For over 46 years, CMG has been, and continues to be, the source for vendor-agnostic expert advice and information for IT professionals dedicated to managing the enterprise’s hardware, software, infrastructure, and computing systems across the enterprise.
CMG is now accepting session proposals for our 2025 IMPACT conference, an in-person conference opportunity.
We’re looking for sessions on these key topics to be submitted by February 21 and our preference is towards use-case presentations. Companies or individuals may be anonymized for use at IMPACT.
Priority Topics
Cloud/Serverless
Performance and Capacity
Engineering/DevOps/CICD
AI/ML
Security and Observability
DEI
FinOps
Mainframe
- Present-to and exchange-with your industry peers
- Connect and grow new relationships in the technology community.
- Earn and build your reputation as an industry and subject-matter expert.
- Speakers will be featured on the conference website and in marketing communications.
- Find solutions for your own tech challenges.
- Session recording to be promoted and featured on CMG.org.
- Increase your brand and visibility for talent recruitment.
- Invited Speakers are entitled to discounted conference access.
IMPACT speakers will present live and on-site in Natick, Massachusetts June 5-6.
CMG will heavily promote all speaker sessions and you will receive content for you to share on social media. We are asking for speakers to submit a recording of their session or to record their session on-site in Atlanta.
Speakers will receive a discount to attend the conference.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most famous presentations in US history. It’s a message we still need just as much in 2020 as we did in 1963 when it was delivered. But if you had to guess how long this famous speech delivered to nearly 250 thousand people was, what would your guess be?
17 minutes. That amazing speech lasted less than 20 minutes. Most TED talks of today last between 10-18 minutes.”
– Source: 5 Ways to Tackle a 30 Minute Presentation
Session Types
Demo Session / 30 min / Present on a specific solution or best practice that you have uncovered.
Standard Breakout Session or Keynote / 30-40 mins with Q&A / Present 3 or fewer points to your audience including 1-2 illustrative stories.
Longer Breakout, Workshop, or Keynote / 60 minutes+ / May include hands-on technology demonstrations.
- Monday, January 13: Call for Speakers Opens
- Thursday, February 6: Speaker Selection 1
- Thursday, February 20: Final Speaker Selection
- Thursday, February 27: Speaker Notification
- Monday, April 7: Speaker Registration Deadline
- Friday, May 2: Deadline for session recordings and presentation files