Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker at the  Linux Security Summit Europe 2026, to be held on 8 October at the Prague Congress Centre in Prague, Czechia.

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

• Speakers Registration Deadline: 28 July. You should have received registration information in your speaker notification email. Please email [email protected] if you need this information resent to you.
• AV Requests Due Date: 11 September
• Speaker Slides Due Date: 7 October
• Event Date: Thursday, 8 October

Your registration confirms that you will speak. Please note that registration must be completed by 28 July. Please email [email protected] if you need speaker registration information resent to you.

If you have already registered for the event and are now a speaker listed on the schedule, please reach out to our registration team to request a refund.

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

Please note the following:

• The Linux Foundation’s issuance of a visa letter does not guarantee visa approval, as final approval is at the sole discretion of the host country’s government.
• The Linux Foundation strongly recommends that you request a visa letter at your earliest convenience and contact your local embassy or consulate with any visa questions you may have.
• The Linux Foundation processes most visa letter requests in (3) business days.

Please visit our Scholarships & Travel Funding page for more details. 

• The application deadline for Travel Funding is 20 August, and applicants will be notified by 27 August.
• The application for Scholarships is 3 September and notifications will be sent on 10 September.

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

Please review the information on our Venue & Travel page.

This year’s event will be held at the Prague Congress Centre
5. kvetna 1640/65, Nusle
140 21 Prague 4, Czechia

The schedule will be announced on 15 July and posted on our website using sched.com. You will receive an email from sched.com asking you to create your account; please upload your bio and photo if missing.

Note: If you have a conflict with the timing of your talk, find that it conflicts with the content of another session, or need help uploading your bio and photo, please contact Jennifer Crowley.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must provide computers and adapters for use during their talks.
• All speakers should format presentation slides in a 16:9 ratio.
• Each session room will include a projector screen, a projector with an HDMI connection, and (2) microphones (one wired podium microphone and one wireless clip-on; panels will receive one wireless Lavalier microphone and one handheld microphone to be shared with the panelists). 
• If you require any additional AV, please email [email protected] with those needs by 11 September. 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.
• Captioning – We’re excited to offer Wordly’s live translation and captioning service for your session. Present in your preferred language while attendees follow along in real time with captions or audio in 60+ languages – right from their own devices, with no downloads or logins required.  It’s a simple way to make your session more accessible and engaging for a global audience. Learn more here.

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 have found that adding the presentations before the event helps drive interest in attending the session. The deadline for presentations is 7 October.

To upload slides:

• Log in to 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
• Or send them to [email protected], who will upload on your behalf

The optional templates are available for download, but they are not required. 

• Powerpoint
• ODP

If you plan to use speaker notes, please follow the steps below to ensure your laptop is set up correctly. This will allow you to view your notes while the audience sees only your slides.

Use “Extended Display” mode (not Mirrored)

In collaboration with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT), the Linux Foundation 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, which 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.

If you have any other questions regarding platforms, speakers, or schedules, please contact us at [email protected].