Annotation of wikisrc/events.mdwn, revision 1.16

1.2       wiki        1: This is an incomplete list of NetBSD-related events. If you know about
                      2: some public event that fits and would like it to be listed here,
                      3: [contact us.](http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi)
                      4: 
                      5: For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our
1.11      wiki        6: [presentation pages](http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/).
1.2       wiki        7: 
1.8       wiki        8: Future Events
                      9: -------------
1.2       wiki       10: 
1.12      riastrad   11: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
1.2       wiki       12: 
1.12      riastrad   13: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*
1.10      schmonz    14: 
1.12      riastrad   15: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
1.10      schmonz    16: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                     17: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                     18: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                     19: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                     20: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                     21: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                     22: 
1.16    ! wiki       23: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States
        !            24: 
        !            25: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*
        !            26: 
        !            27: 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.
        !            28: 
1.15      wiki       29: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata
1.14      wiki       30: 
1.15      wiki       31: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Shimane, Japan*
1.14      wiki       32: 
                     33: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.15      wiki       34: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
1.14      wiki       35: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     36: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                     37: demonstrations.
                     38: 
1.12      riastrad   39: Past Events
                     40: -----------
                     41: 
1.15      wiki       42: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane
                     43: 
                     44: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                     45: 
                     46: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                     47: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                     48: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     49: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                     50: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).
                     51: 
1.12      riastrad   52: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015
                     53: 
                     54: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*
                     55: 
                     56: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                     57: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                     58: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone
                     59: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                     60: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                     61: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                     62: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                     63: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                     64: 
1.8       wiki       65: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014
1.2       wiki       66: 
                     67: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                     68: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                     69: 
                     70: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                     71: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     72: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                     73: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                     74: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                     75: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                     76: 
1.12      riastrad   77: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
                     78: 
                     79: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*
                     80: 
                     81: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European
                     82: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                     83: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                     84: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                     85: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                     86: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                     87: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                     88: 
                     89: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya
                     90: 
                     91: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International
                     92: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                     93: Japan*
                     94: 
                     95: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                     96: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD
                     97: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     98: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                     99: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget
                    100: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.
1.2       wiki      101: 
1.10      schmonz   102: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England
                    103: 
                    104: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*
                    105: 
                    106: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical
                    107: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    108: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    109: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    110: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    111: 
                    112: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido
                    113: 
                    114: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,
                    115: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*
                    116: 
                    117: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    118: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    119: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    120: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    121: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    122: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    123: 
                    124: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako
                    125: 
                    126: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    127: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    128: 
                    129: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    130: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    131: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    132: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    133: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    134: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    135: 
                    136: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014
                    137: 
                    138: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    139: 
                    140: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    141: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    142: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    143: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    144: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    145: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    146: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    147: 
1.8       wiki      148: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring
1.3       wiki      149: 
                    150: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI
                    151: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    152: 
                    153: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    154: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    155: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    156: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    157: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                    158: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi
                    159: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).
                    160: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD
                    161: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce
                    162: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".
                    163: 
1.8       wiki      164: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014
1.2       wiki      165: 
                    166: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*
                    167: 
                    168: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a
                    169: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."
                    170: 
1.8       wiki      171: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013
1.2       wiki      172: 
                    173: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*
                    174: 
                    175: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature
                    176: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks
                    177: 
1.8       wiki      178: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita
1.2       wiki      179: 
                    180: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*
                    181: 
                    182: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    183: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    184: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    185: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    186: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    187: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    188: 
1.8       wiki      189: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      190: 
                    191: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research
                    192: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    193: 
                    194: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    195: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    196: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    197: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    198: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    199: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    200: 
1.8       wiki      201: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013
1.2       wiki      202: 
                    203: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    204: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    205: 
                    206: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    207: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    208: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    209: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    210: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    211: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    212: 
1.8       wiki      213: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki      214: 
                    215: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI
                    216: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    217: 
                    218: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    219: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                    220: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    221: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    222: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    223: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.
                    224: 
1.8       wiki      225: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      226: 
                    227: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus
                    228: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)
                    229: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                    230: 
                    231: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    232: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a
                    233: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    234: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    235: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    236: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    237: 
1.8       wiki      238: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      239: 
                    240: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,
                    241: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*
                    242: 
                    243: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    244: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    245: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    246: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    247: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    248: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    249: 
1.8       wiki      250: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013
1.2       wiki      251: 
                    252: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
                    253: Campus
                    254: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),
                    255: Germany*
                    256: 
                    257: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source
                    258: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth
                    259: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and
                    260: answering users' questions.
                    261: 
1.8       wiki      262: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane
1.2       wiki      263: 
                    264: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE
                    265: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    266: 
                    267: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    268: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    269: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    270: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    271: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS
                    272: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station
                    273: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII
                    274: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i
                    275: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI
                    276: hardfloat
                    277: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)
                    278: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).
                    279: 
1.8       wiki      280: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      281: 
                    282: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    283: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    284: 
                    285: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    286: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    287: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    288: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    289: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    290: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON
                    291: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and
                    292: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),
                    293: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation
                    294: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),
                    295: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter
                    296: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)
                    297: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).
                    298: 
1.8       wiki      299: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      300: 
                    301: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    302: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    303: Japan*
                    304: 
                    305: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF
                    306: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)
                    307: for meeting information.[more detail on
                    308: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).
                    309: 
1.8       wiki      310: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      311: 
                    312: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention
                    313: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    314: Okinawa, Japan*
                    315: 
                    316: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    317: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    318: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    319: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    320: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for
                    321: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),
                    322: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on
                    323: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).
                    324: 
1.8       wiki      325: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      326: 
                    327: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International
                    328: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    329: Japan*
                    330: 
                    331: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    332: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD
                    333: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    334: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    335: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    336: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and
                    337: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs
                    338: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030
                    339: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD
                    340: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG
                    341: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1
                    342: vs 6.0.2 animation on
                    343: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)
                    344: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD
                    345: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more
                    346: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).
                    347: 
1.8       wiki      348: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      349: 
                    350: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*
                    351: 
                    352: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin
                    353: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a
                    354: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest
                    355: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer
                    356: cases or notebooks.
                    357: 
                    358: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for
                    359: more information.
                    360: 
1.8       wiki      361: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada
1.2       wiki      362: 
                    363: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    364: 
                    365: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in
                    366: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    367: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013
                    368: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials
                    369: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for
                    370: the most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    371: 
                    372: See [the call for
                    373: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)
                    374: for details.
                    375: 
1.8       wiki      376: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy
1.2       wiki      377: 
                    378: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*
                    379: 
                    380: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he
                    381: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,
                    382: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project
                    383: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with
                    384: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and
                    385: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests
                    386: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite
                    387: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or
                    388: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of
                    389: these.
                    390: 
1.8       wiki      391: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany
1.2       wiki      392: 
                    393: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*
                    394: 
                    395: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical
                    396: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    397: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    398: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    399: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    400: 
1.8       wiki      401: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany
1.2       wiki      402: 
                    403: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    404: 
                    405: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open
                    406: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.
                    407: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and
                    408: BSD related talks.
                    409: 
                    410: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more
                    411: information.
                    412: 
1.8       wiki      413: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013
1.2       wiki      414: 
                    415: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    416: 
                    417: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    418: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    419: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    420: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    421: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    422: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    423: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    424: 
                    425: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit
                    426: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru
                    427: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports
                    428: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by
                    429: Japan NetBSD Users
                    430: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).
                    431: 
1.8       wiki      432: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima
1.2       wiki      433: 
                    434: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY
                    435: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*
                    436: 
                    437: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    438: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a
                    439: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    440: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    441: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm
                    442: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))
                    443: and ["NetBSD 20 years"
                    444: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)
                    445: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).
                    446: 
1.8       wiki      447: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      448: 
                    449: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*
                    450: 
                    451: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    452: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    453: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    454: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    455: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    456: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    457: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    458: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on
                    459: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).
                    460: 
1.8       wiki      461: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu
1.2       wiki      462: 
                    463: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    464: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    465: 
                    466: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    467: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD
                    468: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    469: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    470: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    471: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on
                    472: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).
                    473: 
1.8       wiki      474: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki      475: 
                    476: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*
                    477: 
                    478: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software
                    479: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event
                    480: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide
                    481: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to
                    482: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on
                    483: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally
                    484: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and
                    485: sponsorships. No registration necessary.
                    486: 
                    487: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating
                    488: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to
                    489: developers or get NetBSD goodies.
                    490: 
                    491: Please see [this
                    492: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)
                    493: for details.
                    494: 
1.8       wiki      495: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      496: 
                    497: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou
                    498: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    499: 
                    500: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    501: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    502: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    503: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    504: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    505: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    506: 
1.8       wiki      507: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu
1.2       wiki      508: 
                    509: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of
                    510: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*
                    511: 
                    512: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    513: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    514: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    515: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    516: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    517: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    518: 
1.8       wiki      519: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall
1.2       wiki      520: 
                    521: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*
                    522: 
                    523: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    524: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD
                    525: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    526: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    527: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    528: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    529: 
1.8       wiki      530: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      531: 
                    532: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin
                    533: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,
                    534: Japan*
                    535: 
                    536: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    537: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                    538: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    539: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k
                    540: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including
                    541: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),
                    542: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),
                    543: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)
                    544: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000
                    545: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30
                    546: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)
                    547: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and
                    548: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000
                    549: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also
                    550: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by
                    551: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features
                    552: found at OSC booth" by
                    553: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event
                    554: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).
                    555: 
1.8       wiki      556: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland
1.2       wiki      557: 
                    558: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*
                    559: 
                    560: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual
                    561: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with
                    562: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.
                    563: 
                    564: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news
                    565: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and
                    566: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented
                    567: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions
                    568: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.
                    569: 
                    570: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators
                    571: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the
                    572: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We
                    573: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of
                    574: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this
                    575: regular meeting.
                    576: 
1.8       wiki      577: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      578: 
                    579: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention
                    580: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    581: Okinawa, Japan*
                    582: 
                    583: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    584: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    585: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    586: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    587: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    588: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    589: 
1.8       wiki      590: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      591: 
                    592: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                    593: 
                    594: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    595: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    596: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    597: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    598: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by
                    599: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks
                    600: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),
                    601: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    602: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    603: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    604: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and
                    605: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME
                    606: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more
                    607: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).
                    608: 
1.8       wiki      609: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012
1.2       wiki      610: 
                    611: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    612: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    613: 
                    614: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                    615: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    616: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    617: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3
                    618: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i
                    619: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports
                    620: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).
                    621: 
1.8       wiki      622: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane
1.2       wiki      623: 
                    624: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE
                    625: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    626: 
                    627: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    628: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    629: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    630: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    631: demonstrations (
                    632: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more
                    633: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).
                    634: 
1.8       wiki      635: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012
1.2       wiki      636: 
                    637: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &
                    638: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),
                    639: San Diego, California, USA*
                    640: 
                    641: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the
                    642: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in
                    643: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the
                    644: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap
                    645: on day one of the conference.
                    646: 
1.8       wiki      647: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012
1.2       wiki      648: 
                    649: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt
                    650: Augustin, Germany*
                    651: 
                    652: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source
                    653: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.
