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DevFest Egypt 2019

event date

28 Dec 2019

location

The American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus Cairo, Egypt

website

devfestegypt.org/

DevFest Egypt 2021 is an in-person event.


DevFest Egypt is a developer-focused community-driven conference hosted annually in Cairo, Egypt.

DevFest Egypt is a non-profit event, and attendance is free for confirmed applicants.

The aim of DevFest Egypt is to provide a place for professional and hoppiest developers, and all working in the software industry in Egypt, to hear about new topics so that they can take that and continue learning and advancing their skills. 

Think of DevFest as an event where attendees get to be with the community to learn, network and get inspired regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, neurodiversity, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion, experience level, technology and programming knowledge or the language of choice.

Talks info 👩🏽‍🏫

Talks will be 35 min presentation style session with a podium on stage and a projector screen behind you to show your slides, video and/or code, and the audience (1255) sitting in cinema-style seating. The 45 min is the TOTAL time is for everything; including Q&A

Workshops will be running in parallel through-out the day and timing will be handled case-by-case. Workshop rooms capacity 50-100 attendees.

The audience at DevFest Egypt come from a range of skill levels, from junior developers to senior management. As a speaker, we welcome everyone from hobbyists to professional developers, students, non-developers and first-time speakers. We have a goal to make DevFest Egypt an inclusive and diverse haven for all speakers and attendees.

When 📆

DevFest Egypt will take place for the second year in Cairo on the 28th December 2019

Accepted Proposals 🌟 

You're welcome to attend the whole event, we also understand if you have other commitments but expect to spend sometime after the talk answering questions and taking selfies :D 

Transportation expenses for selected speakers to DevFest Egypt will be covered.

International Speakers 🛫

All DevFests are non-profit events, but we do our best to cover all speakers' expenses. We would be amazingly grateful if your company can provide you with some budget, but in the opposite case, we'll take care of you.

Process ✅

  • We will close the call for papers on 26 November 2019 at 12:30 PM (GMT+2)
  • Every talk will be scored by a diverse panel of reviewers
  • Based on the scoring, a proposed agenda will be organized
  • Selected speakers will be emailed at most by the 28 November (please make sure you check your spam)
  • Speakers to confirm, by email by 30th November. Any speaker who does not confirm will forfeit their slot

Additional events for speakers 🍽

In addition to the presentation on the day of the event, we will have two additional functions for speakers which we believe bring massive value: 

  • The day before the event we will have a tech check at the venue
  • After the tech check, we will have a visit to the pyramids and
  • The night before the event we will have a speakers dinner near the venue and we would love for you to attend and meet the other speakers
  • Our customary group photo at the end of the event

These are highly important but we understand if you can't attend them. Do not let this stop you from submitting! 


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Call for Speakers
Call opens at 12:00 AM

09 Nov 2019

Call closes at 12:30 PM

26 Nov 2019

Call closes in Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00) timezone.
Closing time in your timezone () is .

Content are we looking for? 🔎 

Anything that is relevant to developers, be that about code, platforms, technology, methodologies, how to work with people or just things which are cool. We want transparent and real experiences - this isn’t a place for a sales pitch. We want all types of speakers - first-timers or experienced! We have an opportunity for all to speak. 

Number of Submissions ❗ 

Please note that we only accept your first two talk submissions. So be sure to pick your favourite two! 

Diversity and Inclusion

  • If you can represent a diverse view please make sure you state that in your notes as we actively aim for having a very diverse set of talks
  • We like everyone to feel welcomed in our events so please try to keep an inclusive language in your talk (https://open.buffer.com/inclusive-language-tech/)
  • We will have a contrast check for your slides
  • If you plan any jokes make sure to mention them to the organizers first

Talks we won't accept 😢 

  • Topics which have been covered often - unless there is a twist or deep experience
  • Marketing or sales pitches!

How are talks ranked? 🥅 

We encourage each reviewer to use their own experience and knowledge to rank each talk. We will include people from our wide community in the review. We will use the sessionize ranking system, which you can see (and play with) in the test event. 

We do not penalise talks which have been presented elsewhere, so if you have a talk you've done at work or your user group and you ❤ it, then submit it! 

Hints for submission 💡 

Please use normal text in the fields, unfortunately, markdown or HTML is not supported.      

There is no limit to how long your submission can be! More information is often better.

The track field is used as an aid for the planning, pick which you feel your talk fits best; it won't impact your selection 

All DevFests are non-profit events, but we do our best to cover all speakers' expenses. We would be amazingly grateful if your company can provide you with some budget, but in the opposite case we'll take care of you.