Call For Proposals (CFP)

The Linux Foundation Europe Roadshow connects open source projects, contributors, businesses and European policymakers. Open source has risen on the EU’s digital agenda, featuring prominently in cybersecurity initiatives and digital sovereignty debates. Join us to explore how regulatory frameworks shape open source adoption, security and sustainability across Europe. 

This event brings together open source contributors, industry leaders and policy makers for substantive dialogue across four critical areas: open source initiatives and cross-border collaboration models with a European context, maintenance and cybersecurity under frameworks like the CRA, digital sovereignty approaches that balance European independence with global collaboration, and AI innovation in compliance with the EU AI Act.

• CFP Closes: Sunday, August 10 at 11:59 PM PDT / Monday, August 11 at 9:00 AM CEST
• CFP Notifications: Tuesday, September 2
• Schedule Announcement: Thursday, September 4
• Event Dates: Thursday, October 29

• Session Presentation (30 minutes in length)
• Panel Discussion (30 minutes in length)
• Roundtable Discussion (This is not a presentation. The goal is to lead a group discussion based on the topic proposed. 1 hour in length)
• Lightning Talk (typically 10 minutes – ideal for first-time speakers)

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.

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.

First time using Sessionize?

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.

Submitting on behalf of somebody else?

While speakers ordinarily submit their sessions themselves, it’s also common for them to have someone else do it in their name. Submitters can choose to submit as someone else and must fill out the necessary speaker fields, but the session submission process is otherwise identical to when the session is submitted by the speaker themselves.

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.