Dear fellow Emacsians,

We are excitedly calling for your participation for EmacsConf 2023,
planned for December 2 and 3, 2023 (Sat-Sun)!  Please submit your
proposal(s) by September 14, 2023 (Friday).  See below for details on
how to send in your proposals, or chat with us about them and about
other ways of participating and volunteering around EmacsConf via our
main IRC channel #emacsconf on the Libera.Chat network.

As an entirely volunteer-run conference we are always looking for more
volunteers and organizers to help with various aspects of organizing
and running the conference, including reviewing session proposals and
streaming parallel tracks.  To get involved, please come by our IRC
channel or one of our public mailing lists (see below) and introduce
yourself and tell us about your interests, or contact myself or one of
the other organizers directly if you're feeling a bit shy; we hope to
hear from you. :-)

Best,
amin

P.S. please direct any replies for this message either to me or to the
emacsconf-discuss list, so as to help avoid generating extra off-topic
chatter in the other lists Cc'd on this message.  Thank you.


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                             EmacsConf 2023
                           Online Conference
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                         December 2 and 3, 2023


Table of Contents
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1. Call for participation
2. Talk formats
3. Submitting your proposal
4. Know someone who might have something to share?
5. Want to volunteer?
6. Commitment to freedom


1 Call for participation
========================

  What have you found exciting about [Emacs] lately?  Have you figured
  out a good workflow?  Used Emacs for something interesting?  Come
  share what you've been learning at EmacsConf 2023 and meet other
  enthusiasts along the way!  All backgrounds and all levels of
  experience are welcome.  Emacs isn't just a text editor, it's a way
  of life!

  Not sure what to talk about?  We've shared a few [ideas] to help you
  get started.

  [EmacsConf 2023] will be a virtual conference on *December 2 and 3,
  2023 (Sat-Sun, 9AM-5PM UTC-5 / 2PM-10PM UTC)*.  If you'd like to
  present at the conference, please *[submit your proposal]* by
  *September 14, 2023 (Friday)*.


[Emacs] <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/>
[ideas] <https://emacsconf.org/2023/ideas/>
[EmacsConf 2023] <https://emacsconf.org/2023/>
[submit your proposal] <https://emacsconf.org/2023/cfp/>


2 Talk formats
==============

  Ideally, talks will be prerecorded so that you can script and edit
  them as tightly as you want, and so that they can be captioned for
  accessibility.  Here are the talk options:

  - *5-10 minute lightning talk:* just the essentials!  If you can
    squeeze your prerecorded talk into 5-10 minutes by focusing on
    the essentials (not by talking super quickly!), we might be able
    to repeat it during the conference in order to fill gaps.
  - *20-minute talk:* short enough to keep people's attention, long
    enough to get into some details.

  There will be time for questions and answers after your talk, so
  you don't need to include that in your talk timing.  Just like in
  EmacsConf 2022, you can answer questions via a BigBlueButton room,
  IRC, the Etherpad, the wiki, or email (your choice).  The stream
  will move on to the next talk at the scheduled time, but interested
  people can keep hanging out with you for a longer conversation.

  If you are not available during the conference itself but you have
  a neat idea that you'd like to share, please propose it anyway!
  You can always handle questions after the conference, and we might
  even be able to coordinate with other Emacs meetups for events in
  other timezones.

  We may have time for a few longer sessions.  If you'd like to be
  considered for a longer time slot, please include an outline for the
  extra time in addition to your 20-minute proposal.  Other session
  formats such as tutorials, workshops, and hangouts are welcome as
  well.


3 Submitting your proposal
==========================

  [Send us your idea] as soon as you can, so that you can have more
  time to work on your talk.  (Proposal deadline: September 14, 2023)
  This year, we'd like to experiment with accepting proposals
  throughout the CFP process.  If there are similar proposals, we'll
  work with people so that the talks can cover different facets.

  If you need help, you can email us publicly at
  [emacsconf-org@gnu.org] or privately at
  [emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org]. You can also come and say hi
  to us on our IRC channel `#emacsconf' on `irc.libera.chat' using
  [your favourite IRC client], or by visiting [chat.emacsconf.org] in
  your web browser.


[Send us your idea] <https://emacsconf.org/2023/submit/>
[emacsconf-org@gnu.org] <mailto:emacsconf-org@gnu.org>
[emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org] <mailto:emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org>
[your favourite IRC client] <ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/emacsconf>
[chat.emacsconf.org] <https://chat.emacsconf.org>


4 Know someone who might have something to share?
=================================================

  All kinds of people use Emacs for all kinds of things.  We'd love it
  if EmacsConf 2023 could highlight interesting perspectives and
  reflect the diversity of our community.  If you know someone who
  might have a good idea for a talk, please reach out to them and
  encourage them to submit a proposal.  Many people (especially
  from underrepresented groups such as women, people of colour,
  non-developers, etc.) might not consider themselves proficient
  enough to share their thoughts.  If you let them know that you value
  their knowledge and experiences, and maybe even suggest something
  that you think others would like to hear about, they may realize
  that they do have something worth sharing and that we would love to
  hear from them.


5 Want to volunteer?
====================

  If you would like to help with the conference (planning the
  sessions, reviewing proposals, helping with infrastructure, making
  sessions more accessible, editing video transcripts, etc.), see our
  [volunteer] page.  Volunteers get early access to talks and learn
  lots of things along the way.  We'd really appreciate your help in
  making EmacsConf 2023 the best one so far!


[volunteer] <https://emacsconf.org/2023/volunteer>


6 Commitment to freedom
=======================

  We remain fully committed to freedom.  You'll be able to participate
  in EmacsConf using [free/libre software], and we use free/libre
  software to organize and run the conference.  You can find some
  notes about our setup and process at <https://emacsconf.org/infra/>.


[free/libre software] <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>