Co-located Event Speaker Guide

Thank you for speaking at a CNCF-hosted Co-located Event at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022, taking place Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October, 25. This event is happening in person at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan and select co-located events* will be streamed live via the MeetingPlay virtual platform.

*Only Cloud Native eBPF Day, Cloud Native SecurityCon + Cloud Native Wasm Day have sponsored live-streams of their events that will stream directly to our virtual event platform, MeetingPlay.

This is the official event speaker guide for CNCF-hosted co-located event speakers presenting in-person in Detroit, MI. Please bookmark this page for easy reference and continue to check back as the event gets closer as we will be adding additional speaker information, such as on-site details, as they become available. If you have any additional questions not covered by the speaker guide, please email the CNCF Co-located Events Team.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Timing of sessions and room locations are subject to change.

Please click through the tabs on this page to access information.

• Travel Fund + Registration Assistance Request Deadline: Friday, September 16; Notifications week of September 19
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, September 26
  You should have received registration information + your discount code in your speaker notification email. Please email the CNCF Co-located Events Team if you need this information sent to you again.
• Upload Bio + Headshot to Sched.com Deadline: Friday, September 30
• AV Requests Deadline:  Friday, September 30 
• Presentation Upload to Sched Deadline: Wednesday, October 12 
• Event Dates: Monday, October 24 and/or Tuesday, October 25

• Nicolette Oliaro 
  • Cloud Native eBPF Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • Cloud Native SecurityCon North America Hosted by CNCF
  • EnvoyCon North America Hosted by CNCF
  • GitOpsCon Hosted by CNCF Hosted by CNCF
  • Kubernetes on Edge Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • Open Observability Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • ServiceMeshCon North America Hosted by CNCF
  • SigstoreCon North America Hosted by CNCF

• Sheri Twambly
  • BackstageCon North America Hosted by CNCF
  • Cloud Native Telco Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • Cloud Native Wasm Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • KnativeCon North America Hosted by CNCF
  • Kubernetes Batch + HPC Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • Kubernetes AI Day North America Hosted by CNCF
  • PrometheusDay North America Hosted by CNCF

Please read and abide by our code of conduct, which is strictly enforced. We ask that speakers especially review and are careful to be inclusive in the words and images used during their presentation.

Please be aware that anyone coming on site must be vaccinated against COVID-19. You can review detailed information on our Health + Safety page.

*All co-located event speakers need to register for KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America.

Your In-Person Speaker Registration serves as confirmation that you will be speaking. Please register by the deadline of Monday, September 26.

• In-Person Registration, Select the most relevant registration type [Corporate, Individual, Sponsor, Academic]
• On the payment page, use your Discount Code to waive the co-located event registration fee.

If you are already registered for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, please modify your registration to also include the co-located event you’re speaking at and add the discount code on the payment page.

If you have a Complimentary In-Person Sponsor Booth Staff code (In-Person Sponsor Booth Staff) for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, please register as the “In-Person Sponsor Booth Staff” registration type, add your co-located event and then add the co-located event discount code and the Complimentary In-Person Sponsor Booth Staff code on the payment page.

If you have a 20% SPONSOR Discount code for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, please register as the “In-Person Corporate Attendee” registration type, add your co-located event, then add your sponsor discount code and your co-located event discount code on the payment page.

Access to sponsored virtual/live-streamed CNCF-hosted co-located events (Cloud Native eBPF Day, Cloud Native SecurityCon & Cloud Native Wasm Day ONLY) is included with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America registration. No separate registration for live-streamed co-located events is required for speakers or attendees.

You should have received registration details in your acceptance email. If you need this information sent to you again, please contact the CNCF Co-located Events Team. If you are not registered by Monday, September 26, there is a possibility that your speaking slot will be replaced by one on our waiting list, so please register promptly.

Any co-speakers or panelists that are part of the original CFP submission will also receive complimentary registration to the co-located event (this does not include registration to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon that needs to be purchased separately). Please contact the CNCF Co-located Events Team for details.

If you require a visa letter, please register for the event, and then complete the visa letter request form by Friday, October 7.

If you requested travel and/or registration assistance as a part of your proposal and have not submitted your request, please do so as soon as possible. You can access the form here. The deadline to complete the Speaker Travel + Registration Assistance application is Friday, September 16.

Note: Talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.

This year’s event will take place at Huntington Place located at 1 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226. We have several discounted room blocks* and invite you to view this information on our Venue + Travel page.

*Rooms WILL sell out in advance of the room block closing date – we encourage you to book early to secure a room at the conference rate.

Co-located event schedules will be announced on Wednesday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 13, and will be posted on our website using Sched.com.

