BOB Conference 2027 - Call for Contributions

“What happens when we use what’s best for a change?”

https://bobkonf.de/2027/cfc.html
Berlin, Feb 26
Deadline: November 2, 2026

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 chatbots, vibecoding, and agents
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.

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, …)

Submit here

Organisation

Direct questions to konferenz at bobkonf dot de
Proposal deadline: November 2, 2026
Notification: November 23, 2026
Program: November 30, 2026

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.