Our goal
We want to encourage people that wouldn't normally speak at conferences to give it a go!
Hot tips
Make the Session title and Session description really shine - along with the format, level and tags they are the only fields that will be shown for anonymous voting by the public. All other values are only seen by organisers (apart from your bio which is shown on the agenda if your talk is chosen).
Note: We are asking a number of optional demographic questions to allow us to report on our efforts to promote diversity of submissions.
If you need help with your title or description reach out to get a mentor or attend our abstract writing workshop.
We've found some great advice for presenting at: www.guysmithferrier.com/Downloads/HowToGiveGreatPresentations.pdf
Still not convinced?
Email us to get a mentor - we have a bunch of experienced speakers who are happy to have a confidential chat with you to run through any ideas you have or give safe and constructive feedback.
Code of Conduct
By submitting a talk to DDD Melbourne you agree to uphold and setting an example of upholding the DDD Melbourne Code of Conduct.
DDD Melbourne is an inclusive non-profit conference for the Melbourne software community.
We welcome presentations from any topic relevant to the software industry; if voters think your presentation is interesting, it's in!
In the past we've had a huge range of presentations including the following topics: Agile, building great teams, UI design, software testing, virtual reality, women in tech, web accessibility, open source software, feedback culture, self-employment tips, mentoring, Scrum, pair programming, bots, IoT, machine learning, neural networks, quantum encryption, Assembly language, automated deployments, mobile development, mobile test automation, architecture, microservices, serverless, APIs, GraphQL, actors, JavaScript, authentication, React, UWP, HTTP protocol, Git, Docker and pointers.
Before submitting a presentation please consider the following:
Questions? Fire off an email to speakers@dddmelbourne.com and we'll get right back to you :)
Unfortunately, we can't cover flights and accommodation for speakers, but if that's a limitation that stops you from speaking then please reach out to us to discuss.