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Call for paper

The call for papers is running until Jan 12, 2019! This is your chance to tell your story, share best practices or present your ideas on technical communication. Submit your proposal for a workshop session or presentation here.

Conference Topics

  • TC Trends and NextGen Content

AI/Chatbot;

Natural Language Processing/Machine Learning;

Knowledge graph;

AR/VR/MR

  • Information Development/Content

User scenario-based writing;

Structured authoring/content reuse;

DITA/S1000D/ATA2000;

Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM);

User assistance;

API documentation; Markdown;

DevOps;

Information acquisition, aggregation and syndication (from data-generated content);

Service information delivery

  • Managing Technical Communication

Quality assurance of content deliverables;

Content management;

Managing personnel and tools in TC processes;

Time and cost management;

Organization of Information development processes;

Information development in agile environment;

Managing vendors

  • Content Strategy/Content Experience/Content Marketing

User journey research;

Taxonomy;

Information Architecture;

User Generated Contents (UGC);

How can technical content improve SEO?

Where does user documentation fit into content Marketing?

  • Globalization and Localization

Terminology management;

Unified process of content development and translation;

Translation Memory Systems and processes;

Neural machine translation (NMT) and post-editing

  • Career Development

TC competence framework;

Training TC talents;

TC courses in universities

  • Others

Any topic that is related to enterprise Content.

Target Audience

The conference is targeted at professionals in the field of technical communication who are eager to learn and share their knowledge about the latest industry trends. We expect attendees from a large spectrum of professional backgrounds ranging from technical writers, information designers, technical communication managers to content architects, and many more.

How to Submit Your Proposal?

Follow this link to submit your proposal for a workshop session or presentation. Please use the following guidelines when submitting a proposal:

  •  Indicate whether you are proposing a presentation or a workshop.
  • Only topics directly related to the theme of the conference will be considered (including workshops).
  • Submissions for topic and presentation must be new material, not previously presented.
  • Be specific: Provide a detailed explanation, including the format of the topic, points covered and visual presentation.
  • Include a list of take-aways attendees will receive from the presentation.
  • Sales presentations will not be considered.
  • Describe the interactive component of the proposed workshop.
  • Tool-focused workshop proposals will not be considered.
  • Workshops can teach how to do something, develop a use case, or present a practical application of concepts, and must engage participants in hands-on exercises.
  • Individual proposals are accepted. Partner presentations may be accepted on request.

Evaluation of The Papers Submitted

Papers will be selected by an advisory board that consists of local and international experts in the field of technical communication. If you have any questions, please contact y.tang@tekom.de.