Hey Everyone,
I wanted to get some feedback and tell you about a concept we are trying this year at TABConf 2023.
We are having anyone and everyone interested in giving a talk, hosting a panel, or conducting a workshop open a GitHub issue on https://github.com/TABConf/2023.tabconf.com/issues.
As we get closer to the conference (a month or two before), we will review all the GitHub issues and add the ones that get selected to the official GitHub Project schedule. https://github.com/orgs/TABConf/projects/1
Some of the thoughts behind the concept:
- Everyone planning or considering attending the conference can see what topics might be covered.
- We want more people to submit ideas for talks and workshops they are passionate about.
- We want to provide more transparency when sourcing and selecting covered topics.
- We want to keep TABConf a technically-focused conference, and pushing attendees to GitHub may help people learn about the different projects and repos in the space. (sending everyone down the rabbit hole!)
- We want attendees to have the ability to ask questions and have conversations about the submissions before the conference.
- we want to make our lives easier when organizing everything.
If you are interested in giving a talk, panel, or workshop, head to the repository and open a GitHub issue. Add as many details as possible; it's a public issue :).
Let me know what you think of the concept; it's the first year we are trying it.