openSUSE Asia Summit 2026 Call for Speakers

We are excited to announce that the Call for Speakers for openSUSE.Asia Summit 2026 is now open! This year, the Summit will take place on October 3–4, 2026, at the Teaching Industry Learning Center (TILC), Vocational School, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. For more details, stay tuned to our official channels and news portal.

The openSUSE.Asia committee invites speakers from all backgrounds to share their knowledge, experience, and passion for openSUSE and open source. Speakers may also apply for support from the openSUSE Travel Support Program (TSP). We encourage everyone, near or far, to submit their proposals and join us in Yogyakarta!

Topics

The examples of the topics (not limited to) are as the following:

• openSUSE (e.g., Leap, Tumbleweed, Micro OS, Open Build Services, openQA, YaST)
• Desktop environments and applications (e.g., GNOME, KDE, XFCE)
• Office suite, graphic art, multimedia (e.g., LibreOffice, Calligra, GIMP, Inkscape)
• Multilingualization support (e.g., input methods, translation)
• Cloud, Virtualization, Container, and Container Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Rancher)
• Package supply-chain security, vulnerability management
• Embedded and IoT
• Other applications running on openSUSE

Topics that are not related to a specific technology are also welcome. For example:

• An overview of FLOSS technologies
• Development, Quality Assurance, Translation
• Tips & Tricks, Experience stories (success or fail), Best practice
• Marketing and community management
• Education

Types of sessions

We are inviting proposals for these two types of sessions.

• Long talks with presentation (45 min. + Q&A)
• Short talks with presentation (30 min. + Q&A)

Lighting talk sessions (5 min.) will be announced later.

Schedule

• Proposal submission deadline: 1 July, 2026
• Notification to speakers: 21 July, 2026

How to submit your proposal document

Please submit your proposal at events.opensuse.org. If you do not have a SUSE community account, please sign up before submitting your proposal.

• You must follow the openSUSE Conference Code of Conduct.
• Your proposal should be written in English, between 130 and 250 words, and have a clear, relevant title.
• Please check for spelling and grammar before submitting, using tools like LibreOffice, Google Docs, or Grammarly.
• See our guide for tips on writing a great proposal.
• If you need help, contact committee members in your country or region.

Requirements for your presentation

• You may present in English or Bahasa Indonesia, but all documents and slides must be in English.
• Speakers must be present at the venue; prerecorded videos and remote presentations are not allowed.