Speaker Guide

We welcome you as a speaker at ValkeyConf in Prague, Czechia, on 5 October.

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• Schedule Announced: Wednesday, 12 August 
• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, 24 August
• Additional AV Needs Deadline: Friday, 4 September
• Slide Submission Deadline: Sunday, 4 October
• Event Dates: Monday, 5 October

You should have received registration information in your speaker notification email. If you need those details again, please contact Cassandra Reyes-Jones at [email protected].

IIf you require a Visa letter, please register and then complete the Visa letter request form.

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 possible 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.

The event will take place at:

Prague Congress Centre

5. kvetna 1640/65, Nusle
140 21 Prague 4, Czechia

Please visit our Venue & Travel page for more information.

The schedule will be announced on Wednesday, 12 August, 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 talk, or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact Cassandra Reyes-Jones.

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their own computers and HDMI adapter to use during their talk.
• Presentation slides should be formatted in 16:9
• The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) microphones

If you require additional AV, please email Cassandra Reyes-Jones with those needs by Friday, 4 September. The Linux Foundation will make every effort to accommodate other AV needs; however, final approval for additional AV requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Due by 4 October

Before the event, all speakers must upload their final presentation slides to Sched.com. 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: This is not for use during your talk.  You will be presenting directly from your own computer. Your presentation slides should be uploaded as a PDF and formatted in 16:9.

If you want to use the ValkeyConf 2026 PowerPoint template for your presentation, you can download it here. Please note that use of the template is optional.

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

• Log into your ValkeyConf speaker profile through Sched.com 
• Click Manage & promote your session
• Select Add Presentation
• Select a file and click Upload
• Upload your pdf document (note: there is a 50MB size limit)
• The presentation will automatically save to your session
• The above steps, along with screenshots, can also be found here
• Or email a PDF of your presentation to [email protected], who will upload it on your behalf.

The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT), 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. 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 Cassandra Reyes-Jones.