Polkadot Decoded 2024 Call for Speakers now open

The Polkadot Decoded 2024 Call for Speakers is now open for submissions. Do you have an idea for a talk, panel workshop, or pitch session for the Polkadot Decoded 2024 flagship event? Submit your talk today.

By PolkadotApril 4, 2024

The Polkadot Decoded 2024 Call for Speakers is now open for submissions.

Do you have an idea for a talk, panel workshop, or pitch session for the Polkadot Decoded 2024 flagship event? Don’t miss out on the chance to present your ideas, tech, or live project to an audience of thousands of Polkadot community members, industry professionals, and blockchain enthusiasts. Make sure you submit your proposal on time.

Submit Your Proposal

CFS submissions will be open until April 25, 2024. More information on the talk formats, tracks, and submission guidelines is available below.

The Polkadot Decoded 2024 flagship event will be held on July 11th - 12th in Brussels, Belgium. Check out more information about the event & see what tickets are available.

Talk formats and tracks

In the interest of creating a diverse program suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences, the following presentation formats are available:

Polkadot in action

Share one or more specific use cases for Polkadot and show how the technology is bringing success, adoption, and momentum, or the potential for widespread adoption, to the Polkadot ecosystem. This could include a use case that your own team/company addresses or potential use cases that others could work on, such as Web3 gaming, asset tokenization, decentralized social, identity, or any other use case pushing the boundaries of Web3.

Demonstrate how Polkadot’s technology stack uniquely enables innovation, efficiency, scalability or other benefits for this use case, and how it can give teams and projects a competitive edge. Keep in mind that the program may be divided into sections for specific verticals, so having a clear use case category is advised.

Target Audience:

Polkadot and the movement for a better web

High-level visionary talks and thought leadership on the big problems Polkadot solves. For this format, the focus should be on the capabilities of the technology, not the code. Share your vision of Polkadot and let the world know how it can help and is helping build a better web and a brighter future. Talks in this category can also cover high-level topics such as positive developments and momentum in policy, governance, social impact, sustainability, humanitarian use cases, and more.

Target Audience:

Polkadot deep dive

A tech talk or workshop diving deep into the technology of Polkadot and/or an ecosystem project, aimed at bringing new builders into the ecosystem. This format can include a project demo or hands-on workshop to showcase your work on a technical level, or a deep-dive into the technology of Polkadot itself. Project technical demo proposals must include a link to your project's Github repo. Workshop proposals should include an outline of what your educational goals are, i.e the outcome you want your audience to achieve after attending your workshop.

Target Audience:

Unleashing the true potential of Web3

Demonstrate how Polkadot is leading the way to the multichain future with the most viable and powerful technology for Web3. When and why should Web3 teams, Web2 enterprises, and developers consider building their own use-case optimized blockchain on Polkadot, and what are the various options for building dapps in the ecosystem? Talks in this category should demonstrate the true potential of Polkadot’s tech stack to fuel a new wave of innovation, helping prospective teams inform their decision on the right platform for their blockchain or Web3 application, including a look at the resources and tools available for builders in the ecosystem.

Target Audience:

Polkadot ecosystem showcase

Present/demo your own project to the community in a short talk sharing key information and insight into the benefits provided, the users served, the problems solved, and the adoption potential behind your project. Share why you chose to build on Polkadot and how the technology helps you meet your project objectives. Demos in this category should be aimed at a non-technical audience.

Target Audience:

Lightning Pitch

Showcase your project to potential investors in a short pitch, fostering opportunities for collaboration and growth. This stage is exclusively tailored for project founders seeking strategic investment to propel their innovations to new heights.

At the Polkadot Pitch Stage, presenters are invited to deliver concise presentations, unveiling the essence of their projects while captivating the attention of discerning investors. Each pitch should be aimed to convey the project's core value proposition, target market, and the pressing problems it addresses. Moreover, presenters elucidate the inherent potential for widespread adoption within the Polkadot ecosystem, underlining how the platform's technology serves as a catalyst for scalability and interoperability.

The Polkadot Pitch Stage is a magnet for investors seeking to align their capital with groundbreaking projects poised for exponential growth.

Target Audience:

Tracks for all Stages

Submission Guidelines

When submitting your proposal, please make sure it complies with the following requirements, otherwise it might not be considered:

All submitted proposals will be reviewed by an advisory board consisting of Polkadot Ecosystem members in collaboration with some representatives from Parity Technologies. Together with the Decentered Studio team, and the advisory board, we will be able to curate an agenda that showcases the best of Polkadot and Kusama based on the collaborative decisions of the community advisory board.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to present your project or share your vision at Polkadot Decoded 2024.

Submit Your Proposal Now

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