Speaker Information & Contact Form

Duration: Each speaker will be given two presentation slots: the first consisting of a 20 min introduction to their topic and the second, a 45 minute Deeper Dive.

Presentations: The content of every presentation must be in compliance with copyright law. Speakers must inform Macstock organizers beforehand of any third-party material that will be used in their presentations and seek written permissions to copyrighted materials when applicable. Macstock cannot assist with this process, provide legal advice, or act as a consultant on individual cases.

Speaker waiver: All Macstock speakers and other stage presenters must complete the Speaker Form, giving Macstock the right to edit and distribute audio and/or video of their presentation with proper attribution given to the speaker within the introduction, titles, or credits of the audio and/or video recording.

Speakers MAY: record audio and/or video of their presentation(s) and use those recordings in any way the speaker sees fit. Macstock does not assume copyright (ownership) of materials presented by its speakers.

Content: If talks violate the guidelines below, we reserve the right to insist on their removal from Macstock branded distribution outlets.
1) No commercial agenda.
a) Speakers should not use their presentation time to blatantly promote their own products, books, or businesses or those of a company which employs them.
b) Speakers may not display banners, signage, or utilize other blatant promotional materials for their business while giving their presentation from stage at Macstock.
c) The only exception is where they have specifically been invited to give a product demonstration, or to describe the ideas in their book, and here the focus should still be on the technology and/or the ideas.
d) Speakers who wish to promote their business to attendees may purchase a Macstock Sponsorship.
2) No talks with an inflammatory political or religious agenda, nor for polarizing “us vs them” language. We seek to build consensus and provide outside-the-box thinking, not to revisit familiar, unresolvable disputes on these topics.
3) No discrimination on the basis of economic or social status, race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability.
4) No incitement to violence or promotion of hate.
5) No spammers.
6) No jerks – as determined by Macstock organizers and volunteers.

Payment: Macstock Conference & Expo (“Macstock”) does not pay its speakers. Macstock speakers receive a complimentary full registration, but hotel, airfare and travel expenses are not covered.

Sponsors: Sponsors have no editorial control or veto power over Macstock speakers.

updated: December 1st, 2017
reviewed: January 1st, 2019
reviewed & updated: March 8th, 2020 – added: Macstock’s inability to provide legal advice for copyright matters.