Call For Proposals (CFP)

ValkeyConf is a day for anyone running Valkey in production, and those seriously thinking about it. Developers, SREs, DBAs, and DevOps pros come together to talk shop, share hard-won knowledge, and connect with the people building Valkey’s future. Sessions, lightning talks, and plenty of time for real conversation. If you care about where Valkey goes next, this is where it happens.

• CFP Close: Sunday, 2 August, 2026 11:59 PM GMT+2
• CFP Notifications: Monday, 10 August
• Schedule Announced: Wednesday, 12 August
• Event Date: Monday, 5 October, 2026

• Architecture
• Contributing
• Ecosystem/Integrations
• Features (Valkey 10.0)
• Performance
• Use Cases/Adoption

• Lightning Talk
• Session – 20 minutes
• Session – 30 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 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 equity & inclusion.
• Reviewers must be able to confidently assess a speaker’s subject-matter expertise from the proposal. Submissions that rely heavily on AI-generated or templated content often lack the specificity needed to evaluate technical depth and may be harder to advance. Please ensure your proposal clearly reflects your own experience and understanding of the topic you intend to present.
• Complimentary Passes For Speakers – One complimentary pass for the event will be provided for each accepted speaker.
• 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.

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.