Annotation of wikisrc/events.mdwn, revision 1.29

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: 
1.29    ! leot       11: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland
        !            12: 
        !            13: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland*
        !            14: 
        !            15: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical
        !            16: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
        !            17: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
        !            18: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
        !            19: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
        !            20: 
        !            21: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia
        !            22: 
        !            23: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia*
        !            24: 
        !            25: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
        !            26: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
        !            27: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
        !            28: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
        !            29: from all over Europe and other parts of the world.
        !            30: 
        !            31: Past Events
        !            32: -----------
1.28      wiki       33: 
                     34: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma
                     35: 
                     36: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan*
                     37: 
                     38: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                     39: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there will be a NetBSD
                     40: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     41: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
                     42: 
1.24      wiki       43: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016
                     44: 
                     45: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan*
                     46: 
                     47: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                     48: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                     49: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone
                     50: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                     51: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                     52: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                     53: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                     54: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1.28      wiki       55: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt)
1.27      wiki       56: 
1.25      wiki       57: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring
                     58: 
                     59: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI
                     60: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                     61: 
                     62: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.27      wiki       63: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD
1.25      wiki       64: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     65: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.27      wiki       66: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html).
1.25      wiki       67: 
                     68: 
1.24      wiki       69: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako
                     70: 
                     71: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan*
                     72: 
                     73: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.25      wiki       74: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD
1.24      wiki       75: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     76: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.25      wiki       77: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html).
1.24      wiki       78: 
                     79: 
1.23      wiki       80: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima
                     81: 
                     82: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan*
                     83: 
                     84: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.24      wiki       85: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD
1.23      wiki       86: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     87: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.24      wiki       88: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html).
1.23      wiki       89: 
                     90: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015
                     91: 
                     92: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan*
                     93: 
                     94: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD
                     95: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                     96: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                     97: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731).
                     98: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html).
                     99: 
1.21      wiki      100: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall
                    101: 
                    102: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI
                    103: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    104: 
                    105: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.26      wiki      106: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD
1.21      wiki      107: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    108: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    109: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4).
1.23      wiki      110: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html).
1.21      wiki      111: 
                    112: 
1.17      wiki      113: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil
                    114: 
                    115: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil*
                    116: 
                    117: A primeira edição da [BSDCon Brasil](http://2015.bsdcon.com.br/) ocorreu em 2003. Durante todos esses anos que se passaram, o Brasil ainda não tinha reunido sua comunidade com tanta força como agora. Todos os envolvidos na conferência terão contato direto com o mundo dos usuários, entusiastas e desenvolvedores, o que lhes permitirá melhor compreender sistemas FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD e outros sistemas de linhagem BSD UNIX.
                    118: 
1.21      wiki      119: 
1.20      wiki      120: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka
                    121: 
                    122: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan*
                    123: 
                    124: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.21      wiki      125: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.20      wiki      126: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    127: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.21      wiki      128: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html).
1.20      wiki      129: 
1.12      riastrad  130: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
1.2       wiki      131: 
1.12      riastrad  132: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*
1.10      schmonz   133: 
1.12      riastrad  134: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
1.10      schmonz   135: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    136: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    137: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    138: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    139: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    140: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    141: 
1.19      wiki      142: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima
                    143: 
                    144: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan*
                    145: 
                    146: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.20      wiki      147: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth
1.19      wiki      148: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    149: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget
1.20      wiki      150: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html).
1.19      wiki      151: 
1.16      wiki      152: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States
                    153: 
                    154: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*
                    155: 
                    156: 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.
                    157: 
1.15      wiki      158: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata
1.14      wiki      159: 
1.18      wiki      160: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan*
1.14      wiki      161: 
                    162: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.18      wiki      163: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    164: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1.14      wiki      165: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.18      wiki      166: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html).
1.12      riastrad  167: 
1.15      wiki      168: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane
                    169: 
                    170: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    171: 
                    172: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    173: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    174: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    175: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    176: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).
                    177: 
1.12      riastrad  178: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015
                    179: 
                    180: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*
                    181: 
                    182: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    183: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    184: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone
                    185: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    186: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    187: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    188: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    189: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    190: 
1.26      wiki      191: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring
                    192: 
                    193: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI
                    194: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    195: 
                    196: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    197: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    198: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    199: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    200: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html).
                    201: 
1.8       wiki      202: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014
1.2       wiki      203: 
                    204: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    205: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    206: 
                    207: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    208: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    209: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    210: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    211: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    212: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    213: 
1.12      riastrad  214: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
                    215: 
                    216: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*
                    217: 
                    218: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European
                    219: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    220: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    221: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    222: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    223: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    224: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    225: 
                    226: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya
                    227: 
                    228: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International
                    229: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    230: Japan*
                    231: 
                    232: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    233: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD
                    234: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    235: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    236: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget
                    237: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.
1.2       wiki      238: 
1.10      schmonz   239: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England
                    240: 
                    241: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*
                    242: 
                    243: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical
                    244: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    245: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    246: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    247: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    248: 
                    249: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido
                    250: 
                    251: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,
                    252: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*
                    253: 
                    254: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    255: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    256: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    257: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    258: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    259: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    260: 
                    261: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako
                    262: 
                    263: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    264: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    265: 
                    266: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    267: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    268: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    269: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    270: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    271: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    272: 
                    273: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014
                    274: 
                    275: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    276: 
                    277: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    278: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    279: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    280: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    281: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    282: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    283: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    284: 
1.8       wiki      285: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring
1.3       wiki      286: 
                    287: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI
                    288: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    289: 
                    290: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    291: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    292: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    293: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    294: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                    295: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi
                    296: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).
                    297: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD
                    298: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce
                    299: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".
                    300: 
1.8       wiki      301: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014
1.2       wiki      302: 
                    303: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*
                    304: 
                    305: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a
                    306: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."
                    307: 
1.8       wiki      308: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013
1.2       wiki      309: 
                    310: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*
                    311: 
                    312: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature
                    313: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks
                    314: 
1.8       wiki      315: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita
1.2       wiki      316: 
                    317: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*
                    318: 
                    319: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    320: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    321: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    322: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    323: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    324: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    325: 
1.8       wiki      326: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      327: 
                    328: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research
                    329: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    330: 
                    331: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    332: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    333: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    334: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    335: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    336: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    337: 
1.8       wiki      338: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013
1.2       wiki      339: 
                    340: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    341: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    342: 
                    343: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    344: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    345: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    346: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    347: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    348: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    349: 
1.8       wiki      350: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki      351: 
                    352: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI
                    353: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    354: 
                    355: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    356: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                    357: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    358: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    359: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    360: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.
                    361: 
1.8       wiki      362: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      363: 
                    364: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus
                    365: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)
                    366: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                    367: 
                    368: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    369: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a
                    370: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    371: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    372: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    373: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    374: 
1.8       wiki      375: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      376: 
                    377: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,
                    378: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*
                    379: 
                    380: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    381: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    382: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    383: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    384: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    385: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    386: 
1.8       wiki      387: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013
1.2       wiki      388: 
                    389: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
                    390: Campus
                    391: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),
                    392: Germany*
                    393: 
                    394: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source
                    395: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth
                    396: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and
                    397: answering users' questions.
                    398: 
1.8       wiki      399: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane
1.2       wiki      400: 
                    401: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE
                    402: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    403: 
                    404: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    405: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    406: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    407: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    408: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS
                    409: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station
                    410: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII
                    411: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i
                    412: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI
                    413: hardfloat
                    414: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)
                    415: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).
                    416: 
1.8       wiki      417: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      418: 
                    419: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    420: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    421: 
                    422: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    423: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    424: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    425: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    426: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    427: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON
                    428: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and
                    429: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),
                    430: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation
                    431: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),
                    432: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter
                    433: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)
                    434: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).
                    435: 
1.8       wiki      436: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      437: 
                    438: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    439: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    440: Japan*
                    441: 
                    442: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF
                    443: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)
                    444: for meeting information.[more detail on
                    445: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).
                    446: 
1.8       wiki      447: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      448: 
                    449: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention
                    450: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    451: Okinawa, Japan*
                    452: 
                    453: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    454: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    455: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    456: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    457: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for
                    458: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),
                    459: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on
                    460: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).
                    461: 
1.8       wiki      462: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      463: 
                    464: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International
                    465: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    466: Japan*
                    467: 
                    468: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    469: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD
                    470: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    471: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    472: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    473: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and
                    474: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs
                    475: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030
                    476: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD
                    477: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG
                    478: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1
                    479: vs 6.0.2 animation on
                    480: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)
                    481: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD
                    482: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more
                    483: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).
                    484: 
1.8       wiki      485: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      486: 
                    487: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*
                    488: 
                    489: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin
                    490: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a
                    491: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest
                    492: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer
                    493: cases or notebooks.
                    494: 
                    495: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for
                    496: more information.
                    497: 
1.8       wiki      498: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada
1.2       wiki      499: 
                    500: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    501: 
                    502: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in
                    503: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    504: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013
                    505: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials
                    506: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for
                    507: the most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    508: 
                    509: See [the call for
                    510: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)
                    511: for details.
                    512: 
1.8       wiki      513: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy
1.2       wiki      514: 
                    515: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*
                    516: 
                    517: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he
                    518: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,
                    519: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project
                    520: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with
                    521: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and
                    522: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests
                    523: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite
                    524: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or
                    525: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of
                    526: these.
                    527: 
1.8       wiki      528: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany
1.2       wiki      529: 
                    530: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*
                    531: 
                    532: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical
                    533: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    534: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    535: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    536: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    537: 
1.8       wiki      538: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany
1.2       wiki      539: 
                    540: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    541: 
                    542: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open
                    543: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.
                    544: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and
                    545: BSD related talks.
                    546: 
                    547: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more
                    548: information.
                    549: 
1.8       wiki      550: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013
1.2       wiki      551: 
                    552: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    553: 
                    554: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    555: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    556: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    557: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    558: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    559: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    560: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    561: 
                    562: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit
                    563: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru
                    564: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports
                    565: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by
                    566: Japan NetBSD Users
                    567: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).
                    568: 
1.8       wiki      569: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima
1.2       wiki      570: 
                    571: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY
                    572: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*
                    573: 
                    574: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    575: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a
                    576: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    577: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    578: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm
                    579: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))
                    580: and ["NetBSD 20 years"
                    581: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)
                    582: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).
                    583: 
1.8       wiki      584: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      585: 
                    586: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*
                    587: 
                    588: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    589: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    590: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    591: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    592: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    593: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    594: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    595: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on
                    596: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).
                    597: 
1.8       wiki      598: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu
1.2       wiki      599: 
                    600: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    601: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    602: 
                    603: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    604: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD
                    605: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    606: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    607: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    608: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on
                    609: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).
                    610: 
1.8       wiki      611: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki      612: 
                    613: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*
                    614: 
                    615: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software
                    616: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event
                    617: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide
                    618: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to
                    619: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on
                    620: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally
                    621: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and
                    622: sponsorships. No registration necessary.
                    623: 
                    624: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating
                    625: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to
                    626: developers or get NetBSD goodies.
                    627: 
                    628: Please see [this
                    629: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)
                    630: for details.
