## Call for Proposals *Citus Con: An Event for Postgres* is free, virtual, and global developer event happening Apr 12-13, 2022. You might even call it a distributed event. No travel is involved. And yes, there is a code of conduct. To make things easy for speakers, we’ll take care of the video recording and production, both for the livestream and on-demand talks. Talks are 25 minutes long and in English. The CFP is now open: come join us to share what you can do with the world's most advance open source database—from the nerdy to the sublime.
## Live Sessions & On-Demand Videos There will be 3-hour livestreams in 3 different geographies (Americas, APAC, EMEA). We're looking for talks from Citus open source users, Azure database customers, Postgres and Citus experts from Microsoft, and Postgres community members. On-demand talks will be pre-recorded in March and published on the Microsoft Developer YouTube channel on April 12th. ## Important Dates * __Dec 07, 2021__: CFP opens * __Feb 06, 2022__: CFP closes * __Feb 15, 2022__: Speakers notified * __Mar 01, 2022__: Schedule & sessions announced * __Mar 2022__: Video recordings for on-demand talks * __Apr 12-13, 2022__: Event happens! ## Key things to know Even more information on the [Citus Con CFP page](https://www.citusdata.com/cituscon/2022/cfp/) * __Format__: 3-hour livestreams in different geos: Americas, EMEA, and APAC + on-demand sessions * __CFP closes__: February 6, 2022 * __Length__: 25 mins / talk * __Virtual & free__: no travel (or funding) required * __Video recording & production__: All you need is a good mic & a decent webcam. We’ll take care of the rest. * __Speaker resources__: in our [Speaker FAQ](https://www.citusdata.com/cituscon/2022/faq/#speaker-faq) * __Submit your proposal__: [on Sessionize](https://sessionize.com/cituscon2022/) ## Topics We’re looking for talks about using Postgres on Azure, and Citus on Azure—as well as talks about using Postgres and/or Citus open source—plus talks that will introduce attendees to some of the latest innovations they might not yet know about. Here are some examples, not an exhaustive list: + How you run your app on Postgres on Azure + Citus open source user stories + Scaling out Postgres with Hyperscale (Citus) + How you use other Postgres extensions, like PostGIS, pg\_cron, HLL, t-digest, pg\_auto\_failover, postgres\_fdw, & so many more + New innovations in Postgres + Postgres community + Generally interesting Postgres knowledge + Data modeling and SQL best practices + Tips for building your application on Azure Database for PostgreSQL + Techniques for using Postgres at any scale with Citus—from single-node to a distributed cluster + Migrating to Postgres on Azure + Monitoring tools for Postgres on Azure + Postgres performance (including analytics and time series workloads) ## Other useful links * [Code of conduct](https://www.citusdata.com/cituscon/2022/coc/) * [Talk selection team](https://www.citusdata.com/cituscon/2022/cfp/#talk-selection-team)
