Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Open Source Summit Korea 2026, held from August 11-12, at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Seoul, South Korea.

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

Your registration confirms that you will be speaking, and you need to register by June 19. Please see your notification for the discount code. Please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org if you need this information sent to you again. 

If you have already registered for the event and are now a speaker listed as a speaker 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 then complete the visa letter request here.

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 July 21. You can access the form here. 

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

This year’s event will take place at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Seoul, South Korea.

Please visit our Venue & Travel page for room block information and hotels in the area. Rooms will likely sell out before the room block close date listed for each hotel – we encourage you to book early to secure a room at the conference rate.

The schedule will be announced on June 11 and posted on our website via sched.com.

Please view the schedule for your exact session time. Session times are inclusive of Q&A. Please be mindful of your session timing.

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 to sched.com, please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must bring their own computers and adapters for their talks.
• Presentation slides should be formatted in a 16:9 aspect ratio. 
• The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) microphones; panelists will each receive their own microphones.
• If you require any additional AV, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by July 14. 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 are required to submit their final presentation slides ahead of the event. In addition to providing a hard copy for accessibility, we find that adding the presentations before the event helps drive interest in attending the session. The deadline for presentations is August 10.

You can download a conference-branded presentation template here; use of the template is optional.

To upload slides:

• Log in to your OSS Korea 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
• The above steps, along with screenshots, can also be found here
• Or send to jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org, who will upload them on your behalf

We understand that there may be circumstances beyond your control that prevent you from speaking in person; however based on attendee feedback, we have decided to not include virtual talks for this event. If your availability has changed and you are unable to participate, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org as soon as possible so that we can remove your session from the agenda.

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. 

Along with the online course, we suggest that speakers also refer to the Inclusive Language Initiative’s language recommendation list, which provides guidance on substituting hurtful and exclusive language in the field of information technology.

Please review our Code of Conduct, which all participants must follow. It’s strictly enforced, and we ask speakers to prioritize inclusivity and appropriate language and imagery in their presentations.

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