After our Editorial Team has evaluated all the proposals, the best ones will be chosen to feature in GoLab 2026 Schedule.

In case your talk will be one of the chosen ones, congratulations and welcome: you're officially a GoLab Speaker!
This will grant you a free Speaker Ticket for the conference: so, in case you already bought one, that ticket will be canceled and completely refunded.
You will receive an e-mail to inform you that your talk has been selected to feature in the Schedule, so please press the CONFIRM button to confirm your presence at GoLab.

Visas: Before pressing the CONFIRM button, please evaluate if you need a visa to reach Italy from your Country and, in this case, how long does it take in your Country to get that visa.
We remind you that, due to the Italian Laws, we are not allowed to make visa letters. We just can provide you with a document where we basically declare your presence here in the conference period (from November 1st to 3rd, 2026), if you already have reserved an hotel here in the same period.
The visa you should request is a simple touristic one, not a business one.

Your picture: As a GoLab speaker, you're going to have your Speaker personal page on our website. It would be nice if in your Sessionize profile you would add a picture of you to be published on that page so people can recognize you at the conference. In addition you can submit also a short bio, your current occupation and some social networks profiles where attendees could get in touch with you, if you like.
It's OK if you don't want to share your picture publicly: in this case just inform us in advance or provide us the avatar you want to feature on your personal speaker page.
The photo should be likely a half-length photo with a neutral background (better white).

Spread The Love: We will gladly appreciate if you could announce on all your social networks about your participation to GoLab 2026 as a speaker: this will gather all Gophers interested to your talk here. Then it would be nice to have a joyful short video of you telling your audience you will be here and you’re waiting for them. Just a few seconds would be fine. This video will be published in a nice introduction video collage featuring all you speakers!

Tail shot for Diversity: We know that diversity is hard in a reality where the demographics are so skewed, BUT we can always provide a role model for new generations of developers. If you know someone from an underrepresented group who might be interested in presenting a lightning talk, please let them know that we value their experience!

As you could read in our CFP page, we're sorry but we can't cover your travel expenses. These expenses, together with the expenses of a visa if you need one, will be totally on your charge.

However we can provide you a room in the Savoia Regency Complex for the conference period. The room will be a double room for single user. The lodging length will be 2 nights for a speakers who give just a talk, 3 nights for the speakers holding a workshop. Any extra (more beds, larger room, longer stay) will be on your charge and must be paid before the checkout.

Our travel assistant, Ambra, will get in touch with you for the details. This is the moment to tell her/us if you have particular needs concerning your lodging. It would be nice if you could provide her also with your Emergency Contact Details: if you haven't already done so, please provide us with a quick way to contact you in case of an emergency. Rest assured, we'll only use this information in exceptional situations, and it will be deleted after the conference. In case you didn't report this to Ambra, you can send this information to info@golab.io.

Guests: If you plan to bring a partner or a friend, it all depends from they are interested in the whole conference or just your talk.
If they are interested in the conference, we offer you a discount code: SP20GL. With this discount code your friends will get a 20% discount on our ticket price.
In all the other cases please contact us on info@golab.io and we're going to find an agreement tailored on your optional needs.

Office Hours with the Editorial Team: We've already had the pleasure of speaking with some of you, but if you'd like our feedback or have questions, you can book an office hour with our editorial team. Please send your slot proposal from Google Calendar to the info@golab.io address, specifying in the Subject that it's an office hour request. Our editorial team will choose the one closest to their availability and you'll be notified as well.

Submission of Presentation Slides: To ensure that your presentation is accessible and to provide quick feedback, we kindly request that you send us your presentation slides by October 10th, 2026.
If you have a draft available now, feel free to share it earlier. This will give us a bit more time for review and optimization. FYI: all rooms will have an HDMI connection with the resolution of full HD 1920x1080.
We also remind you that a logo of your Company is admitted on one only slide of your presentation. More logos would turn your talk into a sponsored one and it's not fair to get for free something that others were asked to paid for.

Media Kit: Following many requests from you, a media kit will be delivered by the early days of June. You can find the Google slide templates and some graphic banners for social media just to spread the word about your attendance at the conference.

Workshop requirements (only for Workshops speakers): We assume that, in order to attend profitably to your workshop, a working laptop (with "working" we mean it can do the job for all the workshop's length) with the latest version of Go installed would be enough. In case they are not, please let us know the minimum requirements of your workshop, so we can publish it on our website on your workshop page.
If people come already set up properly, it can save you some time that you have to provide in advance otherwise to ensure everyone has what it takes to get full advantage from your workshop.

Tech reference: Just one month before the conference you could be reached by out technical staff to check if you have some particular tech needs to give your talk/workshop. You'll also be informed about who will be your Talk Manager

Check carefully your path: there is plenty of online navigators, however please check how long does it take for you to reach the conference venue in reasonable advance for giving your talk (or workshop). We may get in touch with you through the personal contacts you provided us with, in case you'll need some help to reach the venue in time.

Registration and Talk Manager: When you arrive, please come to the Registration Desk to get your personal Speaker badge.
You will also meet your Talk Manager, who will assist you all through your talk: if you can't get in touch with them, we can arrange you to meet each other.

Computer check: Please remember to get at your talk's room just at the pause (coffee break or lunch) before your talk for your computer check. In case your talk is the first one in the morning, please do come 30 minutes before your talk.
We also recommend to have a backup of your talk on a USB stick: in case of major problems with your hardware you can connect your stick to our backup computer and give your talk anyway. Of course it won't be possible for live coding talks, but better safe than sorry!

Talk time management (for talk speakers only): The standard time for the presentation is: 40min + 10min Q&A + 10min room change. You can do something with the first 25 or 50 minutes, depending on your content or presentation style, but please leave the last 10 minutes as a buffer time for movement and interaction.

Backup questions: If you will, we usually suggest you to tell us a few questions that the talk manager can ask at the end of the talk, in case the audience is still mumbling. With this trick in hand, after that first question the ice could be broken and the rest of the Q/A session can run smoothly.

Lightning Talks: Do you have an engaging content you want to share with other Gophers, but it's not so deep to be involved in a 40 minutes talk?
Giving a Lightning Talk about it could be a good alternative.
Please check for the Lightning Talks board near the Registration Desk to reserve your 5-10 minutes slot!