Speakers

Submit or revise an abstract

The speaker dashboard is the starting point for new abstracts and for revisions requested by the organizers.

1. Open Speaker Dashboard.
2. Choose the action to submit a new abstract or open an existing draft or submission.
3. Enter the title, short description, full description, preferred session type, track, topic tags, level, duration, and any scheduling constraints. Aim for 75-150 words in the full abstract.
4. Add co-presenters when needed.
5. Submit the abstract and watch the dashboard or inbox for organizer feedback.
6. When a revision is requested, reopen the abstract from the dashboard, update the requested fields, and resubmit.

Review the preliminary agenda

The organizers can privately share a coherent draft schedule with linked scheduled speakers before publishing it to attendees.

1. Open the preliminary-agenda email and review its consolidated list of all sessions assigned to your account.
2. Sign in with the linked speaker account, then open Review preliminary agenda from the email or Speaker Dashboard.
3. Review every row marked Your session, including the date, start and end time, and room or TBD.
4. Use the complete agenda around your highlighted sessions to check travel between rooms, overlaps, dependencies, and other timing concerns.
5. Reply to the review email with any requested changes, observing the response deadline when one is shown.
6. Return to the preliminary agenda after an updated-schedule email; it always reflects the latest schedule available for review.

Notes

• The preliminary agenda is read-only, online-only, and visible only to linked users who currently have an accepted scheduled session.
• Each linked primary speaker and co-presenter receives their own email containing all sessions assigned to that account.
• If you are listed only by name and cannot open the review, ask the organizers to link the correct account.
• Times and rooms may change until the agenda is published. Attendee agenda actions and session chats are not available from the preliminary view.

Prepare for material requests

Material upload is not open right now, but accepted speakers can still use the dashboard to track what organizers will need.

1. Open Speaker Dashboard.
2. Review accepted sessions and organizer notes.
3. Prepare slides and supporting files outside the app.
4. Return when upload opens or when organizers send a request.

Notes

• Publication preferences control what may appear in the post-event archive after organizer review.

Create or use a session chat

Session chats are speaker-created open groups for registered attendees who want to discuss a session before, during, or after it happens.

1. Open Speaker Dashboard after the agenda has been published.
2. Find the session and choose the chat balloon action.
3. Publish your networking profile first if the app asks for it.
4. Create or reopen the session chat.
5. Use Networking for the actual chat conversation.

Notes

• Any registered attendee with networking access can join the session chat.
• Use the chat to tune the session to audience interests, collect questions during the presentation, or continue discussion after the session.
• Co-speakers with published networking profiles are included.
• Registered attendees who add the session to their agenda can be added automatically.
• After the event is archived, the current session speakers or BoF organizer may receive a transcript of the chat.