Call for Workshops – PUG Challenge 2025

Boston: 28^th Sept  – 1^st Oct 2025
Valencia: 5^th – 7^th  Nov 2025

Are you ready to deliver a deep-dive, hands-on learning experience for the OpenEdge community?

We’re looking for experienced developers, consultants, and thought leaders to host technical workshops at PUG Challenge 2025 in Boston and Valencia. These 3- or 6-hour sessions are designed to provide attendees with practical skills, real-world examples, and in-depth knowledge they can immediately apply.

This is your opportunity to lead a focused, immersive session and help shape the future of OpenEdge development and modernization.

What Makes a Great Workshop?

We’re seeking workshops that are:

• Practical & Interactive – Real code, real tools, real takeaways
• Deep-Dive – Topics that require extended time to explore in full
• Future-Focused – Topics like modernization, VS Code, CI/CD, REST, PASOE, database tuning, and testing
• Hands-On – Include exercises, labs, or live demos to maximize learning
• Collaborative – Encourage discussion, experimentation, and questions

Who Should Apply?

Workshop leaders should have:

• Deep expertise in their topic area
• A passion for teaching and sharing knowledge
• The ability to guide participants through practical, real-world challenges

Whether you’ve led workshops before or are new to it but have something valuable to share — we want to hear from you!

How to Apply

To propose a workshop, send an email to
i-want-to-participate@pugchallenge.eu

Please include:

• Workshop Title
• Short Description (key takeaways and what attendees will do/learn)
• Preferred Duration (3 or 6 hours)
• Presenter Name(s) and Short Bio
• Preferred Location (Boston, Valencia, or both)

Let’s Build the Future of OpenEdge – Together

PUG Challenge is all about sharing real experience, driving innovation, and growing the OpenEdge community. Workshops are a vital part of that mission.

Submit your workshop proposal by 18^th July 2025
(We’ll consider later submissions as the schedule allows.)

We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring to Boston and Valencia!