Submit a workshop proposal

The Call for Participation will close for talks & workshops on Thursday 25th April.

You will still be able to submit installations, performances and youth workshops after this date

What we're looking for

At previous events we've had workshops on everything from camera building to paper circuits, deep learning to yarn making, virtual reality to bookbinding, and cocktail making to sim-card hacking. Anything goes!

If you're enthusiastic about it, we are too! You don't need to be a professional or an expert to lead a workshop.

What it's like

We'll give you one of our workshop tents for up to four hours to give a workshop on any subject. Each workshop seats 30 people and comes equipped with a screen and speakers – we can also provide some equipment (such as soldering irons) on request.

We plan to operate an online sign-up system for workshops this year, with some tickets held back until closer to the start of the session, and a small queue for spaces left by no-shows. The workshops are always extremely popular and usually oversubscribed, and we hope this will prevent long queues and allow people to plan their day.

Before the event our Speaker Operations team will ensure we can host your workshop. During the event they'll assist you with setup, as well as advising you on how best to run the workshop.

If your workshop doesn't fit well in our workshop spaces we will put you in touch with one of the Villages who may have more suitable facilities, and can publish your workshop in the schedule.

Selection

After you submit a proposal, it will be reviewed anonymously by a diverse selection panel. Learn more about the selection process.

Your details

Please log in if you've already bought a ticket (or had one transferred to you). We will use this address for any questions about your proposal.

About your workshop

The title and description of your workshop will be made public. You'll be able to tweak these later, but please provide as much detail as you can so we can review your submission.

We will anonymise these fields before sending them to our reviewers, so please try to avoid including personally identifiable information.

More details

We'll use these details to help us schedule your workshop.

Please let us know if you need a sound system or projector, or any other equipment you will not be able to easily bring yourself, such as soldering irons.

If accepted, how much notice do you need? We'll try and give you as much time as we can.

Attendees

Our workshop tents can accommodate 10-50 attendees per session; if your workshop is smaller than that, you don't need to use the Call for Participation, but feel free to drop us an email instead.

If volunteers would help you increase capacity, please say so.

Please ensure you will have enough kits or equipment to go round.

We're happy to advise on submissions before they are reviewed. We don't consider lack of experience a problem and we welcome those who haven't given talks before.
Funding

We have some budget to subsidise travel within the UK for those who could not otherwise afford it. We also have some funds available for up-front costs for workshops, for example, to build kits for attendees.