Welcome
We welcome you as a speaker for Open Source Summit Japan 2022. The event is in person at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan, and on the AccelEvent virtual platform from Monday, December 5 – Tuesday, December 6, 2022.
Please click through the tabs on this page to access information.
Registration
Your registration confirms that you will speak, and you must register by Monday, November 1, 2022. Please see your notification for the discount code.
If you have a co-speaker or panelists, please confirm with them before selecting your session format. All session presenters + panelists will need to align with the talk type delivery mode (i.e. for any session, a primary speaker cannot present in person with a co-speaker who can only speak virtually. Both speakers would need to present virtually).
If you plan to attend in person, please be aware that anyone coming on-site must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 24 hours of presenting the test results onsite. Please review this information on our Health + Safety page. Please check back for updates as we get closer to the event.
All speakers receive complimentary registration and any co-speakers or panelists can register using the same details provided above. If, after your talk is accepted, you add a speaker that was not included in your initial submission, that/those speaker(s) will not receive complimentary registration, but will receive a 40% discount off the prevailing registration rate. Please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org for details.
Visa Letter Requests
If you require a visa letter, please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request here.
Travel Funding
If you are applying for travel funding and have not submitted your request, please do so as soon as possible. The deadline for travel funding applications is November 3, 2022. You can access the form here. Note that talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.
Venue & Hotel Accommodations
This year’s event will take place at:
Pacifico Yokohama
1 Chome-1-1 Minatomirai
Nishi Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012, Japan
Hotel Accommodations
We have negotiated a discounted rate at the InterContinental Yokohama Grand.
Please visit our Venue & Travel page for more information. Rooms will likely sell out in advance of the room block close date of Tuesday, November 1, 2022 – we encourage you to book early to secure a room at the conference rate.
Schedule, Timing & Speaker Profiles
The schedule will be announced on Wednesday, October 19, and posted on our website using sched.com.
Most breakout sessions are 40 minutes; lightning talks are 10 minutes, and tutorials are 90 minutes in duration. Please view the schedule for your exact session time.
If you have a conflict with the timing of your talk, find that it conflicts with the content of another talk, or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org.
If you would like to update your speaker profile on Sched.com (biography, headshot, titles), send updates directly to cfp@linuxfoundation.org, so they can be integrated with the virtual platform.
Presentation Template & Slide Upload
All speakers are required to submit their final presentation slides before 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 is Thursday, December 1.
To upload slides:
An optional PowerPoint template is available for download below. Please note, the use of the template is not required.
Inclusive Speaker Orientation Online Course
In collaboration with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT), the Linux Foundation has created an online course designed to teach the viewer about inclusion, diversity, and unconscious bias. We highly recommend all of our speakers watch the course to learn tips/tools to use when speaking to encourage inclusivity in presentations and messaging.
Code of Conduct
Please read, and abide, by our Code of Conduct. Our code of conduct is strictly enforced. We ask that speakers especially review this code of conduct and are careful to be inclusive in the words and images used during their presentations.
Contact Us
If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.
