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The Fifth Elephant 2025 Winter Edition Call for Proposals

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Accepting submissions till 10 Nov 2025, 11:59 PM

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Speaking policies and guidelines One speaker per talk. No co-speakers or joint presenters. Vendor-neutral submissions. Talks must focus on technical concepts, case studies, and real-world learnings. If your intention is to showcase a product, platform, or tool, you’re welcome to submit a (paid) pit… expand

Speaking policies and guidelines

  • One speaker per talk. No co-speakers or joint presenters.
  • Vendor-neutral submissions. Talks must focus on technical concepts, case studies, and real-world learnings.
  • If your intention is to showcase a product, platform, or tool, you’re welcome to submit a (paid) pitch session, or run a sponsored workshop to teach your tool/product/platform. (Reach out to sales@hasgeek.com for sponsored workshops and pitch sessions.)
  • We strongly encourage talks that involve open source technology, tools, or frameworks - especially those built or adopted within your organization.
    The goal is to ensure the audience can take back learnings and technology they can experiment with or implement independently.

Guidelines for submissions

BEFORE you begin writing your submission, please give some thought to the following:

  • Who is the audience for your session? Think about their interests, work roles, challenges, age or experience as you decide this.
  • What problem/pain are you trying to solve (for the audience)? This should be something that is communicated clearly so that they have a sense of your session’s importance.
  • What will be the scope of your session? This will help identify the central topic or theme and should describe broad areas you plan to cover during the session?
  • How will participants benefit from your session? Think of practical and specific ways in which they will be able to apply the knowledge they gain, and beyond just general awareness.
  • What is the appropriate format for your session, given the audience and objectives that you have in mind?

The most successful talks and sessions are those where presenters are able to abstract an actionable insight from a common pain area, enlighten the audience about something new, provide a fresh perspective, and/or demonstrate innovation.

Here’s a guide for speakers to draft their presentations.

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Accepting submissions till 10 Nov 2025, 11:59 PM

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