Call for proposals due 27th June 2024
Conference theme for 2024
Resilience of people, communities, and organisations in the Aotearoa software industry.
We’ve experienced tough times in the last couple of years: over-hiring, aggressive growth, burnout, redundancies, reduced budgets, recession, and closures.
Our organisations and individuals can learn a lot from this experience, and prepare ourselves for the next cycle of disruption.
We want to hear real stories and practical advice from Kiwis around Aotearoa.
- Were you impacted? What was it like?
- Was there a silver lining? What’s hopeful about the future?
- How did you adapt or pivot? What helped?
- Did you have to make tough decisions? What would you have done differently?
- What does your career/team/organisation/community/product look like today?
Let's rally the NZ software industry together to become more resilient for 2025 and beyond.
Talk submissions closed. Thank you for sending us your wonderful ideas!
Talk length
25 minutes will be allocated for your talk.
There is no on-stage Q&A. This will be encouraged at break-out sessions.
Location
Rongomātāne Plenary Hall One (max 600 people),
Tākina, 50 Cable Street, Wellington
Timeline
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 27 June | CFP closes |
| 2-5 July | Shortlisted applicants notified |
| 2-14 July | Calls with shortlisted applicants |
| 15 July | Speaker onboarding |
| 26 July | Unsuccessful applicants notified |
| 26 July |
Publishing-ready talk information due. Speaker profile gets updated on the website as soon as we receive it. |
| 19 August | Speaking order and event schedule published |
| 19 August | Talk promotion on social media starts |
| 21 October | Talk and slides check-in |
| 10 November |
Draft slides due. Slides will be gathered into master Google Slides, which can still be edited up to conference day. |
| 22 November | Conference day |
| 4 December | Invoice and travel expense receipts due |
Compensation
Sharing knowledge with the community shouldn’t be a privilege of those who can afford it. We know that planning a good talk takes a lot of time and love.
We’ve worked hard to start compensating speakers for some of your time this year. Things we can compensate each confirmed speaker:
- $500 (GST exclusive) speaking fee per delivered talk
- Up to $200 (GST inclusive) of pre-approved domestic travel expenses
- A free ticket to NZ Tech Rally 2025
- Full resolution photographs of you delivering your talk
- Public video of your talk; captioned, transcribed, and posted on our YouTube channel
Why in-person talks only?
Due to our limited resources, we’re unable to facilitate live remote presentations (speaking or attending). We’re asking all speakers to speak in-person this year.
We do hope to be able to offer more flexibility in the future.
Support we provide
Read our guide crafting a CFP for NZ Tech Rally
Get help with CFP
Reach out to our friendly crew at speak@nztechrally.nz to chat with someone about your ideas.
Talk preparation and practice
Preparation support we offer includes:
- Up-to-date information about the event, tech setup, access, and etc.
- Brainstorming and firming up ideas
- Pitch, slides and script review
- One-on-one practice sessions (or group if preferred)
- Accessibility check
Sponsors
Thank you to our amazing sponsors. We wouldn’t be able to do it without you!
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