Some conferences have a 3-4 month lead time for speaker pitches, which may mean that you’ll miss your opportunity if you aren't extremely proactive. Look for conferences that align with those topics by looking at the agenda for previous events.
Conferences: Almost every conference accepts pitches to help shape the agenda or speak on a chosen panel. The biggest hurdle in startups or new businesses is the risk of trying to sell or market something no one wants to buy.
SES Program Team is currently accepting pitches for new and compelling sessions
that have not already appeared on the SES agenda. Deadline for pitching to
speak: We are not yet accepting speaker
pitches.
Due to the limited number of time
slots, proposals for new sessions are already closed, but we're now
eagerly anticipating your pitches and proposals to participate in the
announced sessions listed on the SES Toronto Conference Agenda here.
Though we have closed the submissions for new sessions, the San Jose agenda will be posted on or about June 15th, so you'll have 2 more weeks after that to get your pitches in for the posted sessions.
Deadline for new session pitches: May 31, 2008. Deadline for speaker pitches: June 15, 2008. We will be posting the conference agenda shortly, but there is still plenty of time to get your submissions in (i.e.sessions marked “late breaking topic...
Originally, I was going to open up pitches for new session for SES San Jose
as of June 18. However, I do have plenty
of new session pitches already that I couldn't use for the SES NY show. Please
see the full agenda development timeline
here.
Please read it carefully before pitching me on a panel - I'm not accepting pitches until I post openings next month. I've completed the agenda for our London SES show, happening May 31 - June 2. We've expanded the show to three days, and there are...
No pitches yet, please, but you're welcome to read our guidelines for speaking at SES if interested. I've posted the agenda for SES Toronto, which is shaping up to be a great show. Conference dates are April 25 and 26.
As director of business development for Yahoo Search, Joel's had plenty of bad pitches but also doesn't want to miss out on a good idea pitched the wrong way. The entire agenda is now available online, and the show offers over 60 different sessions.
As director of business development for Yahoo Search, Joel's had plenty
of bad pitches but also doesn't want to miss out on a good idea pitched the
wrong way. We put the session on the agenda for SES San Jose, but I couldn't get
any of the other...
That page also covers when I'm accepting speaking pitches. I'd hoped to have the SES Chicago agenda ready by this date, but that won't
happen until next week. I've posted a revised timeline
here. At this time, I'm no
longer taking suggestions for...
Speak page that covers my current timing on getting pitches and how to pitch for actual openings I will have. The agenda for the next Search Engine Strategies show in San Jose this August 8-11 is now live on the SES San Jose 2005
web site.
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I suspect not -- no is the answer I always get, every time I follow up on these type of product pitches. Brief information for London is also available, and you can sign-up to be notified for when the agenda is ready.