The Lead Developer Meetup - speaker application
Fancy speaking at one of The Lead Developer meetups across the globe? We want to hear from you.

We are accepting talks from anyone who is interested in being part of The Lead Developer in their local community. We currently are accepting talks from speakers in the following locations;

• London
• Berlin
• New York
• Austin, TX
• San Francisco, CA
• Tokyo

This is an on-going application which will constantly be reviewed. We currently organise meetups quarterly in each of the above locations. You'll be contacted as and when we are programming for the meetups.

** What should I talk about? **
The Lead Developer is the conference for tech leads, organised by White October Events.

Our audience is made up primarily of senior and lead developers/engineers, technical managers and CTOs.
We aren’t looking for sales pitches, but for people able to speak passionately and from experience and who understand our audience of technical leaders.

We're looking for either 15-minute or 30-minute talks.

** Team **
Some examples of topics around Team that interest us include:

• Anything related to leadership
• People management techniques
• Creating inclusive environments
• Attracting, recruiting and retaining great (diverse) talent
• Team dynamics
• Helping teams be most effective
• Communication: interpersonal, inter-team, inter-org/dept/company
• Helping people develop at all levels (including junior devs/interns/graduates, career paths, personal development for developers)
• Creating and maintaining inclusive cultures
• Challenging issues (such as burnout, mental health and imposter syndrome)

** Tools **
We mean tools as well as process and ways of working, including:

• Agile and other modes of delivery
• Tools you use to help your team be the most productive/effective
• Processes: for doing support brilliantly, or how you keep on top of your backlog of bugs, or how out of hours call outs are handled by your team, for instance
• Ways of keeping current -- helping people figure out how to stay up to date with an ever-changing industry
• Approaches to personal development for tech leads themselves, or key skills for tech leads to develop

If you have any questions about speaking at a meetup, please contact hello@whiteoctoberevents.co.uk.

** Data policy **
We collect your data in line with our Data Promise (theleaddeveloper.com/data-promise). Your information will only be made available to the Lead Dev Meetup team and our co-organisers in relevant cities.


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Email *
First name *
Last name *
Country of residence *
City *
Role and company *
E.g. Web Developer at Awesome Company
Bio in 3rd person *
Ideally no more than 100 words.
Twitter handle
Which location are you applying to speak at? *
Talk title *
Talk description *
As it might appear on the website. Ideally no more than 300 words.
Suitable formats *
Please select both if your talk can be adapted for either session length.
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How is your talk relevant to an audience of technical leaders?
Have you delivered this talk before?
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If so, where?
Please link to a video, if you have one
Do you consider yourself a member of an underrepresented or marginalised group in tech?
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