What helps your proposal get accepted?

• Make sure your abstract is sufficiently long and detailed.
• Hint not only at the problem, but also at the solution.
• Touch on why your experience matters and give data points where helpful.
• Hearing what worked is great and hearing what didn’t work and what you learned from it is even better.
• If you have spoken before, include links. If you have never spoken publicly, tell us that, too. We’re looking for a mix of new and experienced speakers.

Some factors we consider when we assemble the final program includes (but is not limited to):

• Broad appeal: How will your talk play out in a room of people with a variety of backgrounds? Remember that DevOpsDays is a single track conference. Not everyone in the room will use your specific tool.
• Original content: content not yet presented at other conferences, or a new angle to an existing problem
• New presenters: people who are new to space and have insightful stuff to say; we want to hear everybody's voice
• Local presenters: We like to include stories about challenges and successes experienced in our local area.
• Under-represented voices: We want to hear all voices, including those that may speak less frequently at similar events.
• No vendor pitches: we value vendors and sponsors, but this is not the right forum
• No third-party submissions: If a PR firm or your marketing department is proposing the talk, you’ve already shown that as a speaker you’re distant from the process. This is a small community-driven event, and speakers need to be directly engaged with the organizers and attendees.

Please note the travel and accommodation expenses cannot be covered, we request speakers to make the arrangements respectively.