What kind of proposals are you looking for?
We're looking for 45 minute experience reports in

• Business Agility: agile techniques beyond delivery teams e.g. how to change people's minds, applying agile practices in sales, compliance by design. See Agility in sales - rebooting business development by Brent Hurley in 2023
  
• Product Design & Management: service design, user research, user experience, product management etc. See My three favourite product discovery mistakes by Laura Morgan in 2023
• Software Delivery: microservices, architecture, testing, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, SRE etc. See Winning at Continuous Deployment - the art of safe contract changes by Chris Simon in 2023
• Team Working: ways of working, empowering individuals, story telling, leadership, feedback mechanisms etc. See Squads assemble! keeping engagement high when teams go remote by Emma Burgoyne et al in 2023.

And we're also looking for 90 minute interactive, collaborative workshops in ways of working, product experimentation, goal setting, and much more. The more interactions, the more collaboration, the better!

What kind of speakers are you looking for?

All proposals are anonymised before being reviewed. Your name, gender, skill set, and location are all unavailable to reviewers. You are scored purely on the merits of your proposal.

We follow the Berlin Code Of Conduct. We'd gladly accept one or more proposals from you, whoever you are. We're looking for a range of speakers, so if you have never spoken at a conference before please don't be shy.

Where can I get help on my proposal?

Here are some AOTB submission tips, from Andy Nesling (multi-year speaker and AOTB stalwart), and our speaker committee. Be sure to read them over, before sending in your proposals. It includes some reviewer marking guidelines...

If your proposal could be a talk or a workshop, please submit it twice as separate submissions. If you submit it once and say 'please consider this as a workshop too', we won't do that. We need more details on a workshop outline.

Don't include any details of previous events you've spoken at, they will be removed before CFP reviews begin. And please don't send a proposal that was declined in a previous year. It'll be auto-declined and our reviewers won't see it.

Do you provide speaker accommodation?

Yes, for speakers and co-speakers, in the student village on the Falmouth University campus. If you wish, you can choose alternative accommodation at your own expense.

Do you pay speaker travel expenses?

Yes, up to a point. We appreciate that speakers often travel long distances to be at our conference. We’re a not-for-profit organisation, and where possible we kindly ask speakers to cover travel expenses with their employer. We can't cover co-speakers, and we can only cover the European portion of long-haul travel e.g. from the Americas.

We cover as a flat fee:

• £150 from the rest of the UK to Cornwall e.g. Scotland
  
• £300 from Europe to Cornwall e.g. Germany
  
• £500 from slightly outside Europe to Cornwall e.g. Israel

When will I find out if my submission was accepted?

We will start to notify people from 12 December onwards, once our review process is complete.

What if I already have a ticket?

If you've bought an attendee ticket already, and you're selected a speaker later on, we'll refund the ticket as soon as possible.

We're at cfp@agileonthebeach.com, if you have any questions. Thanks!