Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for MCP Dev Summit North America 2026, taking place from April 2-3 in New York, NY.

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

• Schedule Announced: Thursday, February 19
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 3
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Thursday, March 19
• Slide Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 1
• Event Dates: Thursday, April 2 – Friday, April 3

To confirm you will be presenting, please register as a speaker by Tuesday, March 3 using the details you received in your notification email. If you are not registered by March 3 there is a possibility that your speaking slot will be replaced by one on our waiting list, so please do so promptly. 

Please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request if you require a visa letter.

This year’s event will take place at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York, NY

Please view this information on our Venue & Travel page. To receive the group rate, you must make room reservations by March 11. (Please note, the rate is valid until the cut-off date or the room block is full)

The schedule will be announced Thursday, February 19, 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 or find that it conflicts with the content of another talk; or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their 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. 
• If you require any additional AV, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by Thursday, March 19. 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.

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, April 1.

To upload slides:

• 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

An optional Powerpoint will be available for download shortly, but please note it is not required.

We appreciate you spreading the word about your session. View our Speaker Marketing Kit for graphics and sample posts.

We encourage all speakers to take the online course developed in partnership with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT) to promote inclusivity, diversity, and unconscious bias awareness in your presentations. We also recommend consulting the Inclusive Language Initiative’s language recommendation list for guidance as well.

Please read, and abide, by our code of conduct. Our code of conduct is strictly enforced. We ask that speakers especially review this code of conduct and be inclusive in the words and images used during their presentations.

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