                    631: 
1.8       wiki      632: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      633: 
                    634: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou
                    635: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    636: 
                    637: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    638: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    639: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    640: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    641: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    642: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    643: 
1.8       wiki      644: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu
1.2       wiki      645: 
                    646: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of
                    647: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*
                    648: 
                    649: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    650: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    651: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    652: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    653: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    654: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    655: 
1.8       wiki      656: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall
1.2       wiki      657: 
                    658: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*
                    659: 
                    660: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    661: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD
                    662: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    664: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    665: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    666: 
1.8       wiki      667: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      668: 
                    669: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin
                    670: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,
                    671: Japan*
                    672: 
                    673: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    674: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                    675: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    676: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k
                    677: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including
                    678: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),
                    679: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),
                    680: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)
                    681: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000
                    682: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30
                    683: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)
                    684: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and
                    685: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000
                    686: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also
                    687: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by
                    688: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features
                    689: found at OSC booth" by
                    690: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event
                    691: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).
                    692: 
1.8       wiki      693: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland
1.2       wiki      694: 
                    695: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*
                    696: 
                    697: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual
                    698: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with
                    699: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.
                    700: 
                    701: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news
                    702: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and
                    703: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented
                    704: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions
                    705: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.
                    706: 
                    707: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators
                    708: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the
                    709: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We
                    710: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of
                    711: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this
                    712: regular meeting.
                    713: 
1.8       wiki      714: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      715: 
                    716: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention
                    717: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    718: Okinawa, Japan*
                    719: 
                    720: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    721: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    722: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    723: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    724: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    725: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    726: 
1.8       wiki      727: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      728: 
                    729: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                    730: 
                    731: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    732: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    733: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    734: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    735: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by
                    736: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks
                    737: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),
                    738: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    739: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    740: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    741: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and
                    742: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME
                    743: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more
                    744: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).
                    745: 
1.8       wiki      746: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012
1.2       wiki      747: 
                    748: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    749: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    750: 
                    751: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                    752: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    753: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    754: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3
                    755: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i
                    756: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports
                    757: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).
                    758: 
1.8       wiki      759: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane
1.2       wiki      760: 
                    761: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE
                    762: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    763: 
                    764: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    765: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    766: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    767: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    768: demonstrations (
                    769: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more
                    770: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).
                    771: 
1.8       wiki      772: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012
1.2       wiki      773: 
                    774: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &
                    775: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),
                    776: San Diego, California, USA*
                    777: 
                    778: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the
                    779: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in
                    780: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the
                    781: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap
                    782: on day one of the conference.
                    783: 
1.8       wiki      784: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012
1.2       wiki      785: 
                    786: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt
                    787: Augustin, Germany*
                    788: 
                    789: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source
                    790: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.
                    791: 
1.8       wiki      792: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      793: 
                    794: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    795: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    796: 
                    797: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    798: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    799: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    800: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    801: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    802: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA
                    803: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP
                    804: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer
                    805: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for
                    806: SHARP,X68K on
                    807: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS
                    808: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter
                    809: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install
                    810: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on
                    811: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k
                    812: updates presetation by
                    813: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)
                    814: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).
                    815: 
1.8       wiki      816: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai
1.2       wiki      817: 
                    818: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer
                    819: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                    820: 
                    821: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    822: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    823: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    824: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                    825: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                    826: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                    827: 
1.8       wiki      828: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      829: 
                    830: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    831: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    832: Japan*
                    833: 
                    834: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF
                    835: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)
                    836: for meeting information.
                    837: 
1.8       wiki      838: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki      839: 
                    840: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD
                    841: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                    842: 
                    843: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for
                    844: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need
                    845: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0
                    846: release branch.
                    847: 
1.8       wiki      848: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      849: 
                    850: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                    851: 
                    852: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    853: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    854: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    855: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    856: with [Building NetBSD on
                    857: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),
                    858: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing
                    859: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM
                    860: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on
                    861: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3
                    862: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and
                    863: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger
                    864: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image
                    865: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)
                    866: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).
                    867: 
1.8       wiki      868: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      869: 
                    870: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*
                    871: 
                    872: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the
                    873: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event
                    874: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the
                    875: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and
                    876: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.
                    877: 
                    878: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for
                    879: more information.
                    880: 
1.8       wiki      881: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012
1.2       wiki      882: 
                    883: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    884: 
                    885: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in
                    886: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    887: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic
                    888: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                    889: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at
                    890: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on
                    891: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the
                    892: most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    893: 
1.8       wiki      894: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      895: 
                    896: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International
                    897: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    898: Japan*
                    899: 
                    900: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    901: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    902: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    903: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    904: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    905: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line
                    906: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual
                    907: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and
                    908: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),
                    909: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD
                    910: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and
                    911: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),
                    912: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and
                    913: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).
                    914: 
1.8       wiki      915: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna
1.2       wiki      916: 
                    917: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the
                    918: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.
                    919: 
1.8       wiki      920: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate
1.2       wiki      921: 
                    922: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*
                    923: 
                    924: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    925: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD
                    926: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the
                    927: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {
                    928: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),
                    929: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    930: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget
                    931: demonstrations.
                    932: 
1.8       wiki      933: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012
1.2       wiki      934: 
                    935: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    936: 
                    937: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and
                    938: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    939: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    940: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    941: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    942: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    943: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    944: 
1.8       wiki      945: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime
1.2       wiki      946: 
                    947: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*
                    948: 
                    949: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    950: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    951: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    952: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by
                    953: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),
                    954: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD
                    955: port history by
                    956: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),
                    957: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and
                    958: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),
                    959: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on
                    960: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations
                    961: [[ustream live
                    962: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].
                    963: 
1.8       wiki      964: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012
1.2       wiki      965: 
                    966: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    967: 
                    968: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but
                    969: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor
                    970: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related
                    971: talks.
                    972: 
                    973: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more
                    974: information.
                    975: 
1.8       wiki      976: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      977: 
                    978: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                    979: 
                    980: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    981: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD
                    982: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    983: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live
                    984: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),
                    985: [WZero3 live
                    986: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),
                    987: [Zaurus live
                    988: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),
                    989: [Translate NetBSD man with
                    990: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),
                    991: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),
                    992: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus
                    993: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with
                    994: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),
                    995: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),
                    996: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong
                    997: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter
                    998: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget
                    999: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).
                   1000: 
1.8       wiki     1001: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita
1.2       wiki     1002: 
                   1003: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*
                   1004: 
                   1005: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1006: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD
                   1007: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by
                   1008: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)
                   1009: with hpcsh { [Persona
                   1010: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada
                   1011: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada
                   1012: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {
                   1013: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),
                   1014: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),
                   1015: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips
                   1016: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),
                   1017: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {
                   1018: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},
                   1019: i386 { [aspire
                   1020: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {
                   1021: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),
                   1022: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen
                   1023: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),
                   1024: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },
                   1025: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),
                   1026: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations
                   1027: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2
                   1028: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).
                   1029: 
1.8       wiki     1030: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012
1.2       wiki     1031: 
                   1032: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*
                   1033: 
                   1034: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and
                   1035: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to
                   1036: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration
                   1037: necessary.
                   1038: 
                   1039: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD
                   1040: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the
                   1041: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)
                   1042: for details.
                   1043: 
1.8       wiki     1044: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1045: 
                   1046: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI
                   1047: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),
                   1048: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1049: 
                   1050: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1051: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1052: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1053: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1054: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),
                   1055: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1056: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).
                   1057: 
1.8       wiki     1058: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1059: 
                   1060: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI
                   1061: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1062: 
                   1063: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1064: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1065: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1066: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1067: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image
                   1068: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad
                   1069: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC
                   1070: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),
                   1071: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada
                   1072: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,
                   1073: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer
                   1074: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),
                   1075: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),
                   1076: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)
                   1077: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,
                   1078: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream
                   1079: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).
                   1080: 
1.8       wiki     1081: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1082: 
                   1083: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE
                   1084: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1085: 
                   1086: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1087: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1088: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1089: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1090: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1091: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1092: 
1.8       wiki     1093: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011
1.2       wiki     1094: 
                   1095: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                   1096: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1097: 
                   1098: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                   1099: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1100: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1101: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                   1102: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),
                   1103: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),
                   1104: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1105: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall
                   1106: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why
                   1107: enigmatic machines by
                   1108: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),
                   1109: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream
                   1110: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on
                   1111: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).
                   1112: 
1.8       wiki     1113: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)
1.2       wiki     1114: 
                   1115: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*
                   1116: 
                   1117: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European
                   1118: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,
                   1119: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no
                   1120: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,
                   1121: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their
                   1122: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around
                   1123: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate
                   1124: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate
                   1125: university students to work with BSD systems.
                   1126: 
                   1127: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the
                   1128: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.
                   1129: 
                   1130: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1131: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).
1.2       wiki     1132: 
1.8       wiki     1133: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011
1.2       wiki     1134: 
                   1135: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*
                   1136: 
                   1137: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of
                   1138: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,
                   1139: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
                   1140: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical
                   1141: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1142: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1143: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1144: 
                   1145: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1146: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).
1.2       wiki     1147: 
1.8       wiki     1148: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1149: 
                   1150: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*
                   1151: 
                   1152: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on
                   1153: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon
                   1154: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)
                   1155: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The
                   1156: Netherlands.
                   1157: 
                   1158: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1159: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1160: 
1.8       wiki     1161: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki     1162: 
                   1163: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of
                   1164: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)
                   1165: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                   1166: 
                   1167: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1168: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1169: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1170: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1171: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (
                   1172: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),
                   1173: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),
                   1174: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030
                   1175: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on
                   1176: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac
                   1177: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero
                   1178: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),
                   1179: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and
                   1180: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),
                   1181: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by
                   1182: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),
                   1183: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).
                   1184: 
1.8       wiki     1185: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1186: 
                   1187: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention
                   1188: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1189: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1190: 
                   1191: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1192: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1193: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1194: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1195: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1196: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0
                   1197: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.
                   1198: 
1.8       wiki     1199: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu
1.2       wiki     1200: 
                   1201: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of
                   1202: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,
                   1203: Fukushima, Japan*
                   1204: 
                   1205: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011
                   1206: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   1207: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1208: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1209: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1210: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1211: 
1.8       wiki     1212: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1213: 
                   1214: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International
                   1215: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1216: Japan*
                   1217: 
                   1218: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1219: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1220: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1221: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1222: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (
                   1223: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing
                   1224: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),
                   1225: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1226: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga
                   1227: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS
                   1228: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger
                   1229: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).
                   1230: 
1.8       wiki     1231: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1232: 
                   1233: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD
                   1234: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1235: 
                   1236: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki
                   1237: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.
                   1238: 
1.8       wiki     1239: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1240: 
                   1241: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1242: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1243: 
                   1244: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1245: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1246: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)
                   1247: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1248: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1249: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1250: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS
                   1251: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA
                   1252: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book
                   1253: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4
                   1254: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on
                   1255: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on
                   1256: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),
                   1257: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling
                   1258: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain
                   1259: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD
                   1260: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by
                   1261: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k
                   1262: will never die!
                   1263: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)
                   1264: and
                   1265: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)
                   1266: by tsutsui.
                   1267: 
1.8       wiki     1268: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1269: 
                   1270: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1271: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1272: Japan*
                   1273: 
                   1274: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1275: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)
                   1276: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream
                   1277: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by
                   1278: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)
                   1279: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power
                   1280: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with
                   1281: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1282: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP
                   1283: keysign party by soda.
                   1284: 
1.8       wiki     1285: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1286: 
                   1287: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1288: 
                   1289: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1290: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1291: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1292: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1293: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,
                   1294: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{
                   1295: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1296: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .
                   1297: 
1.8       wiki     1298: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1299: 
                   1300: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer
                   1301: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1302: 
                   1303: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1304: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1305: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1306: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1307: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1308: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1309: 
1.8       wiki     1310: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011
1.2       wiki     1311: 
                   1312: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1313: 
                   1314: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the
                   1315: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1316: May 2011.
