Hello!

This is a call for speakers for the Spring 2019 Reston Azure Datafest: Big Data & Analytics Conference, a 1-day event to be held on Friday, March 22, 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:

8:00AM  to 9:00AM - check in/breakfast/networking

9:00AM - 9:15AM - Event Introduction and Overview, combined

9:15AM - 10:15AM - Keynote, combined

10:30AM - 11:30AM - 4 Breakout sessions

11:30AM - 12:15PM - Lunch (potential for 4 lunch and learn sessions)

12:15PM - 1:15PM -  4 Breakout sessions

2:30PM - 3:30PM - 4 Breakout sessions

3:45PM - 4:45PM - 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, February 25th, 2019. We will announce/publish the speaker list on Monday, March 4th, 2019.  If you have questions, please reach out to us at team.novasql@outlook.com .