Big Data Week Call for Speakers – Big Data Week 22-28 April – connecting local and global data communities

Call for Speakers

Big Data Week is one of the most unique global platforms of interconnected community events focusing on the social, political, technological and commercial impacts of Big Data. It brings together a global community of data scientists, data technologies, data visualisers and data businesses.

We celebrate innovation, sharing of knowledge and ideas by inviting members of our community to speak and participate during the festival.

This year we’re inviting proposals for case studies and presentations from practitioners, business leaders, analysts, designers, and developers. We’re interested in success stories, best practices, failures, cautionary tales, and future developments.

We want to hear your stories and innovation from the worlds of finance, health and science, media and entertainment, retail, finance, government and social.

All presentations are limited to 10-15 minutes in duration (depending the city organisers) and you’re only permitted up to five slides – we’re trying to avoid death by Powerpoint at the festival. Of course if you demo live code, that’s even better!

Whether you want to speak* at a community meet-up or one the main conferences on the 25th April in one of 12 cities – we’d like to hear from you.

*We can’t promise everyone who applies will get a chance to present, but we’ll do our best to pick the most interesting and entertaining presentations. The speaking slots are all unpaid, but we can cover reasonable travel expenses.

Name *

Email address *

Mobile number

In case we need to contact you directly (this will not be shared)

Twitter name

Please don't include the @

City *

Which day can you present? *

Presentation title *

Make it clear and to the point.

Presentation theme *

Presentation abstract *

Make it clear and to the point, we'll make a decision based on what you write (200 words max)

Do you need your travel expense to be covered?

Yep, that sure would be nice.

No thanks, it's cool.

TIPS FOR SPEAKERS

Don't just parachute in. We want you to be fully engaged in the festival.

Get your slides and any other materials in by the deadline you may have been given.

Please do not pitch a product, service or book during your presentation or session.

Start your presentation on time and end on time.

Test your AV beforehand to ensure it will work. Also have a contingency plan in the event things don't work on site.

Make sure you can work offline in case there is a problem with the classroom wireless network.

Double-check that what you present covers everything promised in your presentation title and abstract.

Talk up the festival and your participation via Twitter, your blog, and your professional network.

Share ideas to help make the festival content better, and recommend other excellent speakers.

And enjoy the week!

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