#1 Scheduling your segment and location

• You will be given a date and a rough block of time to keep free until end of July/early August.
• It helps us if you keep your schedule as flexible as possible; we are working with the curation of over 120+ segments, 4-stages and 350 speakers.
• We will send out calendar invites once we know when you’re speaking, which includes the 15 minutes before being at your stage for tech-check.
• The Program Dept decides which stage will make your content shine the most and we do this with the ultimate aim of ensuring a great experience for speakers and audience members.

#2 Content Curation

In the main view of the Speaker Hub home you will find specific details with tips and tricks on “Preparing for your Role” (moderator, fireside, panel or keynote speaker).

In curating content generally, we ask that you really take into consideration our theme for this year.

You can find a detailed overview of our theme on the Speaker Hub Homepage. But a big part of the theme for 2026 is the need to move past "clarion" + "urgent calls" to do something. Instead, we ask our audiences to start doing things beyond the agentic.

With that, we hope that the content at TechBBQ is “active”. We ask that the stage content tackles real, practical things that people can do to make a change. It explores real, ongoing challenges that **people are solving. Speakers share real + personal examples that are relatable.

The process:

• TechBBQ will set a direction for the segment with you and then let it simmer until closer to the event.
  • This way, we don’t get stuck on things that happened earlier in the year and can curate the content in a way that is as current and up-to-date as possible.
• If you are in a panel or fireside chat, your moderator will dive into the exact direction with you on call.
• For keynotes, we set a theme with you and then let you explore what the journey looks like.
• TechBBQ sets final titles + synopses for the sessions 3-4 weeks before the event.

🚫 Speaking at TechBBQ is not an opportunity to one-dimensionally sell your product, yourself, or your company. The most important thing is that you are contributing meaningful expertise, with the aim of strengthening the startup ecosystem.

🎭 Our audience is broad - we cater to startups, scale-ups, investors, corporates, politicians, accelerators & many more. We also include content from across the board from AI to FemTech, Quantum Computing to SaaS. All are welcome!

☁️ The less fluffy, the better. Our audiences are excited to hear from you and to learn; the more precise, honest, and authentic you can be, the more likely they will leave that session feeling empowered to make real change.