Help Go Conferences get Featured Speakers

[cassandraoid]

Liaison between Go conferences and speakers and play match maker.

[corylanou]

Would it make sense to tack on to this Help people start a go conference, or is that out of scope for either this issue, or the group?

I'm aware of several geographies in the midwest that could easily sustain a one, two, or three day conference. Additionally, I know some people are interested in starting a conference as well but are a bit overwhelmed by what that could mean. I suspect most of it hinges around if they would get the support of the Go team in terms of speakers (which this issue would certainly help out greatly on).

[arjanvaneersel]

I think both statements are correct. At the moment I'm doing research on starting a Go conference in South Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey). Getting good speakers is key to any conference, Go conferences are no exception, any help with that would be great for people who are organizing a conference.

Still, Corylanou has a point, because organizing a conference is much more than just getting good speakers, the location matters, the technical infrastructure, accommodation, staff during the event, marketing of the event and so on. Any help, sharing of knowledge and experience of people who already did this, even if it's on the other end of the world would be valuable information and would help to making Go conferences a success.