Important Dates + Deadlines

• Speaker Registration Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019
• Upload Bio + Headshot to Sched.com Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019
• AV Requests Due: Friday, July 19, 2019
• Presentation Deadline: Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Registration

As a speaker, you received the registration information. If you need this, please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org.

Visa Letter Requests

We recommend that you check with your local government for information on required documents and arrangements you’ll need for travel to Linux Security Summit as soon as possible.

If you require a visa letter, please register for the event and then complete the 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

Linux Security Summit will be held at Hilton San Diego Bayfront.

Hilton San Diego Bayfront

1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, California 92101
Telephone: +1-619-564-3344

Hotel Accommodations

We have negotiated a discounted room rate and the Hilton San Diego Bayfront and invite you to view this information on our Venue & Travel page.

Please note, rooms will most likely sell out in advance of the room block close dates listed below. We encourage you to book early to secure a room at the conference rate.

We look forward to welcoming you to San Diego!

Schedule + Uploading a Bio/Photo

The schedule will be announced Wednesday, June 19, 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.

AV Details + Requirements

Any additional AV requests are due by Friday, July 19th

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 can be downloaded here; use of the template is optional
• The room will include a screen, projector, handheld & lavalier microphone.

If you require any additional AV, please email Jennifer Crowley with those needs by Friday, July 19th. 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.

Presentation

Due by Wednesday, August 14

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. Please follow the directions below to post to Sched.com: 

1. Log into your Linux Security Summit North America 2019 speaker profile through Sched.com 
2. After logging in, go to lssna19.sched.com. Click on “You’re speaking at this event! Manage & promote your session →” at the top of the schedule
3. Click “Add Presentation”
4. Click the “Select a File” box and add the pdf document (note: there is a 50MB size limit)
5. Click “Upload” and your slides will automatically be saved

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

Once the schedule is announced on Wednesday, June 19th, we appreciate you spreading the word about #linuxsecuritysummit and your session – please find some sample tweets below to share on your social channels!

• Proud to be chosen as a speaker for #linuxsecuritysummit – visit “link to your session” to add my talk to your schedule!
• Thrilled to announce I’ll be presenting at #linuxsecuritysummit! Visit Linux Security Summit to see the full schedule 👍
• Just learned my talk “Session Name” was accepted 🎉 See you all in San Diego for #linuxsecuritysummit! “link to your session”
• Can’t wait to speak at #linuxsecuritysummit in San Diego – visit Linux Security Summit to check out the full lineup!

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 speaker or schedule related questions?

Please contact cfp@linuxfoundation.org