Call for speakers for BTS Summit 2013 (16-17 April in Seattle)

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Ken North

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Oct 11, 2012, 4:08:50 AM10/11/12
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We're putting together the program for BTS Summit 2013, the first of 
three cloud computing and Big Data conferences in 2013. There will 
be two US conferences and one international event.

BTS Summit 2013 will run in Seattle April 16-17, 2013.

We're looking for proposals from speaker candidates. 

Complete text of Call for Speakers 

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Call for Speakers

BTS Summit 2013 is about the confluence of Big Data, analytics, social media, 
software-as-as-service (SaaS), mobile computing, cloud computing, and 
enterprise computing. The conference focus is architectures, solutions and 
practices that enable public and private sector organizations to make 
successful use of this technology stack. 

We are seeking proposals for sessions about cloud and mobile computing, Big 
Data, SaaS, analytics and social media. The topics should be of interest to 
decision makers (CxOs, executives, managers), cloud architects, enterprise 
architects, data scientists, consultants, analysts and developers.

We are seeking proposals for sessions about:

- Architectures and platforms for cloud computing and Big Data analytics
- Public, private and hybrid clouds
- Real world case studies that describe a problem and discuss the solution
- Information security and privacy in cloud computing environments
- Tools, platforms and best practices for mobile and cloud computing
- Network virtualization, software-defined networking
- Databases in the cloud
- Advanced and predictive analytics
- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DaaS
- Migration to SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, cloud) technology

The Cloud & Big Data Conference & Expo will feature several keynotes and 
multiple breakout sessions as part of the two-day program in Bellevue, April 16 
- 17, 2013. The Call for Speakers is now open. The deadline to receive full 
submissions is November 30, 2012.



Ken North
Conference Chair
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Clemens Vasters

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Oct 11, 2012, 4:26:35 AM10/11/12
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Hi Ken,

 

Do you have information about the intended target audience demographic and projected size of the conference? Also, you mean Bellevue, WA?

 

Thanks

Clemens

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Ken North

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Nov 8, 2012, 2:49:38 AM11/8/12
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The conference will be in Bellevue, Washington (Seattle area).

We're expecting about 800 attendees. This Call for Speakers page describes the target audience:

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