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From: Rafia Sabih <rafia.pghackers@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 11:08:58 +0200
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Subject: Re: Brainstorming sessions to find new conf talk subjects
To: Renee <renee.phillips@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 18:13, Renee <renee.phillips@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am also available for conference talk advice!
>
> Laetitia (and others) encouraged me so much to submit my first talks.
>
> So far, I=E2=80=99ve given two talks
> Good Data Gone Bad, Bad Data Gone Worse
> and
> A talk about inclusivity and diversity
>
> Additionally I gave a talk to graduate level data analysis students to pr=
ovide an overview of postgres.
>
> This afternoon I=E2=80=99ll be working with a speaker to develop her talk=
 for the Postgres Women NYC that I think will be great for conferences.
>
> I=E2=80=99m so excited to see all of your talks at conferences!
>
> Renee
>
> On May 10, 2019, at 11:58 AM, L=C3=A6titia Avrot <laetitia.avrot@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> CFP for PGConf Europe is open (https://2019.pgconf.eu/callforpapers/)!
>
> So maybe it's time for you to give a conf talk!
>
> We can help by several ways:
> - we can provide mentoring (if it's your first conf talk)
> - we can talk with you so you understand the community needs your point o=
f view too
> - we can share a brainstorming session to help you find one or more subje=
cts
> - we can help you rehearsing
>
> All we need to help you is you! Contact us (or only me if you're too shy,=
 it's ok)!
>
> Have a nice week-end!
>
Good initiative. I am also available for mentoring, please feel free to con=
tact.
Just to give a little background, I have given a few talks at PGConf
EU, India and got a couple of selected talks at Ottawa in the last few
years.

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Regards,
Rafia Sabih