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Re:So you want to speak at software conferences? by ghaff on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:12PM (#46213246)
I don't know how often recorded videos are viewed--conference committees have to wade through a lot of applications.

But conference presentations are basically public events and if that bothers you, you should probably reconsider doing one. (Yes, per parent, if there's a real disaster--and those happen--they may be deep-sixed but I wouldn't count on it.)

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Re:So you want to speak at software conferences? by ValentineC on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:32PM (#46213360)
> I don't know how often recorded videos are viewed--conference committees have to wade through a lot of applications.

For most conferences that do blind-rating first, only in subsequent rounds when the programme is being put together.

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Re:So you want to speak at software conferences? by ghaff on Thursday December 11, 2025 @07:49PM (#46239551)
How common is that (outside of academia maybe -- which I have little familiarity with)?

Certainly when I've been on conference committees we tended to know a lot of the presenters and wouldn't have wanted to just rely on submissions. We knew who were experts on specific topics or were just good presenters.

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