CFP Results and Our Selection Process

Introduction

We’re pleased to announce the results of the open Call for Proposals for Frontend Conference Fukuoka 2026, along with a disclosure of our selection process.

To begin with, under the demanding, high-bar conditions of our theme — “Deeply Exploring the Future of Frontend” — and sessions of 45–60 minutes each (including AMA), we’re simply delighted that so many passionate, earnest proposals were submitted.

Held for the first time in seven years since 2019, this year saw a remarkable 60 proposals submitted in total — more than our organizing committee had anticipated.

We’re deeply grateful to everyone who took an interest in FECF 2026 and devoted their time to crafting a proposal.

Accepted Proposals

The proposals accepted for FECF 2026 are as follows:

  • ssssota · Frontend UI Frameworks: Past and Future
  • Kosakin · Can We Build a Practical Vertical-Writing Editor for the Web? — Where We Are and the Road to Adoption
  • Sosuke Suzuki · Why Is JavaScript So Absurdly Fast?
  • Takanori Sugawara · Chasing Speed Led Us to HTML — Two and a Half Years Rebuilding STUDIO’s Rendering Engine

Together with the 4 speakers selected through the open CFP above, 13 invited guest speakers, and 1 sponsor speaker, we plan to have a total of 18 speakers take the stage.

Confirming Your Spot and the Waitlist

We have posted acceptance notices and confirmation-of-availability comments on the GitHub Issues where the proposals were submitted. Within three days from today (by 23:59 JST on June 24, 2026), please give your final confirmation by mentioning @fec-admin in the Issue above. Feel free to use the format below.

@fec-admin

I can give a 45–60 minute talk with the content above at this event, to be held on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka.

If there is no confirmation in the Issue within three days, we will treat it as a decision not to speak. We know the window is short, but we ask for your understanding, as it also helps reduce the burden on waitlisted applicants.

If a waitlist spot opens up, starting three days later on June 25, 2026, we will send the same kind of acceptance notice to waitlisted applicants on their proposal Issues. The deadline to confirm is, as above, within three days of the comment being posted.

Once we have confirmed the speakers for the talks, the acceptance-confirmation process will be complete.

How Proposals Were Collected

For FECF 2026, we ran the Call for Proposals through GitHub Issues.

Anyone can see who submitted which proposal, as well as the acceptance results.

Anyone with a GitHub account can submit a proposal, and proposals can be freely edited before acceptance. Even after acceptance, you are not strictly bound to the content as submitted: so that you can prioritize what you most want to convey at the time of your talk, you may edit the Issue at any time (subject to organizer approval).

Selection Process

Below, we disclose the FECF 2026 selection process.

We did not appoint any external selection committee; five core members carried out the selection based on the aims of the conference.

The following is the concrete selection process that was shared among the members actually involved in the selection.

# About the Selection

Selection is carried out on the GitHub Projects board below. (You can view the progress of the selection at the link below. Please view it at your own discretion.)

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Throughout the entire process, we do not conduct blind review. Because we want to make decisions with a proper understanding of each speaker's expertise, past activities, and individual characteristics, we recommend taking publicly available information into account fairly and in good faith.

## First-Round Selection

If you are reviewing, open your own view in the Projects board above and fill in the scores field.

### Notes on Scoring

- Enter a score as an integer between 0 and 3.
  - 0: Significantly off-theme, or so lacking in concrete detail that speaking at this event would be difficult. Or content that appears biased toward the commercial interests / advertising of a specific organization.
  - 1: Contains some technical substance, but the structure or target audience is vague; worth comparing against other proposals or discussing in deliberation.
  - 2: Concrete and compelling content that reaches a quality high enough to uphold the conference's standards.
  - 3: Extremely high in novelty, expertise, and potential contribution to the community; content that many would find convincing as a main attraction.
- Please be sure to enter a number for every proposal you read. All reviewers should look through every proposal.
- Please record your reasoning in the note field as much as possible.
  - If you can give a consistent explanation when asked during the second round or by an applicant, an entry is not required.
  - For proposals scored 2 or higher, please always record your reasoning, as it is likely to be used in the second-round discussion.

