Speaker Guide

Thank you for speaking at JSConf, taking place at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay, on October 14-16, 2025. 

This is your official event speaker guide. Please bookmark this page for easy reference and continue to check back as the event gets closer we will be adding additional speaker information, such as on-site details, as they are available. If you have any questions, please email Shannon Jessee at sjessee@linuxfoundation.org.

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

• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, July 7
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Tuesday, September 16
• Slide Submission Deadline: Monday, October 13
• Event Dates: Tuesday, October 14 – Thursday, October 16

You should have received registration information in your speaker notification email. If you need those details again, please contact Shannon Jessee at sjessee@linuxfoundation.org.

If you require a visa letter, please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request form.

We also ask that you please note the following:

• Provision of a visa letter by The Linux Foundation does not guarantee visa approval as final approval is made at the sole discretion of the government of the event’s host country.
• The Linux Foundation strongly recommends requesting a visa letter at your earliest possible convenience and to contact your local Embassy/Consulate with any visa questions you may have.
• The Linux Foundation processes most visa letter requests in (3) business days.

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 August 24 You can access the form here. 

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

Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay
100 Heron Blvd US-50
Cambridge, MD 21613

Hotel Accommodations

Please view hotel block details on the Venue & Travel page.

The schedule will be announced 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, find that it conflicts with the content of another talk, or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact Shannon Jessee at sjessee@linuxfoundation.org.

Please note the following technical requirements:

If you require any additional AV, please email Shannon Jessee with those needs by Tuesday, September 16. The Linux Foundation will make every effort to accommodate additional AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

All speakers must supply their own 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; panels will have 1 wireless handheld microphone for every panelist to share.

Deadline to upload slides:  Monday, October 13

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, follow these instructions (guide with screenshots):

• 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

A presentation template is available to download. Use of the template is optional.

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 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, which can be found here. 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.

Do you have a speaker or schedule-related question?

Please contact Shannon Jessee at sjessee@linuxfoundation.org.