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# Call for participation
What have you found exciting about [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) lately? Have you figured out
a good workflow? Used Emacs for something interesting? Come share
what you've been learning at EmacsConf 2024 and meet other enthusiasts
along the way! All backgrounds and all levels of experience are
welcome. Emacs isn't just a text editor, it's a way of life!
Not sure what to talk about? We've shared a few [ideas](https://emacsconf.org/2024/ideas/) to help you get
started.
[EmacsConf 2024](https://emacsconf.org/2024/) will be a virtual conference on **December 7 and 8, 2024
(Sat-Sun, 9AM-5PM UTC-5 America/Toronto, which is the same as 2PM-10PM UTC)**.
If you'd like to present at the conference, please **[submit your proposal](https://emacsconf.org/2024/cfp/)**
by **September 20, 2024 (Friday)**. You can also take a look at
[previous talks](https://emacsconf.org/talks) to see how your talk can add to other ideas!
We'll send out rolling acceptances, so feel free to get the conversation
started early! If there are similar proposals, we'll work with people so
that the talks can cover different facets.
# Talk formats
Ideally, talks will be prerecorded so that you can script and edit
them as tightly as you want, and so that they can be captioned for
accessibility. Here are the talk options:
- **5-10 minute lightning talk:** just the essentials! If you can
squeeze your prerecorded talk into 5-10 minutes by focusing on the
essentials (not by talking super quickly!), we might be able to
repeat it during the conference in order to fill gaps.
- **20-minute talk:** short enough to keep people's attention, long
enough to get into some details.
There will be time for questions and answers after your talk, so you
don't need to include that in your talk timing. Just like in EmacsConf
2022, you can answer questions via a live BigBlueButton web
conference, IRC ([Internet Relay Chat](https://chat.emacsconf.org)), the Etherpad (a web-based
collaborative document), the wiki, or e-mail (your choice). The stream
will move on to the next talk at the scheduled time, but interested
people can keep hanging out with you for a longer conversation.
If you are not available during the conference itself but you have
a neat idea that you'd like to share, please propose it anyway!
You can always handle questions after the conference, and we might
even be able to coordinate with other Emacs meetups for events in
other time zones.
We may have time for a few longer sessions. If you'd like to be
considered for a longer time slot, please include an outline for the
extra time in addition to your 20-minute proposal. Other session
formats such as tutorials, workshops, and hangouts are welcome as
well.
# Submitting your proposal
[Send us your idea](https://emacsconf.org/2024/submit/) as soon as you can, so that you can have more time
to work on your talk. (Proposal deadline: Friday, September 20, 2024)
If you need help, you can e-mail us publicly at [emacsconf-org@gnu.org](mailto:emacsconf-org@gnu.org)
or privately at [emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org](mailto:emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org). You can also come and
say hi to us on our IRC channel `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`
using [your favourite IRC client](ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf), or by visiting [chat.emacsconf.org](https://chat.emacsconf.org) in
your web browser.
# Know someone who might have something to share?
All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things. We'd love it
if EmacsConf 2024 could highlight interesting perspectives and reflect
the diversity of our community. If you know someone who might have a
good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and encourage them to
submit a proposal. Many people (especially from underrepresented
groups such as women, people of colour, non-developers, etc.) might
not consider themselves proficient enough to share their thoughts.
If you let them know that you value their knowledge and experiences,
and maybe even suggest something that you think others would like to
hear about, they may realize that they do have something worth sharing
and that we would love to hear from them.
# Want to volunteer?
If you would like to help with the conference (planning the sessions,
reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, making sessions more
accessible, editing video transcripts, checking in speakers,
reading questions out loud, organizing notes, etc.), please see our [volunteer](https://emacsconf.org/2024/volunteer/) page.
Volunteers get early access to talks and learn lots of things along
the way. We'd really appreciate your help in making EmacsConf 2024
the best one so far!
# Commitment to freedom
We remain fully committed to freedom. You'll be able to participate
in EmacsConf using [free/libre software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), and we use free/libre software
to organize and run the conference. You can find some notes about our
setup and process at <https://emacsconf.org/infra/>.
