Welcome
We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Open Source Summit North America 2024, held from April 16-18, 2024, at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle, Washington.
Please click through the tabs on this page to access information.
Registration
Your registration serves as confirmation that you will be speaking, and you will need to register by Tuesday, February 27. Please see your notification for the discount code. Please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org if you need this information sent to you again.
Visa Letter Requests
If you require a visa letter, please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request here.
Travel Funding
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 February 26, 2024. You can access the form here.
* Please note: talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.
Venue & Hotel Accommodations
This year’s event will take place at the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building in Seattle Washington.
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.
Schedule, Timing & Speaker Profiles
The schedule will be announced Thursday, February 15, and will be posted on our website using 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.
Presentation Template & Slide Upload
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 Monday, April 15.
To upload slides:
An optional presentation template is available below:
Can’t Speak in Person?
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. All talks will continue to be streamed live online so that a wider audience may benefit from the content. 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.
Promote your Talk
We are pleased to offer speaker cards for you to share online and on your social media! Graphics can be found in the Speaker Kit. Example promotions are found below:
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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.
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.
Code of Conduct
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.
Contact Us
If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.
