Open Source Days 2025 will be held on August 10 in Vancouver for more than 250 software engineers and developers working in VFX and animation. 

While Open Source Days is a hybrid event, all speakers must plan to present in-person. For sessions with multiple speakers, you must have at least one speaker who will be presenting in-person. All presentations will be recorded and posted publicly after the event.  

We welcome talk submissions on any topic related to open-source software for visual effects, animation, or digital content creation. Talks should not be sales pitches or product promotions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Pipeline tools and technologies
• Computer graphics and imaging 
• AI and machine learning
• Virtual production and real-time
• Cloud
• Interoperability 
• Open source in production
• Emerging or new open source projects (submit as a lightning talk)
• Open source best practices  

Submission Types:

• Session Presentation (20-30 minutes; 1 speaker or 1 speaker and 1 co-speaker)
• Multi-speaker Presentation (20-30 minutes; 1 main speaker with additional guest speakers giving short updates)
• Panel Discussion (40 minutes; maximum 4 panelists and 1 moderator)
• Lightning Talk (10 minutes; 1 speaker or 1 speaker and 1 co-speaker)

Note: we do not accept multi-presenter or panel sessions with only male speakers.