Call For Presentations
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Conference Date: Monday, April 28th
Call for Papers Due Date: Monday, February 24th
Speakers Notified: Monday, March 10th
Theme: Collaborate Seamlessly: Software without Silos
Merge Conference: Connecting Code, Design, and Product is where product managers, designers, and developers come together to explore the overlaps between their disciplines and build exceptional software as one team. Our theme for 2025, "Collaborate Seamlessly: Software without Silos," focuses on breaking down barriers, fostering collaboration, and uniting diverse skillsets to create cohesive, innovative solutions. Through engaging talks and networking, the Merge Conference empowers teams to work seamlessly, strengthening the connections between product, design, and development to craft better software—and better outcomes—together.
Are you passionate about bridging the gaps between disciplines to build exceptional software? Merge is seeking speakers to share insights and strategies around "Collaborate Seamlessly: Software without Silos." We're looking for talks that explore the intersections of product, design, and development—from cross-disciplinary collaboration to unified systems and shared workflows.
We offer two speaking formats:
Main Stage Talks (45 minutes): Deep dives into your experiences, methodologies, and lessons learned
Lightning Talks (5 minutes): Quick, focused insights or specific techniques that sparked positive change
While we've provided example topics below, we encourage you to surprise us! Share your unique perspective and experiences that could help teams work better together. Whether you're a product manager, designer, developer, or someone who works across these disciplines, we want to hear your story.
Example Topics:
Idea to Launch: Product Lifecycle in Practice
Building a Culture of Experimentation
Engineering leadership / mentoring in an AI era
Crafting a Compelling Product Vision Together
Cross-Discipline Customer Discovery Methods
Shared Roadmaps
Estimating Complex Work Across Teams
Designing AI-enabled Experiences
Unified Design Systems: Developer-Designer Collaboration
Prototyping Together
The Return to Software Craft: Quality in an AI World
Building Quickly vs. Building for Scale
AI Powered Engineering: New Team Workflows
Modern Software Architecture: Human-AI Collaboration
Submit your presentation no later than Monday, February 24! You’ll hear back from us by March 10.