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Hello!

Thanks for your interest in speaking at Chicago Roboto! We’re a humble community gathering (in an awesome city) committed to keeping developers up to date on the latest and greatest in Android.

To do that, we need your help, ideas, skills, and passion!

If you are working in Android and have a topic the community can benefit from — developing/designing apps, building our community, building Android hardware or working with embedded devices, or using Android in education and research — we’d love for you to consider submitting a proposal to share and teach with the Android community.

The Basics

Conference dates: September 27-28, 2021.
Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm CST.
Speaker notifications will begin July 6th, 2021
Session length: 30 minutes.

Possible Topics

Android is such a ubiquitous platform that almost any topic can make for a great talk! We’re hoping to have two types of talks to cover a wide range of topics and skill levels.

Type 1: For budding Android developers (30 minutes)

We’ll feature a special track for Android developers who are just starting out, and we are looking for speakers to teach sessions targeted at the core skills of Android development. Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to be an expert to teach —fundamental classes like these it is often best to hear from someone who has just learned it.

Some topics that might be great for these beginner sessions:

Intent Fundamentals
Fragments
Layouts
Supporting multiple devices
Internet and background threads
Persistent Storage
Build Tools: Android Studio, Gradle and more
Useful Libraries
Android Best Practices, a.k.a. “Things I wish I knew when I first started developing for Android”

Remember, these are just possible suggestions and not an all-encompassing list. If you’ve got an idea for a good beginner talk, please submit a proposal!

Type 2: For experienced Android developers & the broader community (30 minutes)

We want to make sure we take care of experienced developers and our community in general as well. If you’ve tackled a complex problem lately, please share!

Some topics that might be great for these sessions:

User Interface: Custom Views, Animations, Navigation, etc.
Android Support Libraries
Material Design
Permissions and Security
App Architecture
Testing
Accessibility
Continuous Integration
Benchmarking Tools
Google Cast and Nearby APIs
Android TV, Wear, and Auto
IoT Devices and Platforms
Android for Work and the Enterprise
Game Development and Augmented Reality

We’d also like to encourage proposals that focus on our community as a whole. Things like:

Android community involvement
Professional / career growth and development
Teamwork and collaboration
Learning, teaching, sharing
And everything else awesome about our community!

Remember, these are just possible suggestions and not an all-encompassing list. If you’ve done something interesting, please do submit a proposal!

Submission Guidelines

Please submit as many proposals as you like, but we’ll only select a single proposal per speaker.
Reviewers will use the following selection criteria when voting on submissions:
- Technical — Does the content have technical substance (if applicable)?
- Relevant — Would the topic be interesting to a group of Android developers?
- For intermediate and advanced level talks, they will also look into:
  - Fresh — Is the information covered new or a new approach to a common problem?
  - Immersive — Does the proposal cover many aspects of the topic in-depth?

Speaker Reimbursements / Stipends

We want everyone to be able to come and speak, regardless of their financial situation. However, it would help us tremendously if you or your company can help cover any costs. We’re happy to list you or your employer as a sponsor to recognize your contribution.

Please let us know in your submission if that’s possible. Speakers/Companies who waive the speaker honorarium will be listed as sponsors.

$200 Honorarium

Thanks for reading. Now let’s get on with the submissions!