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Come share +your experiments and adventures with the Emacs text editor / operating +system / way of life! We welcome speakers of **all backgrounds** and +**all levels of experience**, including newcomers giving their first +talk. What have you found exciting about Emacs lately? What do you +wish someone had told you when you were starting out? What part of +your workflow might inspire someone to get into Emacs or go deeper? + +A great way to get started with writing a proposal is to start by +exploring the programs from previous years: [2022](https://emacsconf.org/2022/talks/), [2021](https://emacsconf.org/2021/schedule/), [2020](https://emacsconf.org/2020/schedule/), [2019](https://emacsconf.org/2019/schedule/), [2015](https://emacsconf.org/2015/schedule/), +[2013](https://emacsconf.org/2013/#program). You might also find some neat ideas on the [ideas](https://emacsconf.org/2023/ideas/) page. Feel +free to add yours there too! If you're still not sure, come by our +IRC channel `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat` and say hi. You can +join the 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. + +All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things. We'd love it +if EmacsConf 2023 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. + + +# Important dates + +For EmacsConf 2023, we are planning for 9am to 5pm Toronto/EST +(2pm-10pm UTC) on December 2 and 3. + +<table> + + +<colgroup> +<col class="org-left"> + +<col class="org-left"> +</colgroup> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td class="org-left">CFP opens</td> +<td class="org-left">June 26, 2023 (Monday)</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">CFP closes</td> +<td class="org-left">September 14, 2023 (Friday)</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">Speaker notifications</td> +<td class="org-left">September 30, 2023</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">Schedule published</td> +<td class="org-left">October 31, 2023</td> +</tr> + + +<tr> +<td class="org-left">EmacsConf 2023!</td> +<td class="org-left">December 2 and 3, 2023</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + +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 regional events (if +you're an Emacs meetup organizer and would like to make this happen +let's [get in touch](https://emacsconf.org/contact/)!). + +<a name="formats"></a> + + +# Talk formats + +We'd like EmacsConf 2023 to inspire lots of different people to +explore lots of different things in Emacs. We hope to put together a +stream of quick ideas followed by lots of conversation over IRC and/or +Q&A sessions, with occasional deep dives into topics that many people +might find interesting or useful. + +As you think about your talk, consider what you can share in: + +- **Up to 10 minutes total:** What is the core idea? What do you want + people to do or remember? You can show just enough to get people + interested and then point them to where they can learn more + afterwards. You can answer questions over IRC, the pad, or the + wiki, and there's no limit to how long that conversation can go. + +- **Up to 20 minutes total:** How would you flesh out some of the points + from your 5-10 minute presentation? How can you show the pieces + working together? + +- **Up to 40 minutes total:** What would benefit from a deep dive? + How do you keep it engaging? + +When writing your proposal, please write an outline of what you plan +to talk about if you have 5-10 minutes. If you'd like to propose a +longer talk, add an outline of what you might include if you had more +time to present (up to 40 minutes, including Q&A). + +Here's an example for a potentially 40-minute talk. Your proposal +would include all three sections: + +- 10 minutes: quick demo of the abc package working together with xyz + package. +- 20 minutes: same as above, with some customization options to + accommodate a different workflow. +- 40 minutes: all of the above, including modifying the behaviour of + the package in order to add something new. + +(If you're planning a shorter talk, you don't need to describe longer +ones.) + +This flexibility would help us in devising the conference schedule so +that as many people as possible could get a chance to present their +ideas, while still allowing for featuring longer deep dive talks. + +Other session formats such as tutorials, workshops, and hangouts are +welcome as well, in case you would find those other formats preferable +to a traditional talk format. If you're interested in these or other +session types, please let us know [publicly](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org) or [privately](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org-private). We'll be +happy to work something out with you. + +This year, we'd like to experiment with accepting proposals throughout +the CFP process, particularly for 10-20 minute talks. If there are +similar proposals, we'll work with people so that the talks can cover +different facets. + + +# Preparing and submitting your proposal + +We're aware that it can be challenging and intimidating to prepare and +submit a proposal to a conference, and we want to help make it less +so. Come say hi to us on our IRC channel `#emacsconf` on +`irc.libera.chat`, and we'd be happy to try and answer any questions +or concerns you may have about writing your proposal or submitting it. +We'd also love to receive suggestions on how we can best help you and +other prospective speakers interested in giving a talk at EmacsConf. + +Once you're ready to submit your proposal, the [submit](https://emacsconf.org/2023/submit/) page has the +instructions on how to submit your talk. The submissions will then be +reviewed by a selection committee (please [let us know](https://emacsconf.org/contact/) if you would +like to help review submissions as part of this committee). + +If your talk is approved, we'd love it if you could help us make sure +the conference runs smoothly. After we email you with the time +allotted for your talk, we'll ask you to + +- prepare a prerecording of your talk, or record it with our help if + that'd be easier for you; and + +- schedule a short tech-check if you'd like to be able to answer + questions in a live session. + +Don't forget to subscribe to our main mailing list, [emacsconf-discuss](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss), +for discussion and announcements about the EmacsConf conference. + +If you'd like to propose something other than a talk, like restreaming +the conference, you can also use this CFP to share your ideas with us. + +We look forward to your ideas and submissions! + + +# Getting involved + +If you would like to help with the conference (planning the sessions, +reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, making sessions more +accessible, editing video transcripts, etc.), see our [planning](https://emacsconf.org/2023/planning/) page +and come say hi to us at `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`. + +Importantly, as EmacsConf continues to grow and receive increasingly +more talk/session proposal submissions each year, we have thought +about adding multiple parallel tracks during the conference days to +accommodate the large number of sessions. However, we're currently +a very small team and we would need your help to do it! If you're +interested in helping stream a parallel EmacsConf track and have a +reliable internet connection with decent speed and bandwidth, please +[get in touch](https://emacsconf.org/contact/) with us so we can help get you set up for streaming. +We'd also likely need more volunteers still for each track, for +example a host for that track to announce the next talk (this can also +be done by the streamer if the streamer is interested and able to) and +another volunteer to help check in speakers of upcoming live sessions. + +If you are interested and able to help with any of the above, please +reach out to us; we'd love to have your help! + +In addition to the [emacsconf-discuss](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss) list, feel free to subscribe to +[emacsconf-org](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org) as well, for discussions related to organizing the +conference by the EmacsConf organizers and volunteers. + +We'd really appreciate your help in making EmacsConf 2023 the best one +so far! + + +# Commitment to freedom + +We remain fully committed to freedom, and we will continue +using our infrastructure and streaming setup consisting entirely +of [free software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), much like previous EmacsConf conferences. +Articles and documentation about the EmacsConf infrastructure are +still underway, and will be announced on the emacsconf-discuss list +when available. If you are curious about the EmacsConf infrastructure +or are interested in working on it, please join our `#emacsconf-infra` +channel on `irc.libera.chat` and say hi! + |