Automated Testing Summit 2025 Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Automated Testing Summit 2025, held June 26 in Denver, Colorado.

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

• Schedule Announcement: Thursday, May 29
• Confirm session and speaker details are correct in Sched.com: Monday, June 2
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Friday, June 6
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Friday, June 6
• Slide Submission Deadline: Tuesday, June 10
• Event Dates: Thursday, June 26

Your registration serves as confirmation that you will be speaking, and you will need to register by Friday, June 6. Please see your notification for the registration code. Please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org if you need this information sent to you again. 

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

This year’s event will take place at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

We have negotiated a discounted rate at a hotels in the area. Please visit our Venue & Travel page for more information. Rooms will likely sell out in advance of 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 Thursday, May 29, and will be posted on our website using sched.com.

Please view the schedule for your exact session time, and note your session timing as it may have changed due to space limitations. 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 supply their own 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; panelists will each receive their own 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 additional AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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.

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 Sunday, June 22.

To upload slides:

An optional presentation template is available for download:

Automated Testing Summit template

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.

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