Official slide templates
The existing Presentation Templates collection contains bilingual editable speaker decks. Use the English or Canadian French version that suits your session. The templates are starting points; content remains your responsibility.
Open the Presentation Templates collection below to obtain the current files.
What belongs in a strong deck
Include a title slide with your session name and affiliation, an agenda or framing question, clearly labelled examples, a takeaway summary, and an optional references slide. If using third-party diagrams, provide attribution and check permission.
For technical demonstrations, add a “What you will learn” slide and a final resources slide.
Respect the official visual identity
Use only the supplied official LAC and Open Source Week logos. Do not recreate, recolour, distort, crop, or modify them. Keep the original aspect ratio. If an official logo cannot be placed accurately, omit it and ask the organizers for the correct asset.
Never substitute a generated or approximate logo.
Export and compatibility
Keep an editable original and export a PDF for reliable display. Check fonts, image resolution, animations, embedded media, and contrast. Test in the software you will use on stage.
A PDF is a fallback, not a substitute for testing the live demonstration.
Distributing materials
Before sharing slides, source code, datasets, or handouts, verify the licence, attribution, and privacy requirements. Use permanent project links where possible. The team will confirm whether and how materials are collected for the public Download Centre.
Do not upload confidential, proprietary, or unlicensed material.
What is not finalized
Submission deadlines, mandatory file formats, speaker approval procedures, and recording policies have not been announced on this page. Follow instructions sent directly by the organizing team.
If in doubt, contact the team before distributing materials.