Check out our fantastic faculty and schedule for IBPA Publishing University 2026 below!
See the 2026 conference schedule below. Click on the colorful boxes in the interactive schedule below for details and faculty information as they become available.
Speaker Applications
Do you have expertise you’d like to share with the IBPA community of independent publishers (including traditional, hybrid, university, and nonprofit presses) and author publishers (a.k.a. self-published authors)? IBPA puts out a call for speakers every September for the following year’s webinars and IBPA Publishing University conference.
Please note that speaker applications are evaluated with the following criteria:
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Is there a clear and compelling educational purpose? As shown in:
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Proposed session title,
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One or two paragraph description,
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Listing (via text or bullet points) of educational objectives, explaining what folks will gain by attending/participating in your proposed session.
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Who is the specific audience? (Beginner or advanced, and is it for a specific type of IBPA member?)
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Do the speaker(s) have demonstrated expertise in the area they intend to present? (Conveyed via a one-paragraph bio and an optional link to an online video of the speaker presenting.
Overall the IBPA programming team looks to balance programming to cover a wide range of publishing topics, at different levels, with experts representing a diversity of perspectives and experiences.
All speakers (as well as IBPA members) are required to adhere to IBPA’s community guidelines.
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