Call for Papers

What are we looking for?

/NEW is a technology conference being held in Newcastle on May 15 and 16, 2024. /NEW is run by technology professionals for technology professionals. It aims to highlight and celebrate the wide variety of technical expertise available locally and across Australia.

For /NEW_24, we’ve designed the schedule to accommodate 20-minute and 45-minute talks. The topics you can present are as varied as the local technology community; if you love it and think other technology professionals will too, feel free to present it as your topic.

We’re welcoming talks by everyone, from first-time speakers to seasoned professionals. We know passionate people give the best talks and build the best atmosphere, so we want you to bring your whole self to present

Along with a variety of topics, we’re also after a variety of difficulty levels for talks. Our aim for the conference is to have something everyone can learn from. There are spaces for entry-level topics approachable to all audiences and deep, expert-level talks from domain experts. If you want to get more interactive with your audience, we’ve also catered for that; we’ll be running interactive sessions in a brand-new third room, so feel free to submit for that as well.

The Call for Papers closes at midnight on 31st December 2023. To give all submissions an equal chance, we will review papers after the deadline closes. You can expect to hear from us by the 31st of January, 2024. If you have any questions in the meantime or need to amend your submission, please reach out to [email protected]

Ready to submit?

While our range is broad, if you are looking for some inspiration for talk topics, we have some example areas that we’d be interested in hearing talks on;