06 Jan TWT Hyderabad Regional Conference (Feb 15, 2025)
Conference Theme
Navigating the Digital Landscape: Crafting Clear, Accessible Information in a Changing World
Tech Writer’s Tribe invites you to join our third conference in Hyderabad (Overall 17th in India).
- Network with fellow technical writers at all levels from Hyderabad and other cities.
- Learn from sessions on varied topics ranging from AI to DITA, API and so on.
Let us join hands again and make it a bigger success to yield better benefits for the tech writers.
Visiting from other cities to Hyderabad – Need Help?
If you need help in travel, accommodation or coordinating with participants from your city, check the details below in About the Conference section or call/WhatsApp +91 7337332587.
Key Takeaways
Content Strategy
API Docs
Customer Focus
DITA Workshop
AI in
Tech Docs
5 Sessions
GenAI in Docs
Using Copilot
Data Privacy
GPTs
Prompt Engg.
About the Conference
Participants joining from other cities can contact us for guidance on travel and accommodation.
- Travel:
- By bus: Get down at Gachibowli.
- By outstation train: Get down at Secunderabad / Begumpet / Kacheguda railway station and take a metro from there only to reach Raidurg metro station. Then, get a ride (Auto/Cab/Bus) to the venue in Gachibowli.
- By Flight: Take a cab (Ola/Uber/other) or Airport shuttle to Hi-tech/Gachibowli.
- Accommodation: Search for stays near Gachibowli. There are decent stay options available.
If you intend to travel and/or stay with someone from your city, do let us know. We will try to help you with options.
Any event involves a lot of hard work. TWT is glad to have city volunteers who give their best efforts to make an event successful and care to think about all facilities of the participants and speakers.
For this conference, the Hyderabad volunteer team is leading the efforts.
TWT Hyderabad Team:
Preetipanna Mishra, Kinjjal Bhaskaran, Snigdha Alice, Sainath B G, Princy Helmina Melchius, Sridevi Baleevada
Write to TWT Team: support@techwriterstribe.com
Or Call/WhatsApp/Telegram: +91 7337332587
The conference is for technical writers at all levels. The conference offers an opportunity to learn, make connections, and discuss technical writing as a career.
This event welcomes individuals who fit into the following categories:
- Technical writers who need guidance from the experts or want to connect with others in their field.
- Managers who want to enhance their team’s performance by identifying areas of improvement.
- Individuals who enjoy keeping up with trends in technical writing.
- Companies that want to understand how to effectively use technical documentation to enhance their product.
- Freshers/Professionals from other fields who are considering technical writing as a career and would like to meet with professionals in this field.
Registration Fee: INR 450-500
- Free for multiple levels
- Multiple options available for Group registrations
Individual Fee
- INR 500: Direct UPI Payment to paytechwriters@icici
- INR 525: Card payment with processing fee of Payment Gateway
Fee for Groups (UPI Payment only)
- INR 475 each: Group of 3
- INR 450 each: Group of 5
- INR 450 each with 1 Free entry: Group of 8 or more (Example: Pay for 7 and get one free member)
Free for
- TWT Volunteers (of any city)
- TWT Annual Members
- TWT Full course Certification course students (October 2024 or later only – not applicable to only modules)
- Presenters/Panelists in this conference
Visit Registration page to join.
The Venue: Broadcom, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
- Address: Nanakramguda Village. Gachibowli, Nanakramguda. Hyderabad, 500032
- Location: Next to WIPRO Junction, Gachibowli
- Direction map: Click here
- The Date: February 15, 2025
- The Duration: 9.30 AM – 6.00 PM IST
The Schedule
Keynote
Nivedita Aggarwal
About the Speaker
With two decades of experience in the software industry, Nivedita has a successful track record of leading global engineering teams across geographies including APJ, EMEA, and US.
- Currently working as a Senior Engineering Manager and India Site Lead for the Google Cloud Storage team.
- Joined Google from Parexel, where she was leading the product engineering teams in India.
- In her prior role at CA technologies (now Broadcom), during her tenure of 15 years, she was the head of Engineering for Workload Automation product line. She had also led the Engineering Services teams at CA India, which included Information Engineering, Globalization, DevOps Tools Services, Accessibility, and Secure Coding Development Practices teams.
Outside her core work, Nivedita-owing to her passion for Women in Technology, has been associated with AnitaB and Grace Hopper Conference India Program since its inception in India in 2010; she also started the Hyderabad.AnitaB chapter.
She has been a speaker at various conferences like Women TechMakers Summit, GHCI, Society for Technical Communicators, WomenWhoCode, and many more.
