Speaker Guide

We welcome you as a speaker for PyTorch Day France 2025 in Paris, France, on 7 May.

This is your official event speaker guide. Please bookmark this page for easy reference and click through the tabs on this page to access information.

• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Tuesday, 29 April
• Slide Submission Deadline: Friday, 2 May
• Event Date: Wednesday, 7 May

You have already been registered for the event by GOSIM and should have received an Eventbrite confirmation ticket via email. If you have not received your ticket, please reach out to Molly Sanchez at msanchez@linuxfoundation.org. 

PyTorch Day France 2025 will take place at STATION F. More information regarding accommodations can be found on the GOSIM AI Paris website if available. The PyTorch Foundation does not have a room block, and all participants will be responsible for booking their rooms.

The schedule is posted on our website using sched.com. You will receive an email from sched.com asking you to create your account; please upload your bio and photo if needed.

If you have a conflict with the timing of your talk, find that it conflicts with the content of another talk, or need help uploading your bio and photo, please contact Molly Sanchez at msanchez@linuxfoundation.org.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their own computer and adapters to use during their talk.
• Presentation slides should be formatted in 16:9.  
• The conference-branded PowerPoint template is available to download here, but you are not required to use it.
• The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) microphones and a wireless clicker.
• If you require additional AV, please email Molly Sanchez with those needs by Tuesday, 29 April. The Linux Foundation will try to accommodate other AV needs with the GOSIM team; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made case-by-case basis.
  

Due by Friday, 2 May

All speakers must submit their final presentation slides before 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.

Please note that your presentation slides should be submitted in PDF format to Sched.com and must be formatted in 16:9. 

To upload slides, follow these instructions (guide with screenshots):

• Log into your 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
• Or send them to msanchez@linuxfoundation.org, who will upload them on your behalf

The PyTorch Day France 2025 PowerPoint template is available to download here, but please note it is not required that you use this for your presentation.

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. Please click here for the course. 

Please read and abide by our Code of Conduct, which you can find here. Our Code of Conduct is strictly enforced. We ask that speakers especially review this code of conduct and are careful to be inclusive in the words and images used during their presentations.

If you have any other platform, speaker, or schedule-related questions, please contact Molly Sanchez msanchez@linuxfoundation.org and Deb Giles dgiles@linuxfoundation.org.