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Call for Papers

DataStax invites you to share your knowledge of Apache Cassandra with 3,000+ of your fellow data revolutionaries at Cassandra Summit 2016.

Cassandra Summit 2016 is being held on September 7-9 at the San Jose Convention Center. Session talks will be held on September 7 and 8 with training and certification on September 9. Room blocks will be available at the following hotels when registration opens in April.

San Jose Marriott, 301 S. Market Street, San Jose 95113

Hilton San Jose, 300 S. Almaden Blvd., San Jose 95110

Please create an account above and submit all original content via the form. All call for paper submissions should include as much detail as possible; titles, abstracts, and biographies should be submitted with the intent that they are ready for display on the live agenda.

The call for papers will close on June 1st and all speakers, whether successful or not, will be notified by July 1st.

We wish you the best of luck and look forward to reviewing your proposals!

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DO

Have fun and learn!
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Engage with others
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