BOB Conference 2026 - Call for Contributions
“What happens when we use what’s best for a change?”
- https://bobkonf.de/2026/cfc.html
- Berlin, Mar 13
- Deadline: November 17, 2025
Looking for Speakers
You are actively engaged in advanced software engineering methods, solve ambitious problem with software and are open to cutting-edge innovation? Attend this conference, meet people that share your goals, and get to know the best software tools and technologies available today. We strive to offer a day full of new experiences and impressions that you can use to immediately improve your daily life as a software developer.
If you share our vision and want to contribute, submit a proposal for a talk or tutorial!
NOTE: The conference fee will be waived for presenters. Travel expenses will not be covered (for exceptions see “Speaker Grants”).
Topics
We are looking for talks about best-of-breed software technology, e.g.:
- functional programming
- persistent data structures and databases
- event-based modelling and architecture
- “fancy types” (dependent types, gradual typing, linear types, …)
- formal methods for correctness and robustness
- abstractions for concurrency and parallelism
- metaprogramming
- probabilistic programming
- math and programming
- controlled side effects
- program synthesis
- AI beyond vibecoding and chatbots
- linked data
- symbolic AI
- next-generation IDEs
- effective abstractions for data analytics
- … everything really that isn’t mainstream, but you think should be
- … including rough ideas that are worth discussing.
Presenters should provide the audience with information that is practically useful for software developers.
Challenges
Furthermore, we seek contributions on successful approaches for solving hard problems, for example:
- bias in machine-learning systems
- digital transformation in difficult settings
- accessibility
- systems with critical reliability requirements
- ecologically sustainable software development
We’re especially interested in experience reports.
Other topics are also relevant, e.g.:
- introductory talks on technical background
- overviews of a given field
- demos and how-tos
Requirements
We accept proposals for presentations of 45 minutes (40 minutes talk + 5 minutes questions), as well as 90 minute tutorials for beginners. The language of presentation should be either English or German.
Your proposal should include (in your presentation language of choice):
- An abstract of max. 1500 characters.
- A short bio/cv
- Contact information (including at least email address)
- A list of 3-5 concrete ideas of how your work can be applied in a developer’s daily life
- additional material (websites, blogs, slides, videos of past presentations, …)
Organisation
- Direct questions to
konferenz at bobkonf dot de - Proposal deadline: November 17, 2025
- Notification: December 5, 2025
- Program: December 12, 2025
Shepherding
The program committee offers shepherding to all speakers. Shepherding provides speakers assistance with preparing their sessions. Specifically:
- advice on structure and presentation
- review of talk slides
Speaker Grants
BOB has Speaker Grants available to support speakers from groups under-represented in technology. We specifically seek women speakers, speakers of color, and speakers who are not able to attend the conference for financial reasons.