The Experts and their Sessions - 1
The Presenter: Lavanya Krishnamurthy
Current Role: Senior Content Developer
Company: Microsoft (Hyderabad)
Topic: Technical Writing, Powered by AI
About the Session
Do you still fret about AI replacing your position? Fear not! Let’s see how we make AI our ally and not an adversary.
As a writer, you have a lot on your plate—multiple features to write for, support cases to review, customer feedback to look into, and umpteen follow ups to do. Now, how would you appreciate having a writing assistant that helps clear your writer’s block, gives you a decent intro to start with, writes sample code, and saves you from typing repetitive content over and over again.
In this session, we’ll cover how to use GitHub Copilot to:
- Speed up content authoring
- Automate mundane clean up tasks
- Draft initial content based on specs with the right tools to maintain confidentiality
- Write effective prompts for better output
- Use AI responsibly
About the Presenter
Lavanya Krishnamurthy has more than 20 years of experience in the field of technical writing. She’s passionate about writing and using tools to make writing enjoyable and efficient.
The Presenter: Gayatri Mothey
Current Role: Principal Technical Writer
Company: Broadcom (Hyderabad)
Topic: Succeeding with Stakeholders: My Learnings So Far
About the Session
Strong soft skills are as important as strong technical skills. A typical day in the life of any technical writer involves dealing with different stakeholders, from a developer/tester to a Support engineer, to complete a documentation task or resolve feedback. Sometimes, these discussions are not so simple or straightforward, emotions might come into the picture, and diplomacy is required for a smooth resolution.
In this session, fellow writers will learn how to:
- Work effectively with challenging engineers to gather inputs, complete technical reviews, and close documentation tasks in an Agile setup.
- Collaborate better with cross-functional teams such as Support, Services, and even Customers.
- Respond and resolve not-so-good feedback on content.
- Establish credibility as strong technical writers and individuals by efficiently handling all the above scenarios.
Key takeaway: Examples from professional experience to work successfully with different stakeholders.
About the Presenter
I am a passionate technical writer who has been happily delivering customer-centric product documentation for more than 18+ years. My expertise is in working cohesively with different stakeholders to deliver the best product to our customers.
I enjoy being a writer. My top favorite tasks are documenting complex challenging concepts, coming up with effective content strategies, helping my team in providing a great customer experience, and sharing my knowledge with my peers to support them in their growth.
Co Presenters: Mamatha Sathola & Venkatesh Duddupudi
Company: F5 (Hyderabad)
Topic: Simplifying OpenAPI Documentation with Redocly
About the Session
API documentation plays a pivotal role in ensuring seamless integration and collaboration among teams. This presentation delves into how Redocly, a leading tool for generating OpenAPI documentation, streamlines the creation, management, and delivery of developer-friendly API documentation.
Key Highlights:
- Key features of Redocly and its integration with OpenAPI specifications.
- Customization options in Redocly that allow you to tailor the look and feel of API documentation, including branding, themes, and layouts.
- Insights into automating and streamlining API documentation workflows for efficiency.
About the Presenters
Mamatha Sathola
Current Role: Senior Technical Writer
As a passionate Technical Writer and enthusiastic artist, I bring a unique blend of creativity and analytical thinking to my work. With a strong focus on improving user experience, I strive to simplify complex topics and challenge the status quo by sharing innovative ideas while fostering collaboration and cooperation with my team members.
Connect on LinkedIn
Venkatesh Duddupudi:
Current Role: Technical Writer
Experienced Technical Author with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in OpenAPI Documentation and authoring tools such as Arbortext Epic Editor, PTC Creo, RoboHelp, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.
The Experts and their Sessions - 2
The Presenter: Princy Helmina Melchius
Current Role: Founder and Director
Company: Authoring Minds (Hyderabad)
Workshop: Escape the Room with DITA: The key to content clarity
About the Session
The workshop “Escape the Room with DITA: The Key to Content Clarity” is an engaging, hands-on session designed to introduce participants to the fundamentals of DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) and XML.
Through an interactive escape room activity, participants will navigate a series of clues and challenges, applying DITA and XML concepts to “unlock” their way out of the room.
This unique approach combines learning with problem-solving, making technical concepts accessible and fun.
Key Takeaway:
- Participants will gain a foundational understanding of DITA and XML, along with insights into how structured content can improve clarity, consistency, and efficiency in documentation.
- By solving the escape room challenges, they will experience how applying DITA principles can make content creation both systematic and exciting.
About the Presenter
10+ years of extensive experience in DITA and Oxygen XML. Onboarded and trained writers on effective writing strategies and processes. Worked with industry giants and skilled in SDLC and DOC Agile process.
