GORUCO 2018 is now accepting talk proposals! On Saturday, June 16th, GORUCO <http://goruco.com> is celebrating its 12th convocation as NYC's premier regional software conference. It's a one-day, single-track event geared toward highly motivated and experienced developers that's been celebrated for its warm, personal spirit and strong sense of community.
You can start submitting your proposals at cfp.goruco.com <http://cfp.goruco.com/events/2017>. If you have questions, please email propos...@goruco.com. “Why should I speak at GORUCO?” GORUCO is a perfect forum to introduce new interesting things in the Go community to a cohort of strong engineers who love to learn, who appreciate the craft of software, and who share a joy in building amazing things. While primarily focused on Ruby <https://www.ruby-lang.org/>, the conference has evolved over the years to include a broad set of technologies to match and to expand the Ruby community's technical and practical interests. In the past few years, speakers have presented on diverse topics like Go, Crystal, Elixir, NoSQL, BigQuery, distributed systems, AI, reverse engineering hardware, and static code analysis, often through a Ruby lens. We've also had many talks about the human side of software, as you might expect from a community that values developer creativity and happiness. Speakers have presented on code hospitality, refactoring, readability, culture, dogma, mentoring, and learning. You can view videos of our past speakers for inspiration at videos.goruco.com. Though we tend to gear our program toward more experienced developers, we will consider talks intended for all skill levels and would appreciate if you include in your who the target audience is. Format This year we'll again be scheduling two talk formats: - full length talk (30 minutes) - micro-talk (10 minutes) Please tag your proposal if you have a preference for one or the other (or both if either would be appropriate!). We will be recording all the talks and making the videos freely available online under a Creative Commons license. If your talk is accepted, you'll be asked to sign a consent form. Speaker Benefits All speakers will receive free attendance to the event. In addition, speakers accepted for a talk will receive a $900 travel reimbursement if you live outside the tri-state region. (Local speakers will instead receive a $300 honorarium.) Diversity and Inclusion GORUCO speakers have been extraordinarily diverse, with ~40% of the speakers 2015-2018 identifying as female, and many identifying as non-Caucasian. The GORUCO organizers, ourselves a diverse group, are dedicated to continue this tradition, and strongly encourage members of under-represented groups to submit proposals. Our first round of reviews this year, as in recent years, will be completely anonymous. Please help us by avoiding putting identifying information in any field except the Bio. Code of Conduct The GORUCO organizers strive for the safety and comfort of everyone at our event. We have a Code of Conduct <http://goruco.com/code-of-conduct/> that will be strictly enforced, and that we expect all speakers and attendees to follow. Please review it before submitting your proposals. Local Speaker Slots GORUCO believes in highlighting local talent. We reserve at least two slots for local speakers. (Individual talks and panels will be considered "local" if at least half of the participants are from the tri-state region - that is, within typical commuting distance of Manhattan.) In the past, these slots have been less competitive than the other talk slots, so if you live in the tri-state region we strongly urge you to submit a proposal. Timeline The CFP closes at midnight on Tuesday, April 15th. Early submissions are likely to get a level of attention that later submissions may not receive, including questions and feedback from reviewers. Our advice is to submit early if you can! We're planning speaker selection to be complete by Sunday, April 22nd, and over the week of April 23rd we'll seek to get confirmation from speakers and lock in the schedule. You can start submitting your proposals at cfp.goruco.com <http://cfp.goruco.com/events/2017>. If you have questions, please email propos...@goruco.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
