Presentation Proposal

The Open Group builds compelling event programs featuring speakers who provide a wide range of expertise and experience, in order to give our attendees access to the best thought leadership in the industry. The Open Group events offer exposure for speakers’ ideas, expertise, and organizations to high-placed decision makers within influential organizations worldwide:

• Representatives of global organizations including Fortune 500 companies, policy-making agencies and standard bodies
• Professionals such as enterprise architects, designers and managers of IT infrastructure, product managers and engineering managers of architecture tools, system integrators, IT procurement professionals, and enterprise network security experts

To submit an abstract for a presentation at one of The Open Group’s upcoming events, please complete the online submission form below for consideration by the Program Committee. Please note that our speaker rosters fill up quickly, particularly for our keynote slots. The session detail is a crtical factor in determining whether your presentation proposal is aceepted so spend some time outlining what you plan to cover.

The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium. To respect this neutrality, your presentation should not contain any marketing pitch for products or services.

Upcoming Conference Submission Deadlines

* Marketing and product pitches are prohibited in presentations. If you are interested in marketing your products or services, please see our Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities page.

** Speakers are responsible for their own travel, accommodation and living expenses. Event fees are waived on the day of the speaker’s presentation.