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 This is an incomplete list of NetBSD-related events. If you know about  For list of NetBSD-related events please see
 some public event that fits and would like it to be listed here,  [NetBSD Events](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/events.html).
 [contact us.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi)  
   If you know about some public event that fits and would like it to be
   listed there, [contact us.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi)
   
 For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our  For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our
 [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/).  [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/).
   
 See also the NetBSD [[developer summits|summits]].  See also the NetBSD [[developer summits|summits]].
   
   
 Future Events  
 -------------  
   
 ### `Mar 2019` - AsiaBSDCon 2019, Tokyo, Japan  
   
 *March 21 - 24, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a  
 conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.  
 The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems  
 based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.  
 AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best  
 technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest  
 developments in our open source community are shared with the widest  
 possible audience.  
   
   
 ### `May 2019` - BSDCan 2019, Ottawa, Canada  
   
 *May 15 - 18, 2019, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2019/), a BSD conference held in  
 Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference  
 for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and  
 related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula  
 that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to  
 advanced developers.  
   
   
 ### `Sep 2019` - EuroBSDcon 2019, Lillehammer, Norway  
   
 *September 19 - 22, 2019, Scandic Lillehammer Hotel, Lillehammer, Norway*  
   
 [EuroBSDcon](https://2019.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European  
 conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting  
 about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software  
 developers, computer science students and professors, and users  
 from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of  
 EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,  
 facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.  
   
   
 Past Events  
 -----------  
   
 ### `Feb 2019` - FOSDEM 2019 Brussels, Belgium  
   
 *February 2 - 3, 2019, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2019/) is a  
 free event for software developers to meet, share ideas  
 and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of  
 free and open source software from all over the world gather  
 at the event in Brussels.  
   
 There is a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed  
 operating systems and their talks.  
   
 Please see  
 [this announcement](https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/10/24/msg000787.html)  
 for details.  
   
   
 ### `Oct 2018` - MeetBSDCA 2018, Santa Clara, US  
   
 *October 19 - 20, 2018, Intel Santa Clara Campus, California, US*  
   
 [MeetBSD California](https://www.meetbsd.com/) is a biennial BSD  
 Unix conference that takes place in Silicon Valley. The first  
 MeetBSD California took place in 2008 and in 2018 it will take  
 place at the Intel Santa Clara Campus.  
   
   
 ### `Sep 2018` - EuroBSDCon 2018, Bucharest, Romania  
   
 *September 20 - 23, 2018, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania*  
   
 [EuroBSDCon](https://2018.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European  
 conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting  
 about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software  
 developers, computer science students and professors, and users  
 from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of  
 EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,  
 facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2018` - Japan NetBSD Users Group annual Meeting and BoF, Tokyo, Japan  
   
 *July 14, 2018, Takeda Building, The University of Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [Japan NetBSD User Group annual Meeting and BoF](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting20.html.en)  
 is the 20th annual meeting organized by the  
 [Japan NetBSD Users Group](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).  
 The meeting consists of the 20th Annual Meeting opened to all  
 members of JNUG and the NetBSD BoF (Birds of a Feather), the casual  
 meeting for individuals who have interests to the NetBSD operating  
 system opened to everybody interested.  
   
 For more information please see the report on  
 [netbsd-advocacy@](//mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/07/17/msg000778.html)  
 mailing list.  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2018` - pkgsrcCon 2018, Berlin, Germany  
   
 *July 7 - 8, 2018, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2018/) is the annual technical  
 conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building  
 over 19,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native  
 package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across  
 many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.  
   
   
 ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada  
   
 *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in  
 Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference  
 for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and  
 related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula  
 that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to  
 advanced developers.  
   
   
 ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan  
   
 *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) was a  
 conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.  
 The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems  
 based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.  
 AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best  
 technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest  
 developments in our open source community were shared with the widest  
 possible audience.  
   
   
 ### `Feb 2018` - FOSDEM 2018, Brussels, Belgium  
   
 *February 3 - 4, 2018, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2018/) was a free event for software developers to  
 meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of  
 free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in  
 Brussels.  
   
   
 ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan  
   
 *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan*  
   
 [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) was planned as a  
 single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50  
 minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference  
 attracted over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals,  
 software developers, computer science professors, users and  
 students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the  
 world. The goal of BSDTW was to exchange knowledge about the  
 BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation  
 among users and developers and to promote business friendly  
 BSD licensed open source software.  
   
   
 ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France  
   
 *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France*  
   
 [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European  
 conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting  
 about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software  
 developers, computer science students and professors, and users  
 from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of  
 EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,  
 facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England  
   
 *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England*  
   
 [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical  
 conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building  
 over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native  
 package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across  
 many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.  
   
   
 ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada  
   
 *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based  
 around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a  
 four day period at the University of Ottawa.  
   
 Please see  
 [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/)  
 for details.  
   
   
 ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017  
   
 *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a  
 conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.  
 The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems  
 based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.  
 AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best  
 technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest  
 developments in our open source community were shared with the widest  
 possible audience.  
   
   
 ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium  
   
 *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a  
 free event for software developers to meet, share ideas  
 and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of  
 free and open source software from all over the world gather  
 at the event in Brussels.  
   
 There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed  
 operating systems and their talks.  
   
 Please see  
 [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html)  
 for details.  
   
   
 ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia  
   
 *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia*  
   
 [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European  
 conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting  
 about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software  
 developers, computer science students and professors, and users  
 from all over Europe and other parts of the world.  
   
   
 ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane  
   
 *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations.  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto  
   
 *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH  
 PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).  
 [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html).  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF  
 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en)  
 for meeting information and   
 [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt).  
   
 ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland  
   
 *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland*  
   
 [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical  
 conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building  
 over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native  
 package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across  
 many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.  
   
 ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa  
   
 *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html).  
   
 ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.   
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html).  
   
 ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya  
   
 *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.   
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html).  
   
   
 ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma  
   
 *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.   
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html).  
   
 ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016  
   
 *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users  
 and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held  
 in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
 [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt)  
   
 ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.   
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html).  
   
   
 ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako  
   
 *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2016  
 Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html).  
   
   
 ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima  
   
 *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html).  
   
 ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015  
   
 *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations   
 and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731).  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html).  
   
 ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations   
 and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4).  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html).  
   
   
 ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil  
   
 *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil*  
   
 A primeira edição da [BSDCon Brasil](http://2015.bsdcon.com.br/) ocorreu em 2003. Durante todos esses anos que se passaram, o Brasil ainda não tinha reunido sua comunidade com tanta força como agora. Todos os envolvidos na conferência terão contato direto com o mundo dos usuários, entusiastas e desenvolvedores, o que lhes permitirá melhor compreender sistemas FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD e outros sistemas de linhagem BSD UNIX.  
   
