PuppetConf 2015 Call For Proposals open

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Nigel Kersten

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Apr 9, 2015, 11:23:13 AM4/9/15

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TL;DR: go to http://puppetconf.com to find out details about PuppetConf and submit a talk proposal, as submissions are now open.

This year PuppetConf is coming back to Portland, Oregon, and I'm really excited to have the conference come back to the home of Puppet Labs HQ.

It's on Oct 5-9 this year, and I wanted to make sure the community knew that the Call For Proposals is open, and we're really keen to get at least as many great talks submitted as we had last year.

I'd specifically like to also call out that we're offering a limited number of travel scholarships for accepted PuppetConf speakers who come from underrepresented backgrounds and where financial support is a barrier to their participation.

*** If you'd like to find out more about this program, even if you're unsure whether or not you're going to submit a paper, please reach out to me, as I'm more than happy to chat about it. ***

That goes for any other topic around PuppetConf submissions too.

You can find all the details here: https://puppet.wufoo.com/forms/mqsfhz81fk6gaz/ but here's a repost from that page of the kinds of topics we're interested in:

- Introductory topics for getting started with Puppet, modules, and other Puppet-related technologies (think OpenStack, AWS, VMware, DSC... and whatever else you have Puppet working with).

- Using Puppet to solve problems around release management, continuous delivery, application release automation, change control and more.

- Advanced tips and tricks for using Puppet, PuppetDB, Razor, Facter, etc.

- DevOps best practices around automation, culture, measurement and sharing.

- Cloud topics, including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hybrid deployments.

- Details of your learning journey, with a focus on what’s next for your infrastructure. For example, what new automation technologies have you experimented with, and what have you learned about using them in your environment?

- Cool tools. Present on the tools you think the community should know more about.

- Business topics like vendor selection hacks, managed service provider (MSP) considerations, budgeting, etc.

- People-related topics around recruiting, management, team building, career development and collaboration.

- Lessons learned from agents of change: how to overcome organizational inertia, getting buy-in, the results of automation, what you have planned next and what it will take to get there.

Submissions are due by midnight PDT on Sunday, May 17, 2015, and as mentioned, I'm more than happy to chat about any questions you might have.