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Half of the line-up of speakers for Web Day Out is already on the site. One more is already confirmed.
I’m ridiculously excited about the way the line-up is taking shape, and judging by the zippiness of ticket sales, so are lots of my peers. Seriously, don’t wait to get your ticket or you might end up missing out completely.
I’ve already got a shortlist of other people I could imagine on the line-up, but I’m open to more suggestions. If you’d like to speak at Web Day Out—or you know someone you think would be great—send an email to jeremy@clearleft.com
I won’t be checking my work email while I’m away on holiday next week but it would be lovely to come back to an inbox of exciting suggestions.
A couple of pointers…
I’d rather not have too many people like me on the line-up. White dudes are already over-represented in this industry, especially at conferences.
If you’ve never given a talk before, don’t worry. I’d love to help you put your talk together and coach you in presenting it. I have some experience in this area.
No product pitches. That includes JavaScript frameworks and CSS libraries.
If I get even a whiff of “AI”, your proposal doesn’t stand a chance. There are many, many, many other events that are only too happy to have wall-to-wall talks about …that sort of thing.
If you end up speaking at Web Day Out you will, of course, be paid. We will, of course, cover travel and accommodation too. We can’t afford the travel costs of bringing anyone in from outside Europe though (and we’d like to keep the carbon footprint of the event as small as possible).
Web Day Out has an opinionated agenda all about showing what’s possible in web browsers today. Some potential topics include:
- view transitions,
- invoker commands,
- anchor positioning,
- scroll-driven animations,
- progressive web apps,
- web components.
The emphasis should be on using stuff in production rather than theoretical demos.
If you’ve got a case study about using the web platform—perhaps migrating away from a framework-driven approach—that would fit the bill perfectly.
How’s all that sounding? Know someone who could deliver the goods? Let me know!
This content originally appeared on Adactio: Journal and was authored by Adactio: Journal