to make a presentation that is new, unique, or significantly refreshed from previous presentation(s) 

• Focus on a solution-oriented approach. Audiences are keen to see you dive into an interesting problem and then discuss your solution. Kindly refrain from marketing/sales-related content in your presentations.

• Share your past speaking experiences, if any (session recordings etc.) under Notes. 

• Include live demo(s) for technical sessions; historically, sessions with strong demos have received higher audience engagement.

Also, the AzConf organizers reserve the right to select specific sessions based on other criteria or preferences, as needed.