Post one brief for panel speaker booking, keynotes, or moderators. Get AI-matched candidates within hours, receive applications, and invite experts directly — all from one dashboard.
Whether you want speakers to apply openly or prefer SpeakUp's AI to surface a private shortlist, the same brief powers panel speaker booking and every other format — no agencies, no scattered directories.
Technology & AI
70,000+ speakers
Business & Leadership
70,000+ speakers
Health & Wellness
70,000+ speakers
Science & Education
70,000+ speakers
A call for speakers (CFS) is the open invitation organizers publish when they need experts for an event. SpeakUp turns that brief into a single workflow.
Write your speaker brief once. Choose whether the call is public — so speakers can find and apply to it — or private, where SpeakUp's AI surfaces a curated shortlist only you see.
Either way you can also invite specific speakers directly, or book one you already have in mind without opening a call at all. One dashboard handles all three flows.
Built for conferences, podcasts, panels, webinars, and corporate events — with a verified speaker network of 70,000+ experts behind every match.
Public or private — your choice per call
AI matching, open applications, and direct invites in one place
Free to post; AI shortlist returned within hours
A single brief unlocks every sourcing path — AI matching, open applications, and direct invites — instead of forcing you to pick one.
Public calls are seen by speakers across 28+ countries; AI matches surface experts your manual search would miss.
Skip cold outreach and bureau wait times — AI returns ranked candidates the same day you post.
Every applicant and AI match comes with a verified profile — bio, video, ratings — so you can decide quickly.
Speakers apply to your public call, you invite anyone directly, or you book without a call at all. One dashboard.
Brief once. The match engine reads topic, audience, format, and budget to suggest the right experts — not just a directory dump.
Creating a call for speakers and reviewing AI matches is free. Pay only when you book.
Open the app to explore more live briefs, request types, and speaking opportunities.
Topic, date, audience, format, budget. Five minutes.
Public — speakers can find and apply to your call. Private — only the AI shortlist is visible to you.
AI returns ranked candidates within hours; public applicants land in the same inbox; invite anyone else you spot in the directory.
See what speakers in each niche cover, what to look for, and how to book — then come back here to post your request.
Write one brief, get AI-matched candidates within hours, and decide whether to open it to applications or keep it private.
Public or private — your choice
70,000+ verified experts
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Practical guides for the work around your call: writing a brief that attracts the right talent, reviewing applications fairly, and managing the speakers you accept end-to-end.
An eight-section brief, distribution playbook, and review timeline you can ship in an afternoon — built from what works across hundreds of conference CFS rounds.
Read the guideFrom form design to scoring rubric to decision letters — how to run a fair, fast review process that scales past the first fifty applications.
Read the guideFrom signed contract to post-event payment: the cadence, tooling, and day-of choreography that keeps thirty speakers and one conference on track.
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