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Call for papers for the Sela Developer Practice, June 2016
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Sela Developer Practice June 2016 -- Call for Papers

Sela Developer Practice is Israel's largest conference for software developers and IT professionals. Since the first SDP in 2009, the conference kept growing -- we now have two SDPs every year, with more than 3,000 attendees.

This year, we're running our Call for Papers on GitHub: you can submit your talk ideas, review existing submissions, comment and discuss with your fellow speakers and attendees, and update your submission as necessary.


CFP Deadline

The CFP is open until February 15, 2016. However, you are encouraged to submit talks as soon as possible, so that we can start putting the agenda together. Your talks might be confirmed before the CFP closes. Under extraordinary circumstances, we might be able to accept submissions past the CFP deadline.


Logistics

SDP is organized by Sela Group, Israel's leading training and consulting company in software development, testing, and infrastructure.

Dates and Location

Pre-conference workshops: June 19, 2016 at Yes Planet, Rishon Le-Ziyon, Israel

Main conference: June 20-21, 2016 at Yes Planet, Rishon Le-Ziyon, Israel

Post-conference workshops: June 22-23, 2016 at Sela Headquarters, Bnei Brak, Israel

Talk Formats

There are multiple talk formats, including workshops that can be delivered in our computer-equipped classrooms with projection and control software.

Workshop: a full day of training from 09:00 to 17:00, typically accompanied by hands-on labs

Half-day workshop: a half-day of training from 09:00 to 13:00 or from 14:00 to 18:00, typically accompanied by hands-on labs

Breakout session: a 50-60 minute talk

Topics

You are welcome to submit talks on a variety of topics related to software development. The following list is not binding -- feel free to submit ideas from other areas as well:

Speaker Benefits

Local speakers are invited to attend all conference days and workshops. Speakers who require special accommodation are requested to contact us.

For international speakers, we will cover airfare, accommodation in a Tel-Aviv hotel, and travel to/from the airport. International speakers are requested to deliver a workshop; compensation for the workshop will be determined according to the number of attendees who sign up. Additional details on the compensation structure will be provided to selected speakers.

Speaker Notification

Speakers will be notified at least 3 months before the conference. The earlier you submit, the earlier we might be able to confirm your sessions, even before the CFP closes.

Organization Team

The conference content chair is Sasha Goldshtein, CTO of Sela Group. You can reach him via Twitter or email.

You will also be working with Mali Greenberg, who is in charge of the event logistics, and Michal Shachaf-Ofek, who is responsible for international speakers' travel and accommodation.

Code of Conduct

The conference Code of Conduct applies to the call for papers process as well. Content or comments that violate our CoC will be deleted.


How To Submit

Inspired by many other conferences who are running their CFP on GitHub, we decided to launch our CFP in the open. The open format helps us and prospective speakers keep track of the submissions and allows attendees to participate and comment on your submissions. Definitely feel free to take a look around before and after submitting your own talks. Additionally, GitHub issues are editable -- so you can always come back and tweak your submission if necessary.

Steps to Submit

For every speaker who is submitting talks:

  1. Create a new issue in this repository titled FirstName LastName Speaker Profile (e.g. Sasha Goldshtein Speaker Profile).
  2. Provide the speaker's name and biography.
  3. Provide a link to the speaker's profile photo (200x200 JPG or PNG).
  4. Provide links to relevant professional social networks such as GitHub, StackOverflow, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
  5. If you need to travel internationally, please specify your origin airport. If you are uncomfortable sharing this information publicly, please email us directly.

For each talk or workshop that you would like to propose:

  1. Create a new issue in this repository titled Talk Title (e.g. Developing high-performance C++ algorithms).
  2. Specify the talk type (workshop, half-day workshop, or breakout session).
  3. Specify the speaker or speakers delivering the talk. Ideally, reference the issue with the speaker profile. For example: Sasha Goldshtein
  4. Provide the talk's technical level (beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert).
  5. Provide the talk's abstract (at least 3-4 sentences that make it clear what the talk is going to cover).
  6. Provide the prerequisite knowledge required of the attendees, if any.
  7. Provide any additional context or information may be helpful in considering your submission.

You can use the submission template if you prefer.

Private Submissions

If for any reason you are uncomfortable with submitting your talk ideas publicly, you are always welcome to email your submissions to sashag@sela.co.il instead and discuss them in private.