Call for Participation

The deadline is past, however...

We will continue accepting proposals well into the weeks prior to the conference for "Late Breaking" sessions and replacement sessions, so if you have a particularly compelling story to tell, please submit it. Competition for this limited number of slots is expected to be quite strong, and the nature of these sessions will be limited to topics belonging to one of the eight tracks defined for the 2010 edition of the summit.

Business Technology Summit 2010 will be held November 11-12, 2010, at the NIMHANS convention center in Bangalore, India.

Steps to Submit Your Proposal

Step 1: Identify an issue/technology/project/innovation that is relevant and informative to the Cloud Computing and SOA (including BPM, EAI, MDM, BPEL, BI, DW, KM and SaaS) domains. Each proposal to subscribe to one or more of the tracks below:

Cloud Development
Cloud Workshops
Cloud Case Studies
Cloud Governance
SOA Case Studies
SOA Integration
SOA Deployment & Management
BPM in Practice

Step 2: Choose from different presentation methods:

Focused Sessions
What is a Focused Session? A Focused session is a presentation of length 50 minutes, including Q & A time. During this session, you will hold forth on a focused issue/technology/project/innovation and impact the audience positively. A Focused Session is a great medium to connect with exactly the audience you are after, and then pursue 1-1 or group discussions at the variety of networking opportunities that are embedded into the Business Technology Summit 2010 program agenda.
Power Panel
What is a Power Panel? A Power Panel is comprised of a moderator and up to 4 panel participants (minimum 3). To submit your proposal for a power panel, you have to be an articulate moderator with in-depth knowledge of the topic area that you plan to cover in the panel discussion. The proposal for the power panel discussion should focus on business trends, market forces and factors, or best practices across the four featured tracks of the summit. If the proposal is accepted, the conference chair and the executive moderator will work with you to identify the other panelists. Power panels are of duration 60 minutes.
Case Studies
What is a Case Study Presentation? A Case Study presentation provides the opportunity to showcase a project/innovation that has already created a positive impact within the tracks envisioned for 'Business Technology Summit 2010. Case Studies should provide real-life examples of how the project/innovation has created a positive impact. This should be strictly vendor-neutral (should not be tied to a single vendor implementation or more aptly tout a specific vendor's products or solutions). Case studies that are a cross-pollination of a variety of vendor solutions, including open and free technologies, stand a better chance for selection to the program. Case Study presentation is of 45-minutes duration.
In-depth Workshops
What are In-depthWorkshops? Hands-on Workshops are in-depth sessions on a specific issue/technology/project/innovation that will transport the participants from any given level (Intermediate > advanced > Rocket Science > and so on) to the next. Hands-on workshops can be of half-day (150 minutes) duration or full day (300 minutes). The speaker should be an expert in his area of presentation and should have past experience and credentials of having presented workshops/tutorials to a profiled audience. For full day workshop proposals, speakers are encouraged to bring along a co-presenter.

Step 03: Carefully read the Business Technology Summit 2010 CfP Submission Guidelines.

Step 04: Use the Business Technology Summit 2010 online CfP submission form to submit your proposal(s) to the Business Technology Summit 2010 Conference Chair.

CFP Submission Guidelines

Estimated presentation length - Check for appropriate lengths for each format from the different presentation methods as detailed in Step 02 above.
Submission of a written presentation - to the conference chair is required on or before the 22^nd of October 2010 to enable publication of the conference proceedings.
Complimentary Registration - One presenter per selected presentation is eligible for complimentary full conference registration to BT Summit 2010, which includes admission to the exhibit hall and conference, delegate luncheons, all after hour socialising, cool conference gear, and one copy of the conference proceedings.

Once the abstract has been submitted through the Online CFP Submission Form, an automatic email response will be sent to confirm that the BT Summit 2010 conference management has received it. Please print this as well as retain the email for your records. If you do not have access to the Internet, abstracts can either be submitted via email as Word document or Rich Text Format (RTF) attachments to info@saltmarch.com or mailed on a CD-ROM (PC compatible) to

Conference Manager
Business Technology Summit 2010
Saltmarch Media (India)
#3/18, Corporation Building
Residency Road, Bangalore 560025
Karnataka, India

Selection, Notification and Responsibilities

Selection Process: The Business Technology Summit 2010 conference chair will carefully review all abstracts submitted by the 30th of June 2010 with the ultimate goal of forming a highly educational and informative conference that addresses topical and timely technology issues that is inline with the theme and tracks as specified for the 2010 edition of Business Technology Summit. Please note that the BT Summit 2010 chair is also handpicking speakers from the Saltmarch Media speaker network, so don't be surprised to see a preliminary list of speakers published before the CfP results are announced.
Evaluation Process: All abstracts will be evaluated on the strength of the abstract submitted, including content matter, technology/market trend and relevance of the material. The program committee will give preference to abstracts that include end-user representation. Consultants and vendors may submit abstracts of a non-commercial nature, but all blatant commercial sales pitches will not be accepted for presentation. The decision of the BT Summit 2010 conference chair is final and binding.
Notification: All primary contacts will be notified in writing via email no later than 15 July 2010 as to whether their proposed BT Summit 2010 abstract has been selected for presentation. Please note that only selected candidates will be intimated.
Primary Contact Responsibilities: The primary contact will be responsible for meeting all deadlines and requirements regarding the paper presentation or panel participation. The primary contact must agree to submit a final BT Summit templated presentation [request your BT Summit contact for the appropriate template] to be included in the conference proceedings by October 22 2010. This contact also needs to notify the conference management of any changes, additions or corrections in author, co-author or panelist names, paper titles or availability to present the submitted paper at the appointed date and time. Unless otherwise noted on the abstract, the presenter will be considered the primary contact.
Conference Content: All summit proceedings, including audio, video, and text transcriptions, at BT Summit 2010 will automatically become copyright of Saltmarch Media and may be published (commercial or non-commercial) using different mediums to disseminate information on these business technologies to a larger audience.
Speaker Registration: One presenter per submission accepted, or up to four panelists per panel session, will receive complimentary full summit registration, which includes entrance to the conference and exhibit hall, attendee lunches, after hours socialising, summit guide, cool conference gear, and access to the summit proceedings report.
Travel & Hotel: All travel and hotel arrangements are the sole responsibility of the speaker. Co-presenters are encouraged to attend BT Summit 2010, and we will gladly include their names in the conference program. However, they will be responsible for their own conference registration, hotel accommodations and other conference-related expenses.

Important Dates

Last date for submission of proposals: June 30 2010
Completion of selection process by the conference chair: July 10 2010
Notification of selected speakers: July 15 2010
Selected speakers to submit final manuscripts: October 22 2010
Business Technology Summit 2010: Nov 11-12 2010
Code in the Cloud Conference: Nov 11 2010
SOA In a Day Conference: Nov 12 2010
BT Expo 2010: Nov 11-12 2010

Online CFP Submission Form

Please ensure that you have completely read and understood the detailed instructions for submitting proposals to the conference chair. Please complete the fields below and click 'Submit' to send your proposals for evaluation to the conference chair: