Calls for talks, demonstrations, lightning talks, posters and session proposals
The organizing committee invites submissions for talks, demonstrations, and session proposals for the Brightcon 2022 conference that will be held on September 28 & 29 2022 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. The deadline for session proposals is August 31 2022, and the program will be finalized on September 5 2022.
Accepted talks, demonstrations, lightning talks, posters and session proposals must have a registered author before September 1st 2022, otherwise, the organizing committee reserves the right to withdraw the presentation from the programme.
Important Dates
Talks
- 📅 Talk submission deadline: July 15 2022
- 📅 Notification of Acceptance for Talks: August 12 2022
Demonstrations
- 📅 Talk submission deadline: July 15 2022
- 📅 Notification of Acceptance for Talks: August 12 2022
Lightning talks
- 📅 Lightning Talk submission deadline: September 15 2022
- 📅 Notification of Acceptance for Talks: September 16 2022
Posters
- 📅 Poster submission deadline: July 15 2022
- 📅 Notification of Acceptance for Posters: August 12 2022
Session proposals
- 📅 Talk submission deadline: TBD
- 📅 Notification of Acceptance for Talks: TBD
Talks
Talks at Brightcon must be about open source software or data sources for industrial ecology or sustainability assessment. Talks will be 15-20 minutes, with time afterwards for questions. Please note that talks must include some interactive element, such as an online notebook or demonstration, so that participants can see your project in action. Ideally, it should be possible for a small example to be run by the audience members themselves, though we recognize that this is not always feasible. The conference organizers can help host notebooks online.
Recorded talks can be submitted for speakers who can't attend the physical conference.
All participants with accepted talks must register to the conference.
Talk proposal format
A talk proposal must include: a description of the proposed talk, specification of the interaction that can take place during the conference and whether or not the talk will be done live or pre-recorded. The proposal must also indicate if the presenter needs help from the organizers to publish notebooks online.
In previous editions of Brightcon, the submission of proposals was done directly by mail.
| Proposal element | Requirement | Expected |
|---|---|---|
| Talk description | An overview of the talk. | The overview must clearly define the problem being solved, the open source resources used, and how to (re)-produce the findings being reported in the talk. |
| Interactivity | Jupyter notebooks, web application, remote API | Please indicate if you need help from the organizers here. URLS for notebooks / web applications / API endpoints must be supplied, along with the accompanying source code and documentation if applicable. |
| Recorded presentation | On site presentation or recorded presentation. | Recorded presentations are accepted, provided that the author(s) are available for the interactivity and Q&A. |
Selection committee
The selection committee for Brightcon 2022 is composed of:
- Chris Mutel
- Karin Treyer
- Tomás Navarrete Gutiérrez
- Thomas Gibon
- TBD
Talk proposal deadline
July 15 2022
Talk proposal notification of acceptance date
August 12 2022
Current talk sessions
- Software Demonstration (generic)
- Open data and science in MFA
Demonstrations
Come an show what you have achieved with brightway and your programming skills.
Posters
Get feedback by presenting your work with a poster.
Lightning talks
Lightning talks will be Pecha Kucha presentations (slides change automatically every 20 seconds) of five minutes each. We invite presentations on all subjects of interest to our community. Subjects include, but are not limited to: computational sustainability, open source sustainability tools, open data for sustainability.
Session proposals
The draft schedule has a 1-hour slot for a special session. Additional special sessions can be added for high quality proposals. A special session proposal, must include: a title, a brief description of the focus area, and a draft schedule of speakers. However, you can also propose workshop or other thematic sessions as well. The goal of Brightcon is active participation instead of passive listening, so feel free to be creative with your sessions.