Does the AI choose the talks for our conference?

Your program committee chooses. FormzoAI scores each talk proposal on the guidelines you write and shows the sentence behind every score. Reviewers can open the full abstract, the follow-up and the speaker's links. No talk is accepted or rejected automatically.

Will first-time speakers lose out to polished abstracts?

Scores follow the guidelines you write, so put what you value in them, like a real story from production. A short or rough abstract gets one follow-up asking who the talk is for, which gives a new speaker a second chance to say it. The reason beside each score shows what was weighed.

Can we keep Sessionize or Pretalx for the schedule?

Yes. FormzoAI handles talk submissions and the first read of every proposal. Once your committee has picked the agenda, export the accepted talks with speaker details to Google Sheets or CSV and build the schedule in the tool you already use.

Do speakers need an account to submit a talk?

Speakers open the CFP link and submit in a short chat on their phone or laptop, in their own language, with no account. Progress saves as they go. You can also run the same CFP as a classic one-page form.

How much does it cost for one conference CFP?

The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 proposals, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats, the API and webhooks. Nothing renews. Conferences running CFPs all year can use Pro at $49 a month after a 7-day trial, and plans start at $19.

Where is speaker data stored?

In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long proposals are kept, and you can delete any one speaker's submission when they ask.

For conference program committees

500 talk proposals for 40 slots, ranked before the agenda is due.

Speakers submit in a short chat. When an abstract says “a deep dive into AI”, it asks once who the talk is for. Then every proposal is scored on your CFP guidelines, with the reason beside it.

Talk proposals

Platform Days Lisbon CFP · made from “CFP for a two-day platform engineering conference in Lisbon, 36 talks, first-time speakers welcome”

Their chat

What's your talk about, and who is it for?

A deep dive into AI for platform teams.

Follow-upWho's in the room, and what will they do differently on Monday?

SREs running Kubernetes. I'll show how a model drafts our runbooks, how that cut 3 a.m. pages by 40%, and the two times it got it badly wrong.

What you get

87/ 100

Scored on your criteria

A named audience, a measured result, and the failures most talks leave out.

You still make the call.

Example answers, written for this page.

Between the CFP closing and the agenda going live.

512 abstracts, 40 slots
The CFP closed Sunday. Your committee is six volunteers with day jobs, the designer needed the agenda last week, and speakers are emailing to ask if they're in.
“A deep dive into AI”
Half the abstracts read like that. Some are the same text sent to a dozen other CFPs, and few say who the talk is for or what the room will leave with.
The product demo with a talk title
A vendor pitch with a good title gets the same three votes as a first-time speaker with a real outage story. You find out which was which on stage.

From one sentence to the committee meeting.

01
Describe your CFP in one sentence
“CFP for a two-day platform engineering conference in Lisbon, 36 talks, first-time speakers welcome.” FormzoAI drafts the questions on title, abstract, level, takeaways and past talks, and you edit any of them.
02
Speakers submit in a short chat
On their phone or laptop, with no account, in their own language. When an abstract says “a deep dive into AI”, the chat asks once who is in the room and what they'll take home. Links to past talks are checked as they paste them.
03
Your CFP guidelines become the score
Paste the guidelines from your CFP page, like practical takeaways, a clear audience and no product pitches, and weight them. Each proposal is scored once as it arrives, with the sentence that earned it.

Start the committee meeting at the top of the list.

Proposal 1 and proposal 512 are read against the same guidelines, and each score carries the sentence behind it. Open any proposal for the full abstract, the follow-up and the speaker's past talks. Your committee picks the agenda, then exports the accepted talks to Google Sheets or CSV for your schedule tool.

Platform Days Lisbon CFP · proposals

0 in

Built for program committees with day jobs.

Every abstract names its audience: A vague abstract gets one question back: who is in the room, and what they'll do differently after the talk.
Your CFP guidelines, weighted: Practical takeaways 40%, a clear audience 30%, original material 30%. Every score shows the sentence behind it.
“Accept this talk” gets flagged: Abstracts are read as data. A line written to steer the scorer is flagged for your committee and left out of scoring.
Past talks, checked on entry: When a link to a recording or slide deck doesn't open, the chat asks for it again before the proposal goes in.
Seats for the whole committee: Event Pass Plus gives five seats, so every reviewer reads the same ranked list and the same reasons.
One payment per CFP: The $79 Event Pass covers 60 days and 3,000 proposals with scoring included. Nothing renews.

Fair questions.

