Welcome
We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Open Source Summit Europe 2023. The event is happening both in person at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain and virtually on Tuesday, September 19 – Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Please click through the tabs on this page to access information.
Registration
Your registration serves as confirmation that you will be speaking, and you will need to register by Friday, July 14, 2023. Please see your notification email for the discount code.
At this time, proof of vaccine or a negative COVID-19 test is NOT required to attend the event in person. You can view detailed information on the Health + Safety page.
All speakers receive complimentary registration and any co-speakers or panelists can register using the same details provided to you.
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 July 31, 2023. You can access the form here.
*Please note: Talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.
Venue & Hotel Accommodations
This year’s event will take place at the Euskalduna Conference Centre in Bilbao, Spain.
We have negotiated a discounted rate at several hotels in the area. Please visit our Venue & Travel page for more information. Please note, rooms will most likely sell out in advance of the room block close dates listed. We encourage you to book early to secure a room at the conference rate.
Schedule, Timing & Speaker Profiles
The schedule will be announced Tuesday, June 29, and will be posted on our website using sched.com.
Most breakout sessions are 40 minutes in duration; lightning talks are 10 minutes in duration; 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 or 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 make updates to 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 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.
To upload slides:
Optional slide templates are available to download below. Please reach out to cfp@linuxfoundation.org if you would like to request another file format of the template.
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.
