Annotation of wikisrc/events.mdwn, revision 1.50

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,
1.48      leot        3: [contact us.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi)
1.2       wiki        4: 
                      5: For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our
1.48      leot        6: [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/).
1.2       wiki        7: 
1.49      leot        8: 
1.8       wiki        9: Future Events
                     10: -------------
1.40      leot       11: 
1.50    ! leot       12: ### `Nov 2017 - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan`
        !            13: 
        !            14: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan*
        !            15: 
        !            16: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) is planned as a
        !            17: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50
        !            18: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference
        !            19: will attract over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals,
        !            20: software developers, computer science professors, users and
        !            21: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the
        !            22: world. The goal of BSDTW is to exchange knowledge about the
        !            23: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation
        !            24: among users and developers and to promote business friendly
        !            25: BSD licensed open source software.
        !            26: 
        !            27: 
1.49      leot       28: ### `Mar 2018 - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan`
                     29: 
                     30: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                     31: 
                     32: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) is a
                     33: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                     34: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                     35: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                     36: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best
                     37: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                     38: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest
                     39: possible audience.
                     40: 
                     41: 
                     42: Past Events
                     43: -----------
                     44: 
1.43      leot       45: ### `Sep 2017 - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France`
1.40      leot       46: 
1.43      leot       47: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France*
1.40      leot       48: 
1.49      leot       49: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European
1.43      leot       50: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                     51: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                     52: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                     53: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
1.49      leot       54: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
1.43      leot       55: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
1.2       wiki       56: 
1.41      leot       57: 
1.47      leot       58: ### `Jul 2017 - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England`
                     59: 
                     60: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England*
                     61: 
                     62: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical
                     63: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                     64: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                     65: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                     66: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                     67: 
                     68: 
1.45      leot       69: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada
                     70: 
                     71: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada*
                     72: 
                     73: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based
                     74: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a
                     75: four day period at the University of Ottawa.
                     76: 
                     77: Please see
                     78: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/)
                     79: for details.
                     80: 
                     81: 
1.44      leot       82: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017
                     83: 
                     84: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                     85: 
                     86: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a
                     87: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                     88: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                     89: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                     90: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best
                     91: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                     92: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest
                     93: possible audience.
                     94: 
1.41      leot       95: 
1.39      leot       96: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium
                     97: 
                     98: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium*
                     99: 
1.41      leot      100: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a
1.39      leot      101: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
                    102: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
                    103: free and open source software from all over the world gather
                    104: at the event in Brussels.
                    105: 
1.41      leot      106: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
1.39      leot      107: operating systems and their talks.
                    108: 
                    109: Please see
                    110: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html)
                    111: for details.
1.33      wiki      112: 
1.30      wiki      113: 
1.33      wiki      114: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia
1.30      wiki      115: 
1.33      wiki      116: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia*
1.32      wiki      117: 
1.33      wiki      118: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
                    119: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                    120: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                    121: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                    122: from all over Europe and other parts of the world.
1.30      wiki      123: 
1.38      leot      124: 
1.37      wiki      125: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane
                    126: 
                    127: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    128: 
                    129: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.38      leot      130: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.37      wiki      131: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    132: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    133: demonstrations.
                    134: 
                    135: 
                    136: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto
                    137: 
                    138: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    139: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    140: 
                    141: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    142: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    143: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    144: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    145: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                    146: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html).
                    147: 
                    148: 
1.34      wiki      149: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
                    150: 
                    151: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    152: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    153: Japan*
                    154: 
                    155: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF
                    156: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en)
                    157: for meeting information and 
                    158: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt).
                    159: 
1.29      leot      160: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland
                    161: 
                    162: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland*
                    163: 
                    164: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical
                    165: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                    166: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                    167: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                    168: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                    169: 
1.33      wiki      170: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa
1.29      leot      171: 
1.33      wiki      172: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention
                    173: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    174: Okinawa, Japan*
1.29      leot      175: 
1.33      wiki      176: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    177: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    178: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    179: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    180: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html).
1.28      wiki      181: 
1.32      wiki      182: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido
                    183: 
                    184: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
                    185: 
                    186: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    187: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD
                    188: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    189: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
                    190: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html).
                    191: 
1.31      wiki      192: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya
                    193: 
                    194: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan*
                    195: 
                    196: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    197: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), 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/2016/05/30/msg000707.html).
                    201: 
                    202: 
1.28      wiki      203: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma
                    204: 
                    205: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan*
                    206: 
                    207: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.30      wiki      208: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD
1.28      wiki      209: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    210: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.30      wiki      211: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html).
