Hey Db2 people, have you done something interesting with Db2? Have you worked on a cool application or figured out a nifty way of managing your databases? Do you want to share your experiences, know-how, and best practices with other Db2ers? Have you ever wanted to put together a presentation and deliver it to a bunch of like-minded Db2 folks?
Well, there is still time to submit a proposal to speak at next year's IDUG Db2 Tech Conference in Charlotte, NC. The Call for Speakers is open until October 19th, so if you are interested in presenting, time is running short!
You will have to put together your thoughts and an outline of what you want to present. Start with the category of your presentation. According to IDUG, some of the most popular are:
- New Db2 releases: migrating and effective usage
- Analytics & Business Intelligence
- New Technologies: Mobile Applications, Cloud, xAAS …
- Performance, Availability & Security
- Application Development and Data Modelling
- Db2 and Packaged Applications (ERP, ...)
- User Experiences and Best-Practices: what did you achieve with Db2?
- Db2 and non-standard data types (JSON etc..)
- DevOps, Automation, Efficiency, Tuning stories
But feel free to submit an abstract on any relevant, technical topic. Oh, and you'll need to put together a short bio, too.
As somebody who has spoken at many IDUG conferences in North America, Europe and Australia, I can tell you that the experience is well worth it. Putting your thoughts together to build a presentation makes you reason things out and perhaps think about them in different ways. And speaking at an event is a great experience. Although you will be educating others as you speak, usually the speaker learns a lot, too.
If your abstract is selected, you get to attend the conference for free (the conference fee is waived, you or your company only have to pay the hotel and travel expenses). And that means you get all the benefits of attending IDUG including the ability to attend all five days of educational sessions, expert panels, and special interest groups. You also get free reign to visit all the vendors at the Expo hall, where there are usually a lot of goodies and snacks.
So go ahead, submit an abstract... or submit multiple abstracts, there is no limit to how many you can submit.
And hopefully, I'll see you next year, June 2 thru 6, 2019, in Charlotte at the IDUG Db2 Tech Conference.