                   1317: 
1.8       wiki     1318: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1319: 
                   1320: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1321: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1322: 
                   1323: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1324: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1325: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1326: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1327: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space
                   1328: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)
                   1329: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI
                   1330: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),
                   1331: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1332: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1333: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.
                   1334: 
1.8       wiki     1335: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1336: 
                   1337: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1338: 
                   1339: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1340: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1341: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1342: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1343: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1344: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1345: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1346: 
1.8       wiki     1347: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita
1.2       wiki     1348: 
                   1349: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1350: Oita, Japan*
                   1351: 
                   1352: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1353: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1354: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1355: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1356: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1357: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1358: 
1.8       wiki     1359: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1360: 
                   1361: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda
                   1362: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1363: 
                   1364: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1365: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1366: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1367: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1368: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1369: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1370: 
1.8       wiki     1371: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1372: 
                   1373: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,
                   1374: Belgium*
                   1375: 
                   1376: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was
                   1377: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1378: 
                   1379: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"
                   1380: in the BSD devroom
                   1381: 
1.8       wiki     1382: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa
1.2       wiki     1383: 
                   1384: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall
                   1385: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,
                   1386: Japan*
                   1387: 
                   1388: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1389: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth
                   1390: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1391: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many
                   1392: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),
                   1393: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1394: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and
                   1395: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)
                   1396: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit
                   1397: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).
                   1398: 
1.8       wiki     1399: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1400: 
                   1401: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of
                   1402: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1403: 
                   1404: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1405: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1406: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1407: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1408: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1409: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1410: 
1.8       wiki     1411: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.
1.2       wiki     1412: 
                   1413: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*
                   1414: 
1.8       wiki     1415: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du
1.2       wiki     1416: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was
                   1417: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users
                   1418: focused.
                   1419: 
1.8       wiki     1420: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1421: 
                   1422: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE
                   1423: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1424: 
                   1425: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1426: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1427: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget
                   1429: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1430: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1431: 
1.8       wiki     1432: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1433: 
                   1434: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*
                   1435: 
                   1436: [The New York City BSD Conference
                   1437: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical
                   1438: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to
                   1439: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to
                   1440: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD
                   1441: Users Group (NYC\*BUG).
                   1442: 
1.8       wiki     1443: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010
1.2       wiki     1444: 
                   1445: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1446: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1447: 
                   1448: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three
                   1449: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1450: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1451: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA
                   1452: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC
                   1453: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit
                   1454: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun
                   1455: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP
                   1456: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on
                   1457: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),
                   1458: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),
                   1459: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1460: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD
                   1461: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and
                   1462: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor
                   1463: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me
                   1464: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC
                   1465: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a
                   1466: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by
                   1467: tsutsui)
                   1468: 
1.8       wiki     1469: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1470: 
                   1471: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*
                   1472: 
                   1473: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1474: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth
                   1475: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1476: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1477: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1478: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1479: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1480: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1481: 
1.8       wiki     1482: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1483: 
                   1484: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   1485: 
                   1486: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1487: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in
                   1488: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was
                   1489: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).
                   1490: 
                   1491: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1492: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1493: 
1.8       wiki     1494: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1495: 
                   1496: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention
                   1497: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1498: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1499: 
                   1500: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1501: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1502: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1503: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1504: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1505: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1506: 
1.8       wiki     1507: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1508: 
                   1509: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1510: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1511: 
                   1512: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1513: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1514: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1515: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1516: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1517: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1518: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000
                   1519: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).
                   1520: 
1.8       wiki     1521: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1522: 
                   1523: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1524: 
                   1525: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1526: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1527: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1528: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1529: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1530: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1531: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1532: 
1.8       wiki     1533: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1534: 
                   1535: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1536: 
                   1537: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1538: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1539: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1540: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1541: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (
                   1542: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1543: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).
                   1544: 
1.8       wiki     1545: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1546: 
                   1547: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of
                   1548: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1549: Japan*
                   1550: 
                   1551: See [this
                   1552: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)
                   1553: for meeting information.
                   1554: 
                   1555: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by
                   1556: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by
                   1557: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and
                   1558: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,
                   1559: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.
                   1560: 
1.8       wiki     1561: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1562: 
                   1563: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1564: 
                   1565: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1566: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1567: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1568: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1569: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +
                   1570: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s
                   1571: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s
                   1572: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,
                   1573: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1574: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }
                   1575: 
1.8       wiki     1576: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010
1.2       wiki     1577: 
                   1578: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*
                   1579: 
                   1580: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest
                   1581: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in
                   1582: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers
                   1583: in a shared BSD booth.
                   1584: 
                   1585: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
                   1586: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).
                   1587: 
1.8       wiki     1588: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland
1.2       wiki     1589: 
                   1590: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of
                   1591: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*
                   1592: 
1.8       wiki     1593: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1594: 
                   1595: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer
                   1596: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1597: 
                   1598: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1599: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1600: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1601: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1602: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1603: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1604: 
1.8       wiki     1605: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes
1.2       wiki     1606: 
                   1607: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*
                   1608: 
                   1609: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du
                   1610: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)
                   1611: 
1.8       wiki     1612: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010
1.2       wiki     1613: 
                   1614: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1615: 
                   1616: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the
                   1617: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1618: May 2010.
                   1619: 
1.8       wiki     1620: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1621: 
                   1622: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1623: 
                   1624: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1625: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1626: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1627: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1628: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1629: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1630: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1631: 
                   1632: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30
                   1633: 
1.8       wiki     1634: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1635: 
                   1636: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1637: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1638: 
                   1639: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1640: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1641: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1642: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1643: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for
                   1644: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))
                   1645: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1646: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1647: 
1.8       wiki     1648: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1649: 
                   1650: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1651: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1652: 
                   1653: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1654: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1655: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1656: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and
                   1657: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1658: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1659: 
1.8       wiki     1660: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010
1.2       wiki     1661: 
                   1662: *Feb. 19-22, 2010,
                   1663: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*
                   1664: 
                   1665: The [February 2010
                   1666: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing
                   1667: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.
                   1668: 
1.8       wiki     1669: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1670: 
                   1671: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,
                   1672: Belgium*
                   1673: 
                   1674: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was
                   1675: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1676: 
                   1677: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the
                   1678: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale
                   1679: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in
                   1680: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).
                   1681: 
1.8       wiki     1682: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita
1.2       wiki     1683: 
                   1684: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1685: Oita, Japan*
                   1686: 
                   1687: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1688: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth
                   1689: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1690: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1691: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1692: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1693: 
1.8       wiki     1694: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1695: 
                   1696: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo
                   1697: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1698: 
                   1699: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1700: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1701: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1702: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1703: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1704: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1705: 
1.8       wiki     1706: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi
1.2       wiki     1707: 
                   1708: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze
                   1709: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*
                   1710: 
                   1711: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1712: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1713: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1714: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   1715: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets
                   1716: demonstration.
                   1717: 
1.8       wiki     1718: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009
1.2       wiki     1719: 
                   1720: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*
                   1721: 
                   1722: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an
                   1723: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other
                   1724: major BSDs.
                   1725: 
                   1726: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website
1.8       wiki     1727: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .
1.2       wiki     1728: 
1.8       wiki     1729: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009
1.2       wiki     1730: 
                   1731: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1732: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1733: 
                   1734: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   1735: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1736: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1737: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ
                   1738: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive
                   1739: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link
                   1740: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),
                   1741: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1742: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and
                   1743: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).
                   1744: 
1.8       wiki     1745: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1746: 
                   1747: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th
                   1748: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1749: 
                   1750: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1751: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1752: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1753: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for
                   1754: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on
                   1755: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and
                   1756: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),
                   1757: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1758: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets
                   1759: demonstration and BSD BOF.
                   1760: 
1.8       wiki     1761: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1762: 
                   1763: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention
                   1764: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1765: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1766: 
                   1767: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1768: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1769: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1770: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets
                   1771: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1772: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1773: 
1.8       wiki     1774: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     1775: 
                   1776: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*
                   1777: 
                   1778: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1779: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009
                   1780: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded
                   1781: the conference on Sept 18th.
                   1782: 
                   1783: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website
1.8       wiki     1784: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1785: 
1.8       wiki     1786: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1787: 
                   1788: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1789: 
                   1790: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1791: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1792: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1793: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1794: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1795: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1796: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1797: 
1.8       wiki     1798: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1799: 
                   1800: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information
                   1801: Studies, Niigata, Japan*
                   1802: 
                   1803: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1804: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1805: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1806: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1807: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (
                   1808: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1809: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1810: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1811: 
1.8       wiki     1812: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1813: 
                   1814: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1815: 
                   1816: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1817: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1818: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1819: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1820: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption
                   1821: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at
                   1822: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and
                   1823: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with
                   1824: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD
                   1825: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1826: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1827: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1828: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with
                   1829: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM
                   1830: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with
                   1831: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy
                   1832: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).
                   1833: 
1.8       wiki     1834: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1835: 
                   1836: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of
                   1837: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1838: Japan*
                   1839: 
                   1840: See [this
                   1841: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)
                   1842: for meeting information.
                   1843: 
                   1844: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,
                   1845: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,
                   1846: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign
                   1847: party.
                   1848: 
1.8       wiki     1849: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009
1.2       wiki     1850: 
                   1851: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1852: 
                   1853: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,
                   1854: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1855: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power
                   1856: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1857: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole
                   1858: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).
                   1859: 
1.8       wiki     1860: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009
1.2       wiki     1861: 
                   1862: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*
                   1863: 
                   1864: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference
                   1865: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground
                   1866: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD
                   1867: systems at the exhibition.
                   1868: 
1.8       wiki     1869: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1870: 
                   1871: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1872: 
                   1873: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1874: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1875: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1876: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD
                   1877: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{
                   1878: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1879: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on
                   1880: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via
                   1881: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with
                   1882: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),
                   1883: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot
                   1884: yet)](../ports/evbarm/).
                   1885: 
1.8       wiki     1886: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1887: 
                   1888: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE
                   1889: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1890: 
                   1891: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1892: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1893: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1894: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   1895: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),
                   1896: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   1897: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1898: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1899: 
1.8       wiki     1900: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009
1.2       wiki     1901: 
                   1902: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1903: 
                   1904: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the
                   1905: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7
                   1906: May 2009.
                   1907: 
1.8       wiki     1908: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009
1.2       wiki     1909: 
                   1910: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*
                   1911: 
                   1912: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at
                   1913: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in
                   1914: Hannover, Germany.
                   1915: 
1.8       wiki     1916: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     1917: 
                   1918: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1919: 
                   1920: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1921: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1922: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1923: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1924: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1925: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1926: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1927: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in
                   1928: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)
                   1929: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),
                   1930: and [NetBSD
                   1931: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)
                   1932: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009
                   1933: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and
                   1934: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.
                   1935: 
1.8       wiki     1936: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     1937: 
                   1938: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*
                   1939: 
1.8       wiki     1940: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   1941: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California
                   1942: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los
                   1943: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     1944: 
1.8       wiki     1945: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1946: 
                   1947: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics
                   1948: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1949: 
                   1950: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1951: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1952: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1953: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type
                   1954: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole
                   1955: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1956: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1957: 
1.8       wiki     1958: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009
1.2       wiki     1959: 
                   1960: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
                   1961: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for
                   1962: the community.
                   1963: 
1.8       wiki     1964: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     1965: 
                   1966: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*
                   1967: 
1.8       wiki     1968: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1969: 
1.8       wiki     1970: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1971: 
                   1972: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer
                   1973: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1974: 
                   1975: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1976: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1977: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1978: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1979: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1980: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1981: 
1.8       wiki     1982: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1983: 
                   1984: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka
                   1985: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),
                   1986: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1987: 
                   1988: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   1989: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1990: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1991: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1992: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1993: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.
