Speaker Guide

We are excited to welcome you as a speaker for Open Source Summit North America 2025, held from June 23-25, 2025, in Denver, Colorado

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

Your registration serves as confirmation that you will be speaking, and you will need to register by Monday, April 14. Please see your notification for the discount 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.

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 May 5, 2025. You can access the form here. 

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

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, April 3, 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 Tuesday, May 27. 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 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 to download:

OSS NA Template (.ppt)

OSS NA Template (.odp)

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.