call for speakers

Say it out loud

The talk track on Saturday, November 14, 2026 runs from nothing assumed to genuinely deep. If you have moved something onto free software and can say what broke and what did not, there is a slot for you. First time speakers are the point of this.

what we are looking for

A real account. Something you run, fixed, moved, or gave up on, with the specifics.
Plain words. The morning room has never installed Linux. The afternoon room has.
Practical over persuasive. The headline talk makes the case; everything else answers it.
Free software in the frame. It does not have to be pure, and saying where it is not is welcome.

how long is a lightning talk


      $
      cat proposal.txt | wc -w
    

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      412
    

      $
      about four hundred words is a five minute talk. you have already read more than that today.
    

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Nervous about it?

Lightning talks are five minutes, hard stop, timed on screen. Slides are optional. Someone will run through it with you beforehand if you ask.

Your proposal goes to hello@wildandwiredwv.com and into our own records, nowhere else. Someone replies within a few days. Speakers are announced as they confirm.