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IWD Pune 2024

event date

20 Apr 2024

location

Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems Limited, Pune Pune, India


Join Us for "Impact the Future" - Celebrating the Divas in Our Lives

Women Techmakers Pune & GDG Pune are excited to invite you to our International Women’s Day event on April 13th, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM IST. This year, under the inspiring theme "Impact the Future," we encourage everyone to dream big, embrace change, and shape a bold future.

About the Event:

"Impact the Future" is not just our theme; it's a call to action for the International Women's Day (IWD) 2024. It invites our community to be forward-thinking, to innovate, and to contribute to making a positive difference in the world. We're gathering both online, before the event, and in person on the event day, to celebrate the incredible achievements of women. If you have valuable insights or motivational stories, your voice is needed to inspire others.

How to Join:

We're searching for speakers who can captivate our audience with innovative and engaging topics. If you're interested in contributing your knowledge or experience, please fill in the form below. Let us know about you, your work, and the ideas you'd like to share. Topics can range from technological advances to personal empowerment.

#WTMImpactTheFuture


**Travel & Accomodation Expenses**

IWD Pune 2024 is a community-driven and volunteer-supported event. Unfortunately, we are unable to support travel/accommodation for speakers.

So if your employer can cover your travel and/or accommodation, it will help us substantially. We will be happy to mention the company as a supporter on the website.


For any further queries feel free to email us at:
connect@gdgpune.in



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Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM

09 Apr 2024

Call closes at 11:59 PM

18 Apr 2024

Call closes in India Standard Time (UTC+05:30) timezone.
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We're looking for female speakers & experience-based talks, the information that can not be found in the documentation or easily googled. Share your story, your struggle, your research results, your experience with the frontier tool or technology.

We are not only looking tech geeks but also community superheroes who are impacting the community!

We are open to a variety of topics, including but not limited to

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
  • GenAI
  • Design
  • Soft Skills
  • Product Management
  • Cloud
  • AI/ML
  • Cyber Security

  • Session Formats
    You can submit proposals for one of the following:

  • Conference session (25-30mins including Q&A) – This is a dedicated time slot where you can present on a variety of topics, including different technologies, practices, methodologies, or soft skills. It's an opportunity to share your expertise and insights with the audience, followed by a Q&A session to address any questions, further engage with the attendees, and dive deeper into the subject matter. You'll get to connect with everyone and go into details about your topic, all happening on the main day of the event.

  • Panel Discussion (30-45mins including Q&A ) – A panel of experts who are given any topic related to women in tech and developers community eco-system to discuss and share their views & opinions

  • πŸ‘©πŸ‘©Tip! We support diversity of our speakers and welcome underrepresented groups in tech. We saw at Google I/O that a format of two co-speakers works really well. Do not hesitate to submit a CFP for two :)

    Next step:Β  If your talk is selected, you will receive a confirmation mail with the necessary details and schedule within 2-3 days after the submission is closed.

    A brief idea about audience: The majority of our target audience is IT professionals, developers, students/job hunters including developers/designers/non-tech but not limited to this. Anyone from any background is welcome to attend our conference.

    Which proposals don't fit
    We are interested in experience-based talks. We will not accept proposals that are:

    🚫 Just repeating documentation without your experience/lessons learned.
    🚫 Pitching/selling a company or a product. It's OK to mention your company, but it shouldn't be the main focus.
    🚫 Recruitment talks to attract talent.
    🚫 The exactly same talk topic which you've already delivered and can be found online.
    🚫 Stolen presentations.

    For any further queries feel free to email us at:
    connect@gdgpune.in