Call for Papers

The Call for Papers (C4P) section is your discovery feed for speaking opportunities. It is at /dashboard/speaker/c4p and sub-pages. Two complementary surfaces live here:

• Open opportunities managed inside Emblema by Spaces.
• External opportunities suggested by the speaker community (you can suggest one yourself).

Browse opportunities

The main page shows the list of currently open C4Ps. Each entry includes:

• Event name and Space.
• Submission deadline.
• Topics / tags the organizers are looking for.
• Format (in-person, remote, hybrid) and location.
• Estimated audience size and language.
• A direct submission button for opportunities managed inside Emblema.

Filters at the top of the page:

• Upcoming vs Submitted vs All.
• By topic / tag.
• By format / location.

The "Submitted" filter is useful to quickly review the C4Ps where you already have an application in flight.

Submit a talk to a C4P

For C4Ps managed inside Emblema, click Submit on the opportunity detail page. The flow is the same as creating a manual application:

1. Pick a published talk from your catalog.
2. Optionally tweak the submission notes.
3. Confirm.

You will see the new application show up in /dashboard/speaker/applications in the Submitted state.

For C4Ps that link to an external form (Sessionize, Pretalx, Google Form…), the Submit button opens the external page in a new tab. Emblema cannot track the application status in that case — record the submission in your own notes if needed.

Suggest a new C4P

Did you spot a C4P that is not yet listed? You can suggest it to the community:

1. From /dashboard/speaker/c4p click Suggest a C4P.
2. Paste the public URL of the C4P announcement.
3. Submit.

Behind the scenes the platform uses an AI-assisted parser to extract:

• Event name, dates, location.
• Topics / tags.
• Submission deadline.
• Format and audience size.

A staff member or moderator reviews the parsed data and publishes the opportunity if it is a good fit. You will be notified once it is live.

Why moderation

Moderation keeps the feed signal-to-noise high. Spam, expired events, or C4Ps unrelated to tech communities are rejected.

Personalised recommendations

The opportunities list is sorted by relevance to your speaker profile. Emblema combines:

• The topics of the talks in your catalog.
• The languages and locations you marked as available.
• The format (remote / in-person) you accept.

You can override the sorting from the filter bar (e.g. sort by deadline).

Notifications

If you enable C4P notifications in /dashboard/settings, the platform sends you a notification (and optional email) whenever a new opportunity matches your topics. You can fine-tune the matching threshold from the same settings page.

Tips

• Submit early. Many C4Ps are reviewed on a rolling basis; talks submitted in the first 48 hours often have a higher acceptance rate.
• Match the topic, not just the title. Use the submission notes to explain how your talk fits the specific event focus.
• Track external submissions in your catalog notes. For C4Ps not managed inside Emblema, drop a note in the talk catalog to remember where you submitted what.