                    654: 
1.8       wiki      655: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      656: 
                    657: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    658: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    659: 
                    660: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    661: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    662: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    664: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    665: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA
                    666: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP
                    667: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer
                    668: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for
                    669: SHARP,X68K on
                    670: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS
                    671: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter
                    672: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install
                    673: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on
                    674: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k
                    675: updates presetation by
                    676: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)
                    677: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).
                    678: 
1.8       wiki      679: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai
1.2       wiki      680: 
                    681: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer
                    682: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                    683: 
                    684: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    685: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    686: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    687: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                    688: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                    689: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                    690: 
1.8       wiki      691: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      692: 
                    693: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    694: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    695: Japan*
                    696: 
                    697: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF
                    698: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)
                    699: for meeting information.
                    700: 
1.8       wiki      701: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki      702: 
                    703: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD
                    704: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                    705: 
                    706: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for
                    707: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need
                    708: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0
                    709: release branch.
                    710: 
1.8       wiki      711: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      712: 
                    713: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                    714: 
                    715: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    716: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    717: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    718: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    719: with [Building NetBSD on
                    720: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),
                    721: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing
                    722: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM
                    723: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on
                    724: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3
                    725: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and
                    726: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger
                    727: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image
                    728: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)
                    729: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).
                    730: 
1.8       wiki      731: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      732: 
                    733: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*
                    734: 
                    735: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the
                    736: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event
                    737: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the
                    738: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and
                    739: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.
                    740: 
                    741: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for
                    742: more information.
                    743: 
1.8       wiki      744: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012
1.2       wiki      745: 
                    746: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    747: 
                    748: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in
                    749: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    750: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic
                    751: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                    752: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at
                    753: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on
                    754: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the
                    755: most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    756: 
1.8       wiki      757: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      758: 
                    759: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International
                    760: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    761: Japan*
                    762: 
                    763: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    764: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    765: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    766: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    767: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    768: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line
                    769: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual
                    770: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and
                    771: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),
                    772: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD
                    773: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and
                    774: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),
                    775: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and
                    776: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).
                    777: 
1.8       wiki      778: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna
1.2       wiki      779: 
                    780: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the
                    781: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.
                    782: 
1.8       wiki      783: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate
1.2       wiki      784: 
                    785: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*
                    786: 
                    787: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    788: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD
                    789: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the
                    790: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {
                    791: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),
                    792: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    793: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget
                    794: demonstrations.
                    795: 
1.8       wiki      796: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012
1.2       wiki      797: 
                    798: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    799: 
                    800: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and
                    801: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    802: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    803: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    804: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    805: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    806: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    807: 
1.8       wiki      808: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime
1.2       wiki      809: 
                    810: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*
                    811: 
                    812: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    813: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    814: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    815: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by
                    816: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),
                    817: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD
                    818: port history by
                    819: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),
                    820: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and
                    821: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),
                    822: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on
                    823: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations
                    824: [[ustream live
                    825: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].
                    826: 
1.8       wiki      827: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012
1.2       wiki      828: 
                    829: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    830: 
                    831: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but
                    832: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor
                    833: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related
                    834: talks.
                    835: 
                    836: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more
                    837: information.
                    838: 
1.8       wiki      839: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      840: 
                    841: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                    842: 
                    843: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    844: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD
                    845: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    846: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live
                    847: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),
                    848: [WZero3 live
                    849: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),
                    850: [Zaurus live
                    851: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),
                    852: [Translate NetBSD man with
                    853: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),
                    854: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),
                    855: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus
                    856: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with
                    857: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),
                    858: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),
                    859: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong
                    860: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter
                    861: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget
                    862: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).
                    863: 
1.8       wiki      864: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita
1.2       wiki      865: 
                    866: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*
                    867: 
                    868: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    869: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD
                    870: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by
                    871: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)
                    872: with hpcsh { [Persona
                    873: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada
                    874: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada
                    875: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {
                    876: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),
                    877: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),
                    878: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips
                    879: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),
                    880: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {
                    881: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},
                    882: i386 { [aspire
                    883: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {
                    884: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),
                    885: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen
                    886: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),
                    887: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },
                    888: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),
                    889: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations
                    890: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2
                    891: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).
                    892: 
1.8       wiki      893: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012
1.2       wiki      894: 
                    895: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*
                    896: 
                    897: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and
                    898: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to
                    899: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration
                    900: necessary.
                    901: 
                    902: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD
                    903: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the
                    904: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)
                    905: for details.
                    906: 
1.8       wiki      907: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      908: 
                    909: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI
                    910: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),
                    911: Fukuoka, Japan*
                    912: 
                    913: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                    914: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    915: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    916: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                    917: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),
                    918: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and
                    919: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).
                    920: 
1.8       wiki      921: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki      922: 
                    923: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI
                    924: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                    925: 
                    926: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                    927: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    928: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    929: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    930: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image
                    931: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad
                    932: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC
                    933: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),
                    934: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada
                    935: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,
                    936: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer
                    937: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),
                    938: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),
                    939: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)
                    940: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,
                    941: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream
                    942: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).
                    943: 
1.8       wiki      944: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane
1.2       wiki      945: 
                    946: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE
                    947: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    948: 
                    949: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                    950: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    951: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    952: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    953: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    954: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                    955: 
1.8       wiki      956: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011
1.2       wiki      957: 
                    958: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    959: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    960: 
                    961: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                    962: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    963: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    964: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    965: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),
                    966: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),
                    967: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    968: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall
                    969: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why
                    970: enigmatic machines by
                    971: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),
                    972: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream
                    973: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on
                    974: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).
                    975: 
1.8       wiki      976: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)
1.2       wiki      977: 
                    978: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*
                    979: 
                    980: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European
                    981: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,
                    982: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no
                    983: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,
                    984: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their
                    985: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around
                    986: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate
                    987: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate
                    988: university students to work with BSD systems.
                    989: 
                    990: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the
                    991: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.
                    992: 
                    993: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki      994: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).
1.2       wiki      995: 
1.8       wiki      996: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011
1.2       wiki      997: 
                    998: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*
                    999: 
                   1000: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of
                   1001: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,
                   1002: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
                   1003: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical
                   1004: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1005: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1006: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1007: 
                   1008: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1009: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).
1.2       wiki     1010: 
1.8       wiki     1011: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1012: 
                   1013: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*
                   1014: 
                   1015: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on
                   1016: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon
                   1017: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)
                   1018: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The
                   1019: Netherlands.
                   1020: 
                   1021: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1022: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1023: 
1.8       wiki     1024: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki     1025: 
                   1026: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of
                   1027: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)
                   1028: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                   1029: 
                   1030: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1031: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1032: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1033: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1034: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (
                   1035: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),
                   1036: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),
                   1037: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030
                   1038: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on
                   1039: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac
                   1040: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero
                   1041: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),
                   1042: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and
                   1043: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),
                   1044: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by
                   1045: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),
                   1046: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).
                   1047: 
1.8       wiki     1048: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1049: 
                   1050: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention
                   1051: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1052: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1053: 
                   1054: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1055: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1056: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1057: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1058: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1059: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0
                   1060: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.
                   1061: 
1.8       wiki     1062: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu
1.2       wiki     1063: 
                   1064: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of
                   1065: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,
                   1066: Fukushima, Japan*
                   1067: 
                   1068: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011
                   1069: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   1070: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1071: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1072: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1073: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1074: 
1.8       wiki     1075: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1076: 
                   1077: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International
                   1078: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1079: Japan*
                   1080: 
                   1081: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1082: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1083: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1084: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1085: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (
                   1086: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing
                   1087: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),
                   1088: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1089: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga
                   1090: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS
                   1091: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger
                   1092: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).
                   1093: 
1.8       wiki     1094: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1095: 
                   1096: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD
                   1097: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1098: 
                   1099: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki
                   1100: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.
                   1101: 
1.8       wiki     1102: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1103: 
                   1104: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1105: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1106: 
                   1107: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1108: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1109: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)
                   1110: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1111: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1112: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1113: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS
                   1114: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA
                   1115: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book
                   1116: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4
                   1117: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on
                   1118: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on
                   1119: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),
                   1120: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling
                   1121: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain
                   1122: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD
                   1123: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by
                   1124: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k
                   1125: will never die!
                   1126: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)
                   1127: and
                   1128: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)
                   1129: by tsutsui.
                   1130: 
1.8       wiki     1131: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1132: 
                   1133: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1134: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1135: Japan*
                   1136: 
                   1137: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1138: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)
                   1139: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream
                   1140: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by
                   1141: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)
                   1142: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power
                   1143: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with
                   1144: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1145: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP
                   1146: keysign party by soda.
                   1147: 
1.8       wiki     1148: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1149: 
                   1150: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1151: 
                   1152: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1153: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1154: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1155: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1156: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,
                   1157: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{
                   1158: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1159: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .
                   1160: 
1.8       wiki     1161: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1162: 
                   1163: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer
                   1164: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1165: 
                   1166: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1167: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1168: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1169: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1170: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1171: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1172: 
1.8       wiki     1173: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011
1.2       wiki     1174: 
                   1175: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1176: 
                   1177: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the
                   1178: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1179: May 2011.
                   1180: 
1.8       wiki     1181: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1182: 
                   1183: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1184: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1185: 
                   1186: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1187: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1188: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1189: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1190: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space
                   1191: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)
                   1192: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI
                   1193: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),
                   1194: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1195: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1196: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.
                   1197: 
1.8       wiki     1198: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1199: 
                   1200: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1201: 
                   1202: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1203: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1204: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1205: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1206: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1207: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1208: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1209: 
1.8       wiki     1210: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita
1.2       wiki     1211: 
                   1212: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1213: Oita, Japan*
                   1214: 
                   1215: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1216: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1217: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1218: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1219: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1220: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1221: 
1.8       wiki     1222: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1223: 
                   1224: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda
                   1225: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1226: 
                   1227: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1228: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1229: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1230: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1231: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1232: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1233: 
1.8       wiki     1234: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1235: 
                   1236: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,
                   1237: Belgium*
                   1238: 
                   1239: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was
                   1240: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1241: 
                   1242: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"
                   1243: in the BSD devroom
                   1244: 
1.8       wiki     1245: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa
1.2       wiki     1246: 
                   1247: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall
                   1248: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,
                   1249: Japan*
                   1250: 
                   1251: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1252: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth
                   1253: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1254: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many
                   1255: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),
                   1256: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1257: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and
                   1258: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)
                   1259: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit
                   1260: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).
                   1261: 
1.8       wiki     1262: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1263: 
                   1264: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of
                   1265: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1266: 
                   1267: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1268: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1269: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1270: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1271: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1272: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1273: 
1.8       wiki     1274: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.
1.2       wiki     1275: 
                   1276: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*
                   1277: 
1.8       wiki     1278: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du
1.2       wiki     1279: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was
                   1280: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users
                   1281: focused.
                   1282: 
1.8       wiki     1283: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1284: 
                   1285: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE
                   1286: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1287: 
                   1288: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1289: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1290: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1291: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget
                   1292: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1293: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1294: 
1.8       wiki     1295: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1296: 
                   1297: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*
                   1298: 
                   1299: [The New York City BSD Conference
                   1300: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical
                   1301: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to
                   1302: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to
                   1303: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD
                   1304: Users Group (NYC\*BUG).
