Hi all, I was asked to forward this info about Big Data Day LA 2018. openSUSE is a partner sponsor of the event and we plan on having a booth there. Email me if you want to help run the booth. Call for Speakers, Sponsors and Volunteers Big Data Day LA 2018 is scheduled for Saturday, August 11th, 2018 at the University of Southern California. We are now opening up calls for speakers, sponsors and volunteers. We look forward to hearing from you! OPEN CALL FOR 2018 TECH TALK SPEAKERS Do you have something interesting to share with your fellow data technologists? We are looking for proposals for tech talks of 40 minutes in length including Q&A. The deadline for submissions is June 15th, 2018. Here are the 2018 tracks: * Data - Big Data, Databases/RDBMS, Hadoop/Spark/Kafka, NoSQL/NewSQL and other technologies that support databases, and data storage * AI / ML / Data Science - Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Analytics, Data Analysis methods and applications * Emerging Tech - Blockchain, IoT, Serverless, AR/VR and other new and emerging technology * Infrastructure & Security - DevSecOps, Security, Data Governance and Privacy * Visualizations / UI / Use Cases - Data Visualization, User Experience / User Interface developments with respect to data, and real world applications Please submit your proposal via the Tech Talk Proposal Form https://www.bigdatadayla.com/#speakers on the Big Data Day LA site. The are looking for volunteers to help run the event. If you are interested, complete the form at https://goo.gl/vVzg9c http://bigdatadayla.com/#volunteers. v/r Doug