Abstracts
Proposals to speak were open until December 8th, 2025, midnight, anywhere on earth. Acceptance notifications will be sent out by January 9, 2026.
We are accepting proposals for talks across two strands:
- Showcasing the many ways that our diverse community uses R
- Working with LGBTQ+ data
Share with the audience how you use R in your professional career across all disciplines, or for personal projects. We’re open to talks on any R-related topic, including R packages and web-apps, analytics and modeling, emerging trends in R, and ways to foster community and collaboration. Additionally, we would love to hear from the data practitioners who use R to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ issues!
Attendance at the conference is open to LGBTQ+ folks and allies. We expect speakers to be LGBTQ+.
The types of abstracts we are accepting includes:
- Regular talks (20 minutes): Speakers are encouraged to keep their presentations 15–17 minutes to allow for a Q&A. Preferably pre-recorded.
- Lightning talks (5 minutes): A brief talk, which must be pre-recorded.
Abstracts should (up to) 150 words.
Pre-recording
For the smooth-running of the conference, we require that all lightning talks are pre-recorded. We would prefer for regular talks to be pre-recorded, though we will not require this.
Key dates
- November 6th, 2025 : Abstract submission is open
- December 8th, 2025: Abstract submission is closed (extended from December 1st)
- January 9, 2026: Abstract acceptance sent out
- February 16, 2026: Deadline for talk recordings