                   1994: 
1.8       wiki     1995: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1996: 
                   1997: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support
                   1998: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*
                   1999: 
                   2000: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2001: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2002: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2003: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2004: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2005: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2006: 
1.8       wiki     2007: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08
1.2       wiki     2008: 
                   2009: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*
                   2010: 
1.8       wiki     2011: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).
1.2       wiki     2012: 
1.8       wiki     2013: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008
1.2       wiki     2014: 
                   2015: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2016: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2017: 
                   2018: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2019: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2020: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2021: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole
                   2022: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2023: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2024: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2025: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),
                   2026: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),
                   2027: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime
                   2028: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets
                   2029: demonstration and BSDBOF.
                   2030: 
1.8       wiki     2031: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2032: 
                   2033: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*
                   2034: 
                   2035: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2036: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th
                   2037: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials
                   2038: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.
                   2039: 
                   2040: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2041: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2042: 
1.8       wiki     2043: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2044: 
                   2045: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2046: 
                   2047: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The
                   2048: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took
                   2049: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York
                   2050: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.
                   2051: 
1.8       wiki     2052: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2053: 
                   2054: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2055: 
                   2056: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User
                   2057: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October
                   2058: 11th and 12th, 2008.
                   2059: 
                   2060: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2061: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2062: 
                   2063: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.
                   2064: 
1.8       wiki     2065: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2066: 
                   2067: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial
                   2068: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2069: 
                   2070: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2071: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2072: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2073: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole
                   2074: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2075: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2076: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets
                   2077: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF
                   2078: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),
                   2079: [Itojun Service
                   2080: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).
                   2081: 
1.8       wiki     2082: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane
1.2       wiki     2083: 
                   2084: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE
                   2085: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2086: 
                   2087: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2088: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2089: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2090: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2091: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2092: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2093: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2094: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2095: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                   2096: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and
                   2097: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).
                   2098: 
1.8       wiki     2099: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2100: 
                   2101: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2102: 
                   2103: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2104: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2105: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2106: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2107: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2108: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2109: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2110: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),
                   2111: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:
                   2112: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).
                   2113: 
1.8       wiki     2114: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2115: 
                   2116: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2117: 
                   2118: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2119: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2120: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2121: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power
                   2122: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2123: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2124: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune
                   2125: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with
                   2126: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc
                   2127: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with
                   2128: all BSD machines.
                   2129: 
1.8       wiki     2130: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2131: 
                   2132: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of
                   2133: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2134: Japan*
                   2135: 
                   2136: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG
                   2137: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -
                   2138: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc
                   2139: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD
                   2140: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.
                   2141: 
1.8       wiki     2142: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2143: 
                   2144: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2145: 
                   2146: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2147: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2148: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2149: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2150: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2151: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3
                   2152: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .
                   2153: 
1.8       wiki     2154: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2155: 
                   2156: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*
                   2157: 
                   2158: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,
                   2159: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the
                   2160: [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2161: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2162: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2163: pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2164: 
                   2165: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2166: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2167: 
1.8       wiki     2168: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008
1.2       wiki     2169: 
                   2170: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*
                   2171: 
                   2172: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and
                   2173: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers
                   2174: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme
                   2175: novices to advanced developers.
                   2176: 
                   2177: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2178: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2179: 
1.8       wiki     2180: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008
1.2       wiki     2181: 
1.8       wiki     2182: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
1.2       wiki     2183: Spain*
                   2184: 
                   2185: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit
1.8       wiki     2186: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).
1.2       wiki     2187: 
1.8       wiki     2188: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka
1.2       wiki     2189: 
                   2190: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of
                   2191: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*
                   2192: 
                   2193: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2194: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , 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, NetBSD/Playstation3,
                   2199: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).
                   2200: 
1.8       wiki     2201: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     2202: 
                   2203: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*
                   2204: 
                   2205: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking
                   2206: technologies and IT security.
                   2207: 
                   2208: For more information about FFG 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2209: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)
1.2       wiki     2210: 
1.8       wiki     2211: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2212: 
                   2213: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2214: 
                   2215: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2216: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2217: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2218: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2219: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2220: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2221: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2222: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide
                   2223: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),
                   2224: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]
                   2225: 
                   2226: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)
                   2227: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd
                   2228: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys
                   2229: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32
                   2230: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).
                   2231: 
                   2232: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:
                   2233: Implementing Jails Under the kauth
                   2234: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:
                   2235: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With
                   2236: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps
                   2237: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD
                   2238: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:
                   2239: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI
1.8       wiki     2240: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg
1.2       wiki     2241: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern
                   2242: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)
                   2243: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .
                   2244: 
                   2245: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps
                   2246: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,
                   2247: networking and virtualisation.
1.8       wiki     2248: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2249: 
                   2250: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics
                   2251: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2252: 
                   2253: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2254: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2255: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2256: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2257: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2258: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus
                   2259: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2260: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2261: 
1.8       wiki     2262: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008
1.2       wiki     2263: 
                   2264: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2265: 
                   2266: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,
                   2267: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the
                   2268: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas
1.8       wiki     2269: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.
1.2       wiki     2270: 
1.8       wiki     2271: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x
1.2       wiki     2272: 
                   2273: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2274: 
1.8       wiki     2275: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2276: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California
                   2277: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los
                   2278: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2279: 
1.8       wiki     2280: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2281: 
                   2282: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2283: 
                   2284: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2285: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2286: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2287: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2288: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2289: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2290: 
1.8       wiki     2291: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2292: 
                   2293: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai
                   2294: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,
                   2295: Japan*
                   2296: 
                   2297: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2298: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2299: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2300: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2301: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2302: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2303: 
1.8       wiki     2304: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007
1.2       wiki     2305: 
                   2306: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*
                   2307: 
                   2308: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was
                   2309: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian
                   2310: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.
                   2311: 
1.8       wiki     2312: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007
1.2       wiki     2313: 
                   2314: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2315: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2316: 
                   2317: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2318: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2319: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475
                   2320: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor
                   2321: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),
                   2322: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2323: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2324: 
1.8       wiki     2325: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2326: 
                   2327: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),
                   2328: Niigata, Japan*
                   2329: 
                   2330: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2331: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2332: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2333: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2334: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2335: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2336: 
1.8       wiki     2337: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2338: 
                   2339: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at
                   2340: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,
                   2341: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized
                   2342: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).
                   2343: 
1.8       wiki     2344: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems
1.2       wiki     2345: 
                   2346: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,
                   2347: Turkey*
                   2348: 
                   2349: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The
                   2350: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software
                   2351: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD
                   2352: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.
                   2353: 
1.8       wiki     2354: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)
1.2       wiki     2355: 
1.8       wiki     2356: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag
1.2       wiki     2357: 
                   2358: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH
                   2359: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own
                   2360: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more
                   2361: information, see the [event's
                   2362: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).
                   2363: 
1.8       wiki     2364: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2365: 
                   2366: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial
                   2367: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2368: 
                   2369: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2370: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2371: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2372: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   2373: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{
                   2374: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2375: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security
                   2376: Presentation by
                   2377: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).
                   2378: 
1.8       wiki     2379: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2380: 
                   2381: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*
                   2382: 
                   2383: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on
                   2384: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
                   2385: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.
                   2386: 
                   2387: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2388: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2389: 
1.8       wiki     2390: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007
1.2       wiki     2391: 
                   2392: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer
                   2393: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum
                   2394: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's
                   2395: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.
                   2396: 
1.8       wiki     2397: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2398: 
                   2399: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2400: 
                   2401: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2402: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2403: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2404: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2405: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power
                   2406: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2407: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2408: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2409: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),
                   2410: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),
                   2411: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),
                   2412: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD
                   2413: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)
                   2414: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB
                   2415: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache
                   2416: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and
                   2417: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)
                   2418: ).
                   2419: 
                   2420: [A report with some
                   2421: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is
                   2422: available.
                   2423: 
1.8       wiki     2424: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007
1.2       wiki     2425: 
                   2426: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*
                   2427: 
                   2428: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which
                   2429: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer
                   2430: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center
                   2431: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,
                   2432: Switzerland.
                   2433: 
                   2434: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A
                   2435: report was posted to the
                   2436: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)
                   2437: mailing list.
                   2438: 
1.8       wiki     2439: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2440: 
                   2441: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of
                   2442: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,
                   2443: Japan*
                   2444: 
                   2445: See [this
                   2446: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for
                   2447: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,
                   2448: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header
                   2449: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update
                   2450: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,
                   2451: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),
                   2452: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),
                   2453: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key
                   2454: sign party.
                   2455: 
1.8       wiki     2456: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2457: 
                   2458: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2459: 
                   2460: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2461: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2462: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2463: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2464: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2465: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player
                   2466: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.
                   2467: 
1.8       wiki     2468: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     2469: 
                   2470: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin
                   2471: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured
                   2472: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full
                   2473: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)
                   2474: at the
                   2475: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)
                   2476: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and
                   2477: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.
                   2478: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.
                   2479: 
                   2480: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more
                   2481: information.
                   2482: 
1.8       wiki     2483: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007
1.2       wiki     2484: 
                   2485: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2486: 
                   2487: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has
                   2488: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people
                   2489: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.
                   2490: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide
                   2491: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.
                   2492: 
                   2493: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of
                   2494: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.
                   2495: 
                   2496: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit
1.8       wiki     2497: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2498: 
1.8       wiki     2499: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2500: 
                   2501: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*
                   2502: 
                   2503: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27
                   2504: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on
                   2505: the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2506: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2507: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2508: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all
                   2509: welcome to attend.
                   2510: 
                   2511: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at
1.8       wiki     2512: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2513: 
1.8       wiki     2514: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg
1.2       wiki     2515: 
                   2516: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*
                   2517: 
                   2518: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,
                   2519: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small
                   2520: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the
                   2521: other one for advanced users. See [the event's
                   2522: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.
                   2523: 
                   2524: P.S.: A report is available in [this
                   2525: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).
                   2526: 
1.8       wiki     2527: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2528: 
                   2529: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2530: 
                   2531: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2532: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a
                   2533: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2534: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2535: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2536: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2537: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2538: 
1.8       wiki     2539: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2540: 
                   2541: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2542: 
                   2543: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based
                   2544: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using
                   2545: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and
                   2546: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the
                   2547: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the
                   2548: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the
                   2549: widest possible audience.
                   2550: 
                   2551: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The
                   2552: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at
1.8       wiki     2553: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).
1.2       wiki     2554: 
1.8       wiki     2555: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
1.2       wiki     2556: 
                   2557: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*
                   2558: 
                   2559: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
                   2560: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See
1.8       wiki     2561: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you
                   2562: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
                   2563: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.
1.2       wiki     2564: 
1.8       wiki     2565: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     2566: 
                   2567: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*
                   2568: 
                   2569: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk
1.8       wiki     2570: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February
                   2571: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several
1.2       wiki     2572: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan
                   2573: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.
                   2574: 
                   2575: More information can be found at
1.8       wiki     2576: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and
                   2577: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The
                   2578: German language article can be found at:
                   2579: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).
1.2       wiki     2580: 
                   2581: Ignatios also
                   2582: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)
                   2583: his [slides (german
                   2584: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).
                   2585: 
1.8       wiki     2586: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007
1.2       wiki     2587: 
                   2588: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2589: 
                   2590: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'
                   2591: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of
                   2592: Brussels, Belgium.
                   2593: 
                   2594: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other
                   2595: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD
                   2596: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting
                   2597: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More
1.8       wiki     2598: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).
