Do you have an artificial intelligence story to tell?

If so, the call for speakers is now open, and we want to hear from you. The submission deadline is Friday, Dec. 21, 2018.

We’re looking for authors, entrepreneurs, educators, practitioners and experts who can help make AI approachable and actionable for marketers. We’re particularly interested in brand-side marketing leaders who can share case studies and real-life experiences piloting and scaling AI in their organizations.

The event is at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, July 16 - 18, 2019, and features keynotes, breakout sessions, interactive workshops and immersive experiences.

MAICON is designed to help marketers truly understand AI, educate their teams, garner executive support, pilot priority AI uses cases, and develop a near-term strategy for successfully scaling AI.

The event is targeting director-level and above marketers, and largely caters to non-technical audiences, meaning attendees do not need backgrounds in analytics, data science or programming to understand and apply what they learn.

Sessions are generally 45 minutesand will be a mix of solo presentations, fireside chats and panels.

MAICON creator Paul Roetzer presents at Yext ONWARD.

The keynotes and breakout sessions will explore a collection of topics critical to the business and practice of AI. The content will be generally applicable to marketers across all categories, with specialized sessions being considered in these areas:

• Advertising

• Analytics

• Brand marketing

• Content marketing

• Conversation marketing

• Email marketing

• Marketing automation

• Marketing technology

• Pricing

• Public relations

• Research

• Sales

• SEO

• Social media marketing

• Strategy

We’re also looking for experts in:

• Augmented and virtual reality

• Computer vision

• Deep learning

• Image recognition

• Machine learning

• Natural language generation

• Natural language processing

• Robotics

• Voice recognition

Sample session concepts include:

• Data: The Fuel That Powers AI

• How to Make the Business Case for Marketing AI

• How to Prioritize Use Cases and Pilot Marketing AI

• Buyer Beware: How to Evaluate, Buy, and Integrate AI-Powered Tech

• The Future of Search: When All That Matters is Voice

• Machine-Assisted Narratives and the Science of Writing

• A New Reality: How to Engage Consumers with Augmented and Virtual Reality

• Customer Experience, Personalization, and the Power of Prediction

• The Humanization of Artificially Intelligent Brands

• Marketer + Machine: Hiring and Training for the Intelligently Automated Workforce

Again, the submission deadline is Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. We will notify you by Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 if your session has been chosen. You can learn more at .