Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for the Linux Foundation Member Summit (LFMS) 2024 which will take place Tuesday, November 19 – Thursday, November 21, at the Silverado Resort in Napa, CA.

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

• Schedule Announced: Tuesday, October 8
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, October 21
• Travel Fund Requests: Friday, October 15
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Friday, November 1
• Slide Submission Deadline: Monday, November 18
• Event Dates: Tuesday, November 19 – Thursday, November 21

To confirm you will be presenting, please register as a speaker by Monday, October 21 using the details you received in your notification email. If you are not registered by October 21, there is a possibility that your speaking slot will be replaced by one on our waiting list, so please do so promptly. 

Please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request if you require a visa letter.

If you require travel funding and have not submitted your request, please do so as soon as possible. You can access the form here. The deadline for travel funding applications is Friday, October 15.

*  Please note: Talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.

This year’s event will take place at the Silverado Resort in Napa, CA.

Please view this information on our Venue & Travel page. To receive the group rate, you must make room reservations by October 21.

The schedule will be announced on Tuesday, October 8, and posted on our website using sched.com. You will receive an email directly from sched.com asking you to create your account; please make sure to upload your bio and photo.

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.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their 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) microphones. 
• If you require any additional AV, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by Friday, November 1.
  • The Linux Foundation will make every effort to accommodate other AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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 is Monday, November 18.

To upload slides:

An optional Powerpoint is available to use, but please note it is not required.

We encourage all speakers to take the online course developed in partnership with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT) to promote inclusivity, diversity, and unconscious bias awareness in your presentations. We also recommend consulting the Inclusive Language Initiative’s language recommendation list for guidance as well.

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 be inclusive in the words and images used during their presentations.

If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.