EclipseCon Submission Guidelines

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So You Want to be a Presenter?

Thank you for taking the time to consider presenting at EclipseCon 2009. The success of the conference is primarily based on the presentations that are put on by people like you. We would love to be able to provide a speaking slot to everyone. Unfortunately, we have a limited number of slots.

In order to help you make the best submission possible, we have created this short guide on how to create the best possible submission. Please also review the EclipseCon Selection Guidelines since this will provide insight into how proposals are evaluated.

Submission Guidelines

Quality presentations are a lot of work! If you are not prepared to spend the time putting together a quality proposal, it is unlikely that you will find the time to prepare for the presentation. Take the time to think clearly about what you want to say, and more importantly:

Why would someone want to use their valuable time listening to this presentation?.

A second consideration has to be the unique-ness of your presentation. Please take the time to search the other proposed talks to make sure that someone has not all ready proposed the same talk. If someone has a talk that is very similar to yours, you may want to approach them about working together on the presentation. Some of the very best presentations are done by a team of presenters.

Abstract

The abstract is the most inportant component of your submission. Take the time to demonstrate that you are an articulate communicator that has something valuable to share with the community. At a minimum your abstract should address these four questions:

• What are you presenting?
• Why is it important?
• What can someone expect to take away from the presentation?
• What makes your presentation unique?

Speaker Qualifications

Who are you and why are you qualified to speak on this subject? If you have not completed a speaker profile, please provide this information with your submission.

Additional Information

Once you have submitted your abstract, you should return to your submission and add a comment (or two or three or four) with additional information for program committee. It is important to use a comment so that this information is not displayed on the website as the abstract.

Audience

It is very helpful when evaluating presentations if the presenter states who they think their audience is.

• What types of experience should your audience have?
• How technical should your audience be?
• Will your audience participate in any way? If yes, how?
• What does someone that doesn't fit the above two objectives get out of your presentation?

Outline

Typically, presenters do not know exactly what they will present since the conference lead times are relatively long. A high level outline provides insight into your presentation and typically augments the Abstract nicely.

Slides

Optional - If you have the slides that you plan on presenting, please include them with the submission.

Takeaways

Will your audience get anything to take away with them? Will you provide any source code for the examples that you present?