Hi! my proposal “Fight Complexity with Functional ...

# speaking

[Gopal S Akshintala]

Hi! my proposal “Fight Complexity with Functional Programming” got selected for “JBCNConf - 2020 (https://www.jbcnconf.com/2020/)” to be held in Barcelona this July. I am from Hyderabad, India. JBCNConf is a non-profit conference and doesn’t cover travel/accommodation expenses. I am trying to get sponsorship from my organization. So to discuss with my manager, I would like to know how popular and prestigious is JBCNConf in JVM world. Can someone please help me with some relevant details. Thanks.

[gammax]

That’s the first time I heard about them.

Also it’s a bit weird to see that they’re a non-profit conference in Europe when the regular ticket is 311 Euro 🧐

[nfrankel]

they are pretty well-known in the jvm space
but i’ve never been there

[Gopal S Akshintala]

@nfrankel Thanks. Do you think it’s worth to travel from India to Barcelona with personal expenses or ask my manager for sponsorship?

[nfrankel]

@Gopal S Akshintala that unfortunately depends entirely on you
i don’t know your context...
but if you’re tagging each slide with your company logo
and have a slide introducing your company
then i’d definitely ask your manager for sponsorship

[Gopal S Akshintala]

Thanks @nfrankel

[cedric]

If they don't cover expenses for speakers, that's a big red flag in my book.

[cedric]

You are spending money to make them money. No thanks.

[Gopal S Akshintala]

@cedric that’s why I asked this question, can I trade-off the costs with the exposure they offer?