Calls for speakers closing in November and December 2026

These calls for speakers close between November 6 and December 11, 2026, for events that run from January to October 2027. Each deadline below is the one on the organizer’s call page. After the list, the page covers how to pick a call, write the abstract, and turn an accepted talk into meetings and pipeline you can report.

Calls for speakers closing in November and December 2026

The first 2 deadlines fall on Friday, November 6. The EMEA High Security Printing call closes on November 27, the day after US Thanksgiving, so submit before the holiday week.

November 2026

Calls closing in November

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

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62

7

8

91

101

11

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161

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202

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26

271

28

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30

1. Fri

   Nov 6
   Southeast Recycling Conference, EWPTE 2027
2. Mon

   Nov 9
   AMCP Nexus 2027
3. Tue

   Nov 10
   GBTA Canada 2027
4. Mon

   Nov 16
   FOSDEM 2027
5. Fri

   Nov 20
   Après-Cyber Slopes Summit, CIM Convention 2027
6. Fri

   Nov 27
   EMEA High Security Printing

• Fri, November 6, 2026: Southeast Recycling Conference, EWPTE 2027
• Mon, November 9, 2026: AMCP Nexus 2027
• Tue, November 10, 2026: GBTA Canada 2027
• Mon, November 16, 2026: FOSDEM 2027
• Fri, November 20, 2026: Après-Cyber Slopes Summit, CIM Convention 2027
• Fri, November 27, 2026: EMEA High Security Printing

December 2026

Calls closing in December

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Mon

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Wed

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5

61

7

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91

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111

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1. Sun

   Dec 6
   The smarter E India Conference
2. Wed

   Dec 9
   EspañaSec Cyber Summit 2027
3. Fri

   Dec 11
   Regulating the Game 2027

• Sun, December 6, 2026: The smarter E India Conference
• Wed, December 9, 2026: EspañaSec Cyber Summit 2027
• Fri, December 11, 2026: Regulating the Game 2027

How far ahead each call closes

The gap between the deadline and the event decides when an accepted talk starts to pay off. EspañaSec turns around in 62 days. AMCP Nexus closes almost a year before its October 2027 meeting.

1. AMCP Nexus 2027343 days
2. EWPTE 2027179 days
3. CIM Convention 2027163 days
4. GBTA Canada 2027160 days
5. Southeast Recycling Conference102 days
6. Après-Cyber Slopes Summit96 days
7. EMEA High Security Printing94 days
8. The smarter E India Conference93 days
9. Regulating the Game 202787 days
10. FOSDEM 202775 days
11. EspañaSec Cyber Summit 202762 days

Half of the calls for 2026 events in our catalog closed within 100 days of the event, across 1,133 events with a published deadline. The 458 calls for 2027 events in the catalog close a median 179 days ahead, because the events that plan furthest out open their calls first. If you wait for a 3-month window, you miss those. The 2027 event calendar report has the full spread by lead time.

Where speaking fits in your event program

You can show up at a third-party event 4 ways: attend with passes, take a booth, buy a bigger sponsorship, or speak. Speaking sits at the top because the audience chose your session and your speaker leaves with a reason to follow up.

Know which kind of stage time a page is offering:

Commercial conferences fill much of their stage time through sponsorship packages. Community and association events, like FOSDEM or the CIM and AMCP meetings on this list, select almost entirely from open calls. Marketers we interviewed value a sponsored session about as highly as a booth, and say the most leads arrive in the minutes after the session ends.

The speaking job, step by step

On this list, a talk takes 2 to 12 months from abstract to the first meetings. These are the steps event and field marketing teams run, with the owner for each.

Workflow

From abstract to pipeline

1. 1Pick the call
   Match open calls to the events your buyers attend and set a deadline alert.
   6 to 9 months out
2. 2Line up the speaker
   Choose the practitioner or customer, and start any approvals they need.
   Before you write
3. 3Write and submit
   Title, abstract, outline, bio and photo, in the format the call asks for.
   Deadline week
4. 4Promote to target accounts
   Use the session as the reason to write to the accounts you want in the room.
   4 to 6 weeks out
5. 5Give the talk, book the hallway
   Meet people after the session and capture each conversation with a note.
   Event day
6. 6Follow up and attribute
   Send the slides, book next steps, and log the talk as a campaign touch in the CRM.
   Within 48 hours

1. Step 1, Pick the call (6 to 9 months out): Match open calls to the events your buyers attend and set a deadline alert.
2. Step 2, Line up the speaker (Before you write): Choose the practitioner or customer, and start any approvals they need.
3. Step 3, Write and submit (Deadline week): Title, abstract, outline, bio and photo, in the format the call asks for.
4. Step 4, Promote to target accounts (4 to 6 weeks out): Use the session as the reason to write to the accounts you want in the room.
5. Step 5, Give the talk, book the hallway (Event day): Meet people after the session and capture each conversation with a note.
6. Step 6, Follow up and attribute (Within 48 hours): Send the slides, book next steps, and log the talk as a campaign touch in the CRM.

