Thanks for your interest in submitting for this special Cloud Native Summit (CNS) event.

First time submitting? Don’t feel intimidated. 

CNS is an excellent way to get to know the community and share your ideas and the work that you are doing. You do not need to be a chief architect or long-time industry pundit to submit a proposal, in fact, we strongly encourage first-time speakers to submit talks for all of our events.

Consider the Following as You Write Your Proposal: What do you expect the audience to gain from your presentation? Why should YOU be the one to give this talk? You have a unique story. Tell it. Explain how this fits into Kubernetes Community Days and overall Open Source Ecosystem. 

We definitely do not expect every presentation to have code snippets and technical deep-dives but here are two things that you should avoid when preparing your proposal because they are almost always rejected due to the fact that they take away from the integrity of our events, and are rarely well-received by conference attendees:

• Sales or Marketing Pitches
• Unlicensed or Potentially Closed-Source Technologies

There are plenty of ways to give a presentation about projects and technologies without focusing on company-specific efforts. Remember the things to consider that we mentioned above when writing your proposal and think of ways to make it interesting for attendees while still letting you share your experiences, educate the community about an issue, or generate interest in a project.

SPEAKER COMPENSATION AND ACCOMMODATION

As an open source community-driven and organized event, we can't provide compensation or accommodation for speakers.

AI USAGE POLICY

Please avoid submitting low-effort, AI-generated proposals. While CNS does not ban the use of AI, especially since it can be a helpful tool for non-native English speakers, we strongly discourage submissions that appear to be low-quality or clearly AI-generated “slop.” If we identify that a submitter is consistently submitting AI-generated slop, it may result in removal from the review process and/or a ban from future CNS CFPs.

CODE OF CONDUCT

By submitting, you agree to the CNS Code of Conduct.

COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY

Please review CNS Diversity and Inclusion commitment.

Question about submitting a proposal? Contact us at team@cloudnativesummit.de.