We welcome submissions of KVM Forum speaking proposals!

All presentation slots will be 25 minutes + 5 minutes for questions.

Suggested topics

• Scalability and Optimization
• Hardening and security
• Confidential computing

KVM and the Linux Kernel

• New Features and Architecture Ports
• Device Passthrough: VFIO, mdev, vDPA
• Network Virtualization
• Virtio and vhost

Virtual Machine Monitors and Management

• VMM Implementation: APIs, Live Migration, Performance Tuning, etc.
• Multi-process VMMs: vhost-user, vfio-user, QEMU Storage Daemon
• QEMU without KVM: Hypervisor.framework, Hyper-V, etc.
• Managing KVM: Libvirt, KubeVirt, Kata Containers

Emulation

• New Devices, Boards and Architectures
• CPU Emulation and Binary Translation

Developer-focused content

• Tooling improvements
• Enabling Rust
• Testing frameworks and strategies

Speakers are expected to attend in person.

Submissions close on 2026-08-01 00:00 (Canada/Pacific), 1 month, 3 weeks from now.