You’re welcome to submit any Kotlin-related talk that you think will be interesting for the attendees. While KotlinConf traditionally focuses on in-depth technical content, we also believe that diverse perspectives make the conference stronger. We encourage submissions from first-time speakers of any background and on topics of any complexity level. Here are some topics that we expect will find popularity among our attendees:

Server-side, web, desktop, mobile, IoT, scripting, data science, machine learning and AI, frameworks and libraries, functional programming, meta-programming, asynchronous programming, coroutines, testing, architecture, case studies, best practices, and advanced language features.

When it comes to platforms, we would really like a good mix of everything, including the JVM, Android, Native, JavaScript, and Wasm. Multiplatform apps you’ve put into production or useful libraries also make for good topics.

To support new and underrepresented voices, we’re hosting a livestream on writing compelling CfPs (Calls for Papers) with guidance from experienced presenters. Join us! October 14, 6 pm CET 👉 https://youtube.com/live/cTfHRUSDnS0

We receive many submissions and only have a limited number of slots. Please consider the following tips when submitting your talks.

Title – We review each talk in its entirety, but there’s no denying that an interesting title is a plus. At the same time, make sure that the title is accurate and consistent with your abstract, which will help the audience get a good idea of the content of your talk.

Abstract – Keep it concise and to the point, roughly 200–400 words. Make sure that your abstract accurately describes what you’ll be covering in your talk and what the key takeaways will be for the audience.

If you’re going to discuss a popular topic, try to find an angle that distinguishes your talk from others. For instance, using Kotlin with Spring might be a popular topic, so it’s important for us to understand how your specific approach is unique.

While this applies to all talks, it is even more relevant for case studies – another crowded field. If you’d like to present a case study, make sure to highlight its key aspects in your abstract and try to include specific numbers and metrics in your talk.

We understand if you want to intentionally keep some parts of your abstract vague (maybe you have a surprise in store for your audience) or not give away too much of your narrative in advance. Since these aspects are very important for the evaluation of your talk, please share them in the Additional Notes field. This helps the program committee evaluate your talk and set it apart from other talks that may otherwise seem very similar.

Additional notes – Sometimes, information that is important for the evaluation of a talk can’t be included in the public abstract (for example, because a feature has not yet been announced publicly, but will be available by the time of the conference). You can use the “additional notes” field to share such information with the program committee in a way that won’t be publicly visible as part of the talk announcements and schedule.

Level – Try to accurately define the level of your talk. KotlinConf attendees are especially interested in deeper technical dives, but we also welcome talks that share unique perspectives, practical lessons, or innovative use cases. 

Category – If multiple categories are relevant to your submission, please choose the first category that applies. For example, if your submission is about multiplatform topics in the server-side domain, please choose server-side. If it’s about best practices in Android, please choose Android.

Session length – Full sessions are 45 minutes long, including a Q&A session (which is optional). Lightning talks are 15 minutes long and are a great way to get started if you are new to speaking. Please note that we cover travel and accommodation for full sessions but not for lightning talks.

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Please make sure you read and agree to abide by the Code of Conduct prior to submitting your talk. Our Code of Conduct is in place to make sure that speaking at KotlinConf is a safe, respectful, and rewarding experience for everyone.

IMPORTANT NOTES: If you have co-speakers, travel and accommodation will only be covered for one of you. The conference fee does not include workshops. Travel and accommodation expenses are covered ONLY for full-length sessions, not lightning talks.