SELF's content comes from our community. Anyone with knowledge to share and a desire to communicate well can add to the magic.

This year's most sought-after topics are emerging technologies, privacy & security, scaling FOSS-based solutions, Linux & FOSS basics, and FOSS @Home (home automation and hobby projects). We're also open to interesting FOSS we haven't thought of yet.

There are three types of sessions:
- Talks are the default session type. These are 45 minute demos, presentations, or panels. There is an option for a double session.
- BoFs, or Birds of a Feather are organized gatherings and round tables meant for group discussion rather than a one-to-many presentation.
- Workshops and Events are anything that doesn't clearly fit in those categories.

The submission process is pretty simple. The most important parts are your session description, type of session, and abstract. Don't overthink track selection: we'll fix it if you get it wrong, or if the track layout changes after we see submissions.

Please note that all non BOF sessions will be recorded and live streamed, this is required for all main sessions. We will also only accept a max of 2 sessions for any one speaker but please submit as many good topics and sessions as you can.

You can enter proposals until 2025-04-27 23:59 (America/New_York), 1 week, 1 day from now.