Call For Proposals (CFP)

Please review the details on this page for instructions on submitting a talk. When you are ready to submit your proposal, please click on the “SUBMIT A PROPOSAL” button below. The deadline to submit your proposal is Friday, July 12, 11:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time.

For any questions regarding the CFP process, please email speakers@riscv.org.

Reminder: This is a community conference — so no product and/or vendor sales pitches.

Please be aware that the RISC-V International will now be utilizing Sessionize for CFP submissions. Sessionize is a cloud-based event content management software designed to be intuitive and user-friendly. If you need guidance, please review how to submit your session for an event to see step-by-step instructions and helpful screenshots..

• CFP Closes: Sunday, July 14, 11:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time
• CFP Notifications: Tuesday, August 13
• Schedule Announcement: Wednesday, August 14
• Mandatory Slide Submission: Friday, September 27
• Event Dates: Tuesday, October 22 – Wednesday, October 23

• Technical
  • ISA and Related (SAIL, ACT)
  • Systems and Software (SOC, Tools, Apps, Operating Systems, Firmware, Toolchain, Language Runtime, Developer Tools, etc.)
  • Security
• Markets
  • AI/ML
  • HPC and Data Center
  • Automotive
  • Embedded/IoT (including Device Boards, Sensors, etc.)
  • Mobile/Wireless/Networking
  • Solutions Focused Case Studies
  • Software and Ecosystem
  • Consumer
  • Aerospace
  • Other

Reminder: This is a community conference — so no product and/or vendor sales pitches.

Types of Submissions:

• Session Presentation – 20 minutes
• Deep Dive Presentation – 40 minutes
• Panel Discussion – 40 minutes
• Poster Session

• Any hardware, platforms, tools, services, or products you are presenting need to be based on or supporting RISC-V open standards or collaboration processes. If you are sharing your “How” you developed a product or technology, please highlight any contributions and/or benefits from the use of open source and open collaboration software, hardware, and processes. Avoid sales or marketing pitches; these talks will be rejected due to the fact that they take away from the integrity of our events, and are rarely well-received by conference attendees. The RISC-V Summit covers a broad spectrum of activities including academic, research, commercial, open-source, and proprietary – all abstract submissions are considered on a merit and non-discrimination basis by the technical program committee made up of representatives across the full RISC-V community.
• RISC-V International is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for participants at all of our events. All presenters will be required to review and follow our Code of Conduct.  We also highly recommend speakers take our Inclusive Speaker Orientation Course.
• You will be asked to select the “Track” in which you’d like to submit – Technical or Industry. Each proposal may be submitted to only one track, so please review all carefully before making your selection. We understand some proposals could potentially fit into multiple topic areas. Don’t worry, our program chairs are working together to move proposals around as needed for additional review.
• Panel submissions must include the confirmed names of all panelists and moderators in the initial submission to be considered. In addition, RISC-V International does not accept submissions with all-male panels in an effort to increase speaker diversity.
• Complimentary Passes For Speakers – One complimentary pass for the event will be provided for the accepted primary and co-speaker per submission.  For panel sessions, all panelists will receive a complimentary pass.
• There is a maximum of two speakers for sessions (except panels, which have a maximum of 4 speakers + 1 moderator). 
• Mandatory Slide Submission: All speakers are required to submit a copy of their slide deck by 11:59 PM PDT on Friday, September 27. Slides will be reviewed and approved by the RISC-V team or respective committee.

Preparing to Submit Your Proposal

While it is not our intention to provide you with strict instructions on how to prepare your proposal, we hope you will take a moment to review the following guidelines that we have put together to help you prepare the best submission possible. To get started, here are four things that you should consider before submitting your proposal:

1. Is this a “how to” talk, telling the audience how something was/will be done, and not an overview of what you did?
2. What are the top two (2) things people will learn from this talk?
3. Why should YOU be the one to give this talk? You have a unique story. Tell it.

There are plenty of ways to give a presentation about projects and technologies without focusing on company-specific efforts. Remember the things to consider that we mentioned above when writing your proposal and think of ways to make it interesting for attendees while still letting you share your experiences, educate the community about an issue, or generate interest in a project.

Extended Abstract

You will be asked to submit an extended abstract on the proposal form. The Program Committee encourages you to be as detailed as possible. The guidelines are below:

Technical (2-5 Paragraphs Minimum)

• What is the “something” or “analysis” that you’ll be talking about?
• Please list the three to five (3-5) things that your audience will learn from your presentation.
• What, if any, novel thing(s) are described in the presentation? 
• Technology type and status: What is the status of the technology? Is the technology you discuss in your presentation available today? And if not, when will it be available?
• Mapping: Most of your presentation should discuss topics related to RISC-V. It’s okay to explain how an architecture-independent technology was mapped to RISC-V, but please describe what non-obvious RISC-V aspects of the mapping your presentation discusses.
• Key Conclusions: this could be results, a cost-benefit analysis, or even questions left to be decided in the future. What is the key conclusion of your talk?

Industry (3-5 Paragraphs Minimum)

• The extended abstract should be a minimum, 3-5 paragraphs
• Demonstrate how RISC-V is addressing a customer need or gap
• The program committee is interested in hearing about use cases and customer successes, but please avoid blatant product pitches. 
• Please list the three to five (3-5) things that your audience will learn from your presentation.
• Key Conclusions: this could be results, a cost-benefit analysis, or even questions left to be decided in the future. What is the key conclusion of your talk?
• If your presentation has been presented elsewhere, please describe how you will tailor it to the event. This must be RISC-V related. Please note the program committee will prioritize new submissions.

First Time Submitting? Don’t Feel Intimidated

RISC-V events are an excellent way to get to know the community and share your ideas and the work that you are doing. You do not need to be a chief architect or long-time industry pundit to submit a proposal, in fact, we strongly encourage first-time speakers to submit talks for all of our events.

Our events are working conferences intended for professional networking and collaboration in the RISC-V community and we work closely with our attendees, sponsors and speakers to help keep RISC-V events professional, welcoming, and friendly. If you have any questions on how to submit a proposal or the event in general, please contact speakers@riscv.org.

CFP Questions?

If you have any questions regarding the CFP process, please contact us at speakers@riscv.org.

RISC-V International is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for participants at all of our events. All presenters will be required to review and follow our Code of Conduct.

We also highly recommend that speakers take our Inclusive Speaker Orientation Course.

Contact us at speakers@riscv.org.