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2025 Cesium Developer Conference

Call for Presentations

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About the conference

Mark your calendar for the 2025 Cesium Developer Conference, June 23-25, in Philadelphia. Supercharge your apps and integrations with open geospatial technologies and standards for the built and natural environment—and beyond.

Submit your presentation here.

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Inspire, educate, and connect

Submit a presentation to share your work and inspire, educate, and connect with the 3D geospatial community. We welcome presentations on:

  • Advancing 3D geospatial
  • Infrastructure and AECO digital twins
  • Aerospace, national security, and critical infrastructure
  • Gaming and simulation
  • Climate and sustainability
  • Openness—open source, open standards, interoperability, and collaboration.

Presentations should feature open technologies that reflect the diversity and impact of the ecosystem, such as geospatial capabilities for 3D creation engines, CesiumJS, iTwin, 3D Tiles, and open data. Submit your ideas for full talks or lightning talks to engage with hundreds of developers and creators in attendance.

  • Submission deadline

    February 21, 2025

  • Acceptance notification

    March 7, 2025

  • Conference

    June 23-June 25, 2025

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Submission requirements

  • Presenter name and affiliation (e.g., company or school)
  • Presenter contact information
  • Co-presenters
  • Presentation title
  • Presentation type and length: 25-minute full talk or 5-minute lightning talk
  • Abstract, max 200 words
  • Screenshots, videos, and/or links to other media as available
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Submission tips

  • We’re here to celebrate the advancements of the community; embrace openness and interoperability.
  • Ensure your abstract is an accurate representation of your session and ready for publication if accepted.
  • Include information on why your use case is innovative and who benefits from it. For example, are you teaching beginners? Are you combining technologies for decision-makers? What problem does your work solve?

Submission form

FAQs

Hundreds of developers and creators will join you in Philadelphia to learn and connect with the 3D geospatial community at the open ecosystem event of the year. Share your technical expertise, highlight workflows, inspire others, and network with leaders and peers.

Each submitter may be the primary author on one proposal.

Yes. The presentation must be understood by English speakers.

A committee will carefully review all submissions.

Cesium will connect with you on or before March 7, 2025.

Registration will open in February 2025.

The 2025 Cesium Developer Conference is for developers at all levels who are interested in integrating open geospatial technologies into their apps and services. From game developers to digital twin integrators, the conference welcomes anyone who engages with the open community.

The primary author of an accepted session will receive one complimentary registration.

2025 Cesium Developer Conference 

Call for Speaker and Presentation Submission - Participation Agreement 

 

This 2025 Cesium Developer Conference Call for Speaker and Presentation Submission - Participation Agreement (the “Agreement”) is between Bentley Systems, Incorporated (“Bentley”) and the organization or individual listed in the submission form (in either case, referred to as “I” or “my” herein).  

1. I agree to submit the presentation listed in the form for inclusion in the Cesium Developer Conference (the “Presentation”), and if selected for the Cesium Developer Conference, I agree to create and present (as in-person) thePresentation at the Cesium Developer Conference on June 23, 24, and 25, 2025. 

2. The “Materials” covered under this Agreement shall include the Presentation and all project information, files, images, and any reference materials used in support of the Presentation; and, if selected for the Cesium Developer Conference, shall also include the Presentation and all videos, images, and any reference materials used in support of the Presentation, as well as any interviews, videos, or other recordings or materials produced in connection with any of the foregoing.

3. Upon my submission of Materials, I grant Bentley and its subsidiaries and affiliates a perpetual, worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free right to use, reproduce, display, modify, classify, distribute, incorporate, or make derivative works based upon the Materials (or any portion of the Materials) in any works or media, for marketing (including in connection with investor presentations), pre-sales support, advertising, social media, and training, as well as for non-commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, reproduction in established industry journals and other third-party publications, case studies, and media websites. Any use of Materials will be credited to my organization in each case.

4. Unless contrary to applicable law, I understand that this Agreement does not prohibit me from using the Project or Presentation in the future in my own professional or personal work.

5. I understand that my submission will be accepted only if the project, presentations, and other features of the submission are in compliance with all applicable export regulations, sanctions, or other regulations.

6. If the presentation is selected, subject to my prior consent, I understand and agree that the Presentation may be recorded by Bentley during the conference, that the recording may include my personal likeness (i.e., photos, videos, etc.), and that Bentley will own the recording, subject to my rights in any of the Materials included in the recording. I further understand that Bentley may reproduce, display, distribute, or incorporate in any way, in any medium, any portions of the recording.

7. Regarding the Presentation submitted andpresented at the Conference, I hereby represent and warrant that: 
a. I am the exclusive owner of all rights in the Materials; 
b. the Materials are not the subject of third-party liens or claims of ownership; 
c. the Materials do not infringe any copyright, trademark, or other third-party proprietary rights and comply with all applicable laws; and 
d. no further permissions or payments are required for use of the Materials. 

8. I warrant that, if submitting on behalf of an organization, I am authorized by my organization to approve and execute this Agreement and waive any and all claims against Bentley related to Bentley's use of the Materials; provided that such use remains within the rights granted and permitted uses as described within this Agreement. 

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