Call for Speakers

Are you an industry expert, thought leader or passionate content development professional willing to share your experiences, insights and knowledge with colleagues and peers? CIDM is now accepting proposals for ConVEx San Jose, taking place April 7-9, 2025 at the San Jose Marriott hotel!

ConVEx San Jose invites content professionals from all business areas to collaborate on ways to meet their customer’s information needs throughout the entire customer journey, from research and purchase decisions, through installation and training, to troubleshooting and innovating. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Integration of Artificial Intelligence Technologies
  • Information development
  • Content Reuse
  • Cross-silo collaboration
  • User personas, empathy maps, and journey maps
  • Unified content strategy
  • Enterprise-wide taxonomy, SEO, and metadata strategies
  • User experience design
  • CCMS Implementation
  • Microcontent
  • Visual presentation of content (images, animations, video, virtual reality)
  • Writing and editing best practices

ConVEx San Jose is also looking for passionate DITA authorities and specialists to share their enthusiasm, expertise, and experience in any of the following areas:

  • Making the business case for DITA
  • Incorporating DITA into your content strategy
  • Adopting DITA, Markdown, or other XML structures
  • Constraining and specializing DITA
  • Maximizing content reuse with DITA
  • Localizing DITA content
  • Combining DITA with other standards and technologies
  • Publishing DITA maps and topics
  • Managing your DITA content
  • Expanding DITA into other departments
Presentations appealing to all levels of attendees, from novice to advanced, are welcome.

Presenters who are selected receive a complimentary conference registration (limited to 1 main speaker, per session).

Co-presenters and Panelists who are selected receive a substantial discount off of the full price registration. Note that panels do not include a “main” presenter and all panelists are considered co-presenters. Each will register at the discounted rate.

At ConVEx San Jose we require that all presenters be on-site and in-person.

The deadline to submit is October 1, 2024. By request, the Call for Speakers will remain open for a couple more days. If you’re interested in presenting, please submit today.

I agree that if my presentation is accepted for the conference that:

  • I will be able to participate in-person
  • I will be available to present – April 7-9, 2025 in San Jose, California
  • I will announce my participation and promote my session via social media channels
  • I understand that all Presenters/Co-Presenter(s) are required to stay at the San Jose Marriott hotel (local residents excluded)
  • The registration fee for Co-Presenters and all Panelists is $900.00 (USD)
  • I agree not to repeat the same presentation that I am giving at ConVEx San Jose at any meeting, conference, convention, seminar or other group gathering for 90 days before the Event and 90 days following the Event