Important Dates / Deadlines

• Deadline for proposal submissions: May 10
• Deadline for Notifications: June 17

Overview

SNW is produced by Computerworld and co–owned by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). The event is the largest and most proven educational forum for IT end users on storage, data center, networking, cloud, and information infrastructure technologies.

SNIA Tutorials

Within the overall SNW program SNIA Tutorials present technical and business issues covering Information Technology in a fair and unbiased manner. The tutorials are designed to give a consensus view of particular topics, from the viewpoint of the entire industry or a significant segment. Submissions are typically, but not exclusively produced by SNIA members, and include vendors, training companies, analysts, consultants and end–users. Presentations are peer reviewed by the SNIA Education Committee, Tutorial chair and track managers to ensure quality and vendor neutrality. Tutorials are jointly owned by the SNIA and the author, and they are produced, branded, and delivered by the SNIA.

Proposal Topics

The following topical areas are of particular interest for this show

• Big Data and Data Analytics methodologies, frameworks, protocols, and systems
• Cloud Storage strategies, process, practice, and security
• Convergence, Consolidation, and Virtualization of infrastructure, storage devices, and servers
• Green Storage: conservation/minimization of resources associated with storage
• Methods and techniques associated with information preservation and retention
• Storage management best practices from both the user and implementer’s (VAR, integrator, etc.) perspectives
• Perspectives on industry trends and problems of interest to Executives within manufacturers, users, or implementers
• Storage security best practices, standards, legal implications, and emerging areas of requirements and concern
• Future Directions for storage and networking technologies

Tutorial Tracks

Tracks are organized to cover the breadth of storage and storage networking technology areas:

• Big Data
• Cloud Technologies
• Data Protection and Data Management
• File Systems and File Management
• Green Storage
• Networking
• Security
• Storage/Solid State Storage/ Storage Management
• Virtualization/Applications

Speaker Requirements

Before submitting your proposals please note the following presentation guidelines:

• Tutorials are 45–minute presentations prepared using the SNIA Tutorial PowerPoint template
• Acceptance of speaker proposal is determined by SNIA Education committee’s tutorial management team’s review and approval
• Speaker is required to sign the following online agreements:
• SNIA Copyright Agreement (authors)
• Speaker Information and Audio/Video Agreement
• Multiple successive sessions with increasing complexity are allowed on a single topic. Normally these abstracts are submitted separately with an indication that they are linked to or part of a combined set of submissions
• Upon completion of proposal submission presenter must read and agree to the terms of the FAQ for SNIA Tutorials.
• To reference previous tutorials, visit the SNIA Tutorial website here.

Submit a Proposal

To submit a Tutorial Proposal for SNW Fall 2013 click HERE

Answering this call simply requires an abstract submitted online with the intent to develop the abstract into a full 45-minute presentation, and agreeing to the SNIA Tutorial policy and guidelines.

SNIA Now Offers Multiple Opportunities to present a Tutorial:

• The Storage Developer Conference (SDC) October 16 – 19, click HERE to submit a proposal.
• Bright Talk - if you are interested in a submission for live presentation via BrightTalk, please check with the education program manager.

Please direct all inquiries to the SNIA Education Program Manager.