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Call for Speakers

2026 Speaker Application

June 11-13 – MacDevOpsYVR 2026 Conference (in person and online)

Thank you for submitting a talk proposal for the annual MacDevOpsYVR conference. Speaking at MacDevOpsYVR enables you to share your knowledge, success stories, or cool projects with the Mac Admin community. MDO provides a great environment to learn new things and share hard-won experience.

Check out who spoke at MacDevOpsYVR 2025.

For the past 10 years, MacDevOpsYVR has welcomed a diverse community of Mac Admins, GitOps engineers, and security professionals from Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Uber, Airbnb, Square, Amazon, SAP, LAIKA, Pixar, Disney Animation, and many others.

30 Minute Talks

We’re looking for speakers that:

  • Have a great story to share

There is one or more 30-minute talks on each of the two main speaking days.

15 Minute Talks

We’re looking for speakers that:

  • Have a fun problem they’ve solved
  • Want to help share hard-won knowledge
  • Provide clear, successful use cases, best practices, and how-tos
  • Can go deep on how your company is using a tool or technique

There are four 15-minute talks on each of the two main speaking days. A total of eight 15-minute talks will be scheduled.

5 Minute Talks (Quick Talks)

We’re looking for speakers that:

  • Highlight a tip or trick, like “this shortcut will save 100000 minutes a week.”
  • Tell a great customer success story
  • Focus on a specific feature and how you are using it
  • A great demo

There are two or more 5-minute talks on each of the two main speaking days. Four 5-minute talks will be scheduled. Or more. Depending on the time in the schedule.

Qualities of a Great Talk

  • Know the Mac Admin audience
  • Review your completed application before submitting
  • Do not pitch products, companies, services
  • Do contain clear takeaways for the audience
  • The speaker’s bio clearly states why the person is an authority on the subject
  • The talk description is clear about what the audience will learn or take away
  • Provide case studies or research to assist the audience in their business application

Note Workshops and Training:

If you would like to offer some training or skills development, we are also seeking some workshop and training proposals for our Training Day (Day 0). If you have an idea for something everyone should learn in today’s world of Open Source, Mac IT, GitOps, DevOps, or related fields, please send a sign.

Important Dates

March 01 – Deadline for applications for 15min & 30min talks

March 30 – Applicants are selected (please send us a picture for the website)

April 30 – T-shirt size and optional clothing choices

May 30 – Record and submit a backup talk (the event is live but we love backups)

June 11-13 – MacDevOpsYVR 2023 Conference

Speaker Application Form

Thank you for your interest in speaking at MacDevOpsYVR 2026.
We review all applications.