There have already been various posts from around the world announcing the opening of VMworld 2013 call for papers. There has also been a number of posts with all of the tips and tricks on how to best submit your abstract in hopes of it being accepted. This post isn’t really about either of those, it’s simply a little description of my experience with the call for papers.
Last year I submitted a session for VMworld in regards to vCenter Operations and how it’s not just applicable to large enterprises or cloud environments how the SMB can certainly benefit from operations management as well. Needless to say it didn’t get accepted… Certainly I had hoped it would, I thought the information I had to share could be valuable to others and at the same time, help me with my speaking abilities 🙂 That being said I wasn’t that disappointed… However, 2 weeks after it closed I got a message from one of the VMworld track organizers asking if I’d be interested in speaking on a customer panel in regards to vCOps. Obviously I was thrilled and ended up speaking for the first time at VMworld!
So, be sure to get all your sessions submitted. I know you all have a lot of valuable information to share and I want to hear it! And even if you don’t get accepted during the first round of cuts, just remember, there’s always that chance…
