Important Dates + Deadlines

• Speaker Registration Deadline: Thursday, March 7, 2019.
• Upload Bio + Headshot to Sched.com Deadline: Thursday, March 7, 2019
• AV Requests Due: Monday, March 25, 2019
• Presentation Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2019

Registration

To confirm that you will be presenting, please use the information below to register as a speaker by Thursday, March 7, 2019.

• Please click here to register
• Our registration platform is now integrated with the Linux Foundation Identity Management Platform (LFID). Once you click the link above to register, you will be prompted to login using your LFID, or to create an LFID account if you do not already have one. For further information, view our Identity Management FAQ.

Visa Letter Requests

If you are not a United States citizen, we recommend that you check with your local government for information on required documents and arrangements you’ll need for travel to San Jose, California as soon as possible.

If you require a visa letter, complete the registration process above, and then fill out a visa letter request here.

All visa letter requests must be submitted no later than two weeks prior to the event. Any visa letter requests made after the two-week deadline cannot be guaranteed.

Venue Location

RISC-V Boston, MA will be held at The Conference Center at Waltham.

The Conference Center at Waltham
860 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451

Hotel Accommodations

If you need to make a hotel reservation, we recommend the following. 

Hampton Inn and Suites Boston/Waltham
1.6 miles from Conference Center at Waltham

Embassy Suites
1.2 miles from Conference Center at Waltham

Hilton Garden Inn
1.7 miles from Conference Center at Waltham

Westin Hotel
1.8 miles from Conference Center at Waltham

Venue Location

RISC-V Austin, TX will be held at Commons Conference Center.

Commons Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin
10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 137
Austin, TX.  78758

Hotel Accommodations

If you need to make a hotel reservation, we recommend the following. 

Aloft Austin at The Domain
1.8 miles from Commons Conference Center

Homewood Suites
1.8 miles from Commons Conference Center

Hyatt House Austin Arboretum
2.1 miles from Commons Conference Center

Embassy Suites
2.6 miles from Commons Conference Center

Venue Location

RISC-V Irvine, CA will be held at AV Irvine.

AV Irvine
16500 Scientific Way
Irvine, CA . 92618

Hotel Accommodations

If you need to make a hotel reservation, we recommend the following. 

Marriott Irvine Spectrum
2.5 miles from AV Irvine

Double Tree by Hilton
2.7 miles from AV Irvine

Hotel Irvine
2.1 miles from AV Irvine

Venue Location

RISC-V San Jose, Texas will be held at Western Digital.

Western Digital
951 Scandisk Drive
Milpitas, CA . 95035

Hotel Accommodations

If you need to make a hotel reservation, we recommend the following. 

Crowne Plaza San Jose – Silicon Valley
.6 miles from Western Digital

Staybridge Suites Silicon Valley – Milpitas
.4 miles from Western Digital

Hampton Inn Milpitas
.6 miles from Western Digital

Hilton Garden Inn San Jose/Milpitas
.8 miles from Western Digital

Schedule + Uploading a Bio/Photo

The schedule has been announced and posted on our website using sched.com. You will receive an email directly from sched.com asking you to create your account; please make sure to upload your bio and photo.

If you have a conflict with the timing of your talk or find that it conflicts with the content of another talk; or are having problems uploading your bio and photo, please contact Jennifer Crowley.

Presentation

Due by Monday, March 25th.

A conference branded template will be provided shortly. Please note, use of the template is optional. 

AV Details

Please note the following technical requirements:

• All speakers must supply their own computer and adapters to use during their talk
• Presentation slides should be formatted in 16:9  
• A conference branded presentation template will be provided shortly (optional to use)
• The room will include a screen, projector and (2) microphones (one wireless clip-on and one wireless handheld)

If you require any additional AV, please email Jennifer Crowley with those needs by Monday, March 25, 2019. The Linux Foundation will make every effort to accommodate additional A/V needs; however, final approval for additional A/V requests will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Inclusive Speaker Orientation Online Course

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. It is strongly encouraged by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation that all our speakers watch the course to learn tips/tools to use when speaking to encourage inclusivity in presentations and messaging.

Click here for the course.  

Code of Conduct

Please read and abide by our code of conduct, which can be found here. We ask that speakers especially review this code of conduct and are inclusive in the words and images used during their presentation.

Contact Us

Do you have a speaker or schedule related question?

Please contact Jennifer Crowley, jcrowley@linuxfoundation.org