Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Confidential Computing Summit 2026 taking place Tuesday, June 23 – Wednesday, June 24, at The San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, CA.

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

• Schedule Announced: Thursday, May 7
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Friday, May 22
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Tuesday, May 26
• Slide Submission Deadline: Monday, June 22
• Event Dates: Tuesday, June 23 – Wednesday, June 24

To confirm you will be presenting, please register as a speaker by Friday, May 22 using the details you received in your notification email. If you are not registered by Friday, May 22, there is a possibility that your speaking slot will be replaced by one on our waiting list, so please do so promptly. 

Please ensure you submit your poster by June 5. You can submit your poster and see additional details below or on the poster submission form

Poster Session File Requirements:

Maximum file size: 100MB

• Maximum file size: 100MB
• Recommended resolution: 300 DPI for high-quality printing
• Required poster dimensions: Single-sided 22” x 28″ (landscape or portrait)
• Ensure all text and visuals are clear and legible, and do not include crop marks or bleed 

Submissions will not be accepted after 11:59 PM June 5, 2026

NOTE: Optional Poster Session Video Submission
To help promote your poster session and give attendees additional insight into your work before the event, we invite you to submit a short optional video introducing your poster. Videos will be featured on the poster session event website.

Suggested content:

• Introduce yourself and your organization
• Share your poster title/topic
• Briefly explain your poster

Video guidelines:

• Preferred length: 5 minute maximum
• Format: MP4 preferred
• Horizontal/landscape orientation preferred

Please submit your video by June 5 through this form.

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

This year’s event will take place at the at The San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, CA.

Please view this information on our Venue & Travel page.

The schedule will be announced on Tuesday, May 7, 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 [email protected].

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 [email protected] with those needs by Tuesday, May 26.
  • 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, June 22.

To upload slides:

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

As you prepare for the event, we also encourage you to explore the speaker marketing kit, which includes social media graphics and suggested promotional copy to help share your participation with your network.

Please also use the below to publicize to your social networks.

• Join me at #CCSummit, June 23-24 in San Francisco. From emerging standards to real-world deployments, the Confidential Computing Summit covers everything shaping the future of AI security. Register now! bit.ly/47hX8qK
• I’m speaking at #CCSummit, June 23-24 in San Francisco! Check out my session, titled [session name]. Join me there for two days of sessions covering the most cutting-edge topics in secure #AI infrastructures. Explore the schedule: bit.ly/433gAVA Register today! bit.ly/47hX8qK
• I’ll be at #CCSummit, will you? Confidential Computing Summit takes place June 23-24 in San Francisco & is where enterprise architects, policymakers, & technologists converge to build the next generation of privacy-preserving, production-ready #AI. Check out the schedule: bit.ly/433gAVA Register NOW: bit.ly/47hX8qK

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 [email protected].