Call for Presentations
Talks can present completed work, outline work in progress, demonstrate a system, or provide a short tutorial on a topic of general interest.
Presenters may indicate which of the following three kinds of slots they could use, and their preferences between them:
- Full talks are generally of about 20 minutes of length, with substantial time for discussion, in ideally a 30-minute slot
- Short talks are generally of about 5-10 minutes of length, with less time for overall discussion, in 10-15 minute-slots
- Lightning talks are meant to either introduce yourself to the community, or give a brief status update. Depending on scheduling, they may be in 2-5 minute slots, with no time alotted for discussion.
As far as possible, selection of presenters is non-competitive, with all interested qualified speakers given an opportunity to talk, within the time constraints of a one day meeting. Preference will be given to topics of general interest. We will try to keep the main program between 10:00 and 17:00 to enable most attendees to make this a day trip. Traffic in Canberra is usually fine after 9am.
No proceedings will be published but the talk abstracts and links to related material will be published on the SAPLING website.
To register your interest in giving a presentation, please fill out the expression-of-interest form and indicate details about your presentation.
The deadline to register interest in presenting at SAPLING while participating in the general selection of presenters is November 2nd, 2026. Selected presenters will be notified by November 10th, 2026. Any leftover presentation slots will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Participating
To help us plan for the event, please fill out the the expression-of-interest form. We mostly need to approximate an upper bound of attendees, so please fill out the form if you plan to attend attend.
Venue
SAPLING 2026 will happen as a full-day in-person event on December 4th, 2026, at the Australian National University, Canberra. The talks will be held in the Birch 1.43 Interactive Theatre. Tasa Coffee House is only a short walk away, and a variety of restaurants are available in the nearby Kambri Precinct.
Travelling to Canberra and ANU
By Train
There are trains from Sydney to Canberra. Rapid bus route R2 connects the train station with Canberra City, the ANU campus (Marcus Clarke St./Rimmer St.), and the Belconnen Suburb. Rapid bus route R6 connects the train station with Canberra City, the ANU campus (Marcus Clarke St./Rimmer St.), and the Belconnen Woden Suburbs (which also both connect to the ANU campus via rapid bus route R4).By Bus
- Murray's offers an express bus from Sydney to Canberra, terminating at Canberra Civic, close to the ANU campus.
- Flixbus has bus routes to Canberra from both Sydney and Melbourne, also going to Canberra Civic, close to the ANU campus.
- Transport NSW offers various regional bus routes to Canberra.