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:

New Opportunities

DEMO Mobile
Application Info
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=50263&categoryid=371548

SEMICON West
Call for Speakers
http://www.semiconwest.org/Participate/SPCFP

Red Hat Innovation Awards
Awards Info
http://www.redhat.com/innovationconnection/awards.html

OSCON
Call for Speakers
http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/cfp/251

HostingCon
Call for Speakers
http://www.hostingcon.com/speakers/

Candian Startup Awards
Awards Info
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadian-startup-awards-nominations-2012-11-26

EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference
Call for Speakers
http://www.eurostarconferences.com/speakers/conference-2013-call-for-submissions

RailsConf
Call for Speakers
http://www.railsconf.com/2013/cfp

Deadlines

(12/14)
Earnies Awards
http://promotions.prnewswire.com/Agility-at-Work_Earnies.html

(12/14)
Enterprise 2.0 Call for Speakers
http://www.e2conf.com/social/call-for-submissions/

(12/14)
Code Generation Call for Speakers (UK)
http://codegeneration.net/cg2013/submissions/submit.php

(12/14)
Smart Grid Roadshow Scottsdale
http://scottsdale.smartgridroadshow.com/

(12/15)
B2B Twitter of the Year Awards
http://www.b2btoty.com/nominations/

(12/17)
Top 40 Innovation Excellence Bloggers of 2012
Awards Info
http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/12/11/nominate-the-top-40-innovation-bloggers-of-2012/

(12/19)
B2B Social Media Marketing Awards (deadline extended)
http://www.btobonline.com/section/social-media-awards2013#

(12/21)
Gartner CRM Excellence Awards
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/customer-360/excellence-awards.jsp

Tech Event PR Prep

(1/8)
CES
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/348/

(1/13)
NRF Show
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/353/

(1/28)
DesignCon
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/355/

(1/29)
ITEXPO East
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/356/

(1/29)
DistribuTECH
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/387/

(1/29)
M2M Evolution
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/389/

(1/30)
BETT
http://events.itdatabase.com/events/detail/352/

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