1. Pick the calls worth answering

Start from your event plan. List the events where your buyers already go, then check which of them run an open call and when it closes. A talk at an event your buyers skip produces no meetings.

Filter on 3 questions:

• Is the audience your buyer? Read last year’s agenda and speaker list. If the speakers are your buyers’ peers, the audience is too.
• Is the slot open or sold? A page that lists “speaking opportunities” next to sponsorship tiers is selling them.
• Can you meet the deadline with a good abstract? If not, aim for next year’s call.

The call for speakers directory sorts open calls by deadline, and each event page links the organizer’s call page.

2. Line up the speaker before you write

Program committees at technical events favor practitioners: engineers, product leaders and customers who did the work. Submissions from sales or marketing titles tend to read as pitches.

A customer co-speaker makes the strongest abstract, and also the slowest. Customer speakers often need legal and communications approval, which can take months, so ask before you draft.

For panels, organizers look for a mix of recognized companies at director or VP level. Past speakers at the events you target make a good list of people to invite.

3. Write the abstract the committee wants to accept

Reviewers compare many abstracts for the same few slots. The ones that get picked say what the audience will be able to do after the session, and show the speaker has done it.

Checklist

Abstract checklist

• A title that names the outcomeWhat the room will learn, in plain words.
• The problem in the audience's termsOne or two sentences they would recognize from their own week.
• What you did and what happenedThe work you did, with numbers you are allowed to share.
• 3 takeawaysEach one usable on Monday.
• An outline with timingsShows the session fits the slot.
• Speaker bio and photoWritten for this audience, in the third person.
• The track or format the call listsTalk, panel, workshop or lightning session.
• A product mention only where it explains the workCommittees reject sales pitches.

4. Submit and track every call in one place

Keep one sheet for the year’s calls: event, deadline, speaker, abstract version, status, notification date and the CRM campaign. EWPTE publishes its notification date: December 7, 2026.

5. Promote the talk to the accounts you want in the room

An accepted talk gives your outreach a subject the reader already cares about. Write about the session itself and give the reader a reason to reply.

1. Pull the attendee or registrant list as soon as the organizer releases it, and rank it against your ICP.
2. Write to target accounts 4 to 6 weeks out with the session title, time and room, from the speaker or the rep who owns the account.
3. Ask for a question to answer on stage. It starts a thread and tells you who plans to come.
4. Book meetings around the slot, before and after it, so the speaker is not the only person working the room.

The event outreach framework has the email sequence and timings, and event attendee lists to sales meetings covers working the list.

6. Capture the hallway after the session

The conversations right after a talk are the warmest of the event. Have a second person from your team near the door to capture each one: name, account, the question they asked and the next step. Luminik’s event capture puts the note on the record before the next person walks up.

7. Follow up and record the talk in your CRM

Send the slides and the answer to each question within 48 hours. Then make the talk visible in reporting:

• Create a campaign for the session, or a child campaign under the event campaign.
• Use member statuses such as invited, registered for session, attended session and met after session.
• Associate the contacts you met with their open opportunities, so the talk counts as an influenced touch.

Event attribution models explains how sourced and influenced pipeline are counted, and post-event attribution shows how Luminik writes those fields to the Opportunity or Deal.

What each call asks for

If your talk is not accepted

A rejection still leaves you with a written abstract and a list of the people who will be in the room. Reuse both:

• Ask the organizer for reviewer feedback and resubmit next year, earlier.
• Offer the talk as a webinar or a short article for the same audience.
• Host a breakfast or roundtable near the venue on the same theme, and invite the accounts you wanted to reach.
• Ask about sponsored sessions if the event is central to your plan.

Call for speakers FAQ

What is a call for speakers?

A call for speakers, also called a call for papers, call for proposals, call for abstracts or CFP, is the window an organizer opens to collect session proposals for an upcoming event. It has a deadline, a submission format and a review process.

Which calls for speakers close in November and December 2026?

Among calls checked on each organizer's page: the Southeast Recycling Conference and EWPTE 2027 (November 6), AMCP Nexus 2027 (November 9), GBTA Canada 2027 (November 10), FOSDEM 2027 (November 16), the Après-Cyber Slopes Summit and CIM Convention 2027 (November 20), the EMEA High Security Printing Conference (November 27), The smarter E India Conference (December 6), EspañaSec Cyber Summit 2027 (December 9) and Regulating the Game 2027 (December 11).

How far ahead of the event do calls for speakers close?

The calls on this list close between 62 and 343 days before their events. Across 2026 events with a published deadline in the Luminik catalog, half of the calls closed within 100 days of the event.

Do you have to pay to speak at a conference?

Open calls for speakers are free to enter, and the organizer picks talks on merit. Many commercial conferences also sell speaking slots and panel seats inside sponsorship packages, so check which kind of slot a page is offering before you plan around it.

Where can I find more open calls for speakers?

The Luminik call for speakers directory lists open calls from the event catalog, sorted by deadline, with a link to each organizer's call page.