## Second-Round Selection

Based on the total of the first-round scores, all reviewers make the selection through deliberation. We will accept 4 talks.

### Notes on Deliberation

We hope to discuss from a variety of angles.

e.g.

- Fit with the FECF 2026 theme
- Fit between the speaker's expertise and the talk content (is this something only this person could speak about?)
- Overall balance across categories and talk content
- Whether there is novelty or ingenuity
- Whether it brings new insight to the ecosystem or community and helps drive it forward
- etc

Due to timetable constraints, the number of proposals we could accept for FECF 2026 was very limited. As a result, our selection criteria became extremely strict, and we had to decide against accepting proposals whose quality could well have earned them a spot elsewhere.

We did our best to make the selection as fair and transparent as possible, but taking a broader view, we believe there are still plenty of points we overlooked and processes we should improve.

To help us improve next time, we’d love to hear a wide range of feedback on the selection process and the call for proposals, and we’ll do our best to share any further information we can. We’d be grateful if you’d share your thoughts in Discussions.

We also welcome requests from applicants to disclose the reasons for acceptance or non-acceptance at any time. On your submitted proposal’s Issue, please mention @fec-admin and let us know your request along with your preferred disclosure method (Issue comment, DM, email, etc.).

Please note: we are unable to answer inquiries about individual reviewers’ evaluations or scores.

Closing Thoughts

A conference theme that prizes original perspectives and deep expertise; a relatively small open-CFP quota, narrowed by the large number of invited guest slots; sessions of up to 60 minutes, which is no small commitment; and Fukuoka as the location. Combined with the currents of the times, responding to a CFP for web frontend technology at this particular moment was, we imagine, far from easy.

Even so, we received many proposals — from a wide range of places both in Japan and abroad — that showed a sincere commitment to engaging with technology. As organizers, we can’t hide our surprise and delight.

Proposals that were accepted, or that scored highly during review, tended to share the following qualities:

  • A very strong fit with the conference theme
  • Outstanding originality not seen before, even when surveying blogs and talks across the industry as a whole — the result of the speaker’s tireless effort, ingenuity, and thinking
  • A clearly evident, sincere engagement with the technology and the ideas behind it
  • No overlap with other talks, helping to balance the program as a whole
  • Talks that are especially meaningful precisely because they’re given at this conference

On the other hand, the following tendencies were often seen in proposals that were clearly not selected:

  • A weak fit with the conference theme
  • Had to be set aside due to overlap with other talks at this event
  • Likely to rely on a live demo using AI
  • Appeared to depend heavily on the commercial interests of a specific organization
  • Duplicated the title of a past talk (for example, ones already published on YouTube)

That said, most of the proposals we did not select had no particular issues with their content; they simply could not be featured this time as a result of comparison with accepted or higher-scoring proposals.

That concludes our disclosure of the FECF 2026 proposal selection process and our closing thoughts on the results. Once again, thank you all for your submissions.

The entire team hopes to build the best possible conference together with all of you. Whether you’ll be speaking or weren’t able to this time, we’d be delighted if you’d consider joining us at the conference.

Upcoming Schedule

The upcoming schedule is as follows. In July, we’ll finally release the timetable and begin ticket sales. We’re sorry for the wait, and we appreciate your patience a little longer.

We also plan to roll out sponsor listings on the homepage in stages before ticket sales begin.

  • Ticket sales begin: Wednesday, July 1, 2026
  • Timetable announced: Wednesday, July 1, 2026
  • Conference day: Saturday, September 12, 2026

Questions and Inquiries

We want to share as much information as we can so that everyone can speak and attend with peace of mind. We welcome your questions and inquiries through the channels below — please don’t hesitate to reach out.

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We look forward to welcoming you!