SkeptiCamp 2026 Application

Please read the notes below then confirm you have understood them, and will follow the documented guidelines.

We get more talk submissions that we have slots for. As such, we have to decline some requests to speak. So you should be aware that your submission here does not guarantee you a slot.

We plan to let you know whether you have been confirmed or declined shortly after closing our call for speakers on Friday the 28th of August. As such, you will know if your application has been successful at some point in the following week.

If successful:

• Your talk should last a maximum of ten minutes. There will be a timer running and the hosting team will stop proceedings if you run over in order to ensure the smooth running of the event. We strongly recommend that you rehearse and time your talk several times before the day of the event in order to avoid being cut off.
• We will ask you (by email) for a headshot picture that we can use for our slides on the day, and for any promotions we do in advance of SkeptiCamp.
• We will also ask for your phone number so that we can attempt to contact you on the day if you’re not in the room around the time of your designated speaking slot. It will be stored in our private planning sheet, will not be used for any other purpose, and will be deleted after the event.
• The deadline for submitting your final presentation deck to us will be Friday 10th of October. Your slides should be in PowerPoint format with 16:9 ratio.
• We would prefer if you didn’t have any audio/video content in your slides. If you think you absolutely require this please add some comments to let us know so that we can discuss and make special arrangements.
• Details about the method of delivery and creating slides that are as accessible as possible will be given to speakers when the schedule has been finalised.
• We plan to do a live broadcast of all the SkeptiCamp talks. Your submission of this form constitutes an agreement for us to do so.
• We will also release the recording of your talk on both our YouTube channel and our Podcast. Your submission of this form constitutes an agreement for us to do so.
• The statement we have about online safety here https://sitp.online/online-safety/ also applies to the environment we would like to create face-to-face at SkeptiCamp. As a speaker, we expect that the content of your talk will stay within these boundaries.