FYI: The event will not provide travel/accommodation support to speakers. Please make sure to be in person at the event, if you are residing outside of Vancouver. This is a fully in-person event and all speaker sessions will be in-person at the event. 

We are open to tech talks on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:

Topics

Technical Sessions

1. AI
2. AR/VR
3. Machine Learning
4. Game Development
5. Web Development
6. App Development
7. Google Cloud technologies
8. Flutter, Firebase, Angular, TensorFlow
9. Modern web and UX
10. AI in Design/Development
11. Trends in UX/UI/Product Design
    
12. Product Management in Tech

Career Development Sessions

1. Portfolio/resume workshop for Developers (resume do's and don'ts, rocking your first coding/design interview, how to make your portfolio standout)
   
2. Portfolio/resume workshop for Designers (resume do's and don'ts, rocking your first coding/design interview, how to make your portfolio standout)
3. Product management in Tech industry
4. Inclusivity and diversity in tech and workspace
5. How you have impacted the tech industry and what you are working on next
6. Successful tech startup tutorial or your experience working at a tech startup
7. How to create a personal brand

Session type

1. Lightening talk - 10min
2. Session - 30min
3. Workshop - 45min
4. Panel discussion - 30min. (Must include all your co-speaker's emails for your panel. Otherwise, it will be counted as an incomplete submission.)

**Travel, Accomodation & Expenses**

DevFest Vancouver is a community-driven and volunteer-supported event. Your contribution is totally voluntary. You get a complimentary free ticket to attend and present your talk. If you are unable to attend in person, your submission will be void. Please be mindful while submitting your talk.

Unfortunately, we are unable to support travel/accommodation for speakers. If your company is able to cover your travel and accommodation expenses to speak at DevFest Vancouver, please let us know as we may be able to add your company as a sponsor for the event

About the audience:

Majority of our target audience is students/job hunters including developers/designers/non-tech and tech professionals but not limited to this. Anyone from any background is welcome to attend our conference.

For any further queries feel free to email us at: gdgyvr@gmail.com

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