Call For Speakers

3-5 November 2010
London, Radisson Blu Portman Hotel
Produced by IRM UK

SPEAKER SUBMISSION

Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Conference Europe 2010
Call for Presentations Deadline is extended to 16 April 2010

Speaker Guidelines for the the Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Conference Europe

Please read these guidelines carefully before you make your submission, and ensure it reaches us by 16 April 2010.

We are looking for:
a) 50-60 minute conference sessions and Keynotes
b) Pre-conference seminars/workshops (3 hours or 6 hours)

We expect to receive a large number of submissions for this conference, and take a wide range of factors into account in making selections, including the need to provide a balanced programme. A shortlist of the most promising abstracts is sent to a programme committee for revue before a final decision is made.

Please submit your abstract directly on our website using the submission form below. You may submit more than one abstract.

Your abstract should keep strictly to the limit of 80 -100 words, clearly outlining your content and including 3 bullet points at the end to summarise your key messages as to what delegates will learn.

Bear in mind that your abstract needs to be sufficiently polished for inclusion in the conference brochure and must achieve the following objectives:

Provide enough information for us to evaluate your submission relative to others. To aid the evaluation you can include additional relevant information in section 3C of the submission form.
Be attractive to conference attendees and help them to select the sessions most valuable to them, given their interests and level of maturity in the subject matter.

Based on previous conference feedback and programme assessments, here are some tips to help you maximise your chances of being selected.

DO:

Be specific and concrete about what you will be presenting and how the audience will benefit from it. Use the bullet points to highlight the key 'takeaways'.
Demonstrate real-world achievements, showing examples of content if possible, and describing outcomes from applying it.
Push the envelope. Aim to stretch the audience with fresh insights and the benefit of your own experience. Or present a topic that would fully engage people at the CIO level.
Ensure that your presentation is really relevant to this conference. If your talk majors on a specialised topic (e.g. EA, information architecture or software), you should position it clearly in an the overall conference theme.

AVOID:

'Pitching' specific products.
Exceeding the word count limit.
Trying to cover too much ground in the time available.
Putting forward unsubstantiated theories or opinions.
Using vague abstractions and jargon.

If you have presented recently at other conference on similar subject matter, we suggest that you use section 3C of the submission form to indicate how this presentation is different from what you have presented before.
If you are not sure whether your idea is suitable or not, please feel free to contact us to discuss it before making your submission.

Please note that abstracts which are longer than the specified length may be shortlisted, but will be edited down by us to fit the brochure and presented back to you for approval.

You will be notified whether your submission has been accepted by May 2010.

SUBMISSION FORM

This form is designed to be completed in 10-20 minutes – as you complete it if you have any questions please call Jeremy Hall on from the UK 020 8866 8366 from abroad +44 20 8866 8366.

Thank you for putting forward a submission for this year’s conference. Please complete the form below. All items with an * have to be completed.

*1) Are you submitting on your own behalf or someone else?
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	*A)	Title of Presentation:
	*B)	Description of presentation as you would like it to appear in the conference brochure/website. Ideally 80-100 word description including 3 bullets describing what delegates will learn from this session. If you are making more than one submission please include it here along with the title:
	C)	Any other information that you feel would help the programme committee to select your proposal including speaker experience, info about your company or project, your major accomplishments and resulting business benefits, books, articles, publications and any other speaker accomplishments that should be considered:
	*D)	Brief Speaker Biography – up to 150 words (if there are 2 speakers please include the second speakers biography here as well):
	*E)	Audience Skill Addressed: Basic Medium Advanced All Levels
	*F)	What is this submission suitable for (please tick more than one box if you feel this is appropriate): 50-60 Minute Conference Session Keynote Special Interest Group Half Day Seminar or Workshop (3 hours) Full Day Seminar or Workshop (6 hours)
	*G)	Do you have permission from your organisation to speak at the conference and for IRM UK to use your details in the event marketing material? Yes Pending No
	H)	All conference rooms will be supplied with a data projector, screen and flipchart and in the larger rooms there will be a sound system. Please list here any other equipment you would need on top of what will be supplied:
	I)	Additional Comments:

	*J)	Please note: By submitting this form, you agree to the following:
		1. All speakers must agree to provide their presentation to IRM UK in a standard electronic form (PowerPoint or PDF), no later than 5 October 2010. This is necessary to prepare the event CD and download page. Presentations will be distributed prior to the event via a secure download website and on the day on a CD to all delegates. 2. By submitting a proposal, the speaker agrees to the standard copyright and reproduction terms of this event. These terms provide that copyright in original presentation material remains with the speaker, however IRM UK are granted the right to record, reproduce and distribute each presentation in all forms of printed and electronic conference materials, including, but not limited to, the conference CD-ROM, printed attendee notes, the conference website, and audio and/or video recordings (digital and/or analog), without royalties or fees payable to speaker. There are no exceptions to these requirements. 3. All sessions will be rated by the audience for commercial content. Any speaker who is judged by the audience to have made an inappropriate sales pitch for his/her own company, book, product or service during a conference session risks having their presentation interrupted and/or halted, and will not be invited to participate at future conferences. 4. By submitting a proposal, speaker agrees that he/she has permission from his/her company to make the presentation under the terms outlined in this Call for Papers. If you do not have approval at the time you make the proposal, you must indicate this clearly. 5. All accepted speakers receive complimentary attendance to three days of the event. 6. All questions regarding the Call for Papers may be sent to: Jeremy.hall@irmuk.co.uk
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