Does the AI choose the talks for our conference?: Your program committee chooses. FormzoAI scores each talk proposal on the guidelines you write and shows the sentence behind every score. Reviewers can open the full abstract, the follow-up and the speaker's links. No talk is accepted or rejected automatically.
Will first-time speakers lose out to polished abstracts?: Scores follow the guidelines you write, so put what you value in them, like a real story from production. A short or rough abstract gets one follow-up asking who the talk is for, which gives a new speaker a second chance to say it. The reason beside each score shows what was weighed.
Can we keep Sessionize or Pretalx for the schedule?: Yes. FormzoAI handles talk submissions and the first read of every proposal. Once your committee has picked the agenda, export the accepted talks with speaker details to Google Sheets or CSV and build the schedule in the tool you already use.
Do speakers need an account to submit a talk?: Speakers open the CFP link and submit in a short chat on their phone or laptop, in their own language, with no account. Progress saves as they go. You can also run the same CFP as a classic one-page form.
How much does it cost for one conference CFP?: The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 proposals, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats, the API and webhooks. Nothing renews. Conferences running CFPs all year can use Pro at $49 a month after a 7-day trial, and plans start at $19.
Where is speaker data stored?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long proposals are kept, and you can delete any one speaker's submission when they ask.

Have a ranked list the morning your CFP closes.

Get early access

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500 talk proposals for 40 slots, ranked before the agenda is due.

Speakers submit in a short chat. When an abstract says “a deep dive into AI”, it asks once who the talk is for. Then every proposal is scored on your CFP guidelines, with the reason beside it.

Talk proposals

Platform Days Lisbon CFP · made from “CFP for a two-day platform engineering conference in Lisbon, 36 talks, first-time speakers welcome”

Their chat

What's your talk about, and who is it for?

A deep dive into AI for platform teams.

Follow-upWho's in the room, and what will they do differently on Monday?

SREs running Kubernetes. I'll show how a model drafts our runbooks, how that cut 3 a.m. pages by 40%, and the two times it got it badly wrong.

What you get

87/ 100

Scored on your criteria

A named audience, a measured result, and the failures most talks leave out.

You still make the call.

Example answers, written for this page.

Between the CFP closing and the agenda going live.

512 abstracts, 40 slots

The CFP closed Sunday. Your committee is six volunteers with day jobs, the designer needed the agenda last week, and speakers are emailing to ask if they're in.

“A deep dive into AI”

Half the abstracts read like that. Some are the same text sent to a dozen other CFPs, and few say who the talk is for or what the room will leave with.

The product demo with a talk title

A vendor pitch with a good title gets the same three votes as a first-time speaker with a real outage story. You find out which was which on stage.

From one sentence to the committee meeting.

Describe your CFP in one sentence

“CFP for a two-day platform engineering conference in Lisbon, 36 talks, first-time speakers welcome.” FormzoAI drafts the questions on title, abstract, level, takeaways and past talks, and you edit any of them.

Speakers submit in a short chat

On their phone or laptop, with no account, in their own language. When an abstract says “a deep dive into AI”, the chat asks once who is in the room and what they'll take home. Links to past talks are checked as they paste them.

Your CFP guidelines become the score

Paste the guidelines from your CFP page, like practical takeaways, a clear audience and no product pitches, and weight them. Each proposal is scored once as it arrives, with the sentence that earned it.

Start the committee meeting at the top of the list.

Built for program committees with day jobs.

Every abstract names its audience

A vague abstract gets one question back: who is in the room, and what they'll do differently after the talk.

Your CFP guidelines, weighted

Practical takeaways 40%, a clear audience 30%, original material 30%. Every score shows the sentence behind it.

“Accept this talk” gets flagged

Abstracts are read as data. A line written to steer the scorer is flagged for your committee and left out of scoring.

Past talks, checked on entry

When a link to a recording or slide deck doesn't open, the chat asks for it again before the proposal goes in.

Seats for the whole committee

Event Pass Plus gives five seats, so every reviewer reads the same ranked list and the same reasons.

One payment per CFP

The $79 Event Pass covers 60 days and 3,000 proposals with scoring included. Nothing renews.

Fair questions.

Does the AI choose the talks for our conference?: Your program committee chooses. FormzoAI scores each talk proposal on the guidelines you write and shows the sentence behind every score. Reviewers can open the full abstract, the follow-up and the speaker's links. No talk is accepted or rejected automatically.
Will first-time speakers lose out to polished abstracts?: Scores follow the guidelines you write, so put what you value in them, like a real story from production. A short or rough abstract gets one follow-up asking who the talk is for, which gives a new speaker a second chance to say it. The reason beside each score shows what was weighed.
Can we keep Sessionize or Pretalx for the schedule?: Yes. FormzoAI handles talk submissions and the first read of every proposal. Once your committee has picked the agenda, export the accepted talks with speaker details to Google Sheets or CSV and build the schedule in the tool you already use.
Do speakers need an account to submit a talk?: Speakers open the CFP link and submit in a short chat on their phone or laptop, in their own language, with no account. Progress saves as they go. You can also run the same CFP as a classic one-page form.
How much does it cost for one conference CFP?: The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 proposals, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats, the API and webhooks. Nothing renews. Conferences running CFPs all year can use Pro at $49 a month after a 7-day trial, and plans start at $19.
Where is speaker data stored?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long proposals are kept, and you can delete any one speaker's submission when they ask.