                   1305: 
1.8       wiki     1306: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010
1.2       wiki     1307: 
                   1308: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1309: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1310: 
                   1311: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three
                   1312: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1313: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1314: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA
                   1315: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC
                   1316: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit
                   1317: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun
                   1318: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP
                   1319: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on
                   1320: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),
                   1321: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),
                   1322: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1323: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD
                   1324: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and
                   1325: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor
                   1326: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me
                   1327: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC
                   1328: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a
                   1329: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by
                   1330: tsutsui)
                   1331: 
1.8       wiki     1332: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1333: 
                   1334: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*
                   1335: 
                   1336: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1337: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth
                   1338: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1339: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1340: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1341: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1342: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1343: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1344: 
1.8       wiki     1345: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1346: 
                   1347: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   1348: 
                   1349: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1350: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in
                   1351: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was
                   1352: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).
                   1353: 
                   1354: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1355: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1356: 
1.8       wiki     1357: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1358: 
                   1359: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention
                   1360: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1361: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1362: 
                   1363: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1364: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1365: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1366: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1367: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1368: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1369: 
1.8       wiki     1370: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1371: 
                   1372: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1373: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1374: 
                   1375: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1376: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1377: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1378: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1379: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1380: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1381: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000
                   1382: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).
                   1383: 
1.8       wiki     1384: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1385: 
                   1386: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1387: 
                   1388: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1389: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1390: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1391: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1392: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1393: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1394: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1395: 
1.8       wiki     1396: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1397: 
                   1398: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1399: 
                   1400: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1401: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1402: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1403: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1404: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (
                   1405: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1406: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).
                   1407: 
1.8       wiki     1408: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1409: 
                   1410: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of
                   1411: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1412: Japan*
                   1413: 
                   1414: See [this
                   1415: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)
                   1416: for meeting information.
                   1417: 
                   1418: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by
                   1419: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by
                   1420: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and
                   1421: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,
                   1422: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.
                   1423: 
1.8       wiki     1424: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1425: 
                   1426: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1427: 
                   1428: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1429: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1430: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1431: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1432: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +
                   1433: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s
                   1434: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s
                   1435: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,
                   1436: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1437: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }
                   1438: 
1.8       wiki     1439: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010
1.2       wiki     1440: 
                   1441: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*
                   1442: 
                   1443: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest
                   1444: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in
                   1445: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers
                   1446: in a shared BSD booth.
                   1447: 
                   1448: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
                   1449: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).
                   1450: 
1.8       wiki     1451: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland
1.2       wiki     1452: 
                   1453: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of
                   1454: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*
                   1455: 
1.8       wiki     1456: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1457: 
                   1458: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer
                   1459: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1460: 
                   1461: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1462: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1463: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1464: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1465: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1466: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1467: 
1.8       wiki     1468: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes
1.2       wiki     1469: 
                   1470: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*
                   1471: 
                   1472: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du
                   1473: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)
                   1474: 
1.8       wiki     1475: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010
1.2       wiki     1476: 
                   1477: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1478: 
                   1479: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the
                   1480: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1481: May 2010.
                   1482: 
1.8       wiki     1483: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1484: 
                   1485: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1486: 
                   1487: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1488: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1489: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1490: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1491: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1492: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1493: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1494: 
                   1495: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30
                   1496: 
1.8       wiki     1497: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1498: 
                   1499: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1500: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1501: 
                   1502: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1503: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1504: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1505: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1506: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for
                   1507: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))
                   1508: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1509: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1510: 
1.8       wiki     1511: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1512: 
                   1513: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1514: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1515: 
                   1516: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1517: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1518: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1519: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and
                   1520: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1521: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1522: 
1.8       wiki     1523: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010
1.2       wiki     1524: 
                   1525: *Feb. 19-22, 2010,
                   1526: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*
                   1527: 
                   1528: The [February 2010
                   1529: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing
                   1530: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.
                   1531: 
1.8       wiki     1532: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1533: 
                   1534: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,
                   1535: Belgium*
                   1536: 
                   1537: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was
                   1538: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1539: 
                   1540: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the
                   1541: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale
                   1542: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in
                   1543: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).
                   1544: 
1.8       wiki     1545: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita
1.2       wiki     1546: 
                   1547: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1548: Oita, Japan*
                   1549: 
                   1550: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1551: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth
                   1552: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1553: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1554: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1555: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1556: 
1.8       wiki     1557: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1558: 
                   1559: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo
                   1560: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1561: 
                   1562: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1563: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1564: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1565: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1566: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1567: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1568: 
1.8       wiki     1569: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi
1.2       wiki     1570: 
                   1571: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze
                   1572: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*
                   1573: 
                   1574: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1575: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1576: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1577: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   1578: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets
                   1579: demonstration.
                   1580: 
1.8       wiki     1581: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009
1.2       wiki     1582: 
                   1583: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*
                   1584: 
                   1585: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an
                   1586: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other
                   1587: major BSDs.
                   1588: 
                   1589: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website
1.8       wiki     1590: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .
1.2       wiki     1591: 
1.8       wiki     1592: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009
1.2       wiki     1593: 
                   1594: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1595: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1596: 
                   1597: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   1598: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1599: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1600: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ
                   1601: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive
                   1602: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link
                   1603: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),
                   1604: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1605: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and
                   1606: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).
                   1607: 
1.8       wiki     1608: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1609: 
                   1610: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th
                   1611: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1612: 
                   1613: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1614: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1615: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1616: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for
                   1617: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on
                   1618: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and
                   1619: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),
                   1620: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1621: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets
                   1622: demonstration and BSD BOF.
                   1623: 
1.8       wiki     1624: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1625: 
                   1626: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention
                   1627: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1628: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1629: 
                   1630: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1631: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1632: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1633: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets
                   1634: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1635: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1636: 
1.8       wiki     1637: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     1638: 
                   1639: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*
                   1640: 
                   1641: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1642: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009
                   1643: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded
                   1644: the conference on Sept 18th.
                   1645: 
                   1646: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website
1.8       wiki     1647: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1648: 
1.8       wiki     1649: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1650: 
                   1651: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1652: 
                   1653: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1654: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1655: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1656: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1657: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1658: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1659: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1660: 
1.8       wiki     1661: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1662: 
                   1663: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information
                   1664: Studies, Niigata, Japan*
                   1665: 
                   1666: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1667: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1668: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1669: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1670: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (
                   1671: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1672: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1673: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1674: 
1.8       wiki     1675: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1676: 
                   1677: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1678: 
                   1679: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1680: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1681: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1682: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1683: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption
                   1684: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at
                   1685: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and
                   1686: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with
                   1687: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD
                   1688: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1689: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1690: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1691: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with
                   1692: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM
                   1693: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with
                   1694: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy
                   1695: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).
                   1696: 
1.8       wiki     1697: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1698: 
                   1699: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of
                   1700: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1701: Japan*
                   1702: 
                   1703: See [this
                   1704: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)
                   1705: for meeting information.
                   1706: 
                   1707: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,
                   1708: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,
                   1709: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign
                   1710: party.
                   1711: 
1.8       wiki     1712: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009
1.2       wiki     1713: 
                   1714: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1715: 
                   1716: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,
                   1717: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1718: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power
                   1719: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1720: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole
                   1721: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).
                   1722: 
1.8       wiki     1723: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009
1.2       wiki     1724: 
                   1725: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*
                   1726: 
                   1727: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference
                   1728: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground
                   1729: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD
                   1730: systems at the exhibition.
                   1731: 
1.8       wiki     1732: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1733: 
                   1734: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1735: 
                   1736: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1737: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1738: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1739: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD
                   1740: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{
                   1741: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1742: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on
                   1743: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via
                   1744: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with
                   1745: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),
                   1746: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot
                   1747: yet)](../ports/evbarm/).
                   1748: 
1.8       wiki     1749: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1750: 
                   1751: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE
                   1752: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1753: 
                   1754: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1755: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1756: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1757: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   1758: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),
                   1759: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1760: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1761: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1762: 
1.8       wiki     1763: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009
1.2       wiki     1764: 
                   1765: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1766: 
                   1767: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the
                   1768: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7
                   1769: May 2009.
                   1770: 
1.8       wiki     1771: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009
1.2       wiki     1772: 
                   1773: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*
                   1774: 
                   1775: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at
                   1776: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in
                   1777: Hannover, Germany.
                   1778: 
1.8       wiki     1779: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     1780: 
                   1781: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1782: 
                   1783: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1784: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1785: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1786: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1787: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1788: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1789: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1790: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in
                   1791: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)
                   1792: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),
                   1793: and [NetBSD
                   1794: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)
                   1795: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009
                   1796: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and
                   1797: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.
                   1798: 
1.8       wiki     1799: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     1800: 
                   1801: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*
                   1802: 
1.8       wiki     1803: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   1804: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California
                   1805: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los
                   1806: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     1807: 
1.8       wiki     1808: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1809: 
                   1810: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics
                   1811: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1812: 
                   1813: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1814: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1815: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1816: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type
                   1817: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole
                   1818: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1819: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1820: 
1.8       wiki     1821: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009
1.2       wiki     1822: 
                   1823: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
                   1824: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for
                   1825: the community.
                   1826: 
1.8       wiki     1827: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     1828: 
                   1829: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*
                   1830: 
1.8       wiki     1831: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1832: 
1.8       wiki     1833: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1834: 
                   1835: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer
                   1836: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1837: 
                   1838: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1839: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1840: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1841: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1842: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1843: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1844: 
1.8       wiki     1845: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1846: 
                   1847: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka
                   1848: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),
                   1849: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1850: 
                   1851: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1852: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1853: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1854: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1855: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1856: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.
                   1857: 
1.8       wiki     1858: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1859: 
                   1860: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support
                   1861: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*
                   1862: 
                   1863: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1864: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1865: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1866: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1867: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1868: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1869: 
1.8       wiki     1870: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08
1.2       wiki     1871: 
                   1872: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*
                   1873: 
1.8       wiki     1874: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).
1.2       wiki     1875: 
1.8       wiki     1876: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008
1.2       wiki     1877: 
                   1878: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1879: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1880: 
                   1881: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   1882: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1883: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1884: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole
                   1885: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1886: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1887: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1888: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),
                   1889: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),
                   1890: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime
                   1891: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets
                   1892: demonstration and BSDBOF.
                   1893: 
1.8       wiki     1894: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     1895: 
                   1896: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*
                   1897: 
                   1898: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1899: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th
                   1900: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials
                   1901: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.
                   1902: 
                   1903: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website
1.8       wiki     1904: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1905: 
1.8       wiki     1906: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     1907: 
                   1908: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   1909: 
                   1910: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The
                   1911: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took
                   1912: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York
                   1913: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.
                   1914: 
1.8       wiki     1915: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     1916: 
                   1917: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   1918: 
                   1919: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User
                   1920: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October
                   1921: 11th and 12th, 2008.
                   1922: 
                   1923: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     1924: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     1925: 
                   1926: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.
                   1927: 
1.8       wiki     1928: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1929: 
                   1930: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial
                   1931: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1932: 
                   1933: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1934: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1935: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1936: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole
                   1937: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1938: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1939: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets
                   1940: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF
                   1941: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),
                   1942: [Itojun Service
                   1943: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).
