Hello!

This is a call for speakers for the Fall 2019 Reston Azure Datafest: Big Data & Analytics Conference, a 1-day event to be held on Friday, October 11, 2019, 9:00AM to 5:00PM EST., at the Microsoft offices at 12012 Sunset Hills Roads, Reston, VA., 20190.

We are looking for 20 - 25 speakers to present on Azure Data Services, Azure Advanced Analytics, Big Data topics, Partner Technology, and Open Source Solutions.

We plan on delivering an event overview and key note , then going straight into 4 tracks and maintaining this through the end of the day.

Planned schedule:

8:30AM  to 9:30AM - check in/breakfast/networking

9:30AM - 9:45AM - Event Introduction and Overview, combined

9:45AM - 10:45AM - Keynote, combined

10:55AM - 11:55AM - Keynote, combined

12:00AM - 12:45PM - Lunch (potential for 4 lunch and learn sessions)

12:45PM - 1:45PM -  4 Breakout sessions

2:00PM - 3:00PM - 4 Breakout sessions

3:15PM - 4:15PM - 4 Breakout sessions

Sessions should be 1 hour in duration, level 300 or higher.  You can use best practices, case studies, demos, chalk talks, etc. We will try to accommodate everyone who submits a session. The session submission deadline is Monday, September 9th, 2019. We will announce/publish the speaker list on Friday, September 13th, 2019.  If you have questions, please reach out to us at team.novasql@outlook.com .