<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">You want to give a lightning talk at PGCon!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(and on the right dates; sorry for the copy/paste errors)<br class=""><br class="">Yes, you do. The fun, the glory, the laughter, the everlasting fame! These can all be yours.<br class=""><br class="">Be one of the "brave and true" who put together five minutes about PostgreSQL tools, experiences, forks, ideas, websites, or even (especially) jokes. Anything from "hacking wal files" to "the PostgreSQL drinking game" is an acceptable topic for the lighting talks.<br class=""><br class="">A short schedule:<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Right Now: send your lightning talk idea to light at <a href="http://pgcon.org" class="">pgcon.org</a>. We'll need a title, speaker full name, speaker cell phone number, and brief (one sentence) description.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Send in your PDF slides for the talk by 2pm on Thursday May 19<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Thursday, May 19, 3:45 PM: meet Magnus Hagander (or perhaps his proxy) in the plenary presentation room for your order of speaking.<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Thursday, May 19, 4:00PM to 4:45PM: you and the others deliver your talks<br class=""><br class="">Fine print: Lightning talks are strictly five (5) minutes in length, and speakers who run over will be cut off. PDF slides or browser access only, which will be presented on the conference laptop, so no demos, animations, private network access, or installed software.<br class=""><br class="">When submitting, keep our anti-harrassment policy in mind: http://www.pgcon.org/2016/harassment.php<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="">-- </div><div class="">Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:dan@langille.org" target="_blank" class="">dan@langille.org</a></div></div></div></div></body></html>