                   1944: 
1.8       wiki     1945: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane
1.2       wiki     1946: 
                   1947: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE
                   1948: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1949: 
                   1950: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1951: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1952: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1953: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   1954: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   1955: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1956: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1957: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1958: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                   1959: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and
                   1960: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).
                   1961: 
1.8       wiki     1962: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1963: 
                   1964: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1965: 
                   1966: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1967: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1968: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1969: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1970: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1971: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1972: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1973: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),
                   1974: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:
                   1975: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).
                   1976: 
1.8       wiki     1977: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     1978: 
                   1979: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1980: 
                   1981: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1982: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1983: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1984: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power
                   1985: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1986: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1987: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune
                   1988: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with
                   1989: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc
                   1990: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with
                   1991: all BSD machines.
                   1992: 
1.8       wiki     1993: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1994: 
                   1995: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of
                   1996: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1997: Japan*
                   1998: 
                   1999: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG
                   2000: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -
                   2001: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc
                   2002: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD
                   2003: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.
                   2004: 
1.8       wiki     2005: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2006: 
                   2007: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2008: 
                   2009: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2010: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2011: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2012: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2013: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2014: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3
                   2015: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .
                   2016: 
1.8       wiki     2017: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2018: 
                   2019: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*
                   2020: 
                   2021: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,
                   2022: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the
                   2023: [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2024: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2025: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2026: pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2027: 
                   2028: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2029: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2030: 
1.8       wiki     2031: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008
1.2       wiki     2032: 
                   2033: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*
                   2034: 
                   2035: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and
                   2036: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers
                   2037: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme
                   2038: novices to advanced developers.
                   2039: 
                   2040: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2041: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2042: 
1.8       wiki     2043: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008
1.2       wiki     2044: 
1.8       wiki     2045: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
1.2       wiki     2046: Spain*
                   2047: 
                   2048: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit
1.8       wiki     2049: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).
1.2       wiki     2050: 
1.8       wiki     2051: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka
1.2       wiki     2052: 
                   2053: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of
                   2054: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*
                   2055: 
                   2056: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2057: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2058: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2059: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2060: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2061: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3,
                   2062: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).
                   2063: 
1.8       wiki     2064: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     2065: 
                   2066: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*
                   2067: 
                   2068: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking
                   2069: technologies and IT security.
                   2070: 
                   2071: For more information about FFG 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2072: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)
1.2       wiki     2073: 
1.8       wiki     2074: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2075: 
                   2076: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2077: 
                   2078: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2079: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2080: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2081: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2082: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2083: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2084: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2085: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide
                   2086: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),
                   2087: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]
                   2088: 
                   2089: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)
                   2090: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd
                   2091: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys
                   2092: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32
                   2093: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).
                   2094: 
                   2095: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:
                   2096: Implementing Jails Under the kauth
                   2097: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:
                   2098: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With
                   2099: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps
                   2100: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD
                   2101: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:
                   2102: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI
1.8       wiki     2103: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg
1.2       wiki     2104: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern
                   2105: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)
                   2106: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .
                   2107: 
                   2108: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps
                   2109: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,
                   2110: networking and virtualisation.
1.8       wiki     2111: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2112: 
                   2113: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics
                   2114: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2115: 
                   2116: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2117: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2118: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2119: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2120: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2121: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus
                   2122: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2123: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2124: 
1.8       wiki     2125: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008
1.2       wiki     2126: 
                   2127: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2128: 
                   2129: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,
                   2130: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the
                   2131: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas
1.8       wiki     2132: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.
1.2       wiki     2133: 
1.8       wiki     2134: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x
1.2       wiki     2135: 
                   2136: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2137: 
1.8       wiki     2138: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2139: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California
                   2140: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los
                   2141: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2142: 
1.8       wiki     2143: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2144: 
                   2145: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2146: 
                   2147: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2148: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2149: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2150: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2151: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2152: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2153: 
1.8       wiki     2154: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2155: 
                   2156: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai
                   2157: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,
                   2158: Japan*
                   2159: 
                   2160: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2161: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2162: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2163: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2164: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2165: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2166: 
1.8       wiki     2167: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007
1.2       wiki     2168: 
                   2169: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*
                   2170: 
                   2171: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was
                   2172: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian
                   2173: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.
                   2174: 
1.8       wiki     2175: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007
1.2       wiki     2176: 
                   2177: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2178: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2179: 
                   2180: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2181: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2182: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475
                   2183: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor
                   2184: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),
                   2185: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2186: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2187: 
1.8       wiki     2188: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2189: 
                   2190: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),
                   2191: Niigata, Japan*
                   2192: 
                   2193: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2194: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2195: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2196: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2197: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2198: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2199: 
1.8       wiki     2200: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2201: 
                   2202: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at
                   2203: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,
                   2204: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized
                   2205: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).
                   2206: 
1.8       wiki     2207: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems
1.2       wiki     2208: 
                   2209: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,
                   2210: Turkey*
                   2211: 
                   2212: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The
                   2213: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software
                   2214: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD
                   2215: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.
                   2216: 
1.8       wiki     2217: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)
1.2       wiki     2218: 
1.8       wiki     2219: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag
1.2       wiki     2220: 
                   2221: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH
                   2222: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own
                   2223: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more
                   2224: information, see the [event's
                   2225: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).
                   2226: 
1.8       wiki     2227: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2228: 
                   2229: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial
                   2230: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2231: 
                   2232: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2233: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2234: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2235: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   2236: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{
                   2237: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2238: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security
                   2239: Presentation by
                   2240: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).
                   2241: 
1.8       wiki     2242: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2243: 
                   2244: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*
                   2245: 
                   2246: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on
                   2247: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
                   2248: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.
                   2249: 
                   2250: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2251: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2252: 
1.8       wiki     2253: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007
1.2       wiki     2254: 
                   2255: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer
                   2256: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum
                   2257: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's
                   2258: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.
                   2259: 
1.8       wiki     2260: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2261: 
                   2262: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2263: 
                   2264: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2265: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2266: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2267: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2268: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power
                   2269: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2270: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2271: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2272: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),
                   2273: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),
                   2274: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),
                   2275: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD
                   2276: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)
                   2277: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB
                   2278: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache
                   2279: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and
                   2280: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)
                   2281: ).
                   2282: 
                   2283: [A report with some
                   2284: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is
                   2285: available.
                   2286: 
1.8       wiki     2287: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007
1.2       wiki     2288: 
                   2289: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*
                   2290: 
                   2291: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which
                   2292: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer
                   2293: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center
                   2294: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,
                   2295: Switzerland.
                   2296: 
                   2297: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A
                   2298: report was posted to the
                   2299: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)
                   2300: mailing list.
                   2301: 
1.8       wiki     2302: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2303: 
                   2304: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of
                   2305: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,
                   2306: Japan*
                   2307: 
                   2308: See [this
                   2309: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for
                   2310: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,
                   2311: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header
                   2312: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update
                   2313: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,
                   2314: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),
                   2315: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),
                   2316: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key
                   2317: sign party.
                   2318: 
1.8       wiki     2319: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2320: 
                   2321: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2322: 
                   2323: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2324: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2325: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2326: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2327: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2328: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player
                   2329: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.
                   2330: 
1.8       wiki     2331: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     2332: 
                   2333: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin
                   2334: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured
                   2335: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full
                   2336: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)
                   2337: at the
                   2338: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)
                   2339: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and
                   2340: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.
                   2341: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.
                   2342: 
                   2343: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more
                   2344: information.
                   2345: 
1.8       wiki     2346: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007
1.2       wiki     2347: 
                   2348: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2349: 
                   2350: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has
                   2351: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people
                   2352: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.
                   2353: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide
                   2354: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.
                   2355: 
                   2356: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of
                   2357: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.
                   2358: 
                   2359: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit
1.8       wiki     2360: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2361: 
1.8       wiki     2362: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2363: 
                   2364: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*
                   2365: 
                   2366: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27
                   2367: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on
                   2368: the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2369: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2370: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2371: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all
                   2372: welcome to attend.
                   2373: 
                   2374: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at
1.8       wiki     2375: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2376: 
1.8       wiki     2377: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg
1.2       wiki     2378: 
                   2379: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*
                   2380: 
                   2381: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,
                   2382: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small
                   2383: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the
                   2384: other one for advanced users. See [the event's
                   2385: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.
                   2386: 
                   2387: P.S.: A report is available in [this
                   2388: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).
                   2389: 
1.8       wiki     2390: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2391: 
                   2392: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2393: 
                   2394: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2395: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a
                   2396: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2397: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2398: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2399: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2400: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2401: 
1.8       wiki     2402: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2403: 
                   2404: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2405: 
                   2406: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based
                   2407: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using
                   2408: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and
                   2409: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the
                   2410: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the
                   2411: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the
                   2412: widest possible audience.
                   2413: 
                   2414: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The
                   2415: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at
1.8       wiki     2416: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).
1.2       wiki     2417: 
1.8       wiki     2418: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
1.2       wiki     2419: 
                   2420: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*
                   2421: 
                   2422: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
                   2423: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See
1.8       wiki     2424: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you
                   2425: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
                   2426: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.
1.2       wiki     2427: 
1.8       wiki     2428: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     2429: 
                   2430: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*
                   2431: 
                   2432: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk
1.8       wiki     2433: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February
                   2434: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several
1.2       wiki     2435: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan
                   2436: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.
                   2437: 
                   2438: More information can be found at
1.8       wiki     2439: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and
                   2440: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The
                   2441: German language article can be found at:
                   2442: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).
1.2       wiki     2443: 
                   2444: Ignatios also
                   2445: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)
                   2446: his [slides (german
                   2447: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).
                   2448: 
1.8       wiki     2449: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007
1.2       wiki     2450: 
                   2451: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2452: 
                   2453: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'
                   2454: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of
                   2455: Brussels, Belgium.
                   2456: 
                   2457: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other
                   2458: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD
                   2459: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting
                   2460: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More
1.8       wiki     2461: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).
1.2       wiki     2462: 
1.8       wiki     2463: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x
1.2       wiki     2464: 
                   2465: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2466: 
                   2467: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern
                   2468: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin
                   2469: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a
1.8       wiki     2470: booth at this event; see the reports by
                   2471: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)
                   2472: and
                   2473: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     2474: 
1.8       wiki     2475: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006
1.2       wiki     2476: 
                   2477: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*
                   2478: 
                   2479: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).
                   2480: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and
                   2481: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,
                   2482: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to
                   2483: expand knowledge of BSD systems.
                   2484: 
                   2485: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using
                   2486: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X
                   2487: and Solaris.
                   2488: 
                   2489: For more information, please [visit the
                   2490: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).
                   2491: 
1.8       wiki     2492: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2493: 
                   2494: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*
                   2495: 
                   2496: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006
                   2497: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   2498: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2499: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2500: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2501: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2502: 
1.8       wiki     2503: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon
1.2       wiki     2504: 
                   2505: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current
                   2506: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon
                   2507: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.
                   2508: 
1.8       wiki     2509: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria
1.2       wiki     2510: 
                   2511: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the
                   2512: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November
1.8       wiki     2513: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
                   2514: if you have any questions or want to help out.
1.2       wiki     2515: 
1.8       wiki     2516: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan
1.2       wiki     2517: 
                   2518: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th
                   2519: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The
                   2520: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has
                   2521: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:
                   2522: 
                   2523: -   Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record
1.8       wiki     2524: -   Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install
1.2       wiki     2525: -   Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype
                   2526: -   NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat
                   2527: -   Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?
