Speaker Application Guidelines

How Are Sessions Selected?

Part of DPW’s mission is to provide superior content. We are aiming for a program filled with content that will be compelling, interesting, fresh, diverse, and actionable for attendees. We look for innovative formats, complete submissions, and unique perspectives. Submissions should not be repeats of presentations made elsewhere and it’s important to avoid sales pitches as they simply wont make it through the review process. Speaking experience is not a requirement nor an advantage.

How Do I Increase My Odds Of Getting Selected?

We always receive more submissions than we can accept for our annual conference. We seek to ensure the majority of our speakers and presentations are brand new for each conference. Well thought out, complete, unique submissions are rewarded. Intermediate to advanced content scores the best. Don’t shy away from controversy – this is a forum for industry discussion so debates and out-of-the-box thinking are welcome – our audience likes a challenge.

What Are The Main Reasons Sessions Don’t Get Selected?

The #1 reason is incomplete submissions – the session detail portion of the submission is the most important piece of the entire submission. Sales pitches are also extremely easy to spot and we are quick to eliminate them from consideration. We also get a lot of similar submissions and with the limited number of sessions we have, it’s important we choose the subjects and presenters that we think best address the topic. And remember: DPW2021 brings together a sophisticated, senior-level audience. Due to the high number of submissions we receive we won’t be selecting past presenters who’ve been poorly evaluated by attendees or basic sessions or topics.