Data Fest is a distributed conference. Each track is organized by its own team of organizers, with its own program committee, and its own track vision. Let's say we have a confederation of sections.

Now you know how Data Fest works.
The entire algorithm of actions consists of 2.5 steps:

0. Come up with a topic

Do you have a topic you want to talk about? Cool! Especially if you also understand what audience and with what bias it is worth telling. For example, with a bias in engineering for developers, or new methods analysis for researchers, or maybe even a story about a case for industry colleagues (for example, in telecom or banks).

1.a. Select a track

This is the most difficult thing — you need to understand which track you want to perform in. The track's topics may overlap slightly, but it is unlikely that the same report could be included in more than 3 tracks. After selecting a track, you send your proposal to the organizers in ODS Slack (the contacts of the organizers lead directly to them). Then the decision is up to them :)

1.b. Submit to Emerging Topics

Haven't you found a theme track for your topic yet? This happens, so we have allocated a separate track for different areas of DS/ML. The selection criteria there may be tougher than in theme tracks, but perhaps your report will start a new track in the future.

2. Prepare your video

Have you been accepted as a speaker? Great! Probably, the organizers have already told you everything, but just in case, we will prepare you for the next steps.
Since Data Fest is held online, it is necessary to record the report, which will then be posted on YouTube and in tracks. This is not so scary — you can limit yourself to OBS, or you can go further and use our guides for novice video bloggers.
Instead of the usual stage, we will set a meet-up with the premiere of your video in spatial.chat, after which the audience will be able to chat with you and ask questions (and the wide ODS audience will immediately review your video on YouTube).

Good luck!