Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Container Plumbing Days 2024 which will take place Monday, April 15, at the the Seattle Convention Center | Summit Building in Seattle, Washington.

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

• Schedule Announced: Thursday, February 29
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, March 11
  • You should have received registration information in your speaker notification email. Please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org for any issues.
• Additional AV Request Deadline: Monday, April 1
• Event Date: Monday, April 15
• Timezone: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC – 7)

To confirm you will be presenting, please register as a speaker by Monday, March 11 using the details you received in your notification email. All speakers receive complimentary registration, and any co-speakers or panelists can register using the same details provided in the notification email. Please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org if you need this information sent to you again or cannot attend in-person.

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 he Seattle Convention Center | Summit Building, 900 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101.

Please view this information on our Venue & Travel page. To receive the group rate, you must make room reservations by Monday, March 25.

The schedule will be announced Thursday, February 29, and posted on the 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 (1) microphone per speaker. 
• If you require any additional AV, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by Monday, April 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 Sunday, April 14.

To upload slides:

• Log into your speaker profile through Sched.com 
• 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

Please note that we have provided an optional Container Plumbing Days PowerPoint Presentation Template, which is not a requirement to use.

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. 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. 

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 questions, please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.