<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span>Hello Plug,<br><br>Announcement and invitation<br><br>We invite you to submit a proposal to speak at DevConf.IN 2019. This is the third edition of DevConf.IN conference where free and open source software communities and developers meet, learn, and hack on FOSS projects. DevConf.IN 2019 is organized and sponsored by Red Hat.<br><br></span><div><span>We invite speakers from various backgrounds and roles, including developers, administrators, engineers, DevOps practitioners, quality engineers, technical writers, project managers, and more. If you’re a FOSS project contributor, you’re a potential speaker!</span></div><div><br><div><br>More details:<br></div></div><span><br>Event Dates: 2 - 3 August 2019<br>Venue: Selection underway - TBA , will be in Bengaluru<br><br>Important dates<br><br>- CFP closes: May 1st, 2019<br>- Speaker confirmation Date: June 1st, 2019<br>- Schedule announcement: July 1st, 2019<br><br>While submitting the proposal, you need to choose a theme that the talk/workshop belongs to. Themes for this year are <br><br>1. TRENDING TECH :<br> AI, Machine Learning, Block Chain, IoT, Mobile.<br>2. Storage and Networking <br> Cloud Native Storage, Software Defined Storage, Storage Management, Distributed file system, datastores, Big Data, NFV/VNF, Fast data path acceleration, OVS/VPP and DPDK, , network debug analysis, <br> Software Defined Networking, OVS offload/full offload, performance benchmarking NFV<br>3. Open Hybrid Cloud<br> Multi Cloud, Automation, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Serverless, Microservices, Containers, OpenShift/ PaaS, Hybrid Cloud management, Operators, CNI, Virtualization, Kernel, Service mesh<br>4. Developer Tools<br> Container Tooling, CI/CD, DevOps, Code Editors, Cloud native IDE, CLI, Local Development for containers, Language Runtime, Debugging/Tracing, Testing<br>5. FOSS Community and Standards<br> Community Trends, governance, licensing, contribution, Leadership Agile<br>6. White Paper/ Academic Research<br> Computer Science Engineering, New algorithms, Protocols, Experimental/Future networks, Data Modelling, Security, Natural Language Processing-NLP<br><br>Note: We are also accepting submissions in focus areas like:<br><br> Design<br> Security<br> QE<br> DevOps<br> Documentation<br> Security/Data Privacy<br><br> These focus areas are the common and integral part of all the themes<br><br>We are looking for talks and workshops which appeal to the beginner, intermediate and advanced participant in community projects. If you’re interested in submitting multiple talks, please try to limit your suggestions to your best ideas.<br><br>The CFP is NOW OPEN! Ready to submit your proposal? 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