[ANNOUNCE] Pulsar Summit North America 2021 Call-for-speakers and Registration is now open

[Sijie Guo <si...@apache.org>]

Dear Apache Pulsar community,

We are excited to announce that Pulsar Summit North America 2021 will be
hosted virtually on June 16th - 17th. Call-for-speakers and attendee
registration are now open for the conference!

Pulsar Summit is the conference dedicated to Apache Pulsar, and the
messaging and event streaming community. The conference gathers an
international audience of CTOs/CIOs, developers, data architects, data
scientists, Apache Pulsar committers/contributors, and the messaging and
streaming community. Together they share experiences, exchange ideas, and
knowledge, and receive hands-on training sessions led by Pulsar experts.

*Join Us and Speak at Pulsar Summit!*

Do you have a Pulsar story to share? Join us and speak at the summit! You
will be on stage with all the top Pulsar thought-leaders. It is a great way
to participate and raise your profile in the rapidly growing Apache Pulsar
community.

We are looking for Pulsar stories that are innovative, informative, or
thought-provoking. Here are some suggestions for what to talk about:

   - Use cases, operations, tools, techniques, or the Pulsar ecosystem
   - A deep dive into technologies
   - Best practices and lessons learned
   - A Pulsar success story
   - Anything that inspires the audience!

*To speak at the summit, please submit an abstract
<https://sessionize.com/pulsar-summit-north-america-2021> about your
presentation.* Remember to keep your proposal short, relevant and engaging.

*Important Dates:*

   - CFP opens: Feb 18th, 2021
   - CFP closes: Mar 26th, 2021
   - Speaker notifications sent: April 2nd, 2021
   - Schedule announcement: April 9th, 2021

If you want some advice or feedback on your proposal, or have any questions
about the summit, please do not hesitate to contact us at
organizers@pulsar-summit.org. We are happy to help!

*Register for the Summit*

If you are interested in attending Pulsar Summit North America 2021,
please sign
up in the Apache Foundation's Hopin instance
<https://hopin.com/events/pulsar-summit-north-america-2021>. Once you are
registered, we will keep you updated on the summit.

Help us make *#PulsarSummit NA 2021* a big success by spreading the word
and submitting your proposal! Follow us on Twitter
<https://twitter.com/PulsarSummit> to receive the latest updates of the
conference!

See you at Pulsar Summit North America 2021!

- Sijie