--- wikisrc/events.mdwn 2020/06/09 09:36:21 1.89 +++ wikisrc/events.mdwn 2021/03/28 20:43:55 1.90 @@ -1,5092 +1,12 @@ [[!meta title="Events"]] -This is an incomplete list of NetBSD-related events. If you know about -some public event that fits and would like it to be listed here, -[contact us.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi) +For list of NetBSD-related events please see +[NetBSD Eveents](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/events.html). + +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 [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/). See also the NetBSD [[developer summits|summits]]. - - -Future Events -------------- - - -Past Events ------------ -### `Jun 2020` - BSDCan 2020, Ottawa, Canada - -*June 3 - 6, 2020, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada* - -[BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2020/), 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. - - -### `Feb 2020` - FOSDEM 2020 Brussels, Belgium - -*February 1 - 2, 2020, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium* - -[FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2020/) 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](//mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2019/10/10/msg000816.html) -for details. - - -### `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. - - -### `Jul 2019` - pkgsrcCon 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom - -*July 13 - 14, 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom* - -[pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2019/) 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. - - -### `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. - - -### `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. - - -### `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 . - -### `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 - 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 -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 -. - -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 - 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 , 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 - 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 - for -more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer - 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 -. - -### `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 . - -### `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 \. - -### `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 () and A.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 () -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 . 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 . -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* - - 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 -. (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 -(). 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 (). - -### `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 . - -### `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 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 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 -, 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 - 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 for -details. - -### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003 - -*December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan* - - - -### `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 - -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 -. -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* - - -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* - - - -Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara . - -### `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* - - - -### `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 -. -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 . - -### `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 for more -information. Contact Bernd Sieker 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 - -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 -. -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 . - -### `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 - -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 - -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* - -. \`\`[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* - - - -### `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* - - - -### `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* - -. -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* - - - -### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting - -*May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001 - -*December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan* - - - -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* - - - -### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show - -*October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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](//www.netbsd.org/gallery/events/usenix2001/) are available. - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi -Systems](http://web.archive.org/web/2002/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* - - - -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* - - - -### `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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks -spotlighting NetBSD. - -Erik Berls and Luke Mewburn 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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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://web.archive.org/web/2002/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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD -Mission. - -### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo - -*April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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* - - - -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.