Hello there!

Thank you for your interest in speaking at DevFest Zimbabwe!

DevFest Zimbabwe hosted by GDG Harare will take place on 12 November 2022 and the venue will be announced to you soon . We are so excited!!!

You can either submit a tech talk (~20/40 min) or a workshop (~1 hours). If you'd like to use a different format mention that in the form and we can talk it over :)

We accept proposals on the topic of Mobile, Web, Cloud, Cloud Native, ML/AI, VR/AR, Security and UX design but other topics eg. Google Developer Groups, Women in technology, Community, Arts & Visuals, etc. are also welcome.

Mobile

Android & Kotlin, Flutter related topics:

• Development, Testing & Debugging, Performance & optimization, Deployment, APIs, Tooling, Ecosystem

Mobile Cloud Computing:

• Mobile & Cloud interaction

Cloud

Public Cloud technologies by the major players (GCP, AWS, Azure and others):

• Compute, Storage and Databases, Big Data, IoT, Machine Learning, Identity & Security, Tooling

Cloud Native

Topics related to Cloud Native technologies eg projects listed on the CNCF Cloud Native Landscape:

• App Definition and Development, Orchestration & Management, Runtime, Provisioning, Platforms, Observability and Analysis

ML/AI

Topics related to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence:

• Deep Learning, Statistical Learning, Neural Networks, Object, Character, Graphical & Text Recognition, Cognitive Computing and Science Applications, Machine Learning Applications

UI/UX design

Topics related to User Interface and User Experience design:

• Research, Visual design, Information architecture, Interaction design, Usability, Accessibility, WCAG compliance, Human–computer interaction, Visual design, User interface design, Interaction design, User experience in video games, Design testing

VR/AR

Topics related to Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Security

Development related Security topics:

• DevSecOps, Secure Coding, Application Security testing, API Design, etc 
• Security topics related to the to other tracks.

Web

Web development related topics:

• Polymer, AMP, Angular, New Web Standards, Tooling, Markup Languages, Development Tools/Environment, CSS, JavaScript, Networks, HTTP, and Servers, Web Applications, Front End Libraries and Frameworks, Behavioral analysis and Personalization, Web search systems and applications

GDG

Topics related to Google Developer Groups:

• You can introduce your community and talk about your past and upcoming events eg DevFests, Study Jams, hackatrons, etc, and share your best practices with fellow community organizers.

WTM

Topics related to Women in technology.

• You can introduce your community and talk about your past and upcoming events eg WTM Summits, Study Jams, hackatrons, and share your best practices with fellow community organizers.

Community

Community related topics

• You can introduce your community and talk about your past and upcoming events of your community, and share your best practices with fellow community organizers.

Arts & Visuals

Interesting technology related Art and Visual projects.

We're looking for experience-based talks, the information that can not be found in the documentation or easily googled. We're looking for your stories, your struggles, research results and experiences with the frontier tools or technologies.

We are interested in anything that squarely fits into the spectrum of:

• Cutting-edge technological advances in the world of the above topics
• Wild ideas & clever hacks that others can learn from
• Improving developer's life and productivity
• Lessons learned from successful and disastrous project launches
• Whatever you consider useful for the community

You can submit as many talks as you want. This year we accept submissions in the following formats:

• 15 minutes lightning talks
• 30 minutes sessions

Talks that will not pass initial review

• Talks whose focus is pitching a company or project. It’s cool that you mention your company during the presentation, but it shouldn’t be the focus of the talk.
• Proposals that are not in English.
• Recruitment talks to attract talent.

Call for Speakers submission deadline is October 15, 2022.

Any questions? Cannot find a matching topic you would propose? No worries.

Email organizers at marvellouschirunga@gmail.com and let's discuss details. 

Food and Gifts for Speakers