Call For Speakers - Presentations, Case Studies, and Mini Panels
Deadline January 31, 2020
The Professional Development Summit is an event that is a collaborative approach to increasing our regions competitive advantage: a highly skill ICT workforce. Offering education and professional development to ICT Professionals including members of CIPS, CMC, DNS, IIBA, PMI.
The event is expected to draw over 200 attendees and up to 50 people in individual sessions. You will be given a 60 minute time slot, its expected you will provide a 45-50 minute presentation/workshop and then leave 10 minutes for Q&A. Format of your presentation is up to you however we need to make sure that the topic you are presenting is relevant to our audience and that you have clear defined takeaways from each session that the audience will leave with after attending your session.
There are a number of ways you can present:
Again, this year, our program will offer a few track dedicated to new Technologies and Innovation in addition to our usual tracks on Management and Leadership.
Selection of Presenters
Once the Call for Speakers is closed our committee will work to solidify the program and will notify the presenters.
Speakers will receive a FREE pass for the full day.
In this form, you will be asked to provide a synopsis of your presentation along with a short biography on yourself. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to reach out to Program@pdsummit.ca
Innovation and Technology Tracks
We know there are hot topics around innovation and new technologies that will transform our industries for the next 3-5 years. We would like to invite any technology vendors and specialists to come and share how we need to be prepared to address tomorrow's challenges. Come and share your knowledge of best practices with other industry professionals at this year's event with clear defined takeaways from each session.
Sample topics of interest for the Innovation and Technology track might include:
Management and Leadership Tracks
We know there are hot topics around leading edge IT trends or IT Management topics. Come and share your knowledge of best practices and experience with other industry professionals at this year's event with clear defined takeaways from each session.
Sample topics of interest for the Leadership and Management track might include:
The event is expected to draw over 200 attendees and up to 50 people in individual sessions. You will be given a 60 minute time slot, its expected you will provide a 45-50 minute presentation/workshop and then leave 10 minutes for Q&A. Format of your presentation is up to you however we need to make sure that the topic you are presenting is relevant to our audience and that you have clear defined takeaways from each session that the audience will leave with after attending your session.
There are a number of ways you can present:
- Lecture style on a topic of your choosing
- Case study where Lessons learned are presented from previous experiences
- Panel discussing/debating a specific topic that includes yourself along with a minimum of two additional speakers
Again, this year, our program will offer a few track dedicated to new Technologies and Innovation in addition to our usual tracks on Management and Leadership.
Selection of Presenters
Once the Call for Speakers is closed our committee will work to solidify the program and will notify the presenters.
Speakers will receive a FREE pass for the full day.
In this form, you will be asked to provide a synopsis of your presentation along with a short biography on yourself. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to reach out to Program@pdsummit.ca
Innovation and Technology Tracks
We know there are hot topics around innovation and new technologies that will transform our industries for the next 3-5 years. We would like to invite any technology vendors and specialists to come and share how we need to be prepared to address tomorrow's challenges. Come and share your knowledge of best practices with other industry professionals at this year's event with clear defined takeaways from each session.
Sample topics of interest for the Innovation and Technology track might include:
- Cybersecurity
- Robotic Process Automation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Virtual Reality
- Cloud Technology
- Internet of Things
- Big Data / Data Analytics
- Digital Transformation
- Mobile Development
- Innovative Technologies
- Interactive Digital Media
- UX/UI Design
- Blockchain
- New to Market Technology and Products
Management and Leadership Tracks
We know there are hot topics around leading edge IT trends or IT Management topics. Come and share your knowledge of best practices and experience with other industry professionals at this year's event with clear defined takeaways from each session.
Sample topics of interest for the Leadership and Management track might include:
- Change Management
- Organizational Management
- Strategy Development and Design
- Agile, Disciplined Agile - Methodologies and Management
- Lean Six Sigma
- Communication and Collaboration
- Applied Leadership
- Talent Trends and Best Practices – Supply/Attraction/Retention/Graduates/New Immigrants/Regional Trends
- Best Practices - Diversity/Inclusion/Unconscious Bias
- Diversity / Inclusion
- IT Service Management
- Service Design
- Project Delivery / Execution
- Succession Planning
