Tech conferences:

Opportunities and scholarships

@manucastrillonm

Why attend?

Are perfect spaces for...

• Networking
• Learning technical skills... from personal experience
• Expanding our knowledge
• Inspiring ourselves

Diversity and inclusion scholarships

Gives the opportunity to attend the conference to those people that can't for themselves

• Hotel
• Transport
• Ticket

Apply only if you really need it

Frequent questions

• Why do you want to attend?
• Why do you want to learn?
• How will you spread the knowledge?
• How are you related with the tech industry?

IMPACT

How to have impact?

• To share the knowledge in our community/work/university
• To inspire and share the experience
• Participate in OS projects
• Participate in social projects

How to show we can generate impact?

Show provable data

Express you want to share the knowledge (even if they don't ask you)

Express how you will share the knowledge

Have a personal reason to attend

Be ready to help

Personal brand matters

"Create the doors and go through them"

In the event...

• Take advantage of the offline experiences
• Networking
• Search opportunities

After the event...

• Teach
• Inspire
• Share

How to know about the events?

• https://confs.tech/
• Meetup
• Twitter
• Google

My personal motivation

Thank you!

@manucastrillonm