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Power Management and Scheduling in the Linux Kernel

OSPM Summit - VIII edition

The VIII edition of the Power Management and Scheduling in the Linux Kernel (OSPM) summit aims at fostering discussions on power management and (real-time) scheduling techniques. The summit will be held at Arm in Cambridge (UK) on April 14-16, 2026.

We welcome anybody interested in having discussions on the broad scope of scheduler techniques for reducing energy consumption while meeting performance and latency requirements, real-time systems, real-time and non-real-time scheduling, tooling, debugging and tracing.

Previous editions

Feel free to have a look at what happened in previous years:

Format

The summit is organized to cover three days of discussions and talks.

The list of topics of interest includes (but it is not limited to):

  • Power management techniques
  • Scheduling techniques (real-time and non real-time)
  • Energy consumption and CPU capacity aware scheduling
  • Real-time virtualization
  • Mobile/Server power management real-world use cases (successes and failures)
  • Power management and scheduling tooling (configuration, integration testing, etc.)
  • Tracing
  • Recap/lightning talks

Presentations (50 min) can cover recently developed technologies, ongoing work and new ideas. Please understand that this workshop is not intended for presenting sales and marketing pitches.

Submit a topic/presentation

To submit a topic/presentation, use the form available here. Or, if you prefer, simply write an e-mail to Juri Lelli, specifying name/surname, affiliation, short bio, email address, title, abstract.

Important Dates

  • Deadline for submitting topics/presentations: January 30th, 2026.
  • Notifications for accepted topics/presentations: February 6th, 2026.

Attending

Attending the OSPM-summit is free of charge, but registration to the event is mandatory. The event can allow a maximum of 50 people (so, be sure to register early!).

Registrations open on February 6th, 2026. To register, fill in the registration form available here.

While it is not strictly required to submit a topic/presentation, registrations with a topic/presentation proposal will take precedence.

Venue and Independence Notice

OSPM'26 is hosted at the Arm Cambridge campus (in Cambridge, UK), in the lecture theatre and breakout area. We appreciate Arm's generous support in providing the venue.

Although the event takes place on Arm's premises, it is fully independent of Arm's business operations. The summit is organised by and for the open-source community, and everyone is welcome to take part in an open, collaborative environment.

Hotels in Cambridge

Please, find below a list of possible hotels and accomodations in the Cambridge area:

  • Holiday Inn Express Cambridge By IHG 15/17 Coldhams Park, Norman Way, Off Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3LH, UK
  • Ibis Cambridge Hotel 2 Station Square, Cambridge, CB12GA, UK
  • The Regent Aparthotel 41 Regent Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AB, UK
  • Travelodge Cambridge Central Cambridge Leisure Park Clifton Way, CB1 7DY Cambridge, UK
  • Premier Inn Cambridge City Centre - Corn Exchange/Lion Yard Guild Hall Street, CB2 3NH Cambridge, UK
  • Gonville Hotel 2 Gonville Pl, CB1 1LY Cambridge, UK
  • Premier Inn Cambridge East - Newmarket Road Newmarket Road, CB1 3EP Cambridge, UK
  • Travelodge Cambridge Newmarket Road 180-190 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8HF, UK
  • Hilton Cambridge City Centre Downing Street, CB2 3DT Cambridge, UK
  • Clayton Hotel Cambridge Station Road, CB1 2FB Cambridge, UK

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