Open calls for speakers, with the closing dates

When you speak at a conference, the organiser usually creates a speaker page. This page carries your name, your bio, a link to your site, and the title of your talk. It is a public, permanent page on a relevant domain.

Answer engines like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity read these pages. When someone asks an AI about topics you cover, the model can cite that speaker page as a source of authority. This is an earned citation, one of the strongest signals in AI search. It is not a link you pay for or a profile you control. It is a third party validating your expertise on their site.

The value is not the audience in the room on the day, which may be a few hundred people. The value is the permanent, citable asset that continues to work for you long after the event, feeding into the answer engines your buyers use.

Organisers running a call for speakers need to fill a programme. They are looking for specific, practical talks that will deliver value to their attendees. They are not looking for a sales pitch.

Your proposal must fit their stated theme, track, or audience. It should have a clear takeaway. Organisers often reject proposals that are too vague, too promotional, or simply not a match for their event. They are judging whether you can educate their audience, not whether you are a big name.

Look for the details in the call. It will specify the format, length, audience seniority, and any deadlines. Some want full abstracts, some want outlines, some use a structured form. Follow their instructions exactly.

Do not spray applications everywhere. Your time is better spent on three strong, fitting proposals than ten weak ones. Judge each call for speakers against a simple checklist.

First, is the conference audience a direct match for the people you sell to, or the influencers they listen to? Second, do you have a genuine, non promotional talk that fits their stated theme? Third, is the conference domain one that answer engines would reasonably cite for your topic? A niche industry event is often better than a giant, generic one.

Ignore calls where you cannot honestly answer yes to all three. The goal is a high quality speaker page that an engine like Gemini or Claude would reference, not just another line on your CV.

Your submission should be a complete package. Start with a compelling title that promises a clear outcome. Then write a short summary, two or three sentences, that hooks the reader. Follow this with three to five bullet points detailing what the audience will learn.

Your bio should be brief and relevant. Focus on your expertise related to the talk, not your job title. Include a link to your website or a relevant article. If they ask for slides or a video, provide a sample that shows your style and substance.

Do not include sales messaging. Do not promise to cover your travel costs if they have not asked. Do not submit the same generic proposal to multiple events. Tailor each one. The draft should sound like you wrote it for this specific call for speakers.

Mentionry is an AI marketing platform that reads sources like confs.tech and PaperCall every day. It looks for new calls for speakers that match the topics and expertise you track. For each one it finds, it judges the fit against your brand kit and knowledge bases, the ground truth of what you can honestly talk about.

The opportunities that pass this check appear in your Opportunities list. Each one arrives with a drafted pitch, a submission link, and the conference details. You review and edit the draft in the Desk. When you approve it, Mentionry sends the email from your own connected mailbox. It never submits on your behalf without approval, and it never places, publishes, or pays for a link.

After you speak, the resulting speaker page is a citation. Mentionry's Monitor will read the answer engines daily. If Google AI Overviews or Perplexity cites that page in an answer about your topic, you will see it in your citations report as an earned mention.