   
 ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka  
   
 *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html).  
   
 ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden  
   
 *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*  
   
 [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European  
 conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about  
 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,  
 computer science students and professors, and users from all over  
 Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to  
 exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate  
 coordination and cooperation among users and developers.  
   
 ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima  
   
 *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget  
 demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html).  
   
 ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States  
   
 *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*  
   
 On September 11-13, 2015 at the Sheraton in Reston, Virginia for the second biennial [vBSDCon](http://vbsdcon.com) event. This exciting weekend will bring together members of the BSD community for a series of roundtable discussions, educational sessions, best practice conversations, and exclusive networking opportunities.  
   
 ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata  
   
 *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html).  
   
 ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane  
   
 *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).  
   
 ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto  
   
 *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH  
 PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/).  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html).  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa  
   
 *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.  
 [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html).  
   
   
 ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html).  
   
   
 ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015  
   
 *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users  
 and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held  
 in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2015  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html).  
   
 ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014  
   
 *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD  
 booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.  
   
 ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria  
   
 *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*  
   
 [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European  
 conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about  
 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,  
 computer science students and professors, and users from all over  
 Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to  
 exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate  
 coordination and cooperation among users and developers.  
   
 ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto  
   
 *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH  
 PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2014  
 Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).  
 [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html).  
   
   
 ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya  
   
 *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International  
 Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2014  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD  
 and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group  
 (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget  
 demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.  
   
 ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England  
   
 *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*  
   
 [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical  
 conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection  
 (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and  
 works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,  
 interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.  
   
 ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,  
 Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2014  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)  
 with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
   
 ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa  
   
 *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2014  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.  
 [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580).  
   
   
 ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako  
   
 *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo  
 Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2014  
 Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
 ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014  
   
 *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users  
 and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical  
 conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2014  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),  
 [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi  
 image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).  
 more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD  
 Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce  
 Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".  
   
 ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014  
   
 *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*  
   
 [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a  
 day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."  
   
 ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013  
   
 *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*  
   
 [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature  
 some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks  
   
 ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita  
   
 *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
 ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka  
   
 *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research  
 Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))  
   
 ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013  
   
 *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD  
 booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.  
   
 ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.  
   
 ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima  
   
 *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus  
 Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)  
 , Hiroshima, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a  
 NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
 ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido  
   
 *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,  
 Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)  
 with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
 ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013  
   
 *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,  
 Campus  
 Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),  
 Germany*  
   
 At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source  
 Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth  
 with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and  
 answering users' questions.  
   
 ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane  
   
 *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE  
 TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS  
 NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station  
 NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII  
 NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i  
 NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI  
 hardfloat  
 NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)  
 ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).  
   
 ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto  
   
 *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH  
 PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (  
 [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON  
 LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and  
 mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),  
 [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation  
 ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),  
 [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter  
 Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)  
 ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).  
   
 ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF  
 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)  
 for meeting information.[more detail on  
 togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).  
   
 ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa  
   
 *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for  
 NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),  
 [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on  
 togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).  
   
 ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya  
   
 *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International  
 Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD  
 andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group  
 (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration  
 [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and  
 NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs  
 NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030  
 emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD  
 Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG  
 BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1  
 vs 6.0.2 animation on  
 NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)  
 ),[CLU lang and NetBSD  
 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more  
 detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).  
   
 ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin  
   
 *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*  
   
 LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin  
 Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a  
 NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest  
 T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer  
 cases or notebooks.  
   
 See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for  
 more information.  
   
 ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada  
   
 *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*  
   
 [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in  
 Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating  
 systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013  
 at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials  
 on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for  
 the most part) on the day before and after the conference.  
   
 See [the call for  
 papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy  
   
 *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*  
   
 The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he  
 Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,  
 April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project  
 developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with  
 BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and  
 dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests  
 of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite  
 flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or  
 even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of  
 these.  
   
 ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany  
   
 *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical  
 conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection  
 (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and  
 works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,  
 interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.  
   
 ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany  
   
 *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*  
   
 The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open  
 Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.  
 There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and  
 BSD related talks.  
   
 See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more  
 information.  
   
 ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013  
   
 *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users  
 and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical  
 conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit  
 SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru  
 Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports  
 on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by  
 Japan NetBSD Users  
 Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).  
   
 ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima  
   
 *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY  
 PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a  
 NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm  
 (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))  
 and ["NetBSD 20 years"  
 presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)  
 by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).  
   
 ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(  
 [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),  
 [NetBSD/KOBO and  
 NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on  
 WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on  
 togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).  
   
 ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu  
   
 *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo  
 Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2013  
 Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on  
 Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).  
   
 ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium  
   
 *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software  
 Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event  
 organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide  
 Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to  
 meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on  
 the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally  
 free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and  
 sponsorships. No registration necessary.  
   
 There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating  
 systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to  
 developers or get NetBSD goodies.  
   
 Please see [this  
 announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka  
   
 *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou  
 Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))  
   
 ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu  
   
 *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of  
 Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))  
   
 ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
 ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima  
   
 *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin  
 University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k  
 machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including  
 [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),  
 [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),  
 [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)  
 ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000  
 PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30  
 accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)  
 [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and  
 [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000  
 keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also  
 presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by  
 isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features  
 found at OSC booth" by  
 tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event  
 summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).  
   
 ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland  
   
 *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*  
   
 [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual  
 technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with  
 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.  
   
 EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news  
 from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and  
 meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented  
 technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions  
 and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.  
   
 The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators  
 and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the  
 conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We  
 firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of  
 technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this  
 regular meeting.  
   
 ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa  
   
 *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).  
   
 ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(  
 [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by  
 kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks  
 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),  
 [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),  
 [NetBSD/KOBO and  
 NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on  
 WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and  
 USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME  
 Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more  
 details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).  
   
 ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012  
   
 *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD  
 booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3  
 NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i  
 NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports  
 on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).  
   
 ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane  
   
 *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE  
 TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations (  
 [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more  
 details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).  
   
 ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012  
   
 *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &  
 Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),  
 San Diego, California, USA*  
   
 [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the  
 leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in  
 North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the  
 Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap  
 on day one of the conference.  
   
 ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012  
   
 *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt  
 Augustin, Germany*  
   
 The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source  
 Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.  
   
 ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto  
   
 *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH  
 PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (  
 [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA  
 II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP  
 WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer  
 with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for  
 SHARP,X68K on  
 XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS  
 cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter  
 Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install  
 service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on  
 PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k  
 updates presetation by  
 tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)  
 [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).  
   
 ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai  
   
 *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer  
 College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and  
 Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF  
 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)  
 for meeting information.  
   
 ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon  
   
 *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD  
 Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*  
   
 The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for  
 the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need  
 fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0  
 release branch.  
   
 ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)  
 with [Building NetBSD on  
 Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),  
 [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing  
 on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM  
 PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on  
 XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3  
 and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and  
 mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger  
 counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image  
 Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)  
 by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).  
   
 ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin  
   
 *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*  
   
 LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the  
 Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event  
 featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the  
 exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and  
 developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.  
   
 See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for  
 more information.  
   
 ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012  
   
 *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*  
   
 [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in  
 Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating  
 systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic  
 formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to  
 advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at  
 University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on  
 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the  
 most part) on the day before and after the conference.  
   
 ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya  
   
 *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International  
 Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group  
 (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration  
 [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line  
 on NetBSD/dreamcast visual  
 memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and  
 paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),  
 [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD  
 on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and  
 Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),  
 [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and  
 NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).  
   
 ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna  
   
 The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the  
 University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.  
   
 ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate  
   
 *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD  
 booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the  
 [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {  
 [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget  
 demonstrations.  
   
 ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012  
   
 *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and  
 developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical  
 conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime  
   
 *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by  
 isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),  
 [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD  
 port history by  
 tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),  
 [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and  
 shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),  
 [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on  
 mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations  
 [[ustream live  
 archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].  
   
 ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012  
   
 *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*  
   
 The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but  
 also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor  
 novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related  
 talks.  
   
 See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more  
 information.  
   
 ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live  
 image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),  
 [WZero3 live  
 image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),  
 [Zaurus live  
 image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),  
 [Translate NetBSD man with  
 po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),  
 [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),  
 [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus  
 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with  
 pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),  
 [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),  
 [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong  
 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter  
 seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget  
 demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).  
   
 ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita  
   
 *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2012  
 Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD  
 booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by  
 members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)  
 with hpcsh { [Persona  
 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada  
 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada  
 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {  
 [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),  
 [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),  
 [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips  
 { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),  
 [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {  
 [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},  
 i386 { [aspire  
 one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {  
 [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),  
 [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen  
 tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),  
 [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },  
 [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),  
 [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations  
 and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2  
 presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).  
   
 ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012  
   
 *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and  
 non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to  
 provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration  
 necessary.  
   
 There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD  
 licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the  
 announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka  
   
 *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI  
 JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),  
 Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),  
 [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and  
 [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).  
   
 ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image  
 amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad  
 X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC  
 A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada  
 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer  
 Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),  
 [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),  
 [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)  
 ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,  
 SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream  
 Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).  
   
 ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane  
   
 *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE  
 TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget  
 demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011  
   
 *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD  
 booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {  
 [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),  
 [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),  
 [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall  
 demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why  
 enigmatic machines by  
 tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),  
 pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream  
 Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on  
 Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).  
   
 ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)  
   
 *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*  
   
 The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European  
 developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,  
 and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no  
 formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,  
 however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their  
 favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around  
 :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate  
 potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate  
 university students to work with BSD systems.  
   
 There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the  
 day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.  
   
 For more information please visit the website  
 [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).  
   
 ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011  
   
 *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*  
   
 BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of  
 BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,  
 deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,  
 DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 For more information please visit the website  
 [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011  
   
 *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*  
   
 EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on  
 and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon  
 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)  
 The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The  
 Netherlands.  
   
 For more information please visit the website  
 [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima  
   
 *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of  
 Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)  
 , Hiroshima, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets  
 demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (  
 [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),  
 [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),  
 [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030  
 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on  
 ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac  
 OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero  
 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),  
 [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and  
 [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),  
 ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by  
 tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),  
 [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).  
   
 ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa  
   
 *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets  
 demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0  
 presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.  
   
 ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu  
   
 *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of  
 Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,  
 Fukushima, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011  
 Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed  
 by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets  
 demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya  
   
 *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International  
 Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (  
 [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing  
 Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga  
 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS  
 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger  
 counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).  
   
 ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon  
   
 *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD  
 Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*  
   
 The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki  
 page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.  
   
 ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto  
   
 *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH  
 PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD  
 booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (  
 [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS  
 NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA  
 SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book  
 colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4  
 BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on  
 NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on  
 NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),  
 [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling  
 process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain  
 Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD  
 Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by  
 [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k  
 will never die!  
 presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)  
 and  
 [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)  
 by tsutsui.  
   
 ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF  
 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)  
 for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream  
 clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by  
 mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)  
 by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power  
 consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with  
 OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP  
 keysign party by soda.  
   
 ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and  
 [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,  
 JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .  
   
 ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai  
   
 *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer  
 College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and  
 WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011  
   
 *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*  
   
 [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the  
 University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12  
 May 2011.  
   
 ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe  
   
 *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion  
 Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +  
 EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space  
 API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)  
 presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI  
 TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),  
 [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011  
   
 *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and  
 developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita  
   
 *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),  
 Oita, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.  
   
 ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda  
 Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium  
   
 *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,  
 Belgium*  
   
 At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was  
 a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.  
   
 [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"  
 in the BSD devroom  
   
 ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa  
   
 *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall  
 Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2011  
 Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many  
 hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and  
 wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)  
 presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit  
 Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).  
   
 ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka  
   
 *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of  
 Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.  
   
 *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*  
   
 NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du  
 Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was  
 generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users  
 focused.  
   
 ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane  
   
 *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE  
 TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget  
 demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010  
   
 *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*  
   
 [The New York City BSD Conference  
 (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical  
 conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to  
 share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to  
 have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD  
 Users Group (NYC\*BUG).  
   
 ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010  
   
 *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three  
 BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA  
 Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC  
 Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit  
 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun  
 Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP  
 ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on  
 NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),  
 OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),  
 OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD  
 straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and  
 BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor  
 Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me  
 introduce [raiders of the lost ARC  
 tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a  
 revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by  
 tsutsui)  
   
 ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata  
   
 *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg  
 tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).  
   
 ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010  
   
 *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*  
   
 EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on  
 and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in  
 Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was  
 preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).  
   
 For more information please visit the website  
 [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa  
   
 *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets  
 demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and  
 [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000  
 emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).  
   
 ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya  
   
 *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai  
   
 *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).  
   
 ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [this  
 page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)  
 for meeting information.  
   
 NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by  
 kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by  
 Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and  
 C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,  
 AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.  
   
 ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and  
 [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +  
 VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s  
 (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s  
 (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,  
 NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }  
   
 ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010  
   
 *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest  
 Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in  
 Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers  
 in a shared BSD booth.  
   
 If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any  
 questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).  
   
 ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland  
   
 *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of  
 Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*  
   
 ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai  
   
 *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer  
 College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and  
 WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes  
   
 *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*  
   
 NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du  
 Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)  
   
 ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010  
   
 *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*  
   
 [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the  
 University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12  
 May 2010.  
   
 ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010  
   
 *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and  
 developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
   
 A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30  
   
 ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe  
   
 *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion  
 Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +  
 SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for  
 TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))  
 , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI  
 UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and  
 many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010  
   
 *Feb. 19-22, 2010,  
 [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*  
   
 The [February 2010  
 Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing  
 on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.  
   
 ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium  
   
 *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,  
 Belgium*  
   
 At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was  
 a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.  
   
 [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the  
 License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale  
 Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in  
 the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).  
   
 ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita  
   
 *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),  
 Oita, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2010  
 Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.  
   
 ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka  
   
 *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo  
 University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi  
   
 *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze  
 Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets  
 demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009  
   
 *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*  
   
 A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an  
 impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other  
 major BSDs.  
   
 For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website  
 [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .  
   
 ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009  
   
 *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ  
 SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive  
 extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link  
 Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and  
 BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).  
   
 ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th  
 build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for  
 NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on  
 [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and  
 [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets  
 demonstration and BSD BOF.  
   
 ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa  
   
 *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention  
 Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,  
 Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets  
 demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009  
   
 *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*  
   
 EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on  
 and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009  
 at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded  
 the conference on Sept 18th.  
   
 For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website  
 [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).  
   
 ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya  
   
 *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata  
   
 *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information  
 Studies, Niigata, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg  
 tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).  
   
 ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai  
   
 *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption  
 demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at  
 bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and  
 VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with  
 Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD  
 song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),  
 [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with  
 hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM  
 PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with  
 libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy  
 efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).  
   
 ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [this  
 page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)  
 for meeting information.  
   
 BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,  
 AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,  
 USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign  
 party.  
   
 ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009  
   
 *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,  
 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power  
 consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole  
 GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).  
   
 ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009  
   
 *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference  
 took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground  
 under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD  
 systems at the exhibition.  
   
 ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD  
 Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on  
 BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via  
 USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with  
 VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),  
 [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot  
 yet)](../ports/evbarm/).  
   
 ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane  
   
 *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE  
 TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget  
 demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),  
 [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).  
   
 ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009  
   
 *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*  
   
 [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the  
 University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7  
 May 2009.  
   
 ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009  
   
 *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at  
 [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in  
 Hannover, Germany.  
   
 ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009  
   
 *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and  
 developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
 [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in  
 Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)  
 ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),  
 and [NetBSD  
 BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)  
 was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009  
 papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and  
 [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.  
   
 ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo  
   
 *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*  
   
 The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE  
 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California  
 Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los  
 Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.  
   
 ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics  
 College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type  
 P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole  
 GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009  
   
 NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.  
 FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for  
 the community.  
   
 ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009  
   
 *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*  
   
 For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).  
   
 ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai  
   
 *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer  
 College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2009  
 Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka  
   
 *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka  
 University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),  
 Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa  
   
 *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support  
 Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08  
   
 *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*  
   
 For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).  
   
 ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008  
   
 *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users  
 Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole  
 GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),  
 [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),  
 [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),  
 [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime  
 control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets  
 demonstration and BSDBOF.  
   
 ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008  
   
 *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*  
   
 EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on  
 and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th  
 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials  
 preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.  
   
 For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website  
 [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008  
   
 *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*  
   
 A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The  
 event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took  
 place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York  
 City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.  
   
 ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008  
   
 *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*  
   
 The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User  
 Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October  
 11th and 12th, 2008.  
   
 More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at  
 [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).  
   
 Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.  
   
 ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial  
 Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole  
 GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),  
 [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets  
 demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF  
 Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),  
 [Itojun Service  
 Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).  
   
 ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane  
   
 *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE  
 TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget  
 demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),  
 [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),  
 [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),  
 [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and  
 [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).  
   
 ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya  
   
 *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (  
 [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),  
 [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:  
 NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).  
   
 ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai  
   
 *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power  
 consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),  
 [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune  
 paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with  
 USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc  
 benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with  
 all BSD machines.  
   
 ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG  
 evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -  
 Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc  
 update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD  
 - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.  
   
 ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3  
 one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .  
   
 ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008  
   
 *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*  
   
 The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,  
 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the  
 [NetBSD Packages Collection  
 (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing  
 on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in  
 pkgsrc infrastructure.  
   
 More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at  
 [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).  
   
 ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008  
   
 *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and  
 with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers  
 have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme  
 novices to advanced developers.  
   
 For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit  
 [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).  
   
 ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008  
   
 *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,  
 Spain*  
   
 For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit  
 [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).  
   
 ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka  
   
 *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of  
 Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3,  
 USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).  
   
 ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group  
   
 *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*  
   
 The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking  
 technologies and IT security.  
   
 For more information about FFG 2008 visit  
 [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)  
   
 ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008  
   
 *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and  
 developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone  
 developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,  
 OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical  
 conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and  
 presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our  
 open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.  
 AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide  
 List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),  
 [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]  
   
 [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)  
 Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd  
 and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys  
 Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32  
 ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).  
   
 Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:  
 Implementing Jails Under the kauth  
 Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:  
 [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With  
 puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps  
 Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD  
 Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:  
 [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI  
 Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg  
 Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern  
 Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)  
 [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .  
   
 Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps  
 for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,  
 networking and virtualisation.  
 ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics  
 College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2008  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus  
 EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and  
 [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.  
   
 ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008  
   
 *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,  
 Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the  
 community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas  
 Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.  
   
 ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x  
   
 *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*  
   
 The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE  
 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California  
 Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los  
 Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.  
   
 ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka  
   
 *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa  
   
 *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai  
 Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,  
 Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007  
   
 *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*  
   
 NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was  
 a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian  
 Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.  
   
 ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007  
   
 *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC  
 Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*  
   
 At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475  
 upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor  
 realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),  
 [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata  
   
 *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),  
 Niigata, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich  
   
 NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at  
 the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,  
 Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized  
 by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems  
   
 *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,  
 Turkey*  
   
 BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The  
 conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software  
 Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD  
 systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.  
   
 More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)  
   
 ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag  
   
 The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH  
 Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own  
 booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more  
 information, see the [event's  
 homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial  
 Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with  
 [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security  
 Presentation by  
 itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).  
   
 ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007  
   
 *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*  
   
 The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on  
 September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.  
 Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.  
   
 For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website  
 [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).  
   
 ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007  
   
 The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer  
 Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum  
 Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's  
 [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.  
   
 ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai  
   
 *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power  
 consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),  
 [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),  
 [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),  
 [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),  
 [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),  
 [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),  
 [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD  
 BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)  
 ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB  
 audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache  
 Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and  
 Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)  
 ).  
   
 [A report with some  
 photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is  
 available.  
   
 ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007  
   
 *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*  
   
 The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which  
 organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer  
 Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center  
 of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,  
 Switzerland.  
   
