| Deadline | What? | Contact |
| by May 18 | Submit your proposal. | Johanna Femppel events@tekom.org |
| by end of June | You will receive a formal confirmation email inviting you to speak at the conference. | |
| by July 6 | Upload your photo in my conference tool and check your announcement text as well as your CV. | |
| mid-July | The conference program will be published online without specifying timeslots. | |
| by July 15 | We will inform you of your timeslot via email. Please confirm it by July 22, 2026. No changes will be made after this date. You will receive the speaker agreement via email. Please review it carefully, sign it, and send it back to us. | |
| asap | Book your hotel room for the conference: In co-operation with Stuttgart-Marketing, we have set up a special contingent for you, with hotels in various price categories around Messe Stuttgart. You can book your hotel room here. | Stuttgart-Marketing hotels@stuttgart-tourist.de |
| August | You will receive your personal registration code by e-mail. Please redeem the code in "my conference tool". Please find here a short guide on how to redeem a registration code. | events@tekom.org |
| September | Please watch the webinars to prepare for your presentation. You can find the links to the respective recordings here.
| Johanna Femppel events@tekom.org |
| September 15 | All presentation rooms are equipped with standard technology (projector, screen, microphone if necessary, Wi-Fi/ AN, flipcharts + whiteboards in workshop rooms). We have published the technical equipment here. If you have any special requirements for conference technology, please inform me via email by September 15, 2026. | |
| October | Organising your journey: we have published information about your journey here. | |
| end of October | Mandatory participation in an online speakers' briefing, to prepare your presentation for the conference.
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| by November 6 |
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| Before the conference |
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| November 10 |
| We are here for you on-site! |
Our audience expects:
- Current topics
- Presentations with a practical focus, useful for daily work
- Objectivity – no marketing, no sales pitches
- Clear and logical structuring of the presentations
- Clear and understandable wording – please explain technical terms if necessary
- Fluent and captivating way of speaking
- Sufficient time for questions
- Competent answers to questions
Please follow the guidelines and adhere to the quality you have chosen, while preparing your presentation.
Target Group | Entry Condition | Content |
| Beginner | no previous experience required | basics, overview, introduction |
Advanced Student | previous experience necessary | extended basics |
Expert | extended knowledge | clear focus, details, give details about costs/ use, |
You can find more tips about how to prepare your presentation in the conference portal. After the conference we will be happy to publish your presentation on our tekom conference portal. Please upload your presentation as a ZIP or PDF file to the conference portal, preferably during or shortly before the conference.
Fee and reimbursementofexpenses
Unfortunatelly, we are unable to offer fee and reimbursement of expenses. But speakers can participate the conference free of charge if the following conditions are met:
- For presentations and meetups: one speaker (co-speakers receive free admission to the conference on the day of the presentation)
- For partner presentations, tutorials and workshops: two speakers
For panel discussions, debates, debates and showcases: all speakers on the day of the event
Workshop speakers receive an expense allowance of 150 Euro per workshop session. The invoice must be submitted at the latest one month after the event, addressed to tcworld GmbH.
Absence of a Speaker
- The confirmation of a presentation refers to the person, not the company. The "exchange" of a speaker is in principle not possible. If a speaker is unable to attend, we reserve the right to cancel the lecture without substitution.
- Please note that a cancellation at short notice without sufficient reason will not leave a good impression on the conference attendees or the members of the tekom conference advisory board (in case you would like to apply for future conferences).
If the speaker is unable to attend on the day of the event (e.g. due to illness), he needs to contact the organizers on site as soon as possible. Furthermore, he undertakes to support the search for a replacement speaker.