Round 2 Submission Guidelines - Global Testing Retreat 2024

ROUND 2 – Submission Details

Round 2 requires you to submit a concise presentation outlining your topic, along with a self-recorded video (5-10 minutes) demonstrating how you present and engage your audience. The details in video submission aren't our focus right now; we're looking to understand the flow of your topic and your presentation style. The video will assist our jury in evaluating your approach.

Round 2 – Key dates

Start Date for Presentation and Video Submission: 13th August 2024

Deadline for Submission: 26 August 2024

Round 2 Selection Notification: 9 September 2024

Please note: Following the submission of your presentations and videos in Round 2, our jury may invite you for a video interview if necessary. These interviews will help us finalize the best speakers for the conference.

Steps for submission

Step 1

Step 2

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Speaker Spotlight

Step into the spotlight at the 2024 Global Testing Retreat Conference!  Each session at #ATAGTR2024 is designed to feature one main speaker and, optionally, a co-speaker. This setup allows us to maintain the essence of each presentation, ensuring every voice is heard and each idea is shared effectively. Can't wait to see the magic you'll bring to our event!"

Apart from participating in this wonderful conference as a speaker and showcasing your talent at the global stage, as a speaker you would be entitled to following wonderful benefits.

Full conference pass: Primary Speaker and co-speaker (max 1) shall be granted a free entrance ticket to the all the 3 days of conference. Both virtual days and in-person day in Pune.

Honorarium: We also want to show our gratitude with a little something extra - an honorarium for all the speakers who get selected for presenting both as an interactive session or a workshop. The speaker honorarium would be INR 2500/- (Indian Rupees Two thousand and Five Hundred only) for all the speakers whether they would be presenting in the virtual days or in-person conference day in Pune.

Speaker honorarium is applicable for one primary author only. It can be divided equally between primary speaker and co-speaker on request. If you have multiple papers/workshops, speaker honorarium would be per paper/workshop.

Speaker honorarium is not applicable for guest/invited speakers.

All remunerations will be processed post conference within 1 month after completion of the event

Certificate and Speaker Trophies: All speakers (Primary speaker and Co-speaker(max 1)) will be given Speaker Trophies and certificates

Leader board points: Each submission in Round 1 carries a max of 100 points for their respective organizations. Speakers can be from different organizations. One Speaker cannot submit more than 5 papers. All submissions for Round 2 will garner leaderboard points of 200 points. Final selected speakers after round 2 will garner a max of 1000 points.

Video Interviews: All selected sessions and workshop speakers who would be presenting in the conference, would be video interviewed, showcased and spot lighted on social media.

Speaker badges: Each speaker will get a speaker badge that they can showcase on social media.