Important dates

• CfP opens: November 11, 2024
• CfP closes: December 15, 2024
• CfP extension: December 22, 2024
• CfP notifications: January 13 - 17, 2025
• Schedule and registration: January 27 - 31, 2025
• Event dates: February 28 - March 1

General information
The event will be held at MIT World Peace University (MIT WPU) in Pune, India. We expect all speakers to present in person at the venue. All talks, presentations, and workshops will be conducted in English.

There is no admission or ticket fee for DevConf.IN, but all attendees and speakers must complete a free registration to attend.

Please note that we do not cover any speaker expenses, including accommodation or travel.

Visa invitation letters
We can provide a visa invitation letter to accepted speakers and registered attendees. Please fill out the form to request a visa invitation letter. If you need the visa invitation letter before our acceptance letters are sent out or before registration opens, specify the reason in the ‘Additional Information’ section of the form.

Session formats and maximum number of speakers
To learn more about the duration of each session format, our recommended Q&A time, the maximum number of speakers allowed, and general recommendations for submissions, check out our FAQ.

While developing your proposal, consider the following:

• All material should be presented in English
• You can submit more than one proposal
• You can edit your proposal(s) after submission (until the CfP Closes)
• Submissions don't need to include completed slides

• Make sure the submission is relevant to the DevConf.IN audience:

  1. Is the content original or the way the content is presented original? Avoid overview sessions. Focus on technical, community project-oriented content. Talks with a lot of audience interactions and demos are encouraged.
  2. If the session focuses on a product, is it about technical aspects? Avoid all marketing and sales presentations, product pitches are received poorly.
  3. Does the talk cover new/planned work and ideas or does it review previous work? New and upcoming work generally increases the chance of acceptance. We'd like to see emerging topics that might hit engineering in 1-2 years.

• Before hitting enter, ask yourself:

  1. Does the content match the level of difficulty and the duration?
  2. If you were to attend your talk, would you feel excited?
  3. Why should people attend your talk instead of another session?
  4. What would the audience gain from your talk?

You can enter proposals until 2024-12-22 23:59 (Asia/Kolkata), 1 day from now.