Welcome to the call for speaker page for ADAConf 2024, and thank you for your interest in submitting to our conference. The conference is a one-day, two track conference, with one track focussed on talks, and the second track on hands-on labs/workshops.

Formats

We’re accepting submissions for the following formats:

• Hands-on lab/workshop: 2 hours
• Session talks: 45 minutes
• Lightning talks: 15 minutes

One additional co-speaker is allowed for the 45 minute session talks and the hand-on lab/workshop

We will regrettably be rejecting any marketing/sales pitches. If your organisation is aligned to the mission of our conference and would like to support us, we’d love to collaborate. Get in touch at info@adaconf.org.

What we want to talk about

This year our conference theme is Change. We’re exploring how software architecture evolves and adapts in response to shifting business and technical landscapes. We’re looking for talks on:

• Evolutionary architecture practices – how systems can adapt over time
• Responding to change – design & architecture practices to facilitate responding to change
• Predicting Change - modelling & analysis techniques that enable predicting change
• Socio-technical Systems Thinking – mitigating the risk and impact of unexpected change across the organisation
• Novel approaches - techniques that challenge best practices
• Case Studies - case studies, experience reports & retrospectives

We welcome case studies, experience reports, code demos, and retrospectives that share practical insights and real-world learnings.

New speaker support

If you are a new and/or emerging speaker with an idea that aligns to our mission, we want to hear from you and support you. We offer mentorship for new speakers and would love to have a chat about any other support you might require. Contact us at info@adaconf.org.

Code of conduct

Our code of conduct is here: https://adaconf.org/code-of-conduct/

All speakers, participants, volunteers, organisers, and any person affiliated with the conference will need to adhere to our code of conduct. Any person breaching the code of conduct, will potentially be removed from the event.

About the team

The conference is organised by volunteers in their spare time. If you’d like to get involved please reach out to the organising committee at info@adaconf.org.

Timelines

CfS open: 3rd February 2025

CfS close: 30th June 2025

CfS process closed and participants informed: 31st July 2025

Public schedule published: 18th August 2025

Conference day: 14th November 2025

We will start reaching out to speakers prior to the CfS close, but will ensure we respond to all submissions by the 31st July 2025

Travel from Australia/New Zealand + 2 nights accommodation covered. International speakers welcome to apply, and we will do our best, but due to limited travel budget we cannot guarantee travel funding.