IT CFP List
A community-maintained list of IT conference Call For Papers with automated Twitter and Google Calendar updates.
What is IT CFP List?
IT CFP List is a community-maintained repository that aggregates Call For Papers (CFP) deadlines for IT conferences globally. It solves the problem of scattered CFP information by providing a single, updated source that is automatically syndicated to Twitter and Google Calendar. The project helps speakers discover opportunities and conference organizers increase visibility for their events.
IT professionals, developers, and community speakers looking for conference speaking opportunities, as well as conference organizers wanting to list their CFPs in a centralized directory.
Developers choose this over manual searching because it offers automated updates, community-driven accuracy, and integration with Twitter and Google Calendar for real-time tracking. Its open contribution model ensures comprehensive coverage of global IT events.
Overview
List of Call For Papers for IT conferences
Use Cases
Best For
- Finding upcoming IT conference speaking opportunities
- Tracking CFP deadlines automatically via Google Calendar
- Discovering niche IT conferences by keyword or location
- Contributing to a community-maintained open data project
- Researching IT event trends and popular topics
- Sharing CFP opportunities through automated Twitter updates
Not Ideal For
- Events requiring real-time, automated scraping of CFP deadlines from conference websites
- Non-IT conferences or events outside the technology industry
- Users needing advanced search, filtering, or personalized notification systems
Pros & Cons
Pros
New entries are automatically posted to Twitter and added to a public Google Calendar, ensuring wide visibility and easy tracking without manual updates.
Follows a strict commit naming schema (e.g., '<Conference name> (@TwitterHandle #TwitterTag) - <yyyy.mm.dd-dd> - <City>, <Country>'), which maintains uniformity and simplifies parsing for users and tools.
Maintained through public pull requests, allowing anyone to contribute missing conferences, which helps keep the list comprehensive and up-to-date through collective effort.
Includes a separate file for previous and finished CFPs, providing a reference for past events and trends in IT conference speaking opportunities.
Cons
Relies solely on community pull requests for new entries, which can lead to delays in adding CFPs or missing deadlines if contributors are not active or aware.
No integration with conference websites or automated scraping, so coverage depends entirely on manual submissions, potentially resulting in gaps for lesser-known or rapidly updating events.
The list is presented as a static Markdown table with no built-in interactive features like search, filtering, or API access, limiting usability for advanced queries or integration into other tools.
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