Call For Proposals (CFP)

April 16-18, 2024 | Seattle, Washington

Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS) is a new umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and education.

Please be aware that the Linux Foundation will now utilize Sessionize for CFP submissions. Sessionize is a cloud-based event content management software designed to be intuitive and user-friendly. If you need guidance, please review how to submit your session for an event to see step-by-step instructions and helpful screenshots.

• CFP Closes: EXTENDED through Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST (UTC -8)
• CFP Notifications: Tuesday, February 13
• Schedule Announcement: Thursday, February 15
• Slide Due Date: Friday, April 12
• Event Dates: Tuesday, April 16 – Thursday, April 18

• Session Presentation (typically 30-40 minutes in length):
• Panel Discussion (typically 30-40 minutes in length)
• Birds of a Feather (typically 45 minutes to one hour in length)
• Lightning Talk (typically 5-10 minutes in length): This format is not accepted for the Embedded Linux Summit
• Tutorial (typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length)
  • NOTE: ONLY the Zephyr Project Developer Summit will accept in-person or virtual live submissions (scheduled for PST timezone speaking slots in front of a live audience).

• CHOOSE ONE (1) EVENT – Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS) is an umbrella event for open source embedded projects and developer communities to come together under one roof for important collaboration and education. You will be asked to select the “event” in which you’d like to submit. Each proposal may be submitted to only one event, so please review all carefully before making your selection. We understand some proposals could potentially fit into multiple events. Don’t worry, our program chairs are working together to move proposals around as needed for additional review.
• NO PRODUCT PITCHES PLEASE – Please be sure your submission focuses on open source embedded technologies and/or projects, not products specific to your company. We will not select any talks that look like product or vendor pitches.
• OPEN SOURCE ONLY – As this is an open source event, talks submitted based on closed or proprietary systems will not be reviewed.
• All speakers are required to adhere to our Code of Conduct. We also highly recommend that speakers take our online Inclusive Speaker Orientation Course.
• Panel submissions must include the names of all participants in the initial submission to be considered. In addition, The Linux Foundation does not accept submissions with all-male panels in an effort to increase speaker diversity.
• Complimentary Passes For Speakers – One complimentary pass for the event will be provided for the accepted speaker(s) per submission.
• All accepted speakers are required to submit their slides prior to the event.

While it is not our intention to provide you with strict instructions on how to prepare your proposal, we hope you will take a moment to review the following guidelines that we have put together to help you prepare the best submission possible. To get started, here are three things that you should consider before submitting your proposal:

1. What are you hoping to get from your presentation?
2. What do you expect the audience to gain from your presentation?
3. How will your presentation help better the ecosystem?

There are plenty of ways to give a presentation about projects and technologies without focusing on company-specific efforts. Remember the things to consider that we mentioned above when writing your proposal and think of ways to make it interesting for attendees while still letting you share your experiences, educate the community about an issue, or generate interest in a project.

How to Give a Great Talk

We want to make sure submitters receive resources to help put together a great submission and if accepted, give the best presentation possible. To help do this, we recommend viewing seasoned speaker Dawn Foster’s in-depth session titled Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Become a Conference Speaker!.

Have More Questions? First Time Submitting? Don’t Feel Intimidated

Linux Foundation events are an excellent way to get to know the community and share your ideas and the work that you are doing and we strongly encourage first-time speakers to submit talks for our events. In the instance that you aren’t sure about your abstract, reach out to us and we will be more than happy to work with you on your proposal.

The Linux Foundation is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for participants at all of our events. We encourage all submitters to review our complete Code of Conduct.