                   2528: -   Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting
                   2529:     NetBSD Network Appliances
                   2530: -   Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing
                   2531:     for BSD TCP/IP
                   2532: 
                   2533: Registration is open now. Please [see the
                   2534: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!
                   2535: 
1.8       wiki     2536: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006
1.2       wiki     2537: 
                   2538: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*
                   2539: 
                   2540: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User
                   2541: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon
                   2542: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The
                   2543: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking
                   2544: about NetBSD-related topics.
                   2545: 
1.8       wiki     2546: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2547: 
                   2548: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2549: 
                   2550: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2551: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                   2552: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2553: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2554: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2555: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2556: 
1.8       wiki     2557: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2558: 
                   2559: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth
                   2560: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in
                   2561: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and
                   2562: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if
                   2563: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2564: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     2565: 
                   2566: A report on the event is available
                   2567: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).
                   2568: 
1.8       wiki     2569: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest
1.2       wiki     2570: 
                   2571: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*
                   2572: 
                   2573: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio
1.8       wiki     2574: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF
                   2575: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the
                   2576: booth.
1.2       wiki     2577: 
                   2578: A report of the event can be found
                   2579: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).
                   2580: 
1.8       wiki     2581: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux
1.2       wiki     2582: 
                   2583: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".
                   2584: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by
1.8       wiki     2585: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping
                   2586: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,
                   2587: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.
1.2       wiki     2588: 
                   2589: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon
                   2590: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See
                   2591: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more
                   2592: information.
                   2593: 
                   2594: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing
                   2595: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).
                   2596: 
1.8       wiki     2597: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006
1.2       wiki     2598: 
                   2599: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on
                   2600: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences
                   2601: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See
                   2602: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for
                   2603: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2604: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at
                   2605: the booth.
1.2       wiki     2606: 
1.8       wiki     2607: A.HUBERTF wrote a short
1.2       wiki     2608: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)
                   2609: about the event.
                   2610: 
1.8       wiki     2611: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2612: 
                   2613: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2614: 
                   2615: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)
                   2616: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD
                   2617: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2618: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2619: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2620: 
1.8       wiki     2621: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata
1.2       wiki     2622: 
                   2623: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*
                   2624: 
                   2625: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2626: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2627: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2628: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2629: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2630: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.
                   2631: 
1.8       wiki     2632: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2633: 
                   2634: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   2635: 
                   2636: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD
                   2637: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held
                   2638: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129
                   2639: attendances. BOF03. Room 201.
                   2640: 
                   2641: -   Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /
                   2642:     FreeBSD Project
                   2643: -   FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note
1.8       wiki     2644:     CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /
                   2645:     Ensure Technology Ltd
                   2646:     .
                   2647: -   BSD Usergroup activity:
                   2648:     Echigo BSD Users Group
                   2649:     , T.Tamura@EBUG
                   2650: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     2651: 
1.8       wiki     2652: \> See [program for
1.2       wiki     2653: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).
                   2654: 
                   2655: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),
                   2656: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,
                   2657: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).
                   2658: 
1.8       wiki     2659: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006
1.2       wiki     2660: 
                   2661: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2662: 
                   2663: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference
                   2664: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical
                   2665: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems
                   2666: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that
                   2667: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced
                   2668: developers.
                   2669: 
                   2670: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at
                   2671: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed
                   2672: during May 10-14th.
                   2673: 
                   2674: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the
                   2675: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!
                   2676: 
1.8       wiki     2677: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006
1.2       wiki     2678: 
                   2679: *May 5-7, Paris, France*
                   2680: 
                   2681: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,
                   2682: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the
                   2683: conference on their campus.
                   2684: 
                   2685: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD
                   2686: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   2687: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2688: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to
                   2689: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas
                   2690: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.
                   2691: 
                   2692: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a
                   2693: presentation proposal, please visit
                   2694: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/).
                   2695: 
1.8       wiki     2696: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006
1.2       wiki     2697: 
                   2698: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*
                   2699: 
                   2700: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),
                   2701: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and
                   2702: tutorials.
                   2703: 
                   2704: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
1.8       wiki     2705: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.
1.2       wiki     2706: 
1.8       wiki     2707: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe
1.2       wiki     2708: 
                   2709: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*
                   2710: 
                   2711: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking
1.8       wiki     2712: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ
                   2713: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD
                   2714: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the
                   2715: URL above.
1.2       wiki     2716: 
1.8       wiki     2717: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2718: 
                   2719: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   2720: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2721: 
                   2722: See [this
                   2723: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for
                   2724: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,
                   2725: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,
                   2726: Codeblog.
                   2727: 
1.8       wiki     2728: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006
1.2       wiki     2729: 
                   2730: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*
                   2731: 
                   2732: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to
                   2733: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD
                   2734: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are
                   2735: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at
                   2736: gmail.com).
                   2737: 
                   2738: For more information about this event see
1.8       wiki     2739: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     2740: 
1.8       wiki     2741: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006
1.2       wiki     2742: 
                   2743: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   2744: 
                   2745: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer
                   2746: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux
                   2747: Cons in Germany.
                   2748: 
                   2749: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:
                   2750: 
                   2751: -   Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.
                   2752: -   Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment
                   2753: -   Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD
                   2754: -   Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features
                   2755: -   Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)
                   2756: 
                   2757: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)
                   2758: net-tex.de\>.
                   2759: 
1.8       wiki     2760: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006
1.2       wiki     2761: 
                   2762: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*
                   2763: 
                   2764: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),
                   2765: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The
                   2766: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.
                   2767: 
1.8       wiki     2768: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2769: 
                   2770: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2771: 
                   2772: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2773: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth
                   2774: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2775: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2776: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2777: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2778: 
1.8       wiki     2779: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     2780: 
1.8       wiki     2781: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*
1.2       wiki     2782: 
                   2783: [German Unix User Group
1.8       wiki     2784: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)
1.2       wiki     2785: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of
1.8       wiki     2786: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).
1.2       wiki     2787: 
                   2788: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup
                   2789: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).
                   2790: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth
                   2791: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on
                   2792: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).
                   2793: 
1.8       wiki     2794: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006
1.2       wiki     2795: 
                   2796: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2797: 
                   2798: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European
                   2799: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by
                   2800: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source
                   2801: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM
                   2802: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in
                   2803: Europe.
                   2804: 
1.8       wiki     2805: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will
1.2       wiki     2806: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)
                   2807: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!
                   2808: 
1.8       wiki     2809: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the
1.2       wiki     2810: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).
                   2811: 
1.8       wiki     2812: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x
1.2       wiki     2813: 
                   2814: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*
                   2815: 
                   2816: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern
                   2817: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The
                   2818: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project
1.8       wiki     2819: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)
                   2820: if you would like to help.
1.2       wiki     2821: 
                   2822: A report from Kevin Lahey is
                   2823: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).
                   2824: 
1.8       wiki     2825: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)
1.2       wiki     2826: 
                   2827: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*
                   2828: 
                   2829: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress
                   2830: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on
                   2831: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and
                   2832: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)
                   2833: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and
                   2834: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the
                   2835: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
                   2836: 
1.8       wiki     2837: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2838: 
                   2839: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*
                   2840: 
                   2841: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005
                   2842: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   2843: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2844: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2845: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2846: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2847: 
1.8       wiki     2848: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005
1.2       wiki     2849: 
                   2850: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*
                   2851: 
                   2852: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the
                   2853: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check
                   2854: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,
                   2855: conference venue and registration. present.
                   2856: 
1.8       wiki     2857: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005
1.2       wiki     2858: 
                   2859: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*
                   2860: 
                   2861: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,
                   2862: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to
                   2863: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,
                   2864: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe
                   2865: Lockhoff.
                   2866: 
                   2867: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex
                   2868: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at
1.8       wiki     2869: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).
1.2       wiki     2870: 
1.8       wiki     2871: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005
1.2       wiki     2872: 
                   2873: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*
                   2874: 
                   2875: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
                   2876: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among
                   2877: others) will be presented.
                   2878: 
                   2879: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on
                   2880: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a
                   2881: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!
                   2882: 
1.8       wiki     2883: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)
1.2       wiki     2884: 
                   2885: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,
                   2886: especially showing NetBSD!
                   2887: 
1.8       wiki     2888: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005
1.2       wiki     2889: 
                   2890: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   2891: 
                   2892: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was
                   2893: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2894: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2895: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2896: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA
                   2897: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with
                   2898: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),
                   2899: [IO-DATA USL-5P
                   2900: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).
                   2901: 
                   2902: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure
                   2903: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about
                   2904: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                   2905: 
1.8       wiki     2906: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall
1.2       wiki     2907: 
                   2908: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2909: 
                   2910: At the [Open Source Conference 2005
                   2911: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   2912: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2913: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2914: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2915: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2916: 
1.8       wiki     2917: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005
1.2       wiki     2918: 
                   2919: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*
                   2920: 
                   2921: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC
                   2922: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference
                   2923: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD
                   2924: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the
                   2925: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.
                   2926: 
1.8       wiki     2927: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005
1.2       wiki     2928: 
                   2929: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*
                   2930: 
                   2931: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international
                   2932: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office
                   2933: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will
                   2934: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about
                   2935: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested
                   2936: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.
1.8       wiki     2937: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his
1.2       wiki     2938: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)
                   2939: on netbsd-advocacy.
                   2940: 
1.8       wiki     2941: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting
1.2       wiki     2942: 
                   2943: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*
                   2944: 
                   2945: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second
                   2946: meeting will be held at [Parque das
1.8       wiki     2947: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the
1.2       wiki     2948: group page for more information.
                   2949: 
1.8       wiki     2950: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2951: 
                   2952: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   2953: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2954: 
                   2955: See [this
                   2956: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for
                   2957: meeting information.
                   2958: 
                   2959: A
                   2960: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)
                   2961: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.
                   2962: 
1.8       wiki     2963: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo
1.2       wiki     2964: 
1.8       wiki     2965: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*
1.2       wiki     2966: 
1.8       wiki     2967: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took
1.2       wiki     2968: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD
                   2969: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is
                   2970: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of
                   2971: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental
                   2972: organization.
                   2973: 
1.8       wiki     2974: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005
1.2       wiki     2975: 
                   2976: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*
                   2977: 
                   2978: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
                   2979: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held
                   2980: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD
1.8       wiki     2981: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.
                   2982: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD
                   2983: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered
                   2984: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's
1.2       wiki     2985: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)
                   2986: for more details.
                   2987: 
1.8       wiki     2988: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference
1.2       wiki     2989: 
                   2990: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*
                   2991: 
                   2992: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker
                   2993: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south
                   2994: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD
                   2995: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For
                   2996: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's
                   2997: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)
                   2998: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.
                   2999: 
1.8       wiki     3000: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005
1.2       wiki     3001: 
                   3002: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA
                   3003: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*
                   3004: 
                   3005: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances.
                   3006: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3007: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more
                   3008: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).
                   3009: 
1.8       wiki     3010: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3011: 
                   3012: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3013: 
                   3014: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth
                   3015: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3016: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
1.8       wiki     3017: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user
                   3018: groups.
