Please fill in the form to submit your speaking proposals.  Feel free to submit up to 4 proposals on different subjects.

If you can’t see the application form on this website, click here to open it

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Being a speaker at an event is a great challenge to take on.  It will help you step out of your comfort zone, it will give you something to boast about, it will help you confirm your status as an expert in your area…

Oh, speakers will attend the conference for free, including the welcome reception and the gala dinner.

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Please submit your proposals by Monday, 2 October 2023.   (Midnight CET)

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Once all applications are in, we create an anonymous survey with the proposed titles and abstracts only (names will not be mentioned), and potential attendees will cast their votes.  This is a first filter to see what subjects people are interested in.

Roughly the bottom 30% will not make it to the second round, while the top 10% will most likely be included in the conference programme.

Picking the rest of the conference sessions from the remaining 60% of the proposals will be a much more tedious task, and we’ll take into account several factors.  This stage may involve another round of voting, this time with names of the hopeful speakers.

We plan to select the speakers by the end of November.  Approved speakers will need to fill in a few form forms before they can be announced.

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‘BP’ stands for Business & Practice, the two overarching themes that define our events.

Usually 60% of our sessions can be categorized as ‘Business’, with all-time-favourite topics such as client acquisition, direct clients, pricing, various ways of acquiring clients, dealing with clients, business practices, and so on.

The remaining 40% can loosely be categorized as ‘Practice’:  anything tech-related, CAT tools, other software translators use, productivity hacks and software, and, increasingly, MT and AI.

No academic subjects please.

Bear in mind that the common language of the audience is English, but with dozens of different language combinations.   Do not propose subjects that are too language-specific (e.g. How to tackle issues in English-French legal translation).   If you are a legal translator, think along the lines of ‘How to get direct clients as a legal translator’ or ‘Ethical issues in legal translation’ — these subjects are not language-specific.

All approved speakers at BP24 itself (Tuesday and Wednesday) will attend the conference for free, including the welcome reception on 22 April and the gala dinner on 23 April.

Speakers with sessions that will be repeated during the online sequel (14-17 May) will receive an additional 100€ as a store credit (that they can use towards tickets at any future BP events).   60% of the sessions i Sevilla will make it to the online sequel.

Speakers who presented one of the top 5 rated sessions will receive 300€ that will be paid aganst an invoice.

Speakers on Monday (Spanish event or workshops in English):   Still need to work on the details (this will be decided after evaluating the demand for the type of sessions/workshops on Monday)

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If you’re toying with a presentation idea, but you’re not sure if it will be accepted, feel free to write an email so that we can discuss it.  We can also have a brainstorming session in a Zoom call.

We’ll help approved speakers to develop their presentation, giving tips on the overall structure and the visuals alike.

Fly to Seville, Madrid, or Málaga

Seville airport (SVQ) is well connected internationally.  Check out the destinations and airlines here.

Málaga airport (AGP) has far more direct connections.  Conveniently, you can catch a train or a bus between Málaga airport and Seville.  Buses are more frequent, cheaper, and take you closer to the hotel in Seville.   Most trains involve at least one change.

Check out bus and train connections here, or directly at the bus or train company.  Please note that direct trains most often leave from Málaga María Zambrano and arrive at Sevilla Santa Justa.  Direct trains sell out earlier.  For both buses and trains, dates in April will be available a few months before the dates.

If you fly from the Americas, Africa, or the Middle East, you’ll probably fly to Madrid (MAD) first.  From here you can catch either a connecting flight to Seville, or you can train train A4 from the airport to Atocha train station, then catch an express train to Seville’s Santa Justa station.   Trains take about 3 hours, and prices start from 16€. The earlier you book your ticket, the cheaper it is.

Open Omio.com to find your best connection and to buy your ticket.

Another airport near Seville is Jerez de la Frontera (XRY), with a handful of destinations.

 Everybody knows about flight search engines such as SkyScanner or Kayak, but these find flights operated only by traditional airlines such as Iberia, KLM, or Lufthansa.

If you fly from a European city without a direct flight to Seville,  you can find connecting flights on low-cost airlines on the website AZair.eu.

Step 1:  Enter your airport of origin and the detination.  If you live near several airports, you can enter multiple airports as well; results will include all possible flights.

Step 2: Enter the dates. For the chapest rates, try to be flexible. Enter the earliest possible date of departure, the latest possible date of return, and the number of days you wish to stay at your destination.   Please note that most flights in April are not listed yet — these may be available from August or September.

Step 3: Enter the number or maximum changes.  In most cases, you’ll go for 1.   If you have direct flights by several low cost airlines from your region to Seville, enter 0.

Step 4: Search results are ranked by price (lowest first). You can change the sorting key to departure date/time as well.   Check the duration of time between the two flights.  If it’s too short (less than 90 minutes), especially in the evenings, you may miss your connecting flight, as it happened to your conference organizer.  Morning flights are more reliable to keep their scheduled departure and arrival times, whereas delays are more likely later in the day.  Make sure you have hand luggage only so you don’t have to check in again.  Also, avoid a stopover in the UK, and you’ll probably have to go through immigration.

Step 5: Prices are indicative only, and usually they reflect the prices a ofew days earlier. In other words, actual prices may be higher.

Step 6:  Buy the actual tickets on the respective airline’s website as usual.

Benefits: This website can find routes that may not have thought of before.  For example, Milan (MXP), Rome (FCO), or Palma (PMI) may turn out to be good stopover points with cheap fares on both legs of your journey to Seville.