Scala Days is the premier conference in the Scala community, so if your talk wasn't accepted, there's only one thing to do: try again next year, try harder, push the limits further, work harder to create an excellent proposal. And trust that you'll have more luck next time!
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We're competing at the top level for the most prestigious talks at the biggest conference with the biggest audience of the Scala calendar. It's no wonder that it's really competitive.
But I'm reasonably sure there's no bias towards sponsors as you suggest. The conference is organized by the Scala Center, not Lightbend this year. I submitted the best talk I could, about what I believe is a very exciting project; I'm a platinum sponsor, and it wasn't accepted.
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My submission was also rejected. Rejection is a natural part of any application process. Attributing blame to phantoms doesn't achieve anything when we don't know the accepted talks or acceptance criteria. All we can do is learn from it and try again next time
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If the bias comment is directed at me, I didn't mean that. My only point is I think it's pretty unfair to tell those who didn't get in, is cos they didn't try hard enough or their content isn't good enough. I think that's a real bad msg and can have a negative impact, where as
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...I'm sure you we're aiming for a positive one. Some people should, some people should aim for more appropriate conferences; the problem with internet and blanket statements is that you target both groups :) Also sorry to hear your gutted; I like your talks!
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http://scaladays.org looks strange: there are no list of accepted talks for the conference and, also, they have not placed a logo of your company on the page of sponsors
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Hi, we just sent speaker communication out on Monday, waiting for confirmations and changes before publishing the program next week. Please follow
@scaladays for latest updates.@propensive is our Platinum sponsor with@VirtusLab and their logo will be up soon. - Show replies
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