From fledgling startups to established industry, the Midlands is home to a large, vibrant technology community. Birmingham, in particular, has been a flurry of activity in the past five years, drawing attention from around the world.

This conference is part of Birmingham Tech Week - https://birminghamtechweek.com/ 

TechMids brings development, operations, QA, InfoSec, management, frontend, backend full-stack and leadership together to discuss the culture and tools to make better organisations and products.

The format of TechMids conf includes a single track of 20 minute talks in the morning and afternoon of the day, with each set followed by Ignite talks (5-minute lightning talks where slides advance every 20 seconds).  

We’d love to cross pollinate ideas across technical communities, a cloud engineer inspired to try some frontend, an quality engineer inspired to start mentoring and coaching their software engineer peers

We have a limited number of each talk type and may offer you an alternative format from the session type you selected based on the topics, availability and how we think the session will fit each format.

We expect 600+ people this year and will be holding the event on October 25th, 2024 at The ICC Birmingham.



Our main criteria to make it to the top selection are:

Broad appeal:
How will your talk play out in a room of people with a variety of backgrounds? Technical deep dives need more levels to provide value for the whole room, some of whom might not use your specific tool.

New local presenters:
You are the only one who can tell your story. We are very interested in the challenges and successes being experienced in our local area. We are happy to provide guidance/coaching for new speakers upon request. (Note: All speakers are encouraged, not just new local presenters!)

Under-represented voices:
We want to hear all voices, including those that may speak less frequently at similar events. Whether you’re in a field not typically thought of as a technology field, you’re in a large, traditional organisation, or you’re the only person at your organisation with your background, we are interested in your unique experience.

Original content:
We will consider talks that have already been presented elsewhere, but we prefer talks that the local area isn’t likely to have already seen.

No third-party submissions:
This is a small community-driven event, and speakers need to be directly engaged with the organisers and attendees. If a PR firm or your marketing department is proposing the talk, you’ve already shown that as a speaker you’re distant from the process.

No vendor pitches:
As much as we value vendors and sponsors, we are not going to accept a talk that appears to be a pitch for your product. If you’d like to demo your product or service, you should sponsor the event and demo it at your table.