December 2 and 3, 2023 (Sat and Sun, 9AM-5PM UTC-5 = 2PM-10PM UTC)
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
timezones. (If you're an Emacs meetup organizer and would like to make
this happen, please [get in touch](https://emacsconf.org/contact/)!)
# 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.
Formats:
- **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 faster!), 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 BigBlueButton room, IRC, the
Etherpad, 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.
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. 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.
# How can you submit your proposal?
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.
If you need help, come and 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. You can also e-mail us [publicly](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org) or [privately](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-org-private). If you'd
like to propose something other than a talk, like restreaming the
conference, that would be cool too.
# What happens after you submit your proposal?
The submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee. ([Volunteers
welcome!](https://emacsconf.org/2023/volunteer/))
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 answer questions in a
live session.
Subscribe to our main mailing list, [emacsconf-discuss](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss), for discussion
and announcements about the EmacsConf conference.
We look forward to your ideas and submissions!
# 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 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.
# 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, etc.), see our [volunteer](https://emacsconf.org/2023/volunteer) page
and come say hi to us at `#emacsconf` on `irc.libera.chat`.
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!