Call for Participation

The call for participation for re:publica 2025 under the motto 'Generation XYZ' is open from 15 November 2024 to 15 January 2025. We look forward to receiving your entries!

Deadlines

The deadline for submissions to our general Call for Participation is 15 January 2025, after which all proposals you submit will enter the curation process. You can check the status of your entry in the Dashboard after logging in to the re:publica website.

We will inform you of the status of your entry at the end of February/beginning of March 2025.

Quick guide to participation

1. Create a profile on our website: https://re-publica.com/en/user/register
2. Activate the registration link and login to your account: https://re-publica.com/en/user/login
3. Go to your dashboard: https://re-publica.com/en/speaker-dashboard
4. Go to "Submit session" or "Click here for entry forms".
5. Select a festival area: "Conference" or "Off Stage".
6. Fill in the CfP form

Once saved, you can view and edit your submission in the Dashboard. The programme team will then also be able to see it. You can edit it at any time up until the CfP deadline. 

Detailed step-by-step instructions can be found further down this page.

CfP Guidelines 

Please read the CfP FAQs carefully.

• You will find answers to many of the questions you may have before, during or after submitting your proposal.

For us, this is what makes a good CfP entry:

• Relevance, being up to date, problem-solving, having a stance, opinionated: your submission should be convincing with a well thought-out concept and refer to the theme of freedom. re:publica participants and the programme team wish for content that deals with the challenges of our digital society, where we can learn something, be confronted with new perspectives and solutions, and be inspired. Or content that is simply fun. 

• We want content - not pitches! Societal matters, forward-looking developments and useful innovations deserve a stage and a real chance with us. However, advertising and bold self-promotion are excluded. This does not mean that our attendees are not interested in the latest digital products and services. If you would like to showcase your brand or development, please contact our partner management team. Together we will find ways to involve your company or organisation as a partner: partner@re-publica.com 

We want to provide space for different perspectives and reflect diversity: That is why place prime importance on gender equality. We also aim to include perspectives from diverse backgrounds, age groups, religions, beliefs, sexual orientations and disabilities. Other aspects of diversity are also relevant, such as education, social status, marital status and income.

As part of the CfP you choose a festival area:

Conference

The re:publica conference programme includes all formats taking place on our stages: From panel discussions to talks to interactive roundtables.

Off Stage

Installations, video art, games, performances or whatever else you can think of to play on the site off the stages and help shape our supporting programme. We look forward to great, ideally interactive formats.

Decide on a session format from your respective festival area:

Conference

Talk

Talk on a specific topic.

1-2 speakers
30min / 60min incl. short Q&A

Lightning Talk

Short presentation providing insight into a topic, initiative or project and its background. 

1 speaker
15 min + 15 min Q&A

Conversation

Dispute or dialogue, without host / moderation

2-3 speakers
45 min + 15 Q&A

Meet Up

Open format, casual get-together of the re:publica community with common area(s) of interest.

max. 2 submitters/organisers
60 min

Panel

Moderated discussion, giving an overview of various points of view and bundling knowledge.

2-3 speakers, 1 moderator/facilitator
45 min + 15 Q&A

Speak up!

Format offering a high level of interaction with participants: Fishbowl discussion, World Café, Speed Geeking 

2-4 Sprecher*innen, 1 Moderator*in
60 min

Workshop

Participants are actively engaged, practical activities are taught and/ or carried out. Important: if participatory, but purely discursive format, please submit as ‘Speak up!’ (e.g. fishbowl discussion)

1-2 workshop leaders
60 or 120 mins

Off Stage

Installations

Larger, ideally interactive, works and projects that relate to the conference theme or have a stand-alone impact, adding value to the festival through relevance and on a current topic

upon consultation
permanently installed throughout the festival

Games

(Digital) games: fun, strategy or art, creative and/or critical. You developed a game? Share it with us! 

upon consultation
permanently installed throughout the festival or several times a day/1-3 festival days

Performance/Intervention

Off-stage action that actively involves the space and/or audience to create new perspectives and experiences through unexpected or interactive elements

upon consultation
may take place several times a day

Video Art

Audiovisual works that can be looped in the setting of a chill & screening area (sound via headphones)

upon consultation
as a loop throughout the festival

DIY

Presentation of your DIY /Maker project

1-2 makers, Possibility to participate or remake
1-3 Festival Days

Special format

We`re all ears if you have something else to suggest. Audio walk, yoga, meditation, DJ, music or something else entirely? Fire away!

Then select a category (track) that matches your session:

• Politics & Society
• Education & Learning
• Media & Public Spheres
• Science & Technology
• Economy & Innovation
• Arts & Culture

Find out more about our tracks.

Step-by-step guide for profile registration and submission to the CfP

Step 1: Profile registration

a) If you already have a profile

• Login with your profile name or your registered email address: https://re-publica.com/en/user/login
• Update your profile if necessary.

b) If you are not yet registered 

• Create your profile: https://re-publica.com/en/user/register
• Enter a working email address.
• Choose a profile name (we recommend a combination of first and last name).
• Click on "Create a new account" and follow the instructions in the welcome message.
• Activate the link in your email and click 'Register'.
• Complete your profile, including the mandatory fields.
• Save your information.

Step 2: Navigation after login

• After logging in, you will be taken to the "Dashboard". https://re-publica.com/en/speaker-dashboard
• In the dashboard, you can find information about the CfP, read the CfP guidelines and access the FAQs.
• You can also directly create a session or request support.

Step 3: Submit session

• Click on 'Submit session' in the tab or 'Click here for entry forms' in the dashboard.
• Select the festival area for your idea and click 'Submit session'.
• Fill in the CfP form, especially the mandatory fields with a red asterisk (*).
• Fill in all the required information such as title, abstract, description, tracks, format, language, speakers, moderator, experience, duration, comments and technical details.
• Confirm that you have read the CfP guidelines.
• Click “Save” to save your session.

Step 4: Add contributors

• If your session has multiple contributors, they will need to each create a profile and enter their profile name.
• In the CfP form, under "Participants", click "Add another item" and add the profile names.

Step 5: Log out

• Finally, log out.

Please note that the session must be completed by the CfP deadline of 15 January 2025. Until then, you can log in and make changes at any time. Please use the following link: https://re-publica.com/en/user/login

Good luck with your entry!

Your final CfP checklist

 I have created and completed my profile on re-publica.com.

 I have chosen a festival area (conference or off stage) and a programme category (track).

  I know the possible formats (talk, workshop, performance, etc.) and have chosen the one that suits my submission.

 I have read, understood and confirmed the CfP guidelines.

  All contributors have been invited, informed and confirmed.

You are ready - we look forward to your entry!