Call for Proposals

Conference (June 11-12)

Submission deadline: January 16, 2026.

Submit to our conference if you are applying Data Mesh principles within your data organisation or have an enlightening talk to share with data leaders. Data Mesh Live is for curious data leaders, data product managers and architects responsible for managing and scaling modern data systems. Sessions should reveal practical tips and tactics on how to manage data in large, complex environments.

Data Mesh draws on thinking from various fields, so we welcome talks and sessions that challenge a curious and smart audience.

Please submit either:

• A talk (50 mins)
• A hands-on lab (2 hours)

An inexhaustive list of topics for inspiration:

• Data as a Product
• Data Contracts
• Federated data systems and governance
• Data Mesh vs. other data management approaches
• Case studies, experience reports, and post-mortems of Data Mesh projects
• Systems Thinking, complexity theory
• Strategy, organisation, bridging technology and business
• Visualisation and collaboration techniques
• Distributed systems
• Ideas which challenge Data Mesh.

Spoken language

All sessions are in English.

Submission Process

• Send us as many proposals as you’d like, for as many as the accepted formats as you like.
• Even before the deadline, we might start accepting proposals, so being early helps.
• We might ask you to have a short conference call with us. Sometimes we like to ask for clarifications, or suggest changes to the contents or the format. If we contact you for such a call, it is not a guarantee your proposal will be accepted.
• We’ll notify you at the latest 60 days after the submission deadline whether your idea is accepted or not. We'll ask for a final confirmation before announcing you.
• Even after you've been accepted, we'd like to help you make the most of your presentation or workshop. That's why we offer presentation support. We'll put you in touch with other speakers, to help you develop your material, be your soundboard, and give you feedback. We might also ask you to do the same for others. We've found that even for experienced speakers, a bit of back and forth can greatly improve the presentation or workshop.

We'll pay for travel, accommodation, and professional child care, as well as access to the conference. If you have other requirements, please let us know.