Speaker Guide

We welcome you as a speaker for SigstoreCon Supply Chain Day, which will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 12, 2024, at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.
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• Schedule Announcement: Wednesday, September 25 
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 8
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Monday, October 21
• Slide Submission Deadline: Monday, November 11
• Event Date: Tuesday, November 12

You should have received registration information in your speaker notification email. If you need those details again, please contact Jennifer Crowley at jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org.

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

Please note the following:

• Provision of a visa letter by The Linux Foundation does not guarantee visa approval, as final approval is made at the sole discretion of the government of the event’s host country.
• The Linux Foundation strongly recommends requesting a visa letter at your earliest convenience and contacting your local Embassy/Consulate with any visa questions you may have.
• The Linux Foundation processes most visa letter requests in (3) business days.

SigstoreCon Supply Chain Day will occur at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.  SigstoreCon Supply Chain Day has shared hotel room blocks with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America + other colocated events. Please visit their Venue + Travel page for the most up-to-date information & to book your stay.

The schedule will be 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 Jennifer Crowley at jcrowley@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 conference-branded PowerPoint template is available for download HERE, but you are not required to use it.
• The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) microphones (one lavalier and one handheld) and wireless clicker.
• If you require additional AV, please email Jennifer Crowley with those needs by Monday, October 21.The Linux Foundation will try to accommodate other AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made case-by-case.
  

Presentation Template + Requirements

Due by Monday, November 11 

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
• On the top of the page, click “Manage and Promote Your Session”
• Click “Add Presentation”
• Click in the “Select a File” box and add the PDF document (note: there is a 50MB size limit)
• Click “Upload” and your slides will automatically be saved

The conference-branded PowerPoint template is available for download HERE, but you are not required to use it.

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 read and abide by our Code of Conduct, which can be found 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 us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.