FAQ: Call for Submissions

Take part in our Call for Submissions! To submit your session idea, please register at our website and submit a new session form for each idea. A detailed description can be found below.
The more precise and complete the information you submit, the easier for us to select your session.

No, you only need to update your account. Log in with your details. On the main page you see the note “Berlin Buzzwords 2015: subscribe to event.” Click on it and join the group.

We need information concerning your session idea including the topic, a brief description of the content, format (long or short talk), experience level, as well as some information about you.
 

Selection criteria include: the quality and completeness of your proposal and how well your proposed session fits in to the program. Talks and workshops should concentrate on the implementation of systems, technical topics, real world applications and case studies. You can find more hints and information here.
 

The Call for Submissions ends on February 1, 2014. Proposals submitted after this date or which reach us through other channels cannot be accepted.
 

We will let you know at the beginning of March.
 

On the day your session will take place. We do not need your finished presentation but your short session description will be published online. We’d suggest making the short description informative and well formulated when submitting, in order to get readers interested in your session. Also, make it short but sweet (hardly anyone reads more than half a page, so your session's description is limited to 2.000 caracters).
 

You can resell your ticket and there are usually plenty of thankful takers to be found. You can also carry out a cancellation (But: the cancellation fees have to be paid by the attendees themselves).
 

No, unfortunately not.
 

As a speaker you will get free accomodation during the conference for two nights (May 31 - June 2). If your company is looking after your travel costs you're welcome to send us the corporate logo for our website and become a Travel-Partner.

Of course, you can. We do not, however, accept product presentations or company marketing presentations. If your company is interested in collaboration or sponsoring with Berlin Buzzwords, please contact us.
 

We have 20 and 40 minute slots. You can let us know your preference in your proposal.

1. Go to the registration page. If you were a participant at Berlin Buzzwords 2014, you just need to update your profile. Log in with your details. On the main page you see the note “Berlin Buzzwords 2015: subscribe to event.” Click on it and join the group.

2. You can already start to fill out and complete your speaker profile or finish this at a later time. Please note, your speaker profile must be fully completed until February 9 for your session to be accepted.

3. Choose your username.

4. Enter a valid e-mail address.

5. After completing registration you will be forwarded to the home page again and receive an activation link via your submitted e-mail address. Please note that this might take up to 15 minutes depending on your e-mail provider and please also check your spam folder... Click the link and set a password.

6. In the menu (black and grey bar on the top of the page) you will find:

  • User account: Here you'll find your profile information. Click edit and find your user account were you can change your e-mail address and password, as well as your "Speaker profile" where you can edit & complete your speaker profile.
  • If you go back to "My events > Dashboard" you can click on "Add event content" > Session to create a session proposal
  • My sessions: here you'll find your submitted proposal and may edit them as necessary.

7. Now: Click "Add event content > session" and simply fill out all fields related to your session proposal.

8. Feel free to save and continue at a later date – but remember: your session needs to be completely filled out by February 9

9. Add speakers to your sessions. If you are planning several speakers into your session, all of them need to register and create a profile. Once you know their username, please add the usernames to the "speakers" field in the form.

10. Yay, your session is fully filled out and submitted on time! Or go back to Step 7 and submit more session proposals.

You will be able to change the session proposal at any time. Though if you change it after the Call for Submissions deadline on February 1, 2015 you should notify us. We will in turn notify you if we think your session proposal needs a rewrite before we can publish it.

As long as you can access your session from the dashboard, it is saved and submitted correctly. You don't need to do anything else. Your session will be published once we accepted it for the conference programme. But no worries, we'll inform you via email before we'll publish it.

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