1.2       wiki     2599: 
1.8       wiki     2600: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x
1.2       wiki     2601: 
                   2602: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2603: 
                   2604: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern
                   2605: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin
                   2606: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a
1.8       wiki     2607: booth at this event; see the reports by
                   2608: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)
                   2609: and
                   2610: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     2611: 
1.8       wiki     2612: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006
1.2       wiki     2613: 
                   2614: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*
                   2615: 
                   2616: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).
                   2617: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and
                   2618: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,
                   2619: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to
                   2620: expand knowledge of BSD systems.
                   2621: 
                   2622: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using
                   2623: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X
                   2624: and Solaris.
                   2625: 
                   2626: For more information, please [visit the
                   2627: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).
                   2628: 
1.8       wiki     2629: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2630: 
                   2631: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*
                   2632: 
                   2633: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006
                   2634: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   2635: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2636: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2637: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2638: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2639: 
1.8       wiki     2640: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon
1.2       wiki     2641: 
                   2642: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current
                   2643: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon
                   2644: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.
                   2645: 
1.8       wiki     2646: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria
1.2       wiki     2647: 
                   2648: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the
                   2649: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November
1.8       wiki     2650: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
                   2651: if you have any questions or want to help out.
1.2       wiki     2652: 
1.8       wiki     2653: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan
1.2       wiki     2654: 
                   2655: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th
                   2656: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The
                   2657: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has
                   2658: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:
                   2659: 
                   2660: -   Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record
1.8       wiki     2661: -   Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install
1.2       wiki     2662: -   Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype
                   2663: -   NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat
                   2664: -   Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?
                   2665: -   Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting
                   2666:     NetBSD Network Appliances
                   2667: -   Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing
                   2668:     for BSD TCP/IP
                   2669: 
                   2670: Registration is open now. Please [see the
                   2671: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!
                   2672: 
1.8       wiki     2673: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006
1.2       wiki     2674: 
                   2675: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*
                   2676: 
                   2677: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User
                   2678: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon
                   2679: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The
                   2680: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking
                   2681: about NetBSD-related topics.
                   2682: 
1.8       wiki     2683: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2684: 
                   2685: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2686: 
                   2687: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2688: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                   2689: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2690: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2691: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2692: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2693: 
1.8       wiki     2694: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2695: 
                   2696: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth
                   2697: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in
                   2698: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and
                   2699: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if
                   2700: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2701: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     2702: 
                   2703: A report on the event is available
                   2704: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).
                   2705: 
1.8       wiki     2706: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest
1.2       wiki     2707: 
                   2708: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*
                   2709: 
                   2710: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio
1.8       wiki     2711: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF
                   2712: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the
                   2713: booth.
1.2       wiki     2714: 
                   2715: A report of the event can be found
                   2716: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).
                   2717: 
1.8       wiki     2718: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux
1.2       wiki     2719: 
                   2720: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".
                   2721: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by
1.8       wiki     2722: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping
                   2723: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,
                   2724: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.
1.2       wiki     2725: 
                   2726: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon
                   2727: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See
                   2728: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more
                   2729: information.
                   2730: 
                   2731: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing
                   2732: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).
                   2733: 
1.8       wiki     2734: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006
1.2       wiki     2735: 
                   2736: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on
                   2737: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences
                   2738: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See
                   2739: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for
                   2740: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2741: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at
                   2742: the booth.
1.2       wiki     2743: 
1.8       wiki     2744: A.HUBERTF wrote a short
1.2       wiki     2745: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)
                   2746: about the event.
                   2747: 
1.8       wiki     2748: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2749: 
                   2750: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2751: 
                   2752: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)
                   2753: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD
                   2754: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2755: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2756: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2757: 
1.8       wiki     2758: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata
1.2       wiki     2759: 
                   2760: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*
                   2761: 
                   2762: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2763: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2764: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2765: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2766: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2767: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.
                   2768: 
1.8       wiki     2769: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2770: 
                   2771: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   2772: 
                   2773: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD
                   2774: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held
                   2775: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129
                   2776: attendances. BOF03. Room 201.
                   2777: 
                   2778: -   Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /
                   2779:     FreeBSD Project
                   2780: -   FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note
1.8       wiki     2781:     CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /
                   2782:     Ensure Technology Ltd
                   2783:     .
                   2784: -   BSD Usergroup activity:
                   2785:     Echigo BSD Users Group
                   2786:     , T.Tamura@EBUG
                   2787: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     2788: 
1.8       wiki     2789: \> See [program for
1.2       wiki     2790: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).
                   2791: 
                   2792: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),
                   2793: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,
                   2794: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).
                   2795: 
1.8       wiki     2796: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006
1.2       wiki     2797: 
                   2798: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2799: 
                   2800: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference
                   2801: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical
                   2802: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems
                   2803: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that
                   2804: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced
                   2805: developers.
                   2806: 
                   2807: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at
                   2808: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed
                   2809: during May 10-14th.
                   2810: 
                   2811: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the
                   2812: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!
                   2813: 
1.8       wiki     2814: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006
1.2       wiki     2815: 
                   2816: *May 5-7, Paris, France*
                   2817: 
                   2818: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,
                   2819: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the
                   2820: conference on their campus.
                   2821: 
                   2822: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD
                   2823: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   2824: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2825: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to
                   2826: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas
                   2827: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.
                   2828: 
                   2829: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a
                   2830: presentation proposal, please visit
                   2831: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/).
                   2832: 
1.8       wiki     2833: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006
1.2       wiki     2834: 
                   2835: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*
                   2836: 
                   2837: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),
                   2838: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and
                   2839: tutorials.
                   2840: 
                   2841: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
1.8       wiki     2842: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.
1.2       wiki     2843: 
1.8       wiki     2844: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe
1.2       wiki     2845: 
                   2846: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*
                   2847: 
                   2848: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking
1.8       wiki     2849: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ
                   2850: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD
                   2851: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the
                   2852: URL above.
1.2       wiki     2853: 
1.8       wiki     2854: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2855: 
                   2856: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   2857: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2858: 
                   2859: See [this
                   2860: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for
                   2861: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,
                   2862: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,
                   2863: Codeblog.
                   2864: 
1.8       wiki     2865: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006
1.2       wiki     2866: 
                   2867: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*
                   2868: 
                   2869: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to
                   2870: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD
                   2871: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are
                   2872: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at
                   2873: gmail.com).
                   2874: 
                   2875: For more information about this event see
1.8       wiki     2876: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     2877: 
1.8       wiki     2878: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006
1.2       wiki     2879: 
                   2880: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   2881: 
                   2882: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer
                   2883: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux
                   2884: Cons in Germany.
                   2885: 
                   2886: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:
                   2887: 
                   2888: -   Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.
                   2889: -   Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment
                   2890: -   Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD
                   2891: -   Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features
                   2892: -   Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)
                   2893: 
                   2894: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)
                   2895: net-tex.de\>.
                   2896: 
1.8       wiki     2897: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006
1.2       wiki     2898: 
                   2899: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*
                   2900: 
                   2901: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),
                   2902: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The
                   2903: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.
                   2904: 
1.8       wiki     2905: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2906: 
                   2907: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2908: 
                   2909: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2910: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth
                   2911: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2912: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2913: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2914: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2915: 
1.8       wiki     2916: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     2917: 
1.8       wiki     2918: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*
1.2       wiki     2919: 
                   2920: [German Unix User Group
1.8       wiki     2921: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)
1.2       wiki     2922: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of
1.8       wiki     2923: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).
1.2       wiki     2924: 
                   2925: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup
                   2926: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).
                   2927: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth
                   2928: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on
                   2929: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).
                   2930: 
1.8       wiki     2931: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006
1.2       wiki     2932: 
                   2933: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2934: 
                   2935: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European
                   2936: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by
                   2937: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source
                   2938: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM
                   2939: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in
                   2940: Europe.
                   2941: 
1.8       wiki     2942: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will
1.2       wiki     2943: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)
                   2944: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!
                   2945: 
1.8       wiki     2946: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the
1.2       wiki     2947: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).
                   2948: 
1.8       wiki     2949: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x
1.2       wiki     2950: 
                   2951: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*
                   2952: 
                   2953: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern
                   2954: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The
                   2955: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project
1.8       wiki     2956: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)
                   2957: if you would like to help.
1.2       wiki     2958: 
                   2959: A report from Kevin Lahey is
                   2960: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).
                   2961: 
1.8       wiki     2962: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)
1.2       wiki     2963: 
                   2964: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*
                   2965: 
                   2966: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress
                   2967: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on
                   2968: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and
                   2969: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)
                   2970: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and
                   2971: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the
                   2972: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
                   2973: 
1.8       wiki     2974: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2975: 
                   2976: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*
                   2977: 
                   2978: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005
                   2979: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   2980: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2981: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2982: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2983: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2984: 
1.8       wiki     2985: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005
1.2       wiki     2986: 
                   2987: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*
                   2988: 
                   2989: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the
                   2990: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check
                   2991: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,
                   2992: conference venue and registration. present.
                   2993: 
1.8       wiki     2994: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005
1.2       wiki     2995: 
                   2996: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*
                   2997: 
                   2998: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,
                   2999: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to
                   3000: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,
                   3001: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe
                   3002: Lockhoff.
                   3003: 
                   3004: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex
                   3005: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at
1.8       wiki     3006: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).
1.2       wiki     3007: 
1.8       wiki     3008: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005
1.2       wiki     3009: 
                   3010: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*
                   3011: 
                   3012: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
                   3013: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among
                   3014: others) will be presented.
                   3015: 
                   3016: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on
                   3017: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a
                   3018: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!
                   3019: 
1.8       wiki     3020: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)
1.2       wiki     3021: 
                   3022: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,
                   3023: especially showing NetBSD!
                   3024: 
1.8       wiki     3025: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005
1.2       wiki     3026: 
                   3027: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3028: 
                   3029: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was
                   3030: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3031: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3032: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3033: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA
                   3034: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with
                   3035: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),
                   3036: [IO-DATA USL-5P
                   3037: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).
                   3038: 
                   3039: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure
                   3040: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about
                   3041: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                   3042: 
1.8       wiki     3043: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall
1.2       wiki     3044: 
                   3045: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3046: 
                   3047: At the [Open Source Conference 2005
                   3048: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   3049: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3050: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3051: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3052: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3053: 
1.8       wiki     3054: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005
1.2       wiki     3055: 
                   3056: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*
                   3057: 
                   3058: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC
                   3059: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference
                   3060: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD
                   3061: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the
                   3062: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.
                   3063: 
1.8       wiki     3064: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005
1.2       wiki     3065: 
                   3066: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*
                   3067: 
                   3068: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international
                   3069: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office
                   3070: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will
                   3071: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about
                   3072: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested
                   3073: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.
1.8       wiki     3074: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his
1.2       wiki     3075: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)
                   3076: on netbsd-advocacy.
                   3077: 
1.8       wiki     3078: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3079: 
                   3080: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*
                   3081: 
                   3082: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second
                   3083: meeting will be held at [Parque das
1.8       wiki     3084: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the
1.2       wiki     3085: group page for more information.
                   3086: 
1.8       wiki     3087: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3088: 
                   3089: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3090: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3091: 
                   3092: See [this
                   3093: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for
                   3094: meeting information.
                   3095: 
                   3096: A
                   3097: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)
                   3098: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.
                   3099: 
1.8       wiki     3100: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo
1.2       wiki     3101: 
1.8       wiki     3102: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*
1.2       wiki     3103: 
1.8       wiki     3104: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took
1.2       wiki     3105: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD
                   3106: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is
                   3107: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of
                   3108: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental
                   3109: organization.
