Richard Warburton and I presented this talk at the recent London Java Community Mini-Conference, and encouraged participants to submit a proposal to the upcoming Devoxx UK conference (12-13 June 2014). Not only did we discuss the Devoxxian culture, but we also lifted the curtain on what happens behind the scenes of the conference, and shared a few trade secrets on how to get your talk accepted :-)

1. How to get your talk
accepted at DevoxxUK
Daniel Bryant (@taidevcouk)
Richard Warburton (@RichardWarburto)
LJC (@ljcjug) & Devoxx UK (@DevoxxUK)

2. Why do you care?
● Do you ever wonder how talks get
accepted?
● We want you to submit a talk
● Is the conference right for you?
○ Are you a Devoxxian?

3. Tracks

4. What we like
● by Developers, for Developers
● Punchy abstract and title
● Audience Appropriate
● Do we care about your topic?
● Excellent speaking history

5. What we hate
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The Product Pitch in disguise
“World Peace in 3 easy steps”
Smoke and mirrors
Any content which competes with our talk ;-)
The C-Level exec pitch
○ … let’s circle back round and evaluate the ROI on
that talk

6. Who is this “we” ?

7. Devoxx UK
Call For Papers: cfp.devoxx.com
CFP Closes: February 28th, 2014
Conference: www.devoxx.co.uk
June 12th-13th, 2014
LJC Promo: LJC14