Call For Proposals (CFP)

November 12, 2024 | Salt lake city, utah

SigstoreCon is a one-day conference dedicated to Sigstore and software supply chain security. SigstoreCon will be a vendor-neutral conference dedicated to collaboration and learning about not only Sigstore as a way to simplify signing and verification, but also related software supply chain projects that leverage Sigstore to sign metadata, such as in-toto, SLSA or SBOM, and software that Sigstore is built on, such as The Update Framework and transparency logs. SigstoreCon invites open source contributors, maintainers and industry professionals to showcase their efforts related to Sigstore and software supply chain security.

Please be aware that the Linux Foundation will now utilize Sessionize for CFP submissions. Sessionize is a cloud-based event content management software designed to be intuitive and user-friendly. If you need guidance, please review how to submit your session for an event to see step-by-step instructions and helpful screenshots.

• CFP Opens: Wednesday, August 7
• CFP Close: Friday, September 13, 2024 at 11:59 pm Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6) / 10:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time
• CFP Notifications: Tuesday, September 24
• Schedule Announced: Wednesday,September 25
• Slides due date: Friday, November 8
• Event Dates: Tuesday, November 12

• Case studies: How your project adopted Sigstore, SLSA and/or TUF, and what outcomes have you experienced
• Package registry adoption: Dedicated to maintainers of package registries to discuss Sigstore or SLSA adoption
• Client development: Learnings from building a Sigstore client
• Technical deep-dives or research: Topics could include discussions on improving transparency, privacy-preserving identities, or academic research on Sigstore
• Best practices in supply chain security

• Session Presentation (30 minutes)
• Lightning Talk 10 minutes)

• All speakers are required to adhere to our Code of Conduct. We also highly recommend that speakers take our online Inclusive Speaker Orientation Course.
• Panel submissions (any talk with 3+ speakers) must include the names of all participants in the initial submission to be considered. In addition, The Linux Foundation does not accept submissions with all-male panels in an effort to increase speaker diversity.
• Avoid sales or marketing pitches and discussing unlicensed or potentially closed-source technologies when preparing your proposal; these talks are almost always rejected due to the fact that they take away from the integrity of our events, and are rarely well-received by conference attendees.
• All accepted speakers are required to submit their slides prior to the event.

While it is not our intention to provide you with strict instructions on how to prepare your proposal, we hope you will take a moment to review the following guidelines that we have put together to help you prepare the best submission possible. To get started, here are three things that you should consider before submitting your proposal:

1. What are you hoping to get from your presentation?
2. What do you expect the audience to gain from your presentation?
3. How will your presentation help better the ecosystem?

There are plenty of ways to give a presentation about projects and technologies without focusing on company-specific efforts. Remember the things to consider that we mentioned above when writing your proposal and think of ways to make it interesting for attendees while still letting you share your experiences, educate the community about an issue, or generate interest in a project.

HOW TO GIVE A GREAT TALK

We want to make sure submitters receive resources to help put together a great submission and if accepted, give the best presentation possible. To help do this, we recommend viewing seasoned speaker Dawn Foster’s in-depth session titled Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Become a Conference Speaker!

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? FIRST TIME SUBMITTING? DON’T FEEL INTIMIDATED

Linux Foundation events are an excellent way to get to know the community and share your ideas and the work that you are doing and we strongly encourage first-time speakers to submit talks for our events. In the instance that you aren’t sure about your abstract, reach out to us and we will be more than happy to work with you on your proposal.

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.