                   3110: 
1.8       wiki     3111: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005
1.2       wiki     3112: 
                   3113: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*
                   3114: 
                   3115: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
                   3116: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held
                   3117: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD
1.8       wiki     3118: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.
                   3119: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD
                   3120: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered
                   3121: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's
1.2       wiki     3122: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)
                   3123: for more details.
                   3124: 
1.8       wiki     3125: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference
1.2       wiki     3126: 
                   3127: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*
                   3128: 
                   3129: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker
                   3130: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south
                   3131: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD
                   3132: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For
                   3133: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's
                   3134: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)
                   3135: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.
                   3136: 
1.8       wiki     3137: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005
1.2       wiki     3138: 
                   3139: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA
                   3140: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*
                   3141: 
                   3142: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances.
                   3143: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3144: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more
                   3145: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).
                   3146: 
1.8       wiki     3147: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3148: 
                   3149: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3150: 
                   3151: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth
                   3152: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3153: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
1.8       wiki     3154: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user
                   3155: groups.
1.2       wiki     3156: 
1.8       wiki     3157: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005
1.2       wiki     3158: 
1.8       wiki     3159: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*
1.2       wiki     3160: 
1.8       wiki     3161: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,
1.2       wiki     3162: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the
                   3163: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference
                   3164: venue and registration.
                   3165: 
1.8       wiki     3166: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3167: 
                   3168: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3169: 
                   3170: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD
                   3171: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)
                   3172: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130
                   3173: attendances. BOF01. Room 302.
                   3174: 
1.8       wiki     3175: -   \*BSD Document Internationalization
                   3176: -   A Robot that runs on NetBSD
                   3177:     Live performance
                   3178: -   BSD Usergroup activity in Japan
                   3179: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3180: 
                   3181: See [program for
                   3182: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).
                   3183: 
                   3184: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277
                   3185: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of
                   3186: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya
                   3187: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3188: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55
                   3189: 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)).
                   3190: 
1.8       wiki     3191: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005
1.2       wiki     3192: 
                   3193: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3194: 
                   3195: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at
                   3196: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th
                   3197: (of a social nature, for the most part).
                   3198: 
1.8       wiki     3199: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3200: 
                   3201: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*
                   3202: 
                   3203: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,
                   3204: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical
                   3205: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   3206: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research
                   3207: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,
                   3208: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the
                   3209: [slides for this
                   3210: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.
                   3211: 
1.8       wiki     3212: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3213: 
1.8       wiki     3214: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005
1.2       wiki     3215: 
                   3216: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures
                   3217: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was
                   3218: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD
                   3219: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.
                   3220: Around 1000 people attended the past two years.
                   3221: 
                   3222: More information is at
                   3223: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can
                   3224: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this
                   3225: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)
                   3226: 
1.8       wiki     3227: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3228: 
                   3229: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*
                   3230: 
                   3231: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge
                   3232: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005
                   3233: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
                   3234: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community
                   3235: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing
                   3236: solutions and fresh ideas.
                   3237: 
1.8       wiki     3238: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3239: 
1.8       wiki     3240: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005
1.2       wiki     3241: 
                   3242: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3243: 
                   3244: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3245: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3246: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see
1.8       wiki     3247: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).
1.2       wiki     3248: 
1.8       wiki     3249: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005
1.2       wiki     3250: 
                   3251: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*
                   3252: 
                   3253: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT
                   3254: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at
                   3255: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).
                   3256: 
1.8       wiki     3257: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005
1.2       wiki     3258: 
                   3259: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine
                   3260: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of
                   3261: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:
                   3262: 
1.8       wiki     3263: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1
                   3264: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2
1.2       wiki     3265: 
1.8       wiki     3266: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     3267: 
                   3268: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event
                   3269: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:
                   3270: 
1.8       wiki     3271: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1
                   3272: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2
                   3273: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3
1.2       wiki     3274: 
1.8       wiki     3275: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     3276: 
                   3277: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*
                   3278: 
                   3279: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux
                   3280: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.
1.8       wiki     3281: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML
                   3282: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience
1.2       wiki     3283: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)
                   3284: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the
                   3285: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed
1.8       wiki     3286: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).
1.2       wiki     3287: 
1.8       wiki     3288: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005
1.2       wiki     3289: 
                   3290: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*
                   3291: 
                   3292: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting
                   3293: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while
                   3294: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact
1.8       wiki     3295: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).
1.2       wiki     3296: 
1.8       wiki     3297: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)
1.2       wiki     3298: 
                   3299: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*
                   3300: 
                   3301: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications
                   3302: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop
                   3303: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting
                   3304: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please
                   3305: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're
                   3306: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the
                   3307: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)
                   3308: available.
                   3309: 
1.8       wiki     3310: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3311: 
                   3312: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3313: 
                   3314: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,
                   3315: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official
                   3316: program, conference venue and registration. A
                   3317: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks
                   3318: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.
                   3319: 
                   3320: A brief report from the conference is available
                   3321: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).
                   3322: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:
                   3323: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).
                   3324: 
1.8       wiki     3325: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004
1.2       wiki     3326: 
                   3327: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*
                   3328: 
1.8       wiki     3329: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
1.2       wiki     3330: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among
                   3331: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel
                   3332: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See
1.8       wiki     3333: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.
1.2       wiki     3334: 
1.8       wiki     3335: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004
1.2       wiki     3336: 
                   3337: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3338: 
1.8       wiki     3339: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3340: 
1.8       wiki     3341: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004
1.2       wiki     3342: 
                   3343: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3344: 
1.8       wiki     3345: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3346: 
1.8       wiki     3347: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3348: 
                   3349: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3350: 
                   3351: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3352: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3353: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
                   3354: 
1.8       wiki     3355: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3356: 
                   3357: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*
                   3358: 
                   3359: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix
                   3360: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project
                   3361: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a
                   3362: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this
                   3363: conference.
                   3364: 
1.8       wiki     3365: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3366: 
                   3367: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*
                   3368: 
                   3369: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3370: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3371: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun
                   3372: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3373: for details.
                   3374: 
1.8       wiki     3375: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3376: 
                   3377: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*
                   3378: 
                   3379: [LinuxWorld Conference and
                   3380: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to
                   3381: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The
                   3382: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are
1.8       wiki     3383: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3384: 
1.8       wiki     3385: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)
1.2       wiki     3386: 
                   3387: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3388: 
                   3389: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD
                   3390: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3391: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   3392: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO
                   3393: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3394: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }
                   3395: 
1.8       wiki     3396: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3397: 
                   3398: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3399: 
1.8       wiki     3400: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3401: 
                   3402: [BOF
                   3403: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)
                   3404: 
1.8       wiki     3405: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.
1.2       wiki     3406: 
1.8       wiki     3407: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004
1.2       wiki     3408: 
                   3409: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3410: 
                   3411: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual
                   3412: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the
                   3413: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,
                   3414: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update
                   3415: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),
                   3416: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State
                   3417: of the BSD
                   3418: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),
                   3419: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the
                   3420: conference.
                   3421: 
1.8       wiki     3422: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004
1.2       wiki     3423: 
                   3424: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3425: 
                   3426: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to
                   3427: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented
1.8       wiki     3428: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested
                   3429: in helping out.
1.2       wiki     3430: 
1.8       wiki     3431: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3432: 
                   3433: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3434: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3435: 
                   3436: See [this
                   3437: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for
                   3438: meeting information.
                   3439: 
1.8       wiki     3440: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004
1.2       wiki     3441: 
                   3442: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3443: 
                   3444: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching
                   3445: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to
                   3446: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees
                   3447: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See
                   3448: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from
                   3449: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)
                   3450: 
1.8       wiki     3451: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting
1.2       wiki     3452: 
                   3453: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*
                   3454: 
                   3455: At the [LinuxChix-Br National
                   3456: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a
                   3457: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of
                   3458: NetBSD-BR.
                   3459: 
1.8       wiki     3460: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3461: 
                   3462: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*
                   3463: 
                   3464: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD
                   3465: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3466: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For
                   3467: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit
                   3468: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and
                   3469: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews
                   3470: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).
                   3471: 
1.8       wiki     3472: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004
1.2       wiki     3473: 
                   3474: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*
                   3475: 
                   3476: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open
                   3477: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given
                   3478: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.
                   3479: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other
                   3480: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see
                   3481: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and
                   3482: [this message to the netbsd-news
                   3483: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)
                   3484: for more information.
                   3485: 
1.8       wiki     3486: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch
1.2       wiki     3487: 
                   3488: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*
                   3489: 
                   3490: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's
                   3491: [GUUG
1.8       wiki     3492: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a
1.2       wiki     3493: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and
                   3494: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User
                   3495: Group](http://www.guug.de/).
                   3496: 
1.8       wiki     3497: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004
1.2       wiki     3498: 
                   3499: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3500: 
                   3501: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in
                   3502: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:
                   3503: 
1.8       wiki     3504: -   \`\`
                   3505:     Cryptographic applications under NetBSD
                   3506:     '' by Stefan Schumacher
                   3507: -   \`\`
                   3508:     Introduction to NetBSD
                   3509:     '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff
                   3510: -   \`\`
                   3511:     Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc
                   3512:     '' by Hubert Feyrer
1.2       wiki     3513: 
                   3514: Please see the
                   3515: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for
                   3516: details. Photos are available at [this
                   3517: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be
                   3518: found on the [Linux-Tag
                   3519: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).
                   3520: 
1.8       wiki     3521: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004
1.2       wiki     3522: 
                   3523: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*
                   3524: 
                   3525: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux
                   3526: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,
                   3527: France.
                   3528: 
1.8       wiki     3529: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3530: 
                   3531: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*
                   3532: 
                   3533: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004
                   3534: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3535: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their
                   3536: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few
                   3537: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the
                   3538: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from
                   3539: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.
                   3540: 
1.8       wiki     3541: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)
1.2       wiki     3542: 
                   3543: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*
                   3544: 
                   3545: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication
                   3546: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3547: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's
                   3548: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)
                   3549: for Details. If you're interested in the
                   3550: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's
                   3551: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the
                   3552: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)
                   3553: MailingList useful.
                   3554: 
1.8       wiki     3555: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003
1.2       wiki     3556: 
                   3557: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military
                   3558: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*
                   3559: 
                   3560: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for
                   3561: details.
                   3562: 
1.8       wiki     3563: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003
1.2       wiki     3564: 
                   3565: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   3566: 
                   3567: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/)
                   3568: 
1.8       wiki     3569: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3570: 
                   3571: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*
                   3572: 
                   3573: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3574: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3575: administration. See
                   3576: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3577: for details.
                   3578: 
1.8       wiki     3579: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003
1.2       wiki     3580: 
                   3581: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3582: 
1.8       wiki     3583: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3584: 
1.8       wiki     3585: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003
1.2       wiki     3586: 
                   3587: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*
                   3588: 
1.8       wiki     3589: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3590: 
1.8       wiki     3591: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003
1.2       wiki     3592: 
1.8       wiki     3593: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3594: 
1.8       wiki     3595: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an
1.2       wiki     3596: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this
                   3597: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source
                   3598: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth
                   3599: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.
                   3600: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more
                   3601: information.
                   3602: 
1.8       wiki     3603: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003
1.2       wiki     3604: 
                   3605: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*
                   3606: 
                   3607: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can
                   3608: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see
                   3609: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/).
                   3610: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3611: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A
                   3612: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)
                   3613: is available online.
                   3614: 
1.8       wiki     3615: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003
1.2       wiki     3616: 
                   3617: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*
                   3618: 
                   3619: A lot of photos are available
                   3620: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well
                   3621: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).
                   3622: 
1.8       wiki     3623: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany
1.2       wiki     3624: 
                   3625: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3626: 
                   3627: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,
                   3628: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to
                   3629: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.
