Speaker Guide

We welcome you as a speaker for SOSS Fusion/24, which will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 22-23 at The Hotel at Avalon, Autograph Collection.

This is your official event speaker guide. Please bookmark this page for easy reference and continue to check back as the event gets closer we will be adding additional speaker information, such as on-site details, as they are available.

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• Speaker Registration Deadline: Tuesday, August 13
• Additional AV Request Deadline: Tuesday, October 1
• Keynote Speaker PowerPoint Presentation Deadline: Saturday, October 20, by 5:00 pm EDT
• Session Speakers Slide Submission Deadline: Monday, October 21
• Event Dates: Tuesday, October 22 – Wednesday, October 23

• You should have received registration information in your speaker notification email. If you need those details again, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

• If you require a visa letter, please register for the event and then complete the visa letter request form.
• We also ask that you 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.
• If you are applying for scholarships or travel funding and have not submitted your request, please do so as soon as possible. You can find more information on our Scholarship & Travel Funding page.
• *Talk acceptance does not guarantee travel funding.

• SOSS Fusion/24 will take place at The Hotel at Avalon, Autograph Collection – 9000 Avalon Blvd, Alpharetta, Georgia
• View the Venue & Travel page for hotel details and a booking link. Please note that the room block closes on September 28, but rooms may sell out before that date, so book early!

The schedule will be announced on Wednesday, July 31, and 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 presentation, or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org.

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Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their computers and adapters to use during their talk
• Speakers should format their presentation slides in 16:9 
• You can download a conference-branded presentation template here; use of the template is optional 
• The room will include a screen, projector, (2) microphones (one lavalier and one handheld), and wireless clicker
  • NOTE: The projectors have HDMI capabilities/outputs.
• If you require additional AV, please email Jennifer Crowley with those needs by Tuesday, October 1. The Linux Foundation will try to accommodate other AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made case-by-case.

We will be compiling all keynote presentations into a Master Deck.

• All keynote speakers must send their PowerPoint presentations to Jennifer Crowley by Saturday, October 20, at 5:00 pm PDT.
• Keynote Speakers should format their presentation slides in 16:9 
• You can download a conference-branded presentation template here; use of the template is optional 
• The keynote room will include a screen, projector, microphone, wireless clicker, confidence monitors and countdown clock.

Due by Monday, October 21

All session 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:

• Log into your SOSS Fusion/24 speaker profile through Sched.com or via the mobile site.
• 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 jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org, who will upload them on your behalf

You can download the SOSS Fusion/24 PowerPoint template here, but please note that you are not required to use it for your presentation.

In collaboration with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT), the Linux Foundation has created an online course 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 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.

Do you have a speaker or schedule-related question?

Please contact Jennifer Crowley at jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org