Hi all! So! You might have seen that the way the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit records and distributes sessions will be changing. Long story short: The presenter will maintain all rights to the material and intellectual property, and Pluralsight will own distribution rights to the recording. There are many valid reasons to be upset about this. Let’s walk through (1) what we gain from this, and (2) how we can work around some of the valid concerns
So! Proposals for the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2020 are due in less than two weeks, on October 1st. We have some solid talks lined up, but we’re still behind where we were last year, and need more proposals! We’ve heard a lot of questions - What topics are you looking for?, I don’t know what to propose! and so on. Let’s cover some ways to find topics and hopefully spark some ideas!
We are so excited for the 2020 PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit! We’re about halfway through the CFP season and are still looking for your awesome submissions. If you are hesitating, please don’t… think seriously about submitting a topic or two. To help you, we’d like to give you some ideas about what makes a submission stand out (and what doesn’t).
Something Unique… We’re looking for a new spin or twist on an old (or new) topic. If something similar has been done at a previous Summit, think about how you’re doing something different from what’s previously been presented. DevOps topics are always popular, but what new thing are you doing with your source control, your testing, or your build pipeline?
Failures… Alternatively, is there something you started out to do and at some point, figured out that you it wasn’t going to work the way it was planned? If you’ve had some good lessons learned that you think would benefit others, we’d love to hear about it.
Broad scope vs. deep scope… If you’ve done a snack “bake-off” and could talk about chips, cookies, and crackers, this session would be attended by folks who prefer chips or cookies or crackers. However, a session that is only about cookies might only be of interest to Rambling Cookie Monsters. If you’re a subject matter expert on chips, though, and can show how to use chips to build a house, that would have that uniqueness factor we’re also looking for.
Multiple submissions… Multiple submissions on different topics help us select a wide variety of topics. It’s hard to say from year to year what topics will be popular. For example, we had a lot of Git and Pester submissions last year… not so many this year. We’re looking for variety so submit as many ideas as you have.
Something that wasn’t selected last year… We may have really liked your submission last year and it may have simply been on the bubble. You’re only up against the submissions that we’ve seen for this year, so if you had a submission from last year that you feel passionate about and is still a hot topic, please submit it!
“Post OnRamp” submissions are welcome… We have a graduated class of OnRamp students from last year who we want to continue learning. Therefore, we’ll be looking for a small number of sessions at this level.
It’s been a few weeks since Summit and I feel like my mind has finally started to settle from all of the ideas that I came back with. Plus, being away from home for a week means I had a lot of domestic work and daddy time to catch up on. When Will asked for volunteers to write about their first time experience, I decided to see if I could offer my take on the matter considering gulf between what I expected to get and what I ended up getting.
Last week at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, we announced the dates for next year’s summit. The event will again be held at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington on April 27th to April 30th.
DevOps + Automation Summit - Nashville
We are also proud to announce that our flagship summit event would be getting a new addition to the family in the form of the DevOps + Automation Summit being held on October 21st to October 23rd, 2020 at the Renaissance Hotel in Downtown Nashville!
I’m a huge fan of lightning demos. From the community and PowerShell Team lightning demos we get at the summit, to PSPowerHour, to various local groups and conferences using the format.
At the 2019 PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, we’ll have about 90 minutes for these demos - now we just need proposals from you!
So! Why might you be interested in lightning demos?
Why Lightning Demos
Lightning demos are great for the audience and speakers alike.
As Summit nears a record sellout (there are 30 tickets remaining as I write this) I want to review our cancellation and waitlist policies and procedures. After we formally sell out, Eventbrite will start accepting waitlist entries. Use a personal email address that you check regularly; corporate email systems tend to eat the waitlist notifications as spam. If we’re able to offer a spot to the waitlist, it’ll happen during the week, usually in the morning (US time), and you’ll have 24 hours to respond by purchasing a ticket. Anyone with a ticket can transfer it to someone else. Whoever did the registration needs to simply return to Eventbrite and edit the attendee information. So if you can’t go, but someone else in your company can, that’s how you do that. You can also email summit@ for assistance. We let this happen until roughly mid-April, at which point we need to order name badges and we stop all transfers. We don’t do anything with hotel rooms; that’s all on you. If you need to cancel, e-mail summit@ with your name, email address, and Eventbrite order number. We will release a ticket to the waitlist. They will have 24 hours to complete the purchase of their ticket. If they don’t, we’ll release the next waitlist entry, and so on. If someone eventually buys a ticket, we’ll refund yours. Again, we don’t do anything with hotel rooms. Sometime in mid-April, all of this stops, as we have to start ordering stuff based on current registrations.
The following was recently posted in the Slack team for PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018. Yesterday, we invited all current registered Summiteers into the Slack team; if you missed your invitation, please email summit@ (this website’s domain name) with your email address (ideally a personal one, not work) and your Eventbrite order number. We’ll be happy to re-send the invite. Another reminder for all @here - please go to http://leanpub.com/summiteermanual/ and “buy” the book (for $0, of course), and enable the option to have Leanpub notify you via email of updates. That’s The Summiteer Manual, and it’s our best way to provide a consolidated view of everything that happens at Summit. From understanding how we handle special dietary requests, to understanding what “Iron Scripter” is all about, it’s the best way to take advantage of all that goes on. Summit is a **lot** more than just great breakout sessions, but it’s very easy to “miss out” on things if you don’t know they’re available. We update this a lot as we get closer, and will even be including information (and possible discounts) on stuff around the Puget Sound area for early/late arrivals who want to see some sights. A week or two out, it’s not even a bad idea to make sure your phone/tablet/laptop has a copy to refer to (Leanpub offers PDF/MOBI/EPUB formats), and some folks even print a copy to bring along.
Missy Januszko and Warren Frame, our Co-Directors of Summit Content for 2019, have finally completed the arduous task of combing through the dozens of topic submissions from all of you in the community! The Official Agenda is now online, and is linked from the main Summit page!