                   3630: 
                   3631: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir
                   3632: Dolecek. See the [full
                   3633: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)
                   3634: for details and pictures.
                   3635: 
1.8       wiki     3636: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz
1.2       wiki     3637: 
                   3638: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*
                   3639: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/)
                   3640: 
                   3641: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus
                   3642: and Gilbert Fernandes. A
                   3643: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)
                   3644: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.
                   3645: 
1.8       wiki     3646: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3647: 
                   3648: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3649: 
                   3650: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   3651: 
1.8       wiki     3652: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3653: 
1.8       wiki     3654: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3655: 
                   3656: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3657: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3658: 
1.8       wiki     3659: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     3660: 
                   3661: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*
                   3662: 
                   3663: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/)
                   3664: 
1.8       wiki     3665: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3666: 
                   3667: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*
                   3668: 
                   3669: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical
                   3670: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and
                   3671: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF
                   3672: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,
                   3673: see
                   3674: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/).
                   3675: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3676: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org
                   3677: 
                   3678: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available
                   3679: here](events/usenix2003/).
                   3680: 
1.8       wiki     3681: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003
1.2       wiki     3682: 
                   3683: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*
                   3684: 
                   3685: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are
                   3686: holding the [BSDay
                   3687: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference
                   3688: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site
                   3689: for more information.
                   3690: 
1.8       wiki     3691: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it
1.2       wiki     3692: 
                   3693: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*
                   3694: 
                   3695: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),
                   3696: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th
                   3697: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should
1.8       wiki     3698: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.
1.2       wiki     3699: 
1.8       wiki     3700: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003
1.2       wiki     3701: 
                   3702: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*
                   3703: 
                   3704: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the
                   3705: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new
                   3706: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic
                   3707: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of
                   3708: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.
                   3709: 
1.8       wiki     3710: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag
1.2       wiki     3711: 
                   3712: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*
                   3713: 
                   3714: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in
                   3715: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,
                   3716: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more
1.8       wiki     3717: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information
                   3718: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.
1.2       wiki     3719: 
1.8       wiki     3720: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!
1.2       wiki     3721: 
                   3722: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate
                   3723: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the
                   3724: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.
                   3725: 
1.8       wiki     3726: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003
1.2       wiki     3727: 
                   3728: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*
                   3729: 
                   3730: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade
                   3731: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.
                   3732: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,
                   3733: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd
                   3734: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their
                   3735: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).
                   3736: 
1.8       wiki     3737: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3738: 
                   3739: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*
                   3740: 
                   3741: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3742: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3743: administration. See
                   3744: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3745: for details.
                   3746: 
1.8       wiki     3747: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
1.2       wiki     3748: 
                   3749: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3750: 
                   3751: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
                   3752: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the
                   3753: events including several pictures is available online at
                   3754: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html).
                   3755: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available
                   3756: from:
                   3757: 
1.8       wiki     3758: -   NetBSD - eine Einführung
                   3759:     [
                   3760:     mp3
                   3761:     ]
                   3762: -   NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld
                   3763:     [
                   3764:     mp3
                   3765:     ]
                   3766: -   Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung
                   3767:     mit NetBSD
                   3768:     [
                   3769:     mp3
                   3770:     ]
1.2       wiki     3771: 
1.8       wiki     3772: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux
1.2       wiki     3773: 
                   3774: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*
                   3775: 
                   3776: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux
                   3777: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the
                   3778: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users
                   3779: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available
                   3780: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)
                   3781: 
1.8       wiki     3782: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend
1.2       wiki     3783: 
                   3784: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3785: 
                   3786: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,
                   3787: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,
                   3788: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the
                   3789: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major
                   3790: activities will be the:
                   3791: 
                   3792: -   Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   3793: -   Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   3794: -   The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)
                   3795: 
                   3796: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/).
                   3797: 
1.8       wiki     3798: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003
1.2       wiki     3799: 
                   3800: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*
                   3801: 
                   3802: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003
                   3803: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3804: from January 21-24, 2003. See the
                   3805: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free
                   3806: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,
                   3807: a [short
                   3808: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)
                   3809: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are
                   3810: available online.
                   3811: 
1.8       wiki     3812: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)
1.2       wiki     3813: 
                   3814: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*
                   3815: 
                   3816: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication
                   3817: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3818: from December 27th to 29th.
                   3819: 
1.8       wiki     3820: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3821: 
                   3822: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*
                   3823: 
                   3824: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3825: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3826: administration.
                   3827: 
1.8       wiki     3828: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002
1.2       wiki     3829: 
                   3830: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   3831: 
                   3832: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a
                   3833: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The
                   3834: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3
                   3835: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See
                   3836: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm)
                   3837: for details.
                   3838: 
1.8       wiki     3839: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002
1.2       wiki     3840: 
                   3841: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*
                   3842: 
                   3843: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen
                   3844: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all
                   3845: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will
                   3846: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,
                   3847: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of
                   3848: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD
                   3849: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.
                   3850: 
                   3851: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the
                   3852: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,
                   3853: Germany. See
                   3854: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html)
                   3855: for more information.
                   3856: 
1.8       wiki     3857: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan
1.2       wiki     3858: 
                   3859: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*
                   3860: 
1.8       wiki     3861: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.
1.2       wiki     3862: 
1.8       wiki     3863: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002
1.2       wiki     3864: 
                   3865: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
                   3866: 
                   3867: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors,
                   3868: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''
                   3869: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.
                   3870: 
1.8       wiki     3871: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02
1.2       wiki     3872: 
                   3873: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*
                   3874: 
                   3875: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/)
                   3876: 
1.8       wiki     3877: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show
1.2       wiki     3878: 
                   3879: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*
                   3880: 
                   3881: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East
                   3882: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical
                   3883: College.
                   3884: 
1.8       wiki     3885: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002
1.2       wiki     3886: 
                   3887: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*
                   3888: 
                   3889: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh
                   3890: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software
                   3891: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks
                   3892: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video
                   3893: rendering cluster done with
                   3894: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A
                   3895: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)
                   3896: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are
                   3897: available from [Hubert's
                   3898: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).
                   3899: 
1.8       wiki     3900: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002
1.2       wiki     3901: 
                   3902: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*
                   3903: 
                   3904: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress
                   3905: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System
                   3906: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University
                   3907: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available
                   3908: online.
                   3909: 
1.8       wiki     3910: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium
1.2       wiki     3911: 
                   3912: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*
                   3913: 
                   3914: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/)
                   3915: 
1.8       wiki     3916: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release
1.2       wiki     3917: 
                   3918: *July 22, 2002*
                   3919: 
                   3920: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch
                   3921: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs
                   3922: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   3923: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20
                   3924: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release
                   3925: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).
                   3926: 
1.8       wiki     3927: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3928: 
                   3929: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*
                   3930: 
                   3931: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html
                   3932: 
                   3933: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)
                   3934: , [BSD security update - BIND,
                   3935: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).
                   3936: 
1.8       wiki     3937: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3938: 
                   3939: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*
                   3940: 
                   3941: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/).
                   3942: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available
                   3943: here](events/usenix2002/).
                   3944: 
1.8       wiki     3945: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     3946: 
                   3947: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*
                   3948: 
1.8       wiki     3949: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)
1.2       wiki     3950: 
1.8       wiki     3951: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe
1.2       wiki     3952: 
                   3953: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3954: 
                   3955: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A
                   3956: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is
                   3957: available.
                   3958: 
1.8       wiki     3959: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show
1.2       wiki     3960: 
                   3961: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*
                   3962: 
                   3963: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/)
                   3964: 
1.8       wiki     3965: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3966: 
                   3967: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3968: 
                   3969: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html)
                   3970: 
                   3971: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60
                   3972: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via
                   3973: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw
                   3974: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming
                   3975: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.
                   3976: 
1.8       wiki     3977: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum
1.2       wiki     3978: 
                   3979: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*
                   3980: 
                   3981: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May
                   3982: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about
                   3983: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a
                   3984: chance to prove their value.
                   3985: 
                   3986: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)
                   3987: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the
                   3988: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,
                   3989: technical characteristics and philosophy.
                   3990: 
1.8       wiki     3991: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002
1.2       wiki     3992: 
                   3993: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3994: 
                   3995: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)
                   3996: 
                   3997: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,
                   3998: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk
                   3999: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert
                   4000: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed
                   4001: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)
                   4002: is available.
                   4003: 
1.8       wiki     4004: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002
1.2       wiki     4005: 
                   4006: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*
                   4007: 
                   4008: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html)
                   4009: 
                   4010: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User
                   4011: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about
                   4012: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).
                   4013: 
1.8       wiki     4014: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002
1.2       wiki     4015: 
                   4016: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,
                   4017: USA*
                   4018: 
                   4019: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/)
                   4020: 
1.8       wiki     4021: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001
1.2       wiki     4022: 
                   4023: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4024: 
                   4025: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/)
                   4026: 
                   4027: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.
                   4028: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.
                   4029: 
                   4030: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)
                   4031: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo
                   4032: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The
                   4033: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.
                   4034: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD
                   4035: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting
                   4036: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).
                   4037: 
                   4038: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux
                   4039: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking
                   4040: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,
                   4041: Emulation.
                   4042: 
1.8       wiki     4043: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001
1.2       wiki     4044: 
                   4045: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*
                   4046: 
                   4047: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/)
                   4048: 
1.8       wiki     4049: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show
1.2       wiki     4050: 
                   4051: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*
                   4052: 
                   4053: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/)
                   4054: 
                   4055: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001
                   4056: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on
                   4057: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.
                   4058: 
1.8       wiki     4059: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release
1.2       wiki     4060: 
                   4061: *September 13, 2001*
                   4062: 
                   4063: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4064: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4065: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4066: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release
                   4067: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).
                   4068: 
1.8       wiki     4069: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo
1.2       wiki     4070: 
                   4071: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*
                   4072: 
                   4073: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4074: 
                   4075: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from
                   4076: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the
                   4077: NetBSD booth at
                   4078: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).
                   4079: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2
                   4080: from Japan.
                   4081: 
1.8       wiki     4082: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release
1.2       wiki     4083: 
                   4084: *July 11, 2001*
                   4085: 
                   4086: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4087: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4088: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4089: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release
                   4090: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).
                   4091: 
1.8       wiki     4092: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4093: 
                   4094: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),
                   4095: Tokyo, Japan*
                   4096: 
                   4097: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html)
                   4098: 
                   4099: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52
                   4100: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via
                   4101: RealVideo G2 broadcasting.
                   4102: 
                   4103: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after
                   4104: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,
                   4105: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New
                   4106: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc
                   4107: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into
                   4108: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti
                   4109: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special
                   4110: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.
                   4111: 
1.8       wiki     4112: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4113: 
                   4114: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*
                   4115: 
                   4116: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/)
                   4117: 
                   4118: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix
                   4119: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to
                   4120: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.
                   4121: 
                   4122: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by
                   4123: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and
                   4124: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's
                   4125: "[Greetings from the BSD Super
                   4126: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The
                   4127: slides from this talk are available at
                   4128: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/).
                   4129: 
                   4130: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his
                   4131: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD
                   4132: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session
                   4133: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,
                   4134: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found
                   4135: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,
                   4136: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed
                   4137: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)
                   4138: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in
                   4139: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own
                   4140: web site.
                   4141: 
                   4142: Again, a thank you to all involved.
                   4143: 
1.8       wiki     4144: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4145: 
                   4146: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4147: 
1.8       wiki     4148: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)
1.2       wiki     4149: 
                   4150: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan
                   4151: were held.100+150 persons attended in person.
