Are You An Aspiring Speaker? Know The Types Of Conferences Based On The Number Of Tracks

The classification of conferences!

Sheen Brisals

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This is the fifth article in the “Are You An Aspiring Speaker?” series.

In a previous article, I discussed classifying conferences based on geography. It is no secret that more prominent conferences have a larger audience. When you have a larger audience, not everyone’s interests remain the same, nor is everyone’s expertise level.

To cater to this, conferences engage with the audience and present content in different ways and on several stages. The common term used for this is ‘track.’

A conference track is a stream of multiple talks in a sequence.

For example, a conference on Talent Hunting or Recruitment may have a track on writing job descriptions and another track on interview techniques.

The number of tracks in a conference is decided based on several factors, such as the number of audience, speakers, facilities at the venue, and the breadth of the conference theme.

Single-track Conferences

In a single-track conference, every participant attends the same sequence of talks from start to finish in one…

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Sheen Brisals
Sheen Brisals

Written by Sheen Brisals

Co-author of Serverless Development on AWS (O'Reilly, 2024) | Engineer. Architect. Leader. Writer. Speaker. AWS Serverless Hero.

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