We understand that even the current price of €350 is a serious expense. But you can ask your employer to financially support your participation in the conference. 

Here are some compelling tips to help you convince your employer to support your participation in the Tech Internals Conf. Use it for your presentation, email, or negotiations with your managers.

Emphasize the knowledge gain. Highlight the vast array of industry experts and thought leaders who will be sharing their insights at the conference. We have been organizing IT conferences for 15 years. Our approach to content is quite different than in many other conferences. We don’t allow speakers to advertise their products or companies, only talk about their real experiences and cases to share their knowledge. There will be 20+ practice-focused talks on relevant topics, carefully chosen by high-level IT professionals.

Showcase the relevance. Explain how the conference topics align with your company's current challenges and goals. Demonstrate how attending sessions on emerging technologies and best practices will enable you to find innovative solutions and drive your business forward. The conference covers a range of cutting-edge topics, including DevSecOps, Market Risk Systems, Database Benchmarking, Architectural Design for SaaS on AWS. Top speakers from leading IT companies will talk and share their experience on fine-tuning large language models, sandboxing in Linux, debugging decoupled applications with microservices using OpenTelemetry and more.

Here is the schedule. All talk abstracts are on this page. 

Stress the networking opportunities. Between talks, various important things happen. You can always review the content of the talks even after the conference. However, only at the conference can you ask questions and find out more details from the speakers themselves. Or maybe you will find a person who works with the same problem as your team, and they have already solved it. Why not ask them how they did it? 

Highlight the cost-effectiveness. Identify several problems with your IT system that affect your company's revenue. Talk to the business unit about the talks that can help with these problems.

Propose knowledge sharing. Assure your employer that you will share the knowledge gained at the conference with your colleagues. Offer to create a summary report or presentation upon your return.

In conclusion, provide a detailed plan. Present a clear plan of action, including the conference schedule, networking opportunities, and the specific solutions you expect to bring back to the company. This demonstrates your commitment to making the most of the conference and ensures your employer sees the value in supporting your participation.

If letters aren't your thing, ask ChatGPT to help write a letter for you. Here's the prompt:

I will give you a text with information about the Tech Internal Conf 2024 conference and a description of the benefits of attending the conference :: act like a professional copywriter and write a letter to my manager that would convince him to buy a ticket to the conference for me :: write a coherent text, don't use section titles from the text :: tone of voice of the letter should be warm, avoid formulaic phrases and clichés, be ecological, don't pressure the reader :: the volume of the letter should not exceed 3000 characters.

Before you send the letter, be sure to plan your participation based on the program, proofread the text, and insert necessary links.