On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > As a regular LightningTalk MC at ApacheCon / Apache Big Data, we look > for a mix of talks, often focusing on the community and humor aspects. > > Talks are 5 minutes, with a timer. Slides are not allowed unless you're > Rich Bowen (or, can promise to be as informative *and* amusing as Rich is!). > > Sometimes we have the "Fast Feather" track, which is the 15 minute > format William notes below; that usually focuses on Incubating projects. > It depends on the ApacheCon program if we run that or not. > > Volunteering to help review talks, work with projects to suggest > track-days, and the like can also be a big help. Currently, Rich is the > ASF liaison to the Linux Foundation team that actually manages the whole > ApacheCon planning process. > > Separately, the Podling Shark Tank sessions at the past > ApacheCon|BigData in Vancouver were popular, contact Roman if your > content would fit in that format. > > ApacheCon past audio recordings (selected talks): > http://feathercast.apache.org/tag/apachecon/ > > ApacheCon|BigData 2016 videos (keynotes only; that's all that attracted > sponsors to help fund) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOZnf8Nn3Fo&list=PLGeM09tlguZTvqV5g7KwFhxDlWi4njK6n > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTfIAWhd3qI&list=PLGeM09tlguZQ3ouijqG4r1YIIZYxCKsLp
And to pile on top of Shane's excellent answer: keep in mind that Podling Shark Tank wasn't some grand plan but rather a session submitted via regular CFP of the conference. I guess what I'm trying to say is this: whatever your crazy idea -- just submit it! ;-) Thanks, Roman.