1.2       wiki     3019: 
1.8       wiki     3020: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005
1.2       wiki     3021: 
1.8       wiki     3022: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*
1.2       wiki     3023: 
1.8       wiki     3024: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,
1.2       wiki     3025: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the
                   3026: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference
                   3027: venue and registration.
                   3028: 
1.8       wiki     3029: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3030: 
                   3031: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3032: 
                   3033: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD
                   3034: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)
                   3035: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130
                   3036: attendances. BOF01. Room 302.
                   3037: 
1.8       wiki     3038: -   \*BSD Document Internationalization
                   3039: -   A Robot that runs on NetBSD
                   3040:     Live performance
                   3041: -   BSD Usergroup activity in Japan
                   3042: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3043: 
                   3044: See [program for
                   3045: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).
                   3046: 
                   3047: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277
                   3048: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of
                   3049: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya
                   3050: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3051: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55
                   3052: 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)).
                   3053: 
1.8       wiki     3054: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005
1.2       wiki     3055: 
                   3056: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3057: 
                   3058: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at
                   3059: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th
                   3060: (of a social nature, for the most part).
                   3061: 
1.8       wiki     3062: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3063: 
                   3064: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*
                   3065: 
                   3066: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,
                   3067: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical
                   3068: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   3069: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research
                   3070: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,
                   3071: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the
                   3072: [slides for this
                   3073: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.
                   3074: 
1.8       wiki     3075: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3076: 
1.8       wiki     3077: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005
1.2       wiki     3078: 
                   3079: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures
                   3080: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was
                   3081: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD
                   3082: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.
                   3083: Around 1000 people attended the past two years.
                   3084: 
                   3085: More information is at
                   3086: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can
                   3087: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this
                   3088: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)
                   3089: 
1.8       wiki     3090: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3091: 
                   3092: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*
                   3093: 
                   3094: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge
                   3095: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005
                   3096: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
                   3097: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community
                   3098: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing
                   3099: solutions and fresh ideas.
                   3100: 
1.8       wiki     3101: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3102: 
1.8       wiki     3103: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005
1.2       wiki     3104: 
                   3105: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3106: 
                   3107: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3108: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3109: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see
1.8       wiki     3110: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).
1.2       wiki     3111: 
1.8       wiki     3112: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005
1.2       wiki     3113: 
                   3114: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*
                   3115: 
                   3116: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT
                   3117: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at
                   3118: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).
                   3119: 
1.8       wiki     3120: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005
1.2       wiki     3121: 
                   3122: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine
                   3123: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of
                   3124: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:
                   3125: 
1.8       wiki     3126: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1
                   3127: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2
1.2       wiki     3128: 
1.8       wiki     3129: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     3130: 
                   3131: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event
                   3132: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:
                   3133: 
1.8       wiki     3134: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1
                   3135: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2
                   3136: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3
1.2       wiki     3137: 
1.8       wiki     3138: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     3139: 
                   3140: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*
                   3141: 
                   3142: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux
                   3143: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.
1.8       wiki     3144: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML
                   3145: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience
1.2       wiki     3146: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)
                   3147: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the
                   3148: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed
1.8       wiki     3149: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).
1.2       wiki     3150: 
1.8       wiki     3151: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005
1.2       wiki     3152: 
                   3153: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*
                   3154: 
                   3155: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting
                   3156: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while
                   3157: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact
1.8       wiki     3158: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).
1.2       wiki     3159: 
1.8       wiki     3160: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)
1.2       wiki     3161: 
                   3162: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*
                   3163: 
                   3164: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications
                   3165: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop
                   3166: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting
                   3167: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please
                   3168: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're
                   3169: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the
                   3170: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)
                   3171: available.
                   3172: 
1.8       wiki     3173: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3174: 
                   3175: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3176: 
                   3177: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,
                   3178: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official
                   3179: program, conference venue and registration. A
                   3180: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks
                   3181: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.
                   3182: 
                   3183: A brief report from the conference is available
                   3184: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).
                   3185: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:
                   3186: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).
                   3187: 
1.8       wiki     3188: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004
1.2       wiki     3189: 
                   3190: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*
                   3191: 
1.8       wiki     3192: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
1.2       wiki     3193: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among
                   3194: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel
                   3195: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See
1.8       wiki     3196: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.
1.2       wiki     3197: 
1.8       wiki     3198: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004
1.2       wiki     3199: 
                   3200: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3201: 
1.8       wiki     3202: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3203: 
1.8       wiki     3204: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004
1.2       wiki     3205: 
                   3206: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3207: 
1.8       wiki     3208: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3209: 
1.8       wiki     3210: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3211: 
                   3212: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3213: 
                   3214: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3215: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3216: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
                   3217: 
1.8       wiki     3218: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3219: 
                   3220: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*
                   3221: 
                   3222: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix
                   3223: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project
                   3224: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a
                   3225: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this
                   3226: conference.
                   3227: 
1.8       wiki     3228: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3229: 
                   3230: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*
                   3231: 
                   3232: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3233: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3234: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun
                   3235: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3236: for details.
                   3237: 
1.8       wiki     3238: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3239: 
                   3240: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*
                   3241: 
                   3242: [LinuxWorld Conference and
                   3243: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to
                   3244: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The
                   3245: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are
1.8       wiki     3246: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3247: 
1.8       wiki     3248: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)
1.2       wiki     3249: 
                   3250: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3251: 
                   3252: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD
                   3253: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3254: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   3255: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO
                   3256: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3257: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }
                   3258: 
1.8       wiki     3259: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3260: 
                   3261: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3262: 
1.8       wiki     3263: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3264: 
                   3265: [BOF
                   3266: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)
                   3267: 
1.8       wiki     3268: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.
1.2       wiki     3269: 
1.8       wiki     3270: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004
1.2       wiki     3271: 
                   3272: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3273: 
                   3274: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual
                   3275: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the
                   3276: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,
                   3277: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update
                   3278: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),
                   3279: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State
                   3280: of the BSD
                   3281: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),
                   3282: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the
                   3283: conference.
                   3284: 
1.8       wiki     3285: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004
1.2       wiki     3286: 
                   3287: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3288: 
                   3289: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to
                   3290: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented
1.8       wiki     3291: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested
                   3292: in helping out.
1.2       wiki     3293: 
1.8       wiki     3294: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3295: 
                   3296: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3297: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3298: 
                   3299: See [this
                   3300: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for
                   3301: meeting information.
                   3302: 
1.8       wiki     3303: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004
1.2       wiki     3304: 
                   3305: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3306: 
                   3307: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching
                   3308: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to
                   3309: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees
                   3310: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See
                   3311: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from
                   3312: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)
                   3313: 
1.8       wiki     3314: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting
1.2       wiki     3315: 
                   3316: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*
                   3317: 
                   3318: At the [LinuxChix-Br National
                   3319: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a
                   3320: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of
                   3321: NetBSD-BR.
                   3322: 
1.8       wiki     3323: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3324: 
                   3325: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*
                   3326: 
                   3327: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD
                   3328: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3329: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For
                   3330: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit
                   3331: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and
                   3332: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews
                   3333: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).
                   3334: 
1.8       wiki     3335: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004
1.2       wiki     3336: 
                   3337: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*
                   3338: 
                   3339: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open
                   3340: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given
                   3341: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.
                   3342: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other
                   3343: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see
                   3344: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and
                   3345: [this message to the netbsd-news
                   3346: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)
                   3347: for more information.
                   3348: 
1.8       wiki     3349: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch
1.2       wiki     3350: 
                   3351: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*
                   3352: 
                   3353: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's
                   3354: [GUUG
1.8       wiki     3355: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a
1.2       wiki     3356: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and
                   3357: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User
                   3358: Group](http://www.guug.de/).
                   3359: 
1.8       wiki     3360: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004
1.2       wiki     3361: 
                   3362: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3363: 
                   3364: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in
                   3365: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:
                   3366: 
1.8       wiki     3367: -   \`\`
                   3368:     Cryptographic applications under NetBSD
                   3369:     '' by Stefan Schumacher
                   3370: -   \`\`
                   3371:     Introduction to NetBSD
                   3372:     '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff
                   3373: -   \`\`
                   3374:     Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc
                   3375:     '' by Hubert Feyrer
1.2       wiki     3376: 
                   3377: Please see the
                   3378: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for
                   3379: details. Photos are available at [this
                   3380: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be
                   3381: found on the [Linux-Tag
                   3382: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).
                   3383: 
1.8       wiki     3384: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004
1.2       wiki     3385: 
                   3386: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*
                   3387: 
                   3388: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux
                   3389: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,
                   3390: France.
                   3391: 
1.8       wiki     3392: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3393: 
                   3394: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*
                   3395: 
                   3396: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004
                   3397: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3398: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their
                   3399: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few
                   3400: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the
                   3401: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from
                   3402: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.
                   3403: 
1.8       wiki     3404: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)
1.2       wiki     3405: 
                   3406: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*
                   3407: 
                   3408: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication
                   3409: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3410: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's
                   3411: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)
                   3412: for Details. If you're interested in the
                   3413: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's
                   3414: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the
                   3415: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)
                   3416: MailingList useful.
                   3417: 
1.8       wiki     3418: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003
1.2       wiki     3419: 
                   3420: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military
                   3421: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*
                   3422: 
                   3423: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for
                   3424: details.
                   3425: 
1.8       wiki     3426: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003
1.2       wiki     3427: 
                   3428: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   3429: 
                   3430: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/)
                   3431: 
1.8       wiki     3432: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3433: 
                   3434: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*
                   3435: 
                   3436: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3437: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3438: administration. See
                   3439: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3440: for details.
                   3441: 
1.8       wiki     3442: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003
1.2       wiki     3443: 
                   3444: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3445: 
1.8       wiki     3446: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3447: 
1.8       wiki     3448: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003
1.2       wiki     3449: 
                   3450: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*
                   3451: 
1.8       wiki     3452: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3453: 
1.8       wiki     3454: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003
1.2       wiki     3455: 
1.8       wiki     3456: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3457: 
1.8       wiki     3458: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an
1.2       wiki     3459: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this
                   3460: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source
                   3461: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth
                   3462: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.
                   3463: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more
                   3464: information.
                   3465: 
1.8       wiki     3466: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003
1.2       wiki     3467: 
                   3468: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*
                   3469: 
                   3470: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can
                   3471: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see
                   3472: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/).
                   3473: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3474: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A
                   3475: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)
                   3476: is available online.
                   3477: 
1.8       wiki     3478: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003
1.2       wiki     3479: 
                   3480: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*
                   3481: 
                   3482: A lot of photos are available
                   3483: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well
                   3484: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).
                   3485: 
1.8       wiki     3486: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany
1.2       wiki     3487: 
                   3488: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3489: 
                   3490: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,
                   3491: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to
                   3492: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.
                   3493: 
                   3494: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir
                   3495: Dolecek. See the [full
                   3496: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)
                   3497: for details and pictures.
                   3498: 
1.8       wiki     3499: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz
1.2       wiki     3500: 
                   3501: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*
                   3502: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/)
                   3503: 
                   3504: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus
                   3505: and Gilbert Fernandes. A
                   3506: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)
                   3507: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.