 There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A  
 report was posted to the  
 [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)  
 mailing list.  
   
 ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of  
 Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,  
 Japan*  
   
 See [this  
 page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for  
 meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,  
 [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header  
 issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update  
 net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,  
 [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),  
 [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),  
 automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key  
 sign party.  
   
 ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido  
   
 *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player  
 on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.  
   
 ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin  
   
 LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin  
 Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured  
 many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full  
 BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)  
 at the  
 [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)  
 this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and  
 the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.  
 BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.  
   
 See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more  
 information.  
   
 ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007  
   
 *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has  
 quickly established itself as the technical conference for people  
 working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.  
 The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide  
 range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.  
   
 That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of  
 Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.  
   
 For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit  
 [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).  
   
 ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007  
   
 *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*  
   
 The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27  
 to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on  
 the [NetBSD Packages Collection  
 (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing  
 on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in  
 pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all  
 welcome to attend.  
   
 More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at  
 [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).  
   
 ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg  
   
 *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*  
   
 There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,  
 including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small  
 expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the  
 other one for advanced users. See [the event's  
 homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.  
   
 P.S.: A report is available in [this  
 mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2007  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a  
 NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and  
 [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.  
   
 ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007  
   
 *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based  
 systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using  
 systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and  
 MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the  
 best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the  
 latest developments in our open source community are shared with the  
 widest possible audience.  
   
 Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The  
 AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at  
 [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).  
   
 ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage  
   
 *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*  
   
 NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage  
 (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See  
 [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you  
 want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer  
 <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.  
   
 ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk  
   
 *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk  
 (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February  
 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several  
 talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan  
 Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.  
   
 More information can be found at  
 [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and  
 [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The  
 German language article can be found at:  
 [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).  
   
 Ignatios also  
 [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)  
 his [slides (german  
 language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).  
   
 ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007  
   
 *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'  
 European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of  
 Brussels, Belgium.  
   
 There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other  
 merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD  
 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting  
 talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More  
 information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).  
   
 ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x  
   
 *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*  
   
 [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern  
 California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin  
 Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a  
 booth at this event; see the reports by  
 [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)  
 and  
 [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006  
   
 *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*  
   
 This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).  
 Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and  
 Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,  
 knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to  
 expand knowledge of BSD systems.  
   
 The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using  
 systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X  
 and Solaris.  
   
 For more information, please [visit the  
 website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).  
   
 ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa  
   
 *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*  
   
 At the [OpenSource Conference 2006  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon  
   
 NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current  
 ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon  
 page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.  
   
 ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria  
   
 NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the  
 [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November  
 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>  
 if you have any questions or want to help out.  
   
 ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan  
   
 EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th  
 - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The  
 [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has  
 quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:  
   
 -   Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record  
 -   Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install  
 -   Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype  
 -   NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat  
 -   Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?  
 -   Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting  
     NetBSD Network Appliances  
 -   Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing  
     for BSD TCP/IP  
   
 Registration is open now. Please [see the  
 website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!  
   
 ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006  
   
 *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*  
   
 Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User  
 Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon  
 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The  
 [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking  
 about NetBSD-related topics.  
   
 ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall  
   
 *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2006  
 Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich  
   
 NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth  
 A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in  
 Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and  
 organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if  
 you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer  
 <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.  
   
 A report on the event is available  
 [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).  
   
 ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest  
   
 *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*  
   
 There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio  
 Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF  
 <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the  
 booth.  
   
 A report of the event can be found  
 [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux  
   
 NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".  
 There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by  
 Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping  
 out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,  
 NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.  
   
 The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon  
 of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See  
 [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more  
 information.  
   
 A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing  
 list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006  
   
 There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on  
 September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences  
 (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See  
 [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for  
 more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer  
 <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at  
 the booth.  
   
 A.HUBERTF wrote a short  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)  
 about the event.  
   
 ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido  
   
 *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)  
 , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD  
 Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata  
   
 *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2006  
 Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.  
   
 ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF  
   
 *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*  
   
 [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD  
 BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held  
 in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129  
 attendances. BOF03. Room 201.  
   
 -   Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /  
     FreeBSD Project  
 -   FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note  
     CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /  
     Ensure Technology Ltd  
     .  
 -   BSD Usergroup activity:  
     Echigo BSD Users Group  
     , T.Tamura@EBUG  
 -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast  
   
 \> See [program for  
 details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).  
   
 The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),  
 [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,  
 [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).  
   
 ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006  
   
 *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference  
 held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical  
 conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems  
 and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that  
 appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced  
 developers.  
   
 This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at  
 University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed  
 during May 10-14th.  
   
 [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the  
 [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!  
   
 ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006  
   
 *May 5-7, Paris, France*  
   
 The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,  
 France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the  
 conference on their campus.  
   
 pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD  
 Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,  
 research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.  
 Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to  
 share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas  
 face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.  
   
 For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a  
 presentation proposal, please visit  
 [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/).  
   
 ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006  
   
 *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*  
   
 NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),  
 visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and  
 tutorials.  
   
 If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any  
 questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.  
   
 ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe  
   
 *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*  
   
 The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking  
 place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ  
 will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD  
 advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the  
 URL above.  
   
 ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth  
 Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 See [this  
 page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for  
 meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,  
 NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,  
 Codeblog.  
   
 ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006  
   
 *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*  
   
 This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to  
 take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD  
 Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are  
 interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at  
 gmail.com).  
   
 For more information about this event see  
 [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006  
   
 *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*  
   
 NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer  
 Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux  
 Cons in Germany.  
   
 Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:  
   
 -   Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.  
 -   Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment  
 -   Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD  
 -   Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features  
 -   Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)  
   
 For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)  
 net-tex.de\>.  
   
 ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006  
   
 *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),  
 the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The  
 booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.  
   
 ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring  
   
 *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2006  
 Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk  
   
 *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*  
   
 [German Unix User Group  
 “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)  
 (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of  
 Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).  
   
 There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup  
 strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).  
 Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth  
 activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on  
 regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006  
   
 *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*  
   
 The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European  
 Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by  
 volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source  
 software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM  
 meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in  
 Europe.  
   
 A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will  
 advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)  
 the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!  
   
 Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the  
 event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x  
   
 *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*  
   
 [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern  
 California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The  
 Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project  
 will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)  
 if you would like to help.  
   
 A report from Kevin Lahey is  
 [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).  
   
 ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)  
   
 *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress  
 (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on  
 technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and  
 workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)  
 information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and  
 generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the  
 discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.  
   
 ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa  
   
 *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*  
   
 At the [OpenSource Conference 2005  
 Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005  
   
 *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*  
   
 [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the  
 University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check  
 the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,  
 conference venue and registration. present.  
   
 ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005  
   
 *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*  
   
 The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,  
 in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to  
 the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,  
 there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe  
 Lockhoff.  
   
 For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex  
 [dot] de) and see the website of the event at  
 [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).  
   
 ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005  
   
 *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*  
   
 There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,  
 Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among  
 others) will be presented.  
   
 People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on  
 one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a  
 sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!  
   
 For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)  
   
 Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,  
 especially showing NetBSD!  
   
 ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005  
   
 *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*  
   
 At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was  
 a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA  
 BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with  
 NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),  
 [IO-DATA USL-5P  
 (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).  
   
 At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure  
 Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about  
 BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).  
   
 ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall  
   
 *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the [Open Source Conference 2005  
 Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed  
 by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{  
 [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.  
   
 ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005  
   
 *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*  
   
 The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC  
 BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference  
 for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD  
 operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the  
 [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.  
   
 ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005  
   
 *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*  
   
 The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international  
 exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office  
 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will  
 take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about  
 NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested  
 in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.  
 Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his  
 post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)  
 on netbsd-advocacy.  
   
 ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting  
   
 *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*  
   
 The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second  
 meeting will be held at [Parque das  
 Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the  
 group page for more information.  
   
 ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth  
 Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 See [this  
 page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for  
 meeting information.  
   
 A  
 [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)  
 about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.  
   
 ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo  
   
 *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*  
   
 The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took  
 place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD  
 derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is  
 also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of  
 non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental  
 organization.  
   
 ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005  
   
 *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*  
   
 [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo  
 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held  
 in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD  
 had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.  
 One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD  
 Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered  
 by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)  
 for more details.  
   
 ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference  
   
 *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*  
   
 [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker  
 conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south  
 of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD  
 village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For  
 more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's  
 [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)  
 to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.  
   
 ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005  
   
 *July 23, 2005, [NADYA  
 Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances.  
 There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more  
 [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).  
   
 ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido  
   
 *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth  
 staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).  
 [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user  
 groups.  
   
 ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005  
   
 *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*  
   
 [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,  
 from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the  
 [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference  
 venue and registration.  
   
 ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF  
   
 *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*  
   
 [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD  
 BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)  
 was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130  
 attendances. BOF01. Room 302.  
   
 -   \*BSD Document Internationalization  
 -   A Robot that runs on NetBSD  
     Live performance  
 -   BSD Usergroup activity in Japan  
 -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast  
   
 See [program for  
 details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).  
   
 The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277  
 clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of  
 Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya  
 University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55  
 clients,[BSD-BOF-LOG](http://motoyuki.bsdclub.org/boflog/NI2005-BSD-BOF-LOG.txt),[BSD-BOF-QA](http://motoyuki.bsdclub.org/boflog/NI2005-BSD-BOF-QA.txt)).  
   
 ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005  
   
 *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at  
 University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th  
 (of a social nature, for the most part).  
   
 ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005  
   
 *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*  
   
 [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,  
 Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical  
 conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection  
 (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research  
 projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,  
 contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the  
 [slides for this  
 event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.  
   
 See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.  
   
 ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005  
   
 LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures  
 and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was  
 held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD  
 topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.  
 Around 1000 people attended the past two years.  
   
 More information is at  
 [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can  
 volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this  
 email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)  
   
 ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference  
   
 *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*  
   
 USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge  
 practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005  
 program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and  
 sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community  
 of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing  
 solutions and fresh ideas.  
   
 See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.  
   
 ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005  
   
 *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by  
 members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see  
 [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).  
   
 ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005  
   
 *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT  
 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at  
 [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).  
   
 ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005  
   
 NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine  
 NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of  
 fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:  
   
 -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1  
 -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2  
   
 ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group  
   
 Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event  
 itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:  
   
 -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1  
 -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2  
 -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3  
   
 ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo  
   
 *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*  
   
 NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux  
 Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.  
 NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML  
 (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience  
 [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)  
 and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the  
 NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed  
 [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).  
   
 ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005  
   
 *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*  
   
 NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting  
 both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while  
 selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact  
 Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).  
   
 ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)  
   
 *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications  
 Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop  
 by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting  
 NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please  
 contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're  
 interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the  
 event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)  
 available.  
   
 ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004  
   
 *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*  
   
 [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,  
 Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official  
 program, conference venue and registration. A  
 [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks  
 shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.  
   
 A brief report from the conference is available  
 [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).  
 A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:  
 magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).  
   
 ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004  
   
 *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*  
   
 There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,  
 Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among  
 others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel  
 Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See  
 [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.  
   
 ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004  
   
 *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*  
   
 [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)  
   
 ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004  
   
 *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*  
   
 [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)  
   
 ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004  
   
 *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by  
 members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).  
   
 ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004  
   
 *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*  
   
 [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix  
 Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project  
 was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a  
 presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this  
 conference.  
   
 ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training  
   
 *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*  
   
 [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is  
 teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system  
 administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun  
 dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004  
   
 *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*  
   
 [LinuxWorld Conference and  
 Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to  
 take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The  
 NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are  
 interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.  
   
 ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)  
   
 *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*  
   
 At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD  
 booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'  
 Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and  
 [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO  
 GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),  
 [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }  
   
 ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF  
   
 *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*  
   
 [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)  
   
 [BOF  
 information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)  
   
 Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.  
   
 ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004  
   
 *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*  
   
 [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual  
 Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the  
 end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,  
 who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update  
 System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),  
 as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State  
 of the BSD  
 Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),  
 and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the  
 conference.  
   
 ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004  
   
 *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*  
   
 [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to  
 take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented  
 with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested  
 in helping out.  
   
 ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth  
 Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 See [this  
 page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for  
 meeting information.  
   
 ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004  
   
 *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching  
 BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to  
 become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees  
 were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See  
 also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from  
 Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)  
   
 ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting  
   
 *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*  
   
 At the [LinuxChix-Br National  
 Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a  
 presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of  
 NetBSD-BR.  
   
 ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004  
   
 *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*  
   
 pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD  
 Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,  
 research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For  
 more information, including slides of the talks, please visit  
 [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and  
 see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews  
 Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).  
   
 ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004  
   
 *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*  
   
 LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open  
 source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given  
 throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.  
 There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other  
 BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see  
 [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and  
 [this message to the netbsd-news  
 mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)  
 for more information.  
   
 ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch  
   
 *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's  
 [GUUG  
 Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a  
 yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and  
 System Administration organized by the [German Unix User  
 Group](http://www.guug.de/).  
   
 ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004  
   
 *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*  
   
 NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in  
 Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:  
   
 -   \`\`  
     Cryptographic applications under NetBSD  
     '' by Stefan Schumacher  
 -   \`\`  
     Introduction to NetBSD  
     '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff  
 -   \`\`  
     Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc  
     '' by Hubert Feyrer  
   
 Please see the  
 [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for  
 details. Photos are available at [this  
 website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be  
 found on the [Linux-Tag  
 website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).  
   
 ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004  
   
 *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*  
   
 NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux  
 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,  
 France.  
   
 ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004  
   
 *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*  
   
 The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004  
 took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City  
 from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their  
 own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few  
 shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the  
 [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from  
 the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.  
   
 ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)  
   
 *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication  
 Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,  
 from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)  
 for Details. If you're interested in the  
 [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's  
 main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the  
 netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)  
 MailingList useful.  
   
 ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003  
   
 *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military  
 institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*  
   
 See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for  
 details.  
   
 ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003  
   
 *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/)  
   
 ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training  
   
 *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*  
   
 [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is  
 teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system  
 administration. See  
 [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003  
   
 *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*  
   
 [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)  
   
 ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003  
   
 *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*  
   
 [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)  
   
 ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003  
   
 *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*  
   
 NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an  
 event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this  
 environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source  
 operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth  
 by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.  
 See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more  
 information.  
   
 ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003  
   
 *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*  
   
 Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can  
 use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see  
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/).  
 Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,  
 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)  
 is available online.  
   
 ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003  
   
 *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*  
   
 A lot of photos are available  
 [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well  
 as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).  
   
 ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany  
   
 *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,  
 Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to  
 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.  
   
 The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir  
 Dolecek. See the [full  
 report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)  
 for details and pictures.  
   
 ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz  
   
 *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*  
 [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus  
 and Gilbert Fernandes. A  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)  
 of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.  
   
 ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF  
   
 *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*  
   
 [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)  
   
 Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.  
   
 ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF  
   
 *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth  
 Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University  
   
 *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/)  
   
 ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference  
   
 *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*  
   
 A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical  
 sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and  
 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF  
 Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,  
 see  
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/).  
 Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,  
 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org  
   
 Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available  
 here](events/usenix2003/).  
   
 ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003  
   
 *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*  
   
 [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are  
 holding the [BSDay  
 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference  
 on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site  
 for more information.  
   
 ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it  
   
 *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*  
   
 As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),  
 [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th  
 in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should  
 contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.  
   
 ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003  
   
 *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*  
   
 There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the  
 different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new  
 hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic  
 voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of  
 Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.  
   
 ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag  
   
 *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*  
   
 There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in  
 Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,  
 Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more  
 information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information  
 regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.  
   
 ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!  
   
 Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate  
 the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the  
 [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.  
   
 ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003  
   
 *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*  
   
 The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade  
 fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.  
 The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,  
 and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd  
 Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).  
   
 ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training  
   
 *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*  
   
 [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is  
 teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system  
 administration. See  
 [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag  
   
 *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*  
   
 NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag  
 (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the  
 events including several pictures is available online at  
 [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html).  
 Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available  
 from:  
   
 -   NetBSD - eine Einführung  
     [  
     mp3  
     ]  
 -   NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld  
     [  
     mp3  
     ]  
 -   Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung  
     mit NetBSD  
     [  
     mp3  
     ]  
   
 ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux  
   
 *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*  
   
 The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux  
 Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the  
 [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users  
 Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available  
 online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)  
   
 ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend  
   
 *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*  
   
 On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,  
 students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,  
 Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the  
 weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major  
 activities will be the:  
   
 -   Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)  
 -   Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)  
 -   The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)  
   
 For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/).  
   
 ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003  
   
 *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*  
   
 The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003  
 takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City  
 from January 21-24, 2003. See the  
 [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free  
 registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,  
 a [short  
 review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)  
 and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are  
 available online.  
   
 ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)  
   
 *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication  
 Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,  
 from December 27th to 29th.  
   
 ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training  
   
 *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*  
   
 [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is  
 teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system  
 administration.  
   
 ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002  
   
 *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*  
   
 [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a  
 BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The  
 BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3  
 clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See  
 [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm)  
 for details.  
   
 ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002  
   
 *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*  
   
 This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen  
 Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all  
 aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will  
 not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,  
 so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of  
 Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD  
 booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.  
   
 The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the  
 Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,  
 Germany. See  
 [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html)  
 for more information.  
   
 ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan  
   
 *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.  
   
 ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002  
   
 *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*  
   
 [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors,  
 Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''  
 are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.  
   
 ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02  
   
 *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/)  
   
 ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show  
   
 *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*  
   
 The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East  
 Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical  
 College.  
   
 ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002  
   
 *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*  
   
 The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh  
 Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software  
 Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks  
 on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video  
 rendering cluster done with  
 NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A  
 [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)  
 was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are  
 available from [Hubert's  
 website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).  
   
 ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002  
   
 *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*  
   
 The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress  
 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System  
 Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University  
 of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available  
 online.  
   
 ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium  
   
 *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/)  
   
 ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release  
   
 *July 22, 2002*  
   
 [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch  
 release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs  
 in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD  
 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20  
 architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release  
 announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).  
   
 ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF  
   
 *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*  
   
 http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html  
   
 [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)  
 , [BSD security update - BIND,  
 OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).  
   
 ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference  
   
 *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/).  
 Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available  
 here](events/usenix2002/).  
   
 ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University  
   
 *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)  
   
 ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe  
   
 *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*  
   
 [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A  
 [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is  
 available.  
   
 ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show  
   
 *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*  
   
 [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/)  
   
 ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting  
   
 *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html)  
   
 The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60  
 attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via  
 RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw  
 again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming  
 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.  
   
 ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum  
   
 *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*  
   
 The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May  
 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about  
 Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a  
 chance to prove their value.  
   
 The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)  
 and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the  
 general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,  
 technical characteristics and philosophy.  
   
 ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002  
   
 *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*  
   
 [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)  
   
 Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,  
 "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk  
 IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert  
 Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed  
 report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)  
 is available.  
   
 ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002  
   
 *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*  
   
 [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html)  
   
 Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User  
 Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about  
 Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).  
   
 ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002  
   
 *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,  
 USA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/)  
   
 ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001  
   
 *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*  
   
 [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/)  
   
 At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.  
 Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.  
   
 There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)  
 on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo  
 G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The  
 BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.  
 Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD  
 current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting  
 via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).  
   
 On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux  
 Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking  
 about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,  
 Emulation.  
   
 ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001  
   
 *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*  
   
 [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/)  
   
 ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show  
   
 *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*  
   
 [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/)  
   
 NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001  
 Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on  
 display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.  
   
 ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release  
   
 *September 13, 2001*  
   
 NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD  
 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21  
 architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release  
 announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).  
   
 ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo  
   
 *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*  
   
 [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from  
 August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the  
 NetBSD booth at  
 LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).  
 Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2  
 from Japan.  
   
 ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release  
   
 *July 11, 2001*  
   
 NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD  
 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21  
 architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release  
 announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).  
   
 ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting  
   
 *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),  
 Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html)  
   
 The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52  
 attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via  
 RealVideo G2 broadcasting.  
   
 Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after  
 USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,  
 Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New  
 Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc  
 MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into  
 Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti  
 Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special  
 meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.  
   
 ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference  
   
 *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/)  
   
 NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix  
 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to  
 thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by  
 [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and  
 Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's  
 "[Greetings from the BSD Super  
 BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The  
 slides from this talk are available at  
 [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/).  
   
 Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his  
 presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD  
 rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session  
 Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,  
 she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found  
 at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,  
 in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed  
 Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)  
 (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in  
 [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own  
 web site.  
   
 Again, a thank you to all involved.  
   
 ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University  
   
 *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*  
   
 [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)  
   
 On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan  
 were held.100+150 persons attended in person.  
   
 ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF  
   
 *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)  
   
 On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at  
 [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people  
 attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed  
 the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched  
 the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino  
 wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop  
 Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).  
   
 ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001  
   
 *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*  
   
 There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The  
 Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a  
 [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)  
 slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,  
 and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages  
 and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris  
 Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.  
   
 ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001  
   
 *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*  
   
 [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)  
   
 NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A  
 [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex  
 Spring is available.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara  
   
 *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*  
   
 [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a  
 [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY  
 NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp  
 X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,  
 [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro  
 demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation  
 & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on  
 jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]  
   
 ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001  
   
 *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*  
   
 [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi  
 Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The  
 stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and  
 other swag.  
   
 ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000  
   
 *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/)  
   
 There was a [BSD BoF  
 session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec  
 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo  
 G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting  
 clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across  
 the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,  
 announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in  
 JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),  
 [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),  
 [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),  
 [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],  
 little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The  
 Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about  
 BSD activity in Japan.  
   
 ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release  
   
 *December 6, 2000*  
   
 [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major  
 release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the  
 public.  
   
 ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)  
   
 *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/)  
   
 ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release  
   
 *November 25, 2000*  
   
 NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was  
 announced to the public.  
   
 ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000  
   
 *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*  
   
 [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a  
 full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other  
 sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD  
 Mission.  
   
 ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000  
   
 *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*  
   
 [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -  
 T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an  
 automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and  
 David Maxwell.  
   
 ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000  
   
 *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*  
   
 [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/)  
   
 A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS  
 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD  
 on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at  
 RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).  
   
 ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000  
   
 *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*  
   
 [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/)  
   
 NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks  
 spotlighting NetBSD.  
   
 Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a  
 talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at  
 [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).  
   
 Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript  
 is available at  
 [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).  
   
 ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase  
   
 *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*  
   
 [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on  
 non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were  
 fixed onsite.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo  
   
 *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*  
   
 [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)  
   
 There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September  
 2000 issue, Daemon News published an  
 [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on  
 the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.  
   
 ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000  
   
 *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*  
   
 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/  
   
 NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.  
 Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by  
 a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000  
   
 *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts  
 and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,  
 showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD  
 developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain  
 (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and  
 Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures  
 of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD  
 Mission and David Maxwell.  
   
 ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting  
   
 *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*  
   
 [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html)  
   
 The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF  
 followed.  
   
 ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000  
   
 *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*  
   
 http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/  
   
 A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag  
 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other  
 things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian  
 Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his  
 experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and  
 giving a talk.  
   
 ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference  
   
 *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/)  
   
 NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical  
 Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most  
 notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund  
 gave a [technical session on  
 DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)  
 (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical  
 session on  
 UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)  
 (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and  
 Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in  
 KAME/\*BSD IPv6  
 support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).  
 There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach  
 balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in  
 reference to the launch of [Wasabi  
 Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/).  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and  
 The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting  
   
 *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*  
   
 [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)  
   
 NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User  
 Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation  
 about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.  
   
 ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo  
   
 *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html)  
   
 A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh  
 (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various  
 \*BSD followed.  
   
 ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000  
   
 *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*  
   
 [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD  
 Mission.  
   
 ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo  
   
 *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*  
   
 [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and  
 mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and  
 snapshot CDs were available.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich  
   
 *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*  
   
 [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/)  
   
 Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on  
 NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.  
   
 ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release  
   
 *March 19, 2000*  
   
 NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was  
 announced to the public.  
   
 ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo  
   
 *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*  
   
 [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/)  
   
 There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February  
 3rd.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999  
   
 *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*  
   
 [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/)  
   
 There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on  
 Dec 18.  
   
 ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar  
   
 *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*  
   
 The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at  
 the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and  
 provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video  
 server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999  
   
 *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*  
   
 [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD  
 sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD  
 Mission.  
   
 ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara  
   
 *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*  
   
 Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in  
 Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo  
 machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.  
   
 ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999  
   
 *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*  
   
 [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD  
 sets and T-shirts were on sale.  
   
 Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.  
   
 ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin  
   
 *October 9-10, 1999*  
   
 ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release  
   
 *August 26, 1999*  
   
 NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was  
 announced to the public.  
   
 ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1  
   
 *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*  
   
 Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free  
 Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.  
   
 ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99  
   
 *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*  
   
 [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/)  
   
 The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We  
 exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the  
 package system.  
   
 ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99  
   
 *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*  
   
 [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/)  
   
 The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in  
 Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -  
 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There  
 is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.  
   
 ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting  
   
 *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*  
   
 [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)  
   
 During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User  
 Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks  
 held by [Dr. Alexandre  
 Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).  
 The first described security through file flags and the second was about  
 checkpointing in userspace.  
   
 At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the  
 Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura  
 answered general NetBSD questions.  
   
 ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release  
   
 *May 12, 1999*  
   
 [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major  
 release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the  
 public.  
   
 ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release  
   
 *December 23, 1998*  
   
 NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was  
 announced to the public.  
   
 ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day  
   
 *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*  
   
 The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and  
 Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel  
 in San Jose, CA.  
   
 ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track  
   
 *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*  
   
 [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),  
 the freely redistributable software track, was held at  
 [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).  
 FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and  
 interesting applications in freely redistributable software including  
 NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.  
   
 ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release  
   
 *May 29, 1998*  
   
 NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was  
 announced to the public.  
   
 ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"  
   
 *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*  
   
 The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.  
   
 ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release  
   
 *March 9, 1998*  
   
 NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was  
 released.  
   
 ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release  
   
 *January 4, 1998*  
   
 [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major  
 release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the  
 public.  
   
 ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release  
   
 *May 20, 1997*  
   
 NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving  
 stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was  
 announced to the public.  
   
 ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"  
   
 *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*  
   
 A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing  
 it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz  
 and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.  
   
 ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich  
   
 *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*  
   
 Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*  
 at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.  
   
 ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather  
   
 *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*  
   
 NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was  
 held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current  
 state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul  
 Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the  
 sparc and the alpha ports respectively.  
Removed from v.1.73  
changed lines
  Added in v.1.91

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