[ANNOUNCE/CFP] LPC 2026 Scheduler and Real-Time Microconference

[Vincent Guittot]

Hello everyone,

We're pleased to announce that the Call for Topics for the upcoming
Scheduler and Real-Time Microconference at Linux Plumbers 2026, is
open!

    https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2329/

This event is designed to gather kernel developers and engineers to
share knowledge on scheduler and/or real time issues in Linux and
connect with peers. Like last year, we are joining the tightly linked
Real-Time and scheduler topics in one same microconference.

We're particularly interested in talks that:

    - Spark Discussion: The goal is to discuss open problems,
preferably with patch sets already on the mailing list.

    - Are Concise: Presentations are meant to be limited to 2 or 3
slides intended to seed a discussion and debate.

Some possible topics for discussions:

    - Improve responsiveness of fair tasks
    - Improve PREEMPT_RT
    - Improve Locking and priority inversion
    - Impact of new topology, including hybrid or heterogeneous system
    - Improvements on SCHED_DEADLINE and DL server
    - Tooling for debugging low latency analysis

It is also perfectly fine if you have a new topic that is not on the
list above. People are encouraged to submit any topic related to
real-time and/or scheduling.

Ready to submit? Please fill out the submission form at this link:

    https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/

and select

    "Scheduler and Real-Time MC" as the track.

As mentioned in the blog post [1], proposals submitted by July 10th
will receive a voucher. We will accept proposals up to Aug 15th but
without ensuring that the speaker can get a ticket.

[1] https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2026/04/06/changes-to-registration-availability-for-2026/

We can't wait to see your proposal and build a fantastic lineup together.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

Best regards,

The Scheduler and Real-Time Microconference Team:
Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@xxxxxxxxx>
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Phil Auld <pauld@xxxxxxxxxx>
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>