Dear {INSERT MANAGERS NAME HERE},

I’d like to discuss a training and networking opportunity that will enhance my skills and add great value to our organization. I understand that there are always budgetary constraints, however I strongly believe that this conference can add value beyond the price of a ticket.

The conference taking place is the DevOps Talks Conference, the one of the most inspiring conferences of its kind. It will take place at the Doltone House on Darling Island Wharf in Sydney from the 27-28thAugust 2018.

Here are a few of the key reasons why I would like to attend:

  • Speakers from around the world will come to share their expertise and knowledge. This includes John Willis– the legend of DevOps, former Director Ecosystem Development at Docker, co-author of the bestseller “The DevOps Handbook” and VP SJ Technologies (Atlanta, USA);Nathen Harvey –Vice President of Community Development at Chef Software(Annapolis, USA); Alena Prokharchyk - Principal Software Developer at Rancher Labs (San Francisco, USA); Benjamin Mostafa - Engineering Manager and Head of Developer Relations at MessageMedia (Melbourne, Australia); Zane Lackey, Founder and Chief Security Officer at Signal Sciences (New York, USA), Sam Kroonenburg - CEO and Founder at A Cloud Guru (Melbourne Australia), Mike Berry - Tech Area Lead - Platform Engineering at ANZ (Melbourne, Australia) and others world class IT leaders from Australia and overseas.
  • We will also have the opportunity to interact directly with Google, Azure, Chef, CyberArk employees and senior management. Such contacts are invaluable and we can build our network to the benefit of all our projects.
  • Technical presentations will go in depth on the type of issues companies face as they implement DevOps practices. This will include discussions on early stage implementations as well as organizations with mature DevOps implementations.
  • Security and Compliance Audits as an integrated part of DevOps will be discussed.
  • The cost of cultural and technological transformations will be discussed.
  • Practical advice and demonstrations for using tools and reaching 110+ deployments a day will be given from leading experts.

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You can find out more about it at agenda is available at I think this is a fantastic opportunity and would be grateful to attend this conference. Thank you in advance.

Sincerely

{INSERT YOUR NAME HERE}

Additional Talking Points:

1)Align Business Goals with Conference Program – provide your manager with examples of how learning about DevOps can solve problems within your organization, thus helping everyone achieve core business goals.

2)Focus on the Benefits for the Company – Offer to do a write up on what you have learnt. Bring this knowledge back into the organization and offer to help train people up on best practices. Offer to help author implementation guidelines for your organization.

3)Budget Constraints– You could offer to split the costs in the first year. Also if the knowledge gained from the conference can be directly linked to an existing project that requires these skills, then suggest that this can be a project expense.