                   3508: 
1.8       wiki     3509: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3510: 
                   3511: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3512: 
                   3513: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   3514: 
1.8       wiki     3515: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3516: 
1.8       wiki     3517: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3518: 
                   3519: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3520: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3521: 
1.8       wiki     3522: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     3523: 
                   3524: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*
                   3525: 
                   3526: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/)
                   3527: 
1.8       wiki     3528: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3529: 
                   3530: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*
                   3531: 
                   3532: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical
                   3533: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and
                   3534: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF
                   3535: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,
                   3536: see
                   3537: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/).
                   3538: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3539: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org
                   3540: 
                   3541: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available
                   3542: here](events/usenix2003/).
                   3543: 
1.8       wiki     3544: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003
1.2       wiki     3545: 
                   3546: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*
                   3547: 
                   3548: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are
                   3549: holding the [BSDay
                   3550: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference
                   3551: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site
                   3552: for more information.
                   3553: 
1.8       wiki     3554: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it
1.2       wiki     3555: 
                   3556: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*
                   3557: 
                   3558: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),
                   3559: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th
                   3560: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should
1.8       wiki     3561: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.
1.2       wiki     3562: 
1.8       wiki     3563: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003
1.2       wiki     3564: 
                   3565: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*
                   3566: 
                   3567: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the
                   3568: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new
                   3569: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic
                   3570: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of
                   3571: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.
                   3572: 
1.8       wiki     3573: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag
1.2       wiki     3574: 
                   3575: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*
                   3576: 
                   3577: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in
                   3578: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,
                   3579: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more
1.8       wiki     3580: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information
                   3581: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.
1.2       wiki     3582: 
1.8       wiki     3583: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!
1.2       wiki     3584: 
                   3585: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate
                   3586: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the
                   3587: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.
                   3588: 
1.8       wiki     3589: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003
1.2       wiki     3590: 
                   3591: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*
                   3592: 
                   3593: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade
                   3594: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.
                   3595: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,
                   3596: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd
                   3597: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their
                   3598: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).
                   3599: 
1.8       wiki     3600: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3601: 
                   3602: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*
                   3603: 
                   3604: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3605: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3606: administration. See
                   3607: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3608: for details.
                   3609: 
1.8       wiki     3610: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
1.2       wiki     3611: 
                   3612: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3613: 
                   3614: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
                   3615: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the
                   3616: events including several pictures is available online at
                   3617: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html).
                   3618: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available
                   3619: from:
                   3620: 
1.8       wiki     3621: -   NetBSD - eine Einführung
                   3622:     [
                   3623:     mp3
                   3624:     ]
                   3625: -   NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld
                   3626:     [
                   3627:     mp3
                   3628:     ]
                   3629: -   Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung
                   3630:     mit NetBSD
                   3631:     [
                   3632:     mp3
                   3633:     ]
1.2       wiki     3634: 
1.8       wiki     3635: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux
1.2       wiki     3636: 
                   3637: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*
                   3638: 
                   3639: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux
                   3640: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the
                   3641: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users
                   3642: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available
                   3643: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)
                   3644: 
1.8       wiki     3645: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend
1.2       wiki     3646: 
                   3647: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3648: 
                   3649: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,
                   3650: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,
                   3651: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the
                   3652: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major
                   3653: activities will be the:
                   3654: 
                   3655: -   Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   3656: -   Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   3657: -   The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)
                   3658: 
                   3659: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/).
                   3660: 
1.8       wiki     3661: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003
1.2       wiki     3662: 
                   3663: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*
                   3664: 
                   3665: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003
                   3666: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3667: from January 21-24, 2003. See the
                   3668: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free
                   3669: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,
                   3670: a [short
                   3671: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)
                   3672: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are
                   3673: available online.
                   3674: 
1.8       wiki     3675: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)
1.2       wiki     3676: 
                   3677: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*
                   3678: 
                   3679: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication
                   3680: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3681: from December 27th to 29th.
                   3682: 
1.8       wiki     3683: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3684: 
                   3685: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*
                   3686: 
                   3687: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3688: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3689: administration.
                   3690: 
1.8       wiki     3691: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002
1.2       wiki     3692: 
                   3693: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   3694: 
                   3695: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a
                   3696: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The
                   3697: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3
                   3698: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See
                   3699: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm)
                   3700: for details.
                   3701: 
1.8       wiki     3702: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002
1.2       wiki     3703: 
                   3704: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*
                   3705: 
                   3706: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen
                   3707: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all
                   3708: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will
                   3709: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,
                   3710: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of
                   3711: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD
                   3712: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.
                   3713: 
                   3714: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the
                   3715: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,
                   3716: Germany. See
                   3717: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html)
                   3718: for more information.
                   3719: 
1.8       wiki     3720: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan
1.2       wiki     3721: 
                   3722: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*
                   3723: 
1.8       wiki     3724: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.
1.2       wiki     3725: 
1.8       wiki     3726: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002
1.2       wiki     3727: 
                   3728: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
                   3729: 
                   3730: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors,
                   3731: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''
                   3732: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.
                   3733: 
1.8       wiki     3734: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02
1.2       wiki     3735: 
                   3736: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*
                   3737: 
                   3738: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/)
                   3739: 
1.8       wiki     3740: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show
1.2       wiki     3741: 
                   3742: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*
                   3743: 
                   3744: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East
                   3745: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical
                   3746: College.
                   3747: 
1.8       wiki     3748: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002
1.2       wiki     3749: 
                   3750: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*
                   3751: 
                   3752: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh
                   3753: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software
                   3754: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks
                   3755: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video
                   3756: rendering cluster done with
                   3757: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A
                   3758: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)
                   3759: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are
                   3760: available from [Hubert's
                   3761: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).
                   3762: 
1.8       wiki     3763: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002
1.2       wiki     3764: 
                   3765: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*
                   3766: 
                   3767: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress
                   3768: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System
                   3769: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University
                   3770: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available
                   3771: online.
                   3772: 
1.8       wiki     3773: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium
1.2       wiki     3774: 
                   3775: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*
                   3776: 
                   3777: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/)
                   3778: 
1.8       wiki     3779: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release
1.2       wiki     3780: 
                   3781: *July 22, 2002*
                   3782: 
                   3783: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch
                   3784: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs
                   3785: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   3786: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20
                   3787: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release
                   3788: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).
                   3789: 
1.8       wiki     3790: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3791: 
                   3792: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*
                   3793: 
                   3794: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html
                   3795: 
                   3796: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)
                   3797: , [BSD security update - BIND,
                   3798: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).
                   3799: 
1.8       wiki     3800: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3801: 
                   3802: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*
                   3803: 
                   3804: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/).
                   3805: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available
                   3806: here](events/usenix2002/).
                   3807: 
1.8       wiki     3808: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     3809: 
                   3810: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*
                   3811: 
1.8       wiki     3812: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)
1.2       wiki     3813: 
1.8       wiki     3814: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe
1.2       wiki     3815: 
                   3816: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3817: 
                   3818: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A
                   3819: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is
                   3820: available.
                   3821: 
1.8       wiki     3822: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show
1.2       wiki     3823: 
                   3824: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*
                   3825: 
                   3826: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/)
                   3827: 
1.8       wiki     3828: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3829: 
                   3830: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3831: 
                   3832: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html)
                   3833: 
                   3834: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60
                   3835: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via
                   3836: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw
                   3837: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming
                   3838: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.
                   3839: 
1.8       wiki     3840: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum
1.2       wiki     3841: 
                   3842: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*
                   3843: 
                   3844: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May
                   3845: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about
                   3846: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a
                   3847: chance to prove their value.
                   3848: 
                   3849: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)
                   3850: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the
                   3851: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,
                   3852: technical characteristics and philosophy.
                   3853: 
1.8       wiki     3854: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002
1.2       wiki     3855: 
                   3856: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3857: 
                   3858: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)
                   3859: 
                   3860: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,
                   3861: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk
                   3862: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert
                   3863: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed
                   3864: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)
                   3865: is available.
                   3866: 
1.8       wiki     3867: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002
1.2       wiki     3868: 
                   3869: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*
                   3870: 
                   3871: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html)
                   3872: 
                   3873: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User
                   3874: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about
                   3875: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).
                   3876: 
1.8       wiki     3877: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002
1.2       wiki     3878: 
                   3879: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,
                   3880: USA*
                   3881: 
                   3882: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/)
                   3883: 
1.8       wiki     3884: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001
1.2       wiki     3885: 
                   3886: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
                   3887: 
                   3888: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/)
                   3889: 
                   3890: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.
                   3891: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.
                   3892: 
                   3893: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)
                   3894: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo
                   3895: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The
                   3896: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.
                   3897: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD
                   3898: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting
                   3899: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).
                   3900: 
                   3901: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux
                   3902: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking
                   3903: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,
                   3904: Emulation.
                   3905: 
1.8       wiki     3906: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001
1.2       wiki     3907: 
                   3908: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*
                   3909: 
                   3910: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/)
                   3911: 
1.8       wiki     3912: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show
1.2       wiki     3913: 
                   3914: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*
                   3915: 
                   3916: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/)
                   3917: 
                   3918: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001
                   3919: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on
                   3920: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.
                   3921: 
1.8       wiki     3922: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release
1.2       wiki     3923: 
                   3924: *September 13, 2001*
                   3925: 
                   3926: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   3927: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   3928: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   3929: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release
                   3930: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).
                   3931: 
1.8       wiki     3932: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo
1.2       wiki     3933: 
                   3934: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*
                   3935: 
                   3936: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   3937: 
                   3938: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from
                   3939: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the
                   3940: NetBSD booth at
                   3941: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).
                   3942: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2
                   3943: from Japan.
                   3944: 
1.8       wiki     3945: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release
1.2       wiki     3946: 
                   3947: *July 11, 2001*
                   3948: 
                   3949: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   3950: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   3951: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   3952: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release
                   3953: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).
                   3954: 
1.8       wiki     3955: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3956: 
                   3957: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),
                   3958: Tokyo, Japan*
                   3959: 
                   3960: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html)
                   3961: 
                   3962: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52
                   3963: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via
                   3964: RealVideo G2 broadcasting.
                   3965: 
                   3966: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after
                   3967: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,
                   3968: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New
                   3969: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc
                   3970: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into
                   3971: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti
                   3972: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special
                   3973: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.
                   3974: 
1.8       wiki     3975: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3976: 
                   3977: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*
                   3978: 
                   3979: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/)
                   3980: 
                   3981: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix
                   3982: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to
                   3983: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.
                   3984: 
                   3985: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by
                   3986: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and
                   3987: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's
                   3988: "[Greetings from the BSD Super
                   3989: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The
                   3990: slides from this talk are available at
                   3991: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/).
                   3992: 
                   3993: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his
                   3994: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD
                   3995: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session
                   3996: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,
                   3997: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found
                   3998: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,
                   3999: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed
                   4000: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)
                   4001: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in
                   4002: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own
                   4003: web site.
                   4004: 
                   4005: Again, a thank you to all involved.
                   4006: 
1.8       wiki     4007: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4008: 
                   4009: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4010: 
1.8       wiki     4011: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)
1.2       wiki     4012: 
                   4013: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan
                   4014: were held.100+150 persons attended in person.
                   4015: 
1.8       wiki     4016: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF
1.2       wiki     4017: 
                   4018: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*
                   4019: 
                   4020: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   4021: 
                   4022: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at
                   4023: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people
                   4024: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed
                   4025: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched
                   4026: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
                   4027: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop
                   4028: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).
