Berlin Buzzwords is an open platform and we thrive on your contributions. Together with our dedicated program committee we want to shape a program that truly is “by the community for the community”. Therefore we are looking forward to your input.
In the following, we want to help you identify if your idea fits at Berlin Buzzwords, what types of talks we are looking for, and help you with your proposal for our Call for Papers.
You can also find more information about our CfP, such as available session formats, information about topic and tags/tracks, and more on our website
What we are looking for
Berlin Buzzwords is looking for talks on
…any aspect of search: From search engines to relevance engineering, and more.
…Data Science and Making sense of data: AI, ML, Data Wrangling, Data Engineering, MLOps, A/B-testing, etc.
…everything related to stream processing.
…Operations / Infrastructure, including building and maintaining infrastructure, but also delivery and testing.
…Scaling up (taking better advantage of a single machine, with threads, accelerators, specialized libraries, …), scaling out (distribution) or even scaling down; including moving from centralized services to “on device”.
…Storing data and everything that entails.
…experiments, hacks and novel approaches, but also lessons learned, generally-useful algorithms, and experience reports.
…societal, environmental and ethical impact of tech.
…Management, Leadership, Team Culture and internal processes, as well as Open Source & Governance.
The list is not complete and we are always happy about new and unique submissions. If you are looking for inspiration, please check out our YouTube channel to see videos of previous years’ talks.
Please note that we do not accept product presentations or company marketing presentations. If your company is interested in a media partnership or sponsorship, please contact Mareike at partner@berlinbuzzwords.de
CfP rules
- We don‘t allow product presentations or company marketing pitches.
- You are not allowed to switch the topic or content of the talk after the CfP submission period is over, except for in emergencies. If the topic is swapped after the CfP is concluded, the talk needs to be reviewed by the program committee again.
- All co-speakers have to be declared before the CfP submission period ends. Co-speakers that are added after the CfP is concluded do not receive free conference tickets or accommodation and we reserve the right to reject the addition of co-speakers after the CfP.
- We require direct email contact to our speakers for planing purposes.
- By submitting your proposal, you consent that your talk title, abstract and description along with your photo and biography will be made publicly available if your session is accepted. Talks will be recorded and recordings will be made publicly available on our YouTube-Channel.
Guidelines
Make sure you take the following guidelines to heart:
- Titles should be descriptive and be less than 60 characters long
- The abstract should serve as a tl;dr for your session, giving a brief summary of the contents and what the audience can learn.
- The session description is the most important part of your proposal, since talks will be rated by our program committee mainly on the basis of your description. A good description contains a detailed and focused outline of your talk, explains why your topic is relevant, what you will be talking about and what the audience will learn.
- Please don’t include your biography or personal details in your abstract or description, since personal information will be removed before the review process starts to avoid bias.
- Title, abstract, and description of your talk will be visible to everyone and will be used on our talk description pages if your proposal is accepted, so be sure to write a clear and concise text in full sentences and don’t exclusively use bullet points.
You can enter proposals until 2025-02-23 23:59 (Europe/Brussels).