| CFP closed at | December 17, 2021 14:53 UTC |
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CSS is the often unsung hero of Web development. For nearly quarter of a century it’s added color, typography, layout, and more to the web. In that time it’s gone from a straightforward language, to a complex set of capabilities, quite a few of which are little understood.
Many web development conferences cover CSS as part of a mix. But few are really dedicated to the langage alone. Hover will be exclusively focused on CSS–the conference CSS deserves.
CFP Description
our cfp process
At Web Directions we have a strong editorial style we’ve developed over more than 15 years of putting together conferences. The type of sessions that prove popular, and so which we program, tend to have a number of characteristics: - They’re often about “unknown unknowns”–introducing or explaining to the audience concepts, practices or technologies they may not be aware of, or maybe only vaguely aware of, that would be useful to them in their work, today, or in the near future. - They’re focussed–don’t think breadth, think focus and depth. - Forward looking (but not far future). It’s right there in our name “directions”–we want to help our audience chart where they are going, but we don’t want to lead them down dead ends, or show them things that might only one day become useful. - Product and solution agnostic. We don’t focus on specific solutions (libraries, frameworks, tools) whether open source or commercial. Not that we have anything against these, just we feel they are often covered well elsewhere, while foundational technologies, patterns and practices, that can apply regardless of the tools and solutions you use, are often less well covered.
One of the things we love hearing from our audience is “I can’t wait to get back to work and put this into practice”. If you can aim for that, for the event’s target audience, you’ll go a long way to getting a place in the schedule.
Here’s a few more tips what we recommend to give yourself the best chance of getting a place at our conferences.
- Most sessions especially those chosen from CFPs are of 20 minutes duration.
- If we see proposals we really like, we start pencilling them in before the closing date. So it pays to not wait until last minute.
- We’re also happy for multiple proposals from the same person.
- Past presentations give a good indication of the sort of thing we’re looking for as well.
- Focus is good! Rather than proposing for example “what’s new in Javascript” think about a deep dive on one aspect of what’s new in JavaScript (for example “Crunchy or smooth? All about JavaScript’s Spread Operator”). What’s something you think is indispensable but not as many people know about and use as you think should? There’s a great topic right there! ## Where do I apply? Apply online (and get even more detail) at our speakers page