                   4029: 
1.8       wiki     4030: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001
1.2       wiki     4031: 
                   4032: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*
                   4033: 
                   4034: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The
                   4035: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a
                   4036: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)
                   4037: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,
                   4038: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages
                   4039: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris
                   4040: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.
                   4041: 
1.8       wiki     4042: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001
1.2       wiki     4043: 
                   4044: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*
                   4045: 
                   4046: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4047: 
                   4048: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A
                   4049: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex
                   4050: Spring is available.
                   4051: 
                   4052: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4053: 
1.8       wiki     4054: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4055: 
                   4056: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4057: 
                   4058: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a
                   4059: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY
                   4060: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp
                   4061: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,
                   4062: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro
                   4063: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation
                   4064: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on
                   4065: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]
                   4066: 
1.8       wiki     4067: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001
1.2       wiki     4068: 
                   4069: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*
                   4070: 
                   4071: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4072: 
                   4073: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi
                   4074: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The
                   4075: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and
                   4076: other swag.
                   4077: 
1.8       wiki     4078: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000
1.2       wiki     4079: 
                   4080: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*
                   4081: 
                   4082: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/)
                   4083: 
                   4084: There was a [BSD BoF
                   4085: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec
                   4086: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo
                   4087: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting
                   4088: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across
                   4089: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,
                   4090: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in
                   4091: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),
                   4092: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),
                   4093: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),
                   4094: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],
                   4095: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The
                   4096: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about
                   4097: BSD activity in Japan.
                   4098: 
1.8       wiki     4099: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release
1.2       wiki     4100: 
                   4101: *December 6, 2000*
                   4102: 
                   4103: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major
                   4104: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4105: public.
                   4106: 
1.8       wiki     4107: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)
1.2       wiki     4108: 
                   4109: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*
                   4110: 
                   4111: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/)
                   4112: 
1.8       wiki     4113: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release
1.2       wiki     4114: 
                   4115: *November 25, 2000*
                   4116: 
                   4117: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4118: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4119: announced to the public.
                   4120: 
1.8       wiki     4121: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000
1.2       wiki     4122: 
                   4123: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4124: 
                   4125: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4126: 
                   4127: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a
                   4128: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other
                   4129: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.
                   4130: 
                   4131: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4132: Mission.
                   4133: 
1.8       wiki     4134: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000
1.2       wiki     4135: 
                   4136: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4137: 
                   4138: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4139: 
                   4140: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -
                   4141: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an
                   4142: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.
                   4143: 
                   4144: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and
                   4145: David Maxwell.
                   4146: 
1.8       wiki     4147: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000
1.2       wiki     4148: 
                   4149: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*
                   4150: 
                   4151: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/)
                   4152: 
                   4153: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS
                   4154: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD
                   4155: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at
                   4156: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).
                   4157: 
1.8       wiki     4158: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000
1.2       wiki     4159: 
                   4160: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4161: 
                   4162: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/)
                   4163: 
                   4164: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks
                   4165: spotlighting NetBSD.
                   4166: 
1.8       wiki     4167: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a
                   4168: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at
                   4169: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).
1.2       wiki     4170: 
                   4171: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript
                   4172: is available at
1.8       wiki     4173: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).
1.2       wiki     4174: 
1.8       wiki     4175: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase
1.2       wiki     4176: 
                   4177: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*
                   4178: 
                   4179: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/)
                   4180: 
                   4181: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on
                   4182: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were
                   4183: fixed onsite.
                   4184: 
                   4185: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4186: 
1.8       wiki     4187: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
1.2       wiki     4188: 
                   4189: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*
                   4190: 
                   4191: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4192: 
                   4193: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September
                   4194: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an
                   4195: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on
                   4196: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.
                   4197: 
1.8       wiki     4198: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000
1.2       wiki     4199: 
                   4200: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4201: 
                   4202: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/
                   4203: 
                   4204: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.
                   4205: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by
                   4206: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.
                   4207: 
                   4208: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4209: 
1.8       wiki     4210: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000
1.2       wiki     4211: 
                   4212: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4213: 
                   4214: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts
                   4215: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,
                   4216: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD
                   4217: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain
                   4218: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and
                   4219: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures
                   4220: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).
                   4221: 
                   4222: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD
                   4223: Mission and David Maxwell.
                   4224: 
1.8       wiki     4225: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4226: 
                   4227: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*
                   4228: 
                   4229: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html)
                   4230: 
                   4231: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF
                   4232: followed.
                   4233: 
1.8       wiki     4234: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000
1.2       wiki     4235: 
                   4236: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*
                   4237: 
                   4238: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/
                   4239: 
                   4240: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag
                   4241: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other
                   4242: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian
                   4243: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his
                   4244: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and
                   4245: giving a talk.
                   4246: 
1.8       wiki     4247: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4248: 
                   4249: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*
                   4250: 
                   4251: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/)
                   4252: 
                   4253: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical
                   4254: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most
                   4255: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund
                   4256: gave a [technical session on
                   4257: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)
                   4258: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical
                   4259: session on
                   4260: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)
                   4261: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and
                   4262: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in
                   4263: KAME/\*BSD IPv6
                   4264: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).
                   4265: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach
                   4266: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in
                   4267: reference to the launch of [Wasabi
                   4268: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/).
                   4269: 
                   4270: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and
                   4271: The NetBSD Mission.
                   4272: 
1.8       wiki     4273: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting
1.2       wiki     4274: 
                   4275: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*
                   4276: 
                   4277: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4278: 
                   4279: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4280: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation
                   4281: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.
                   4282: 
1.8       wiki     4283: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo
1.2       wiki     4284: 
                   4285: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*
                   4286: 
                   4287: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html)
                   4288: 
                   4289: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh
                   4290: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various
                   4291: \*BSD followed.
                   4292: 
1.8       wiki     4293: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000
1.2       wiki     4294: 
                   4295: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*
                   4296: 
                   4297: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4298: 
                   4299: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4300: Mission.
                   4301: 
1.8       wiki     4302: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4303: 
                   4304: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*
                   4305: 
                   4306: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4307: 
                   4308: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and
                   4309: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and
                   4310: snapshot CDs were available.
                   4311: 
                   4312: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4313: 
1.8       wiki     4314: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4315: 
                   4316: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*
                   4317: 
                   4318: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/)
                   4319: 
                   4320: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on
                   4321: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.
                   4322: 
1.8       wiki     4323: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release
1.2       wiki     4324: 
                   4325: *March 19, 2000*
                   4326: 
                   4327: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4328: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4329: announced to the public.
                   4330: 
1.8       wiki     4331: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4332: 
                   4333: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*
                   4334: 
                   4335: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/)
                   4336: 
                   4337: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February
                   4338: 3rd.
                   4339: 
                   4340: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4341: 
1.8       wiki     4342: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999
1.2       wiki     4343: 
                   4344: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4345: 
                   4346: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/)
                   4347: 
                   4348: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on
                   4349: Dec 18.
                   4350: 
1.8       wiki     4351: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar
1.2       wiki     4352: 
                   4353: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*
                   4354: 
                   4355: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at
                   4356: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and
                   4357: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video
                   4358: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).
                   4359: 
                   4360: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4361: 
1.8       wiki     4362: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999
1.2       wiki     4363: 
                   4364: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4365: 
                   4366: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4367: 
                   4368: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD
                   4369: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.
                   4370: 
                   4371: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4372: Mission.
                   4373: 
1.8       wiki     4374: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4375: 
                   4376: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*
                   4377: 
                   4378: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in
                   4379: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo
                   4380: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.
                   4381: 
1.8       wiki     4382: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999
1.2       wiki     4383: 
                   4384: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*
                   4385: 
                   4386: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/)
                   4387: 
                   4388: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD
                   4389: sets and T-shirts were on sale.
                   4390: 
                   4391: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4392: 
1.8       wiki     4393: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin
1.2       wiki     4394: 
                   4395: *October 9-10, 1999*
                   4396: 
1.8       wiki     4397: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release
1.2       wiki     4398: 
                   4399: *August 26, 1999*
                   4400: 
                   4401: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4402: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4403: announced to the public.
                   4404: 
1.8       wiki     4405: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1
1.2       wiki     4406: 
                   4407: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*
                   4408: 
                   4409: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free
                   4410: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.
                   4411: 
1.8       wiki     4412: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99
1.2       wiki     4413: 
                   4414: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*
                   4415: 
                   4416: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/)
                   4417: 
                   4418: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We
                   4419: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the
                   4420: package system.
                   4421: 
1.8       wiki     4422: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99
1.2       wiki     4423: 
                   4424: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*
                   4425: 
                   4426: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/)
                   4427: 
                   4428: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in
                   4429: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -
                   4430: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There
                   4431: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.
                   4432: 
1.8       wiki     4433: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting
1.2       wiki     4434: 
                   4435: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*
                   4436: 
                   4437: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4438: 
                   4439: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4440: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks
                   4441: held by [Dr. Alexandre
                   4442: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).
                   4443: The first described security through file flags and the second was about
                   4444: checkpointing in userspace.
                   4445: 
                   4446: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the
                   4447: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura
                   4448: answered general NetBSD questions.
                   4449: 
1.8       wiki     4450: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release
1.2       wiki     4451: 
                   4452: *May 12, 1999*
                   4453: 
                   4454: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major
                   4455: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4456: public.
                   4457: 
1.8       wiki     4458: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release
1.2       wiki     4459: 
                   4460: *December 23, 1998*
                   4461: 
                   4462: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4463: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4464: announced to the public.
                   4465: 
1.8       wiki     4466: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day
1.2       wiki     4467: 
                   4468: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*
                   4469: 
                   4470: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and
                   4471: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel
                   4472: in San Jose, CA.
                   4473: 
1.8       wiki     4474: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track
1.2       wiki     4475: 
                   4476: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*
                   4477: 
                   4478: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),
                   4479: the freely redistributable software track, was held at
                   4480: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).
                   4481: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and
                   4482: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including
                   4483: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.
                   4484: 
1.8       wiki     4485: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release
1.2       wiki     4486: 
                   4487: *May 29, 1998*
                   4488: 
                   4489: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4490: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4491: announced to the public.
                   4492: 
1.8       wiki     4493: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4494: 
                   4495: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*
                   4496: 
                   4497: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.
                   4498: 
1.8       wiki     4499: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release
1.2       wiki     4500: 
                   4501: *March 9, 1998*
                   4502: 
                   4503: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4504: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4505: released.
                   4506: 
1.8       wiki     4507: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release
1.2       wiki     4508: 
                   4509: *January 4, 1998*
                   4510: 
                   4511: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major
                   4512: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4513: public.
                   4514: 
1.8       wiki     4515: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release
1.2       wiki     4516: 
                   4517: *May 20, 1997*
                   4518: 
                   4519: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4520: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was
                   4521: announced to the public.
                   4522: 
1.8       wiki     4523: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4524: 
                   4525: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*
                   4526: 
                   4527: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing
1.8       wiki     4528: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz
1.2       wiki     4529: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.
                   4530: 
1.8       wiki     4531: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4532: 
                   4533: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*
                   4534: 
                   4535: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*
                   4536: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.
                   4537: 
1.8       wiki     4538: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather
1.2       wiki     4539: 
                   4540: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*
                   4541: 
                   4542: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was
                   4543: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current
                   4544: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul
                   4545: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the
                   4546: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.

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