Schedules Announced on Wednesday, August 31:
– BackstageCon, Cloud Native SecurityCon, Cloud Native Wasm Day, KnativeCon, Kubernetes AI Day, Kubernetes on Edge Day, EnvoyCon, + GitOpsCon

Schedules Announced on Tuesday, September 13:
– Cloud Native eBPF Day, Cloud Native Telco Day, Kubernetes Batch + HPC Day, Open Observability Day, PrometheusDay, ServiceMeshCon, + SigstoreCon

IMPORTANT NOTE: Timing of sessions and room locations are subject to change.

Session Timing (refer to your respective co-located event schedule for your session’s duration):

• Lightning Talks are 5 or 10-minutes in duration (no Q&A)
• Session Presentation/Deep Dives sessions are 20-30 minutes in duration (including 10-min Live Q&A)
  • Virtual / Pre-Record Presentations 20-30 minutes in duration (text based Q+A via Slack)
• Panel Discussions are 30-40-minutes in duration (including 10-15-min Live Q&A)
  • All panelists must be presenting in the same format (there cannot be a mix of in-person & virtual speakers)

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their own computers and adapters to use during their talk.
• Presentation slides should be formatted in 16:9. 
• The room will include a screen, projector, and (2-4) microphones; panelists will each receive their own microphones.
• If you require any additional AV, please email the CNCF Co-located Events Team with those needs by Friday, September 30. CNCF will make every effort to accommodate additional AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Please be aware that you should arrive at your room no later than 15-minutes before your session begins and visit the AV booth to ensure you get both audio and laptop setup before your talk is scheduled to begin. 

All speakers are required to submit their final presentation slides ahead of the event. In addition to providing a hard copy for accessibility purposes, we find that adding the presentations before the event helps to drive interest in attending the session. The deadline for presentations slide submission is Wednesday, October 12.

To upload slides:

• Log in to your speaker profile through Sched.com or via the mobile site
• On the top of the page click “Manage and Promote Your Session”
• Click “Add Presentation”
• Click in the “Select a File” box and add the PDF document (note: there is a 50MB size limit)
• Click “Upload” and your slides will automatically be saved

We designed an optional PowerPoint template for our speakers. Use of this template is not required but we welcome you to use it for your convenience. Please note that your presentation slides should be uploaded in PDF-format to Sched.com and must be formatted in 16:9 with a 50MB size limit.  Additionally, slides 4-6 in each template can be used to market + promote your talk!

BackstageCon North America hosted by CNCF
Cloud Native eBPF Day North America hosted by CNCF
Cloud Native SecurityCon North America hosted by CNCF
Cloud Native Telco Day North America hosted by CNCF
Cloud Native Wasm Day North America hosted by CNCF
EnvoyCon North America hosted by CNCF
GitOpsCon North America hosted by CNCF
KnativeCon North America hosted by CNCF
Kubernetes AI Day North America hosted by CNCF
Kubernetes Batch + HPC Day North America hosted by CNCF
Kubernetes on Edge Day North America hosted by CNCF
Open Observability Day North America hosted by CNCF
PrometheusDay North America hosted by CNCF
ServiceMeshCon North America hosted by CNCF
SigstoreCon North America hosted by CNCF

Please see the CNCF Style Guide which covers things like abbreviating Kubernetes as K8s not K8 or K8S.  

Use of any trademark or logo is subject to the trademark policy available at https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage.  If you have any questions about trademarked logos, please email info@cncf.io.

Once the schedule is announced, we’d appreciate you spreading the word. Review the co-located events speaker marketing toolkit for sample tweets, graphics, and email copy.

Additionally, below are some sample tweets to share on your social channels! 

Note: The short link to your session can be found on your session’s Sched.com page, just below the title, to the left of the “Tweet” and “Share” buttons.

• I just found out that my talk about [TOPIC] was accepted for [EVENT HASHTAG] at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon North America 2022! 🎉 Come see me on [DATE] [SESSION LINK]
• Attending [EVENT HASHTAG] at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon North America 2022 – in October? Come check out my session [SESSION TITLE] on [DATE]. Hope to see you there! [SESSION LINK]
• My first talk on [TOPIC] was just accepted for [EVENT HASHTAG] at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon North America 2022 –  visit [SESSION LINK] to add my talk to your schedule⚡️!
• Can’t wait for [EVENT HASHTAG] at #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon! 👍 I will be speaking on [DATE] – Come see my session [SESSION TITLE] – Hope to see you there! [SESSION LINK]

The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT), has created an online course designed to teach the viewer about inclusion, diversity, and unconscious bias. It is strongly encouraged by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation that all of our speakers watch the course to learn tips/tools to use when speaking to encourage inclusivity in presentations and messaging.

If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact the CNCF Co-located Events Team.