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Tech Speaking and Awards Deadlines & Opportunities: 3/21/13

ITDatabase and Business Wire today highlighted numerous calls for speakers, awards and other opportunities and deadlines that tech industry communications and marketing professionals should be aware of, including:

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New Opportunities
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Innovation By Design Awards (Fast Company)
Awards Info
http://www.fastcodesign.com/section/innovation-by-design-awards/enter-the-awards

TechCrunch Disrupt Europe
Speaker Submissions
https://docs.google.com/a/itdatabase.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdESE5NbTRsekJlT1ZIRElEUTIyRWc6MA

TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco
Speaker Submissions
https://docs.google.com/a/itdatabase.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9YX3AtbzJzc0pvT2FBeGE0SHU2VFE6MA

Oracle OpenWorld
Call for Speakers
http://www.oracle.com/openworld/call-for-papers/information/index.html#tab

Solar Power International
Call for Speakers
https://sets.confex.com/sets/2013spi/cfp.cgi

ad:tech London
Call for Speakers
http://www.ad-techlondon.co.uk/r_pages.aspx?Id=37

Deloitte Technology Fast 500
Awards Info
http://www.deloitte.com/us/fast500/

Tech Impact Awards (Seattle Business Magazine)
Awards Info
http://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/seattle-event/tech-impact-awards-2013

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Deadlines
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(3/22)
GigaOM Structure Call for Speakers
http://event.gigaom.com/structure/speakers/speaker-proposal/

(3/22)
Big Data Paris Innovation Award
http://www.bigdataparis.com/2013-uk-trophee-innovation.php

(3/25)
Tech & Innovation CEO of the Year (San Francisco Business Times)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/nomination/45511

(3/27)
Best of Interop
http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/bestofinterop/

(3/29)
COMPUTEX d&I awards
http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/en_US/show/info.html?id=8AEF0361FBDB55C0D0636733C6861689

(3/29)
CEA Innovation Entrepreneur Awards
http://www.ce.org/iea.aspx

(3/29)
NFC World Congress Call for Speakers
http://www.nfcworldcongress.com/call-for-papers-2013

(4/1)
LeWeb London Call for Speakers
https://docs.google.com/a/itdatabase.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDgwLUJGMEI3ZDZ1dHJLZ3BadXhfb2c6MQ#gid=0

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Tech Event PR Prep
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(3/27)
CARTES Asia
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/393/

(4/2)
Cloud Connect Santa Clara
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/358/

(4/2)
SNW Spring
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/376/

(4/6)
NAB Show
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/379/

(4/9)
ad:tech San Francisco
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/379/

(4/22)
DESIGN West
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/374/

(4/23)
CARTES America
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/380/

(4/27)
TechCrunch Disrupt NY
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/406/

(4/28)
Data Center World Spring
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/369/

(4/28)
Enterprise Data World
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/391/

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