Call for papers - TUG 2025

We invite presentations on the use and development of LaTeX, plain TeX, ConTeXt, Metafont, MetaPost, and the rest of the TeX family. Presentations on new TeX developments, publishing, fonts, or any topic related to the TeX world are happily received.

Submission information

Please submit your presentation proposal via email to tug2025@tug.org, including:

• your title and abstract (plain ASCII is fine, or any TeX format—no footnotes, please);
• your affiliation as you would like it listed in the program;
• whether the talk will be in-person or remote (see below).
• Submission deadline: April 25, 2025 initially, but we'll continue to accept submissions while space permits. Remote presentations are welcome (see below).
• Please also register for the conference.

A brief document with advice for presenters is available. The most critical point is that speakers will need to send slides/other files in advance, since it will be necessary to use the video firm's laptop for all presentations.

Early submissions are greatly appreciated. Please also email us at that same address for any questions, suggestions, expressions of interest, etc.

Submissions after the deadline will be considered, indeed gratefully received, as long as space is available. But to ease our planning, please at least contact us by the deadline.

We try to reply to all proposals within a day or two of receipt. If it has gone longer, please do resend, perhaps from a different email address. And check your spam filters, as always.

Preprints

• Preprints received by June 14 (preferred format: PDF with corresponding sources), will be included in the conference booklet.
• Preprints received after that will be posted on the conference web site.
• Preprints are generally a draft of the paper to be published in the conference proceedings (the deadline for which is generally about a week after the conference is over; noted below), but could also be an extended abstract.
• It's not required to submit any preprint; we'll include the presentation abstract in the conference booklet in any case.

Proceedings

• The final proceedings will be prepared as a TUGboat issue, immediately after the conference; submission deadline: July 27, 2025.
• Articles can also be submitted for the subsequent issue.
• A template for TUGboat articles is available, along with TUGboat information for authors.
• Presentations without accompanying papers are welcome at the conference.

Presentations: in-person or pre-recorded

Plan for a total presentation time of around 30 minutes, including time for questions. If you know you will need either more or less time, please let us know, as this is crucial information for scheduling.

This is primarily an in-person conference, and we hope you'll be able to attend. We'll need to receive your slides (as a PDF file, best aspect ration is 16x9; any demos should be pre-recorded videos) by July 9. We'll send email with details.

We also welcome remote presentations. These must be pre-recorded videos, played in the lecture hall and sent over the conference livestream. As speaker, you will need to be available for q&a at the time of the talk. We ask online speakers to also register for the conference with the one day fee, to help defray A/V expenses.

Some basic considerations for the recording: sharing and displaying slides, having a good video frame and good audio, and headphones and/or a good microphone to avoid feedback.

Also, when recording, please do not use proprietary music or images or anything else. When proprietary material is present, the video requires extra editing (to remove the prohibited material), if it can be posted at all. YouTube is strict about this.

Presentation content guidelines

Here are some general guidelines for content of presentations:

• plan for a mixed audience including plenty of users, not just developers;
• emphasize typical usage, rather than esoteric features;
• emphasize techniques that can be used today (dreams for the future are good to hear as well, of course);
• give participants a path for learning further on their own, after the conference is over.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Other conference pages:

• Conference home page.
• Register for the conference.
• Conference program.
• Advice for presenters.
• List of conference participants.
• Workshop information.
• Travel to/from the city.
• Visitor information.