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Let’s give SMART talks!

SMART talks is a new Flow’s activity format. Speakers give practical and motivating talks in 10 minutes to help the middle analysts improve their performance.

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Call for papers is closed

Call for papers for Flow 2024 Autumn is closed. We will be glad to see your proposals at the next conference!

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We are interested in the following topics

If you have an interesting idea on a topic that is not on the list we will be happy to consider your proposal anyway!

  • Requirements
    • Business requirements.
    • Functional requirements.
    • Non-functional requirements.
    • User requirements.
    • UX/UI.
    • Tools, approaches and standards.
  • Business and product analysis
    • Interaction with stakeholders.
    • Product vision and development.
    • An analyst's soft skills.
    • Notations, tools, artefacts.
  • Architecture
    • Service and database design.
    • Microservice and other architectures.
    • Domain-driven design (DDD).
    • Architecture description.
    • Domain-specific languages (DSLs).
  • Integrations
    • Description languages and protocols: SOAP/WSDL, OpenAPI, GraphQL, protobuf, AsyncAPI, OData.
    • Queues, data buses and message brokers.
    • Technological approaches (REST, CQRS, gRPC).
    • Tools for working with integration API.
  • Data
    • Data visualization and presentation.
    • Data architecture design.
    • Data governance.
    • Language (LLM) and other models.
    • Tools (R, Python, Tableau, PowerBI, Grafana, DataLens, Apache Spark), MLOps.
  • Other
    • Low-code platforms.
    • Import substitution.
    • Examples of tasks from different industries: fintech, retail, mobile, logistics, transport, telecom, etc.
    • Searching, interviewing and hiring analysts for the team.
    • Organising the work of analysts in teams.

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Submission process

  1. You submit your proposal

  2. + 2-3 days

    We contact you

  3. + 7 days

    You discuss your content with your PC member

  4. Convenient time for you

    You rehearse and prepare for your session

  5. June 1

    We close CFP

  6. June 23

    We let you know about our final decision

  7. Convenient time for you

    We help you get your content ready for production

  8. September 17 (online) and September 24-25 (offline)

    You give your session at the conference

Program committee

Each proposal will be examined by at least three reviewers from the Program Committee.

Selection process

  • Relevance

    You are going to discuss things that participants of the conference find useful not only yesterday but also today and in the future. In addition, the topic of your session matches the theme of the conference, and the content you are going to present matches the stated description.

  • Depth

    Your talk reveals the subject deeply and comprehensively. There is no need to talk about yet another Hello World (unless you think it’s a new, not widely known, but very promising technology).

  • Speaking experience

    If you have experience in speaking at conferences and meetups, this will be a great advantage. If this is your first presentation, be prepared to rehearse and practice.

  • Practical applicability

    The content is important from a practical point of view and you not only cover the existing problems / solutions, but also share your experience.

  • Expertise

    You have experience and have completed projects in the field in question. The topic of your presentation is sound. You have a good understanding of what you are talking about and have been involved in the implementation of the project you are describing.

  • Originality

    There is novelty in your session; the content either hasn’t been published before or presents a well-known topic / problem in a different light.

Additional information

  • If you are submitting on behalf of another person, please fill the form using the speaker’s contact information. You can leave your contacts in the last form field (the one which asks about a co-speaker or comments).

  • If you feel like you need help to prepare your session you can count on us: we can appoint a personal curator who will review your material and organize rehearsals.

  • Usually, we contact applicants within a week after the submission. If that hasn’t happened, feel free to contact us via email at program@flowconf.ru. Also, don’t forget to read the speaker’s memo.