Call for Speakers

The Smart Country Convention is the leading digitalization event for the public sector and will take place from 15 - 17 October at the Messe Berlin Grounds. On five stages, experts will address current issues relating to smart cities, smart regions and e-government.

• Our Call for Speakers offers the opportunity to present forward-looking ideas and solutions to an expert audience from the federal government, federal states, local authorities and companies in the digital sector.
• Our Call for Speakers invites you to participate in the debate on mobility, cloud, energy and administration for sustainable and smart cities.
• Standard length of presentations will be 15 minutes.

Good reasons to become a speaker at #SCCON24

• More visibility for new, bold projects and ideas and greater involvement in the community
• Sharing professional knowledge, tools & methods within the community
• In-depth exchange and extensive networking with like-minded people

• Abstracts have to be submitted exclusively online via the application form.
• The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 31, 2024 (23:59 Berlin time, standard time zone: GMT/UTC + 01:00).
• The focus is on giving courageous and practical projects the attention they deserve. The Call for Speakers is therefore aimed at:
• • Professionals from all disciplines and all levels of the public sector
  • Researchers from universities, institutes and think tanks
• With this Call for Speakers, we are looking for practical contributions that stimulate discussion of the topic and enrich the knowledge of the participants. We kindly ask you to refrain from marketing presentations.

• The abstract is limited to a maximum of 1,000 characters incl. spaces
• The title should be short and meaningful (max. 100 characters incl. spaces)
• The abstract should outline the problem, describe the solution, explain the practical value and underline its relevance for the public sector.
• A strong focus and thus an important factor for abstract evaluation is the submission’s relevance to practical applications.

The topics

Submissions may cover the following topics, but are not limited to them:

• Cloud solutions and IT infrastructure
• Digital justice
• Digital participation and accessibility
• Digital administrative services
• Skilled workers and digital skills
• AI and data economy
• Municipal best practices
• Mobility & energy
• Sustainability
• State sovereignty and cyber security
• Transformation of procurement
• Networking technologies

Language

Papers can be submitted and presented in German and English.

• Political decision makers and policy makers
• Experts and specialists from the digitalization industry
• Executives and managers
• Scientists and researchers
• Start-ups and young companies

• The presenter is responsible for the content of the submission and its compliance with the European regulations regarding data protection, copyright and ethics. With the submission, the presenter also assures that he/she has all the necessary rights of use and exploitation (in particular copyright) to the content he/she has provided and is authorized to pass it on. He/she assures that the publication of the content does not violate any third-party rights and indemnifies Bitkom Servicegesellschaft mbH and Bitkom e.V. from third-party claims in this respect.
• With submission of an abstract, authors give their consent to publishing the submitted data in the conference programme, SCCON online platform and SCCON App as well as on the website .

• Our SCCON programme team will review and evaluate all submissions and make the decision
• Notifications of acceptance or refusal will be emailed to the presenters after the reviewing proces