Linux Security Summit North America
The city of Denver, Colorado.

Speaker Guide

Welcome

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Linux Security Summit North America 2025, held from June 26-27 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

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

Important Dates + Deadlines

  • Speakers Registration Deadline: Monday, April 14
  • Additional AV Request Deadline: Friday, June 6
  • Speakers Slides Due Date: Wednesday, June 25
  • Event Dates: Thursday, June 26 – Friday, June 27

Speaker Registration

Your registration confirms that you will speak and must register by Monday, April 14. Please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org if you need speaker registration information sent to you again.

Visa Letter

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

In addition, we 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 contacting your local Embassy/Consulate with any visa questions you may have.
  • The Linux Foundation processes most visa letter requests in (3) business days.

Travel Funding

  • Please visit our Scholarships & Travel Funding page for more details.
    • The application deadline for Travel Funding is May 5
  • Note: Talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.

Hotel Accommodations

Review the information on our Venue & Travel page.

Venue Information

This year’s event will be held at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver, CO  80202

Schedule + Uploading a Bio/Photo

The schedule will be announced on Wednesday, April 2, 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 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 cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

AV Details

Please note the following technical requirements:

  • All speakers must supply computers and adapters to use during their talk.
  • All speakers should format presentation slides in a 16:9 ratio.
  • A PowerPoint template is available for download HERE, but it is not required that you use it.
  • The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) microphones. 
  • If you require any additional AV, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by Friday, June 6. 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.

Presentation Details

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 Wednesday, June 25.

To upload slides:

  • Log into your speaker profile through Sched.com 
  • Go to your session within Sched
  • Click on Session tools to the right of the session title
  • Underneath the session title, select Add Presentation
  • Upload your pdf document (note: there is a 50MB size limit)
  • The presentation will automatically save to your session
  • Or send them to jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org, who will upload them on your behalf

Presentation Templates

An optional PowerPoint template is available for download but is not required. 

Inclusive Speaker Orientation Online Course

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 click here for the course. 

Inclusive Speaker Orientation Online Course

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.

Contact Us

If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

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