I am an intelligent and passionate writer with around 20 years of Technical Writing experience. I currently run my own firm Authoring Minds, that focus on delivering quality documentation services and trainings to professionals and students to kick start their career as Technical Writers in the industry.
I have worked on various industrial documentation platforms, such as CRM, Mobile Applications, Health Care, Supply Chain Management, and Industrial Automation. I transitioned to be a manager and my passion towards learning and development made me take a role as a training lead. I’ve also created various training materials, courses, and assessments for writers. I am also a certified Train the Trainer.
The Presenter: Chandralekha Balachandran
Current Role: Principal technical writer
Company: Red Hat (Hyderabad)
Topic: Think like your audience! – Mastering Scalable Content for Multi-Platform Success
About the Session
Abstract In today’s dynamic digital landscape, delivering content that resonates with diverse audiences across multiple platforms and devices is a critical challenge for organizations. This presentation explores innovative approaches to crafting a content strategy that is both flexible and future-proof. It delves into the foundational principles of content scalability, adaptability, and reusability.
Whether you’re a content strategist, marketer, or technologist, this session offers actionable frameworks to align your content strategy with the demands of a multi-platform ecosystem. By the end of the presentation, participants will be empowered to design and implement content systems that are not only scalable and reusable but also tailored to deliver maximum impact across today’s diverse digital touchpoints.
Key Highlights:
- Content Modeling and Component Design
- Platform-Specific Customization
- Scalable Workflows
- Metadata and Structured Content
- Collaboration and Governance
About the Presenter
Seasoned technical writer with 15+ years of experience in creating clear, accurate, and concise technical product documents, product videos and various other technical literature and briefs.
- Speaker on multiple platforms including Tech Writer’s Tribe.
- A passionate technologist with keen interest in innovation.
- A voracious reader and a prolific writer.
- An open source enthusiast who strongly believes and promotes open source culture and philosophy.
The Presenter: Vinay Payyapilly
Current Role: Director – Documentation
Company: New Relic (Hyderabad)
Topic: Incorporating GenAI into documentation processes
About the Session
With so much discussion around GenAI, have you started using it for your documentation?
Let us learn from a case study how to bring GenAI into the documentation process to improve efficiency and to create better content.
Key takeaway: Case Study to implement
About the Presenter
With over 20 years as a technical writer, I am passionate about the practice. I am constantly looking for ways in which to bring value to my organisation. I am usually in a constant state of creation through my work, blogs, and podcasts.
The Experts and their Sessions - 3
The Presenter: Sashi Rekha
Current Role: Technical writer level 3
Company: Broadcom (Hyderabad)
Topic: Ensuring Data Privacy and Security when using AI in Documentation
About the Session
As AI becomes more common in creating and managing technical documentation, it’s crucial to protect sensitive information. AI tools often work with data that could be personal, proprietary, or confidential, and if not properly managed, this data can be exposed or misused.
Let’s learn in this session how doc teams should ensure that they are protecting both their users’ data and the quality of their documentation, while still reaping the benefits of AI technology.
Key takeaway: Case Studies from industry
About the Presenter
Sashi is a technical writer with 9 years of experience, having worked in both startups and multinational firms. With a background in computer science engineering, Sashi transitioned into technical writing and has contributed to product documentation, videos, white papers, data sheets, and more.
Currently, she is with Broadcom, bringing their technical expertise and writing skills to create clear, user-focused documentation.
The Presenter: Sainath B G
Current Role: Principal Technical Writer
Company: Model N (Bengaluru, Hyderabad)
Topic: Emerging Opportunities for Technical Writers: AI Prompt Engineering
About the Session
How often have you heard that using a GPT requires the art of providing the right prompt?
Are you aware that this art can get you not only a good response but also a career?
Let us learn from the session how Prompt engineering has the power to create job opportunity for Technical Writers.
Key Highlights:
- Introduction to prompt engineering.
- Applying prompt engineering.
- Using prompt patterns.
About the Presenter
Sainath is a seasoned technical writer and content strategist with a strong background and expertise in technical documentation, information design, visual graphics, micro-learning videos, content migration, quality assurance automation, and process automation.
With 16 years of experience, he has developed strong project management expertise, overseeing multiple documentation projects and teams simultaneously.
Sainath is enthusiastic to explore and experiment with new AI applications to develop strategies that improve content development and maintenance processes.
As a person, he is a techno-creative professional with a passion for writing, technology, and visual arts.
Meet the Hosts: TWT Hyderabad Team
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