Important Dates + Deadlines

• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, October 28, 2019
• Upload Bio + Headshot to Sched.com Deadline: Friday, November 8, 2019
• AV Requests Due: Friday, November 8, 2019
• Presentation Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2019

Registration

You should have already received your speaker registration information in your acceptance email. If you have not yet received these details, or have questions about registering, please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

Visa Letter Requests

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 possible convenience and to contact your local Embassy/Consulate with any visa questions you may have.
• The Linux Foundation processes most visa letter requests in (3) business days.

Venue Location & Hotel Information

Open FinTech Forum will be held at Convene Conference Center at One Liberty Plaza

Convene Conference Center at One Liberty Plaza
1 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10006

We have negotiated a discounted conference room block at Millennium Hilton New York Downtown and we encourage you to book early to secure a room. 

Millennium Hilton New York Downtown
55 Church Street
New York, NY 10007
Phone: +1-212-693-2001

Please visit our Venue & Travel page for airport information, driving directions & public transportation options as well as things to do & see while in New York City.

We look forward to welcoming you to New York City!

Schedule + Uploading a Bio/Photo

The schedule will be announced Wednesday, October 16 and will be 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 cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

A/V Details + Requirements

Any additional AV requests are due by Friday, November 8th.

The room will include a screen, projector, and (2) wireless microphones. At the end of the session a mic will be used for questions, so be sure to leave time at the end of your talk. Required: All speakers will need to supply their own computers and necessary adaptors to use during their session.

NOTE: The projectors have both VGA and HDMI capabilities/outputs and can accommodate either. If you require any additional A/V, please email cfp@linuxfoundation.org with those needs by November 8th. Open FinTech Forum 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.

Presentation

Due by Monday, December 2nd

All speakers are required to submit their final presentation slides ahead of 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.

If you would like to use the Open FinTech Forum PowerPoint template for your presentation, you can download it here. (Please note it is not required to use the presentation template.)

To upload slides:

• Log into your Open FinTech Forum speaker profile through Sched.com or via the mobile site
• On the top of the page, click “Manage and Promote Your Session”
• Click “Add Presentation”
• Click on 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

Code of Conduct

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 presentation.

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. 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.   

Contact Us

Do you have a speaker or a schedule-related question?

Please contact us at cfp@linuxfoundation.org.