                   4152: 
1.8       wiki     4153: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF
1.2       wiki     4154: 
                   4155: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*
                   4156: 
                   4157: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   4158: 
                   4159: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at
                   4160: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people
                   4161: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed
                   4162: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched
                   4163: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
                   4164: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop
                   4165: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).
                   4166: 
1.8       wiki     4167: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001
1.2       wiki     4168: 
                   4169: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*
                   4170: 
                   4171: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The
                   4172: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a
                   4173: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)
                   4174: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,
                   4175: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages
                   4176: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris
                   4177: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.
                   4178: 
1.8       wiki     4179: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001
1.2       wiki     4180: 
                   4181: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*
                   4182: 
                   4183: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4184: 
                   4185: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A
                   4186: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex
                   4187: Spring is available.
                   4188: 
                   4189: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4190: 
1.8       wiki     4191: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4192: 
                   4193: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4194: 
                   4195: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a
                   4196: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY
                   4197: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp
                   4198: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,
                   4199: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro
                   4200: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation
                   4201: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on
                   4202: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]
                   4203: 
1.8       wiki     4204: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001
1.2       wiki     4205: 
                   4206: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*
                   4207: 
                   4208: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4209: 
                   4210: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi
                   4211: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The
                   4212: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and
                   4213: other swag.
                   4214: 
1.8       wiki     4215: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000
1.2       wiki     4216: 
                   4217: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*
                   4218: 
                   4219: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/)
                   4220: 
                   4221: There was a [BSD BoF
                   4222: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec
                   4223: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo
                   4224: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting
                   4225: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across
                   4226: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,
                   4227: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in
                   4228: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),
                   4229: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),
                   4230: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),
                   4231: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],
                   4232: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The
                   4233: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about
                   4234: BSD activity in Japan.
                   4235: 
1.8       wiki     4236: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release
1.2       wiki     4237: 
                   4238: *December 6, 2000*
                   4239: 
                   4240: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major
                   4241: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4242: public.
                   4243: 
1.8       wiki     4244: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)
1.2       wiki     4245: 
                   4246: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*
                   4247: 
                   4248: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/)
                   4249: 
1.8       wiki     4250: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release
1.2       wiki     4251: 
                   4252: *November 25, 2000*
                   4253: 
                   4254: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4255: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4256: announced to the public.
                   4257: 
1.8       wiki     4258: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000
1.2       wiki     4259: 
                   4260: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4261: 
                   4262: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4263: 
                   4264: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a
                   4265: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other
                   4266: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.
                   4267: 
                   4268: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4269: Mission.
                   4270: 
1.8       wiki     4271: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000
1.2       wiki     4272: 
                   4273: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4274: 
                   4275: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4276: 
                   4277: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -
                   4278: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an
                   4279: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.
                   4280: 
                   4281: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and
                   4282: David Maxwell.
                   4283: 
1.8       wiki     4284: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000
1.2       wiki     4285: 
                   4286: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*
                   4287: 
                   4288: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/)
                   4289: 
                   4290: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS
                   4291: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD
                   4292: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at
                   4293: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).
                   4294: 
1.8       wiki     4295: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000
1.2       wiki     4296: 
                   4297: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4298: 
                   4299: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/)
                   4300: 
                   4301: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks
                   4302: spotlighting NetBSD.
                   4303: 
1.8       wiki     4304: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a
                   4305: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at
                   4306: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).
1.2       wiki     4307: 
                   4308: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript
                   4309: is available at
1.8       wiki     4310: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).
1.2       wiki     4311: 
1.8       wiki     4312: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase
1.2       wiki     4313: 
                   4314: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*
                   4315: 
                   4316: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/)
                   4317: 
                   4318: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on
                   4319: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were
                   4320: fixed onsite.
                   4321: 
                   4322: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4323: 
1.8       wiki     4324: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
1.2       wiki     4325: 
                   4326: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*
                   4327: 
                   4328: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4329: 
                   4330: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September
                   4331: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an
                   4332: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on
                   4333: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.
                   4334: 
1.8       wiki     4335: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000
1.2       wiki     4336: 
                   4337: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4338: 
                   4339: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/
                   4340: 
                   4341: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.
                   4342: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by
                   4343: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.
                   4344: 
                   4345: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4346: 
1.8       wiki     4347: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000
1.2       wiki     4348: 
                   4349: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4350: 
                   4351: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts
                   4352: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,
                   4353: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD
                   4354: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain
                   4355: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and
                   4356: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures
                   4357: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).
                   4358: 
                   4359: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD
                   4360: Mission and David Maxwell.
                   4361: 
1.8       wiki     4362: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4363: 
                   4364: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*
                   4365: 
                   4366: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html)
                   4367: 
                   4368: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF
                   4369: followed.
                   4370: 
1.8       wiki     4371: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000
1.2       wiki     4372: 
                   4373: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*
                   4374: 
                   4375: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/
                   4376: 
                   4377: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag
                   4378: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other
                   4379: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian
                   4380: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his
                   4381: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and
                   4382: giving a talk.
                   4383: 
1.8       wiki     4384: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4385: 
                   4386: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*
                   4387: 
                   4388: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/)
                   4389: 
                   4390: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical
                   4391: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most
                   4392: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund
                   4393: gave a [technical session on
                   4394: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)
                   4395: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical
                   4396: session on
                   4397: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)
                   4398: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and
                   4399: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in
                   4400: KAME/\*BSD IPv6
                   4401: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).
                   4402: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach
                   4403: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in
                   4404: reference to the launch of [Wasabi
                   4405: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/).
                   4406: 
                   4407: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and
                   4408: The NetBSD Mission.
                   4409: 
1.8       wiki     4410: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting
1.2       wiki     4411: 
                   4412: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*
                   4413: 
                   4414: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4415: 
                   4416: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4417: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation
                   4418: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.
                   4419: 
1.8       wiki     4420: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo
1.2       wiki     4421: 
                   4422: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*
                   4423: 
                   4424: [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)
                   4425: 
                   4426: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh
                   4427: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various
                   4428: \*BSD followed.
                   4429: 
1.8       wiki     4430: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000
1.2       wiki     4431: 
                   4432: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*
                   4433: 
                   4434: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4435: 
                   4436: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4437: Mission.
                   4438: 
1.8       wiki     4439: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4440: 
                   4441: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*
                   4442: 
                   4443: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4444: 
                   4445: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and
                   4446: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and
                   4447: snapshot CDs were available.
                   4448: 
                   4449: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4450: 
1.8       wiki     4451: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4452: 
                   4453: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*
                   4454: 
                   4455: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/)
                   4456: 
                   4457: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on
                   4458: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.
                   4459: 
1.8       wiki     4460: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release
1.2       wiki     4461: 
                   4462: *March 19, 2000*
                   4463: 
                   4464: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4465: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4466: announced to the public.
                   4467: 
1.8       wiki     4468: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4469: 
                   4470: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*
                   4471: 
                   4472: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/)
                   4473: 
                   4474: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February
                   4475: 3rd.
                   4476: 
                   4477: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4478: 
1.8       wiki     4479: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999
1.2       wiki     4480: 
                   4481: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4482: 
                   4483: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/)
                   4484: 
                   4485: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on
                   4486: Dec 18.
                   4487: 
1.8       wiki     4488: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar
1.2       wiki     4489: 
                   4490: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*
                   4491: 
                   4492: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at
                   4493: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and
                   4494: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video
                   4495: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).
                   4496: 
                   4497: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4498: 
1.8       wiki     4499: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999
1.2       wiki     4500: 
                   4501: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4502: 
                   4503: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4504: 
                   4505: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD
                   4506: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.
                   4507: 
                   4508: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4509: Mission.
                   4510: 
1.8       wiki     4511: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4512: 
                   4513: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*
                   4514: 
                   4515: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in
                   4516: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo
                   4517: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.
                   4518: 
1.8       wiki     4519: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999
1.2       wiki     4520: 
                   4521: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*
                   4522: 
                   4523: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/)
                   4524: 
                   4525: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD
                   4526: sets and T-shirts were on sale.
                   4527: 
                   4528: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4529: 
1.8       wiki     4530: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin
1.2       wiki     4531: 
                   4532: *October 9-10, 1999*
                   4533: 
1.8       wiki     4534: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release
1.2       wiki     4535: 
                   4536: *August 26, 1999*
                   4537: 
                   4538: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4539: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4540: announced to the public.
                   4541: 
1.8       wiki     4542: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1
1.2       wiki     4543: 
                   4544: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*
                   4545: 
                   4546: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free
                   4547: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.
                   4548: 
1.8       wiki     4549: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99
1.2       wiki     4550: 
                   4551: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*
                   4552: 
                   4553: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/)
                   4554: 
                   4555: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We
                   4556: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the
                   4557: package system.
                   4558: 
1.8       wiki     4559: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99
1.2       wiki     4560: 
                   4561: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*
                   4562: 
                   4563: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/)
                   4564: 
                   4565: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in
                   4566: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -
                   4567: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There
                   4568: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.
                   4569: 
1.8       wiki     4570: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting
1.2       wiki     4571: 
                   4572: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*
                   4573: 
                   4574: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4575: 
                   4576: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4577: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks
                   4578: held by [Dr. Alexandre
                   4579: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).
                   4580: The first described security through file flags and the second was about
                   4581: checkpointing in userspace.
                   4582: 
                   4583: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the
                   4584: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura
                   4585: answered general NetBSD questions.
                   4586: 
1.8       wiki     4587: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release
1.2       wiki     4588: 
                   4589: *May 12, 1999*
                   4590: 
                   4591: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major
                   4592: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4593: public.
                   4594: 
1.8       wiki     4595: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release
1.2       wiki     4596: 
                   4597: *December 23, 1998*
                   4598: 
                   4599: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4600: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4601: announced to the public.
                   4602: 
1.8       wiki     4603: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day
1.2       wiki     4604: 
                   4605: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*
                   4606: 
                   4607: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and
                   4608: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel
                   4609: in San Jose, CA.
                   4610: 
1.8       wiki     4611: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track
1.2       wiki     4612: 
                   4613: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*
                   4614: 
                   4615: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),
                   4616: the freely redistributable software track, was held at
                   4617: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).
                   4618: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and
                   4619: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including
                   4620: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.
                   4621: 
1.8       wiki     4622: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release
1.2       wiki     4623: 
                   4624: *May 29, 1998*
                   4625: 
                   4626: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4627: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4628: announced to the public.
                   4629: 
1.8       wiki     4630: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4631: 
                   4632: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*
                   4633: 
                   4634: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.
                   4635: 
1.8       wiki     4636: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release
1.2       wiki     4637: 
                   4638: *March 9, 1998*
                   4639: 
                   4640: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4641: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4642: released.
                   4643: 
1.8       wiki     4644: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release
1.2       wiki     4645: 
                   4646: *January 4, 1998*
                   4647: 
                   4648: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major
                   4649: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4650: public.
                   4651: 
1.8       wiki     4652: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release
1.2       wiki     4653: 
                   4654: *May 20, 1997*
                   4655: 
                   4656: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4657: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was
                   4658: announced to the public.
                   4659: 
1.8       wiki     4660: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4661: 
                   4662: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*
                   4663: 
                   4664: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing
1.8       wiki     4665: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz
1.2       wiki     4666: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.
                   4667: 
1.8       wiki     4668: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4669: 
                   4670: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*
                   4671: 
                   4672: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*
                   4673: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.
                   4674: 
1.8       wiki     4675: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather
1.2       wiki     4676: 
                   4677: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*
                   4678: 
                   4679: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was
                   4680: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current
                   4681: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul
                   4682: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the
                   4683: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.

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