Become a Tech
Conferences Super Star
Skyrocket your startup’s growth with speaking engagements at key industry tech conferences.
Increase visibility and thought leadership in the industry area, and build valuable enterprise connections, all with minimal time commitment from you and your team.
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What You’ll Get
Guaranteed Speaking Slots
Contractually guaranteed number of speaking engagements with pre-agreed details on location, online/in-person format, and event level.
Unlock Top Conferences
Access to conferences that previously rejected your submissions or seemed out of reach.
Boosted Acceptance Rate
An increased acceptance rate of up to 80%.
Time Saved for Business
Time saved on application submissions and Call for Papers deadline tracking.
Managed Committee Communications
All communication with program committees is handled by us.
Better Conditions
Enhanced speaker conditions, including prime positions, time slots, keynote opportunities, and expense reimbursement.
Inbound Speaker Engagement
New speakers often face low attendance at events, as organizers tend to favor well-known speakers. We tailor your topic and abstract to the conference’s audience, enhancing your attendance and securing more inbound speaking engagements for the following year.
5 Steps
of Our Collaboration
We compile a list of conferences and events relevant to your business.
Our project coordinator creates your speaker profile and talks portfolio, encompassing topics, abstracts, bio, and speaking experience, tailored to attract program committees.
During a year, we maximize your speaking submissions, aligning them with CFP deadlines.
We handle all communication with conference organizers, ensuring a comfortable experience for the speaker.
You receive information about the event and your topic, and then present at the event.
We compile a list of conferences and events relevant to your business.
Our project coordinator creates your speaker profile and talks portfolio, encompassing topics, abstracts, bio, and speaking experience, tailored to attract program committees. Upon request, we provide public speaking training and slide review.
During a year, we maximize your speaking submissions, aligning them with CFP deadlines.
We handle all communication with conference organizers, ensuring a comfortable experience for the speaker.
You receive information about the event and your topic, and then present at the event.
We understand the high cost of an engineer or top manager’s time in preparing for a single talk. We assist you in maximizing its value by enabling reuse across multiple events.
You don’t need an extensive range of topics to be a sought-after expert. Three well-crafted topics with ready-to-use slide decks in specific areas are enough for speaking engagements throughout the year.
What Our Clients Say
Robert Hodges
CEO at Altinity
Speaking at industry conferences is a vital part of building a brand, but it’s time-consuming to find relevant conferences and submit talks. This year we hired Underdog Consulting to manage the submission process. It was an excellent choice.
Underdog Consulting found multiple new conferences for us and handled the submission process completely for each one. With their help we tripled the number of talks accepted in 2023 including acceptances at high quality conferences like ScaleX, FOSDEM. Not only that, they handled details related to talk deadlines including slide submissions and calendar slots at venues.
Working with Underdog Consulting saved us time and got us into many more conferences than would otherwise have been possible. As a regular speaker, it enabled me to focus on talks quality rather than details of the submission process. I’m delighted with their work and recommend them wholeheartedly. You cannot find a better partner to build brand awareness and marketing programs through conference presentations.
Peter Farkas
CEO & Co-founder at FerretDB
Working with Underdog Consulting has been a game-changer for me and FerretDB. Before partnering with them, I constantly struggled with keeping track of conference deadlines. It was frustrating to discover CFP only after they had closed, especially for events planned well in advance. For example, finding out about a conference in June that was scheduled for the following January was always a challenge.
Underdog Consulting completely transformed this experience. Their service meant I no longer had to hunt for deadlines or register on multiple websites. They took care of everything – from tracking deadlines to ensuring my submissions were on time. This has not only saved me a significant amount of time but also increased my presence at key tech conferences. It’s been a relief and a significant boost for both my personal brand and FerretDB’s visibility in the industry.
You can choose a plan
that works for you
BASIC
Industry Events Database Access
Speaker Profile Development
Talks Portfolio Adjustment
Slide Deck Review
Monitoring of Deadlines and Submissions
1-Year Subscription
10 Accepted Talks
Additional Charge for Each Extra Talk
UNLIMITED
Industry Events Database Access
Speaker Profile Development
Talks Portfolio Adjustment
Slide Deck Review
Monitoring of Deadlines and Submissions
1-Year Subscription
15 Accepted Talks
No Additional Charges for Extra Talks
BASIC
Industry Events Database Access
Speaker Profile Development
Talks Portfolio Adjustment
Slide Deck Review
Monitoring of Deadlines and Submissions
1-Year Subscription
10 Accepted Talks
Additional Charge for Each Extra Talk
UNLIMITED
Industry Events Database Access
Speaker Profile Development
Talks Portfolio Adjustment
Slide Deck Review
Monitoring of Deadlines and Submissions
1-Year Subscription
15 Accepted Talks
No Additional Charges for Extra Talks
Success Story
Peter Zaitsev
Founder at Percona, Entrepreneur, Board Member & Advisor at numerous tech startups
Peter Zaitsev
Founder at Percona, Entrepreneur,
Board Member & Advisor at numerous tech startups
We began collaborating with Peter Zaitsev in 2020. Since he had been collecting statistics on his submissions and talks since 2017, we are able to work with these figures and evaluate our outcomes.
What we did
● Analyzed the most successful topics at the conferences as well as the statistics on the acceptance of Peter’s topics.
● Contacted organizers individually to discuss the topics of greatest interest to them.
● Created an updated list of Peter’s topics and abstracts, categorized by different professional fields.
● Developed an extended calendar of industry events of interest to both Percona and Peter personally.
● Monitored CFP (Call for Papers) deadlines and submitted proposals regularly.
The result
We doubled the number of submissions and increased the accepted talks to 43 in 2023. The process of engaging with conferences has been systematized and is now managed autonomously. Every month, Peter receives notifications about the events’ names, dates, locations, and topics. He only needs to update his slides.
Team Members in Charge
Marina
Project Lead
Bina
PROJECT COORDINATOR
5 years of experience in tech conferences submissions.
Personal contacts with conference organizers and program committee members. Focus on open source network.
In-depth knowledge of top tech events and their specifics.
Awesome Speakers Slack Community
Still unsure about collaborating with us? Join our exclusive Tech Speakers Slack Community for free.
Get events updates and receive alerts about open CFP in your tech stack and their respective deadlines, greatly simplifying your self-submissions.
“Great way to be informed about tech industry events.”
Nickolai Sivko
CEO & Founder at Coroot
“Really excited to be a part
of this community!”
Aleks Abramova
Global Events Specialist at Percona
“I am here to get more information about events from other speakers.”
Denis Kondratenko
Engineering Manager at Altinity
“We created this Community to help speakers in self-submissions and succeed in public speaking.”
Peter Zaitsev
Founder at Renegade Underdogs, Coroot, Percona
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