Call for Speakers
Cardano Buidler Fest #1
23 Apr 2024
24 Apr 2024
Hôtel Mercure Compans Toulouse, France
buidl.2024.cardano.org
Cardano Builder Fest is a two-days conference for builders, by builders, packed with everything technical about Cardano and blockchain, in the heart of the lovely city of Toulouse.
Whether you are coding smart-contracts, building cool UX for DApps, operating stake pools, building infrastructure, developing off-chain backend code, designing or verifying complex business logic for blockchain, come and talk about the stuff you care about.
You will have a unique opportunity to meet in-person with dozens of tech-savvy enthusiasts from all over the world, share your ideas, techniques and tools, challenge your visions.
Call for Speakers
22 Dec 2023
24 Feb 2024
General information
Cardano Builder Fest is an international event, all talks are expected in English (the proposal must be written in English as well).
We welcome all contributions related to the practical aspects of building applications and systems on Cardano, and more generally on Blockchain. This includes but is not limited to:
- Experience reports on building DApps on Cardano,
- Tools and techniques,
- Languages and development environment,
- User Experience with Blockchain,
- Cryptography techniques,
- Operating nodes and networks,
- Economics of building on Cardano,
- Testing and verifying on-chain and off-chain code,
- Distributed protocols,
- ...
Talks last 45 minutes. Q&A sequences should be included in this time
Lightning talks last 20 minutes. Q&A sequences should be included in this time.
Workshops last 120 minutes.
Small workshops last 60 minutes.
Maximum 2 speakers.
Speakers selected through the call for papers will have free access both days of the conference and will be invited to the speaker dinner the day before the conference.
Call for papers will end when all speaking slots are fulfilled.
Attendee Profile
Cardano Buidler Fest is very much focused on building and operating software on Cardano, but we strive to be open to other blockchain eco-systems.
Our participants are expected to be a diverse crowd of developers, sysops, product designers, UX/UI experts, and more generally anyone not afraid to get their hands "dirty" by actually doing interesting, intriguing, or even amusing stuff within the Cardano eco-system.
People proficient with other blockchain ecosystems, whether UTxO or Account-based, are also welcome to share their experience and knowledge building actual applications and systems.
Expenses
Speakers who need it (ie: from outside Toulouse, not covered by their own company) can have their expenses covered up to a maximum amount of €300. Expenses will be reimbursed after the conference upon presentation of expenses' bills.
Code of Conduct
We expect all participants, including speakers, to support our Code of Conduct, the core of which is this: a conference should be a safe and productive environment for everyone.
Read it here: Code of Conduct
Registration
All speakers submitting a talk are expected to also register to the conference. Accepted submissions will have the registration fees refunded.
travel
accommodation
event fee
Up to three hotel nights covered, travel expenses covered up to €300.