Sela Developer Practice is Israel's largest conference for software developers and IT professionals. Since the first SDP in 2009, the conference kept growing -- we now have two SDPs every year, with more than 3,000 attendees.
This year, we're running our Call for Papers on GitHub: you can submit your talk ideas, review existing submissions, comment and discuss with your fellow speakers and attendees, and update your submission as necessary.
The CFP is open until August 15, 2016. However, you are encouraged to submit talks as soon as possible, so that we can start putting the agenda together. Your talks might be confirmed before the CFP closes. Under extraordinary circumstances, we might be able to accept submissions past the CFP deadline.
SDP is organized by Sela Group, Israel's leading training and consulting company in software development, testing, and infrastructure.
Pre-conference workshops: December 11, 2016 at Yes Planet, Rishon Le-Ziyon, Israel
Main conference: December 12-13, 2016 at Yes Planet, Rishon Le-Ziyon, Israel
Post-conference workshops: December 14-15, 2016 at Sela Headquarters, Bnei Brak, Israel
There are multiple talk formats, including workshops that can be delivered in our computer-equipped classrooms with projection and control software.
Workshop: a full day of training from 09:00 to 17:00, typically accompanied by hands-on labs
Half-day workshop: a half-day of training from 09:00 to 12:30 or from 13:30 to 17:00, typically accompanied by hands-on labs
Breakout session: a 50-60 minute talk
You are welcome to submit talks on a variety of topics related to software development. The following list is not binding -- feel free to submit ideas from other areas as well:
- .NET Core, Visual Studio vNext, managed languages
- Functional programming, F#, Scala
- C++ libraries, practices, language evolution
- Web development, ES6/7, TypeScript, frameworks and libraries: React, Angular, etc.
- Big data frameworks, practices, patterns, case studies
- Cloud computing, Azure, AWS, HPC, hybrid workloads, Internet of Things
- Mobile application development, hybrid apps, cross-platform development with Xamarin/Cordova/C++
- Infrastructure, cloud migration, networking, monitoring, DevOps
- Development methodologies, soft skills, testing and integration practices
- Application performance, systems performance, monitoring and diagnostics, debugging, analytics
- Software architecture, microservices, design
- Application security, web security, systems security
Local speakers are invited to attend all conference days and workshops. Speakers who require special accommodation are requested to contact us.
For international speakers, we will cover airfare, accommodation in a Tel-Aviv hotel, and travel to/from the airport. International speakers are requested to deliver a workshop; compensation for the workshop will be determined according to the number of attendees who sign up. Additional details on the compensation structure will be provided to selected speakers.
Speakers will be notified at least 3 months before the conference. The earlier you submit, the earlier we might be able to confirm your sessions, even before the CFP closes.
Speakers will be required to perform a dry run of their sessions in person or online, several weeks prior to the conference. At that time, you will also be expected to have the final version of your slides and hands-on labs available. We print the slides for workshop attendees, which is why you will be requested to send them to us in advance. More details will be provided in the speaker contract that you'll sign if your session is accepted.
The conference content chair is Sasha Goldshtein, CTO of Sela Group. You can reach him via Twitter or email.
You will also be working with Mali Greenberg, who is in charge of the event logistics, and Michal Shachaf-Ofek, who is responsible for international speakers' travel and accommodation.
The conference Code of Conduct applies to the call for papers process as well. Content or comments that violate our CoC will be deleted.
Inspired by many other conferences who are running their CFP on GitHub, we decided to launch our CFP in the open. The open format helps us and prospective speakers keep track of the submissions and allows attendees to participate and comment on your submissions. Definitely feel free to take a look around before and after submitting your own talks. Additionally, GitHub issues are editable -- so you can always come back and tweak your submission if necessary.
For every speaker who is submitting talks:
- Create a new issue in this repository titled
FirstName LastName Speaker Profile(e.g.Sasha Goldshtein Speaker Profile). - Provide the speaker's name and biography.
- Provide the speaker's email address.
- Provide a link to the speaker's profile photo (200x200 JPG or PNG).
- Provide links to relevant professional social networks such as GitHub, StackOverflow, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
- Provide links to prior conference appearances, including video recordings if available.
- If you need to travel internationally, please specify your origin airport. If you are uncomfortable sharing this information publicly, please email us directly.
For each talk or workshop that you would like to propose:
- Create a new issue in this repository titled
Talk Title(e.g.Developing high-performance C++ algorithms). - Specify the talk type (workshop, half-day workshop, or breakout session).
- Specify the speaker or speakers delivering the talk. Ideally, reference the issue with the speaker profile. For example: Sasha Goldshtein
- Provide the talk's technical level (beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert).
- Provide the talk's abstract (at least 3-4 sentences that make it clear what the talk is going to cover).
- Provide the prerequisite knowledge required of the attendees, if any.
- For workshops with hands-on labs Provide any hardware or software installation requirements.
- Provide any audio/video requirements beyond a standard lapel microphone and HDMI connection.
- Provide any additional context or information may be helpful in considering your submission.
You can use the submission template if you prefer.
If for any reason you are uncomfortable with submitting your talk ideas publicly, you are always welcome to email your submissions to sashag@sela.co.il instead and discuss them in private.