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Open Conference Expectations

For conferences, it's extremely important that attendees get top-quality content from industry experts. As a highly compelling format of educating others based on experience and research, conferences stand to be one the best sources of refined knowledge available. Still, it's important for a successful event to have a few guidelines to ensure quality content from the best and most appropriate speakers. Below is a set of guidelines for conference organizers that ensure quality content for attendees and the community.

What We, As Speakers, Expect from Conferences

  1. Conversations: For organizers to create an event and environment that brings likeminded people together to talk about shared interests and generate excitement around their ideas.

  2. Inclusion & Safety: Conferences will ensure that both speakers and attendees are made to feel safe and included at all times, and that no individual or group should feel threatened, uncomfortable, or ostracized at any time.

  3. Schedule: Conferences will let speakers know the time and duration of their talk at least two weeks before the event.

  4. A/V & Power: Conferences will provide a quality projector with at least 1024x768 resolution, projected onto a screen that is appropriately sized and readily viewable by all attendees in the room. Conferences will also provide video adapters for common computers, and power outlets at the podium.

Good to Have

  • Anything else

What We Promise to Conferences in Return

  • We will deliver a quality talk
  • We will ensure that our talk does not go over the allotted time
  • We will ensure that our slides are legible and well-designed
  • We will consent to the distribution of video and audio recordings under a permissive Creative Commons license (such as CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, or CC-BY-SA; the exact license is at the discretion of the speaker)
  • We will commit to spending time with attendees during the event
  • We will commit to publicizing the fact that we'll be speaking at your event
  • We will deliver talks that are current, correct, and of genuine interest to attendees; we promise not to make our talks a sales pitch
  • We will refrain from language, images, or behavior during the conference that may reflect poorly on the conference, and will adhere to a conference's code of conduct if one is established.
  • We will post our content and demos on the web within 48 hours after the conference
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