Call for Presentations

We encourage people of all ages, races, genders and religions, to submit proposals for the upcoming Appdevcon. We would like to ensure everyone that our process of selecting the talks will be fair and transparent.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Appdevcon attracts basically anyone that builds apps (native, cross platform, web).
  • We expect around 800 attendees.
  • Call for Papers closes on December 20th.
  • Conference will be on 18 – 21 March, 2025 in Amsterdam.
  • There are 30-40 speaking slots.

What we are looking for?

We like to see anything that fits into the spectrum of:

  • In-depth sessions explaining specific topics in iOS, Android, Web or backend development
  • Cutting-edge technological advances in the world of app development.
  • Practical ideas that attendees can apply at work the next day.
  • Trends and hot topics which are relevant in 2025 and beyond.
  • The human side of software engineering.
  • Best practices from experienced app developers.

The call for papers selection process

There will be a mix of 40 minutes and 20 minutes talks selected, as well as (variable) keynote presentations.

We expect 150-200 excellent submissions for 35-45 speaking slots. We created a team of subject matter experts that will go through the proposals and will decide what to include in the conference agenda. This is a rough estimation of our schedule and process:

  • Anonymize submissions, so we don’t (unconsciously) bias against anything related to the submitter.
  • Rate each talk on a scale from 1 to 5.
  • De-anonymize so we can bias against speaker details (based on our budget, we might opt for a local or at least closer-by (read: cheaper to transport) speaker).
  • Debate the remaining proposals to build an optimal schedule.
  • Most speakers will get a response, positive or negative in January.

Note: a select few slots will be filled by speakers that we’ve personally invited or reserved for sponsors.

Guidelines

  • All talks are in English.
  • Submitting more than one submission is strongly encouraged. The more submissions contributed, the more options we have to pick from, and the higher your chances are of being accepted as a speaker.
  • Try to not include any hints to your identity in your abstracts. This helps us to make a good initial blind selection.
  • Make sure you care, and make sure we see you care. Typos, sloppy formatting and all-lowercase submissions make our reading of your proposal tedious. These things will definitely count against your proposal.
  • Don’t overdo it either. If you need more than two paragraphs to get to the point of your topic, we need to ask you to slim things down. With the amount of submissions we get, the quicker you can to make a good impression, the better.
  • Original Topics. We favour original content. If you want to discuss a topic that you have talked about elsewhere, try to add a twist, or new research, or development, something unique. Of course, if your talk is plain awesome as-is, go for that.

The perks we offer

If you get selected as a speaker at Appdevcon, here’s what you get:

  • Travel to Amsterdam covered. We have a travel agent that will assist you booking your travel.
  • Entrance to the conference.
  • Airport to hotel. We will do our best to pick up speakers from the airport.
  • We cover your stay in Amsterdam in a fancy hotel near the venue (including free Wifi). For locals outside of Amsterdan we cover 1 night, for speakers outside the Netherlands 2 nights, and 3 nights for tutorial speakers. If you want to stay longer, we can arrange things, just let us know. You will have to cover extra nights, though.
    • If your employer can cover your travel and hotel, we are happy to list them as an awesome company sponsor. The money we save will be used to make the conference more awesome.
  • There is a speaker’s dinner the night before the conference that you will be invited to as well as the after party.

Help and support along the way

We are committed to making Appdevcon a great conference. We are all community people and we want to be as close to you as possible.

We will try to be supportive and helpful. In case you wish to talk with someone from the team, do not hesitate to write an email at team@appdevcon.nl (just don’t use this to submit a proposal). Good luck!