We’d like you to be part of the psconf.eu 2018 speakers team, and share your knowledge, experience, and wisdom! This is what we are looking for:

Classic Presentations (45 min + 15 min Q&A):

Focus on fresh content that would make a difference to you if you were listening to it. Always consider that psconf.eu audiences are experienced PowerShell users. So you may focus on:

• Truly new facts: talk about new features in PowerShell or related technology
• Clever use cases: show how not-so-new technology can be used cleverly in new ways.
• Anything that saved you tons of time and effort and that is not widely known yet

You may want to submit a complimentary training session for your topic (see below)

Expert-Led Training Sessions (60 min)

In 2018, we want to complement classic frontal presentation with labs where audiences can bring their PowerShell 5/Core notebook and follow along your demo. Choose this session type only for sessions where you are confident that 60 min time is sufficient. We will have one designated evening event for more extensive hands-on sessions that will be organized separately among accepted speakers and staff.

For Expert-Led training sessions that you submit…

• Make a concise promise: “PowerShell and Containers - a Guerilla Session”, “RegEx Essentials - low hanging fruit”, etc.
• Deliver the tools required. For example, create a lab vhxd and provided your session gets accepted, make it available for download beforehand so audience can set up their machines
• Make sure you structure your session in a way that allows audience to follow through your steps, and not waste time. So this type of session requires that you prepare a couple of “problems” and the solutions to solve them

Additional infos:

• There will be a few double-slots (2x 45min) for longer topics. We do encourage to submit 45min sessions. We want sessions to be concise, demo-driven, and with as few static slides as possible.
• You will have Internet access during your presentation. If your session depends heavily on Internet access, always make sure you have an emergency plan B in case Internet breaks down for unforeseeable reasons.

Additional requirements:

Sessions are to be held either in English or in German.

We expect each speaker to deliver at least two sessions. So please turn in at least two session proposals, better more. Each accepted speaker receives conf speaker status with access to speaker lounge and free conference admission. If requested, the conference also covers a hotel accommodation (see below travel assistance details).

How we select speakers

We have again established a community advisory board consisting of 6 renown community experts that will review and discuss your submissions.

It is their job to select speakers. They will get in touch with you and let you know whether or not your submission(s) have been accepted. Please note that the community advisory board will accept or reject individual submissions at any time between now and Nov 30, 2017. So until you receive feedback from us, your submission is in the game.

What we expect from you as a Speaker

As a psconf.eu 2018 speaker, you are the heart and soul of this conference. You’ll be part of an exclusive team with private slack channel, access to speakers lounge and other speakers privileges, and receive free conference admission and hotel accommodation in the congress hotel. We’ll help giving credit to all of what you do.

We are looking for speakers who enjoy attending this conference, and who love to dive into the event and be part of it. The typical speaker attends the entire conference and loves to be part of evening activities such as Speakers Dinner, or the newly planned “PowerShell Guerilla Evening”. If you can only attend psconf.eu for a day or two, please let us know so we can plan the slots.

What your session submission should include

Please submit at least four sessions to maximize your chances of getting selected. There are always duplicate topics. - For regular sessions, submit a catchy title and an abstract of 3-8 lines of text - For training sessions, submit a catchy title and a description what the attendees can learn in your training, and what you expect them to bring (notebook, prerequisites, etc)

Each speaker…

• brings her or his own presentation equipment including a notebook with standard HDMI output
• uses the presentation templates we provide
• provides presentation and/or materials to the audience via github
• is ok with us videotaping her or his presentation so we can publish these videos freely (see powershell.video for last years’ recordings)