1.28      wiki      212: 
1.24      wiki      213: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016
                    214: 
                    215: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan*
                    216: 
                    217: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    218: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    219: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone
                    220: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    221: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    222: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    223: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    224: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1.28      wiki      225: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt)
1.27      wiki      226: 
1.25      wiki      227: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring
                    228: 
                    229: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI
                    230: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    231: 
                    232: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.27      wiki      233: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD
1.25      wiki      234: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    235: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.27      wiki      236: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html).
1.25      wiki      237: 
                    238: 
1.24      wiki      239: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako
                    240: 
                    241: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan*
                    242: 
                    243: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.25      wiki      244: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD
1.24      wiki      245: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    246: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.25      wiki      247: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html).
1.24      wiki      248: 
                    249: 
1.23      wiki      250: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima
                    251: 
                    252: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan*
                    253: 
                    254: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.24      wiki      255: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD
1.23      wiki      256: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    257: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.24      wiki      258: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html).
1.23      wiki      259: 
                    260: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015
                    261: 
                    262: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan*
                    263: 
                    264: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD
                    265: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    266: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    267: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731).
                    268: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html).
                    269: 
1.21      wiki      270: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall
                    271: 
                    272: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI
                    273: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    274: 
                    275: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.26      wiki      276: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD
1.21      wiki      277: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    278: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    279: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4).
1.23      wiki      280: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html).
1.21      wiki      281: 
                    282: 
1.17      wiki      283: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil
                    284: 
                    285: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil*
                    286: 
                    287: 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.
                    288: 
1.21      wiki      289: 
1.20      wiki      290: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka
                    291: 
                    292: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan*
                    293: 
                    294: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.21      wiki      295: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.20      wiki      296: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    297: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.21      wiki      298: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html).
1.20      wiki      299: 
1.12      riastrad  300: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
1.2       wiki      301: 
1.12      riastrad  302: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*
1.10      schmonz   303: 
1.12      riastrad  304: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
1.10      schmonz   305: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    306: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    307: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    308: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    309: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    310: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    311: 
1.19      wiki      312: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima
                    313: 
                    314: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan*
                    315: 
                    316: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.20      wiki      317: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth
1.19      wiki      318: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    319: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget
1.20      wiki      320: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html).
1.19      wiki      321: 
1.16      wiki      322: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States
                    323: 
                    324: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*
                    325: 
                    326: 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.
                    327: 
1.15      wiki      328: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata
1.14      wiki      329: 
1.18      wiki      330: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan*
1.14      wiki      331: 
                    332: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.18      wiki      333: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    334: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1.14      wiki      335: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.18      wiki      336: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html).
1.12      riastrad  337: 
1.15      wiki      338: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane
                    339: 
                    340: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    341: 
                    342: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    343: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    344: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    345: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    346: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).
                    347: 
1.36      wiki      348: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
                    349: 
                    350: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    351: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    352: 
                    353: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    354: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    355: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    356: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    357: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/).
                    358: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html).
                    359: 
                    360: 
1.32      wiki      361: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa
                    362: 
                    363: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention
                    364: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    365: Okinawa, Japan*
                    366: 
                    367: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    368: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
                    369: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    370: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    371: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html).
                    372: 
1.31      wiki      373: 
                    374: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido
                    375: 
                    376: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
                    377: 
                    378: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    379: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD
                    380: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    381: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    382: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html).
                    383: 
                    384: 
1.12      riastrad  385: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015
                    386: 
                    387: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*
                    388: 
                    389: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    390: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    391: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone
                    392: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    393: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    394: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    395: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    396: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    397: 
1.26      wiki      398: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring
                    399: 
                    400: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI
                    401: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    402: 
                    403: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    404: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    405: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    406: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    407: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html).
                    408: 
1.8       wiki      409: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014
1.2       wiki      410: 
                    411: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    412: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    413: 
                    414: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    415: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    416: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    417: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    418: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    419: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    420: 
1.12      riastrad  421: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
                    422: 
                    423: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*
                    424: 
                    425: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European
                    426: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    427: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    428: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    429: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    430: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    431: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    432: 
1.36      wiki      433: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
                    434: 
                    435: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    436: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    437: 
                    438: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    439: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    440: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    441: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    442: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                    443: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html).
                    444: 
                    445: 
1.12      riastrad  446: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya
                    447: 
                    448: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International
                    449: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    450: Japan*
                    451: 
                    452: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    453: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD
                    454: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    455: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    456: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget
                    457: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.
1.2       wiki      458: 
1.10      schmonz   459: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England
                    460: 
                    461: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*
                    462: 
                    463: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical
                    464: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    465: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    466: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    467: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    468: 
                    469: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido
                    470: 
                    471: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,
                    472: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*
                    473: 
                    474: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    475: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    476: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    477: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    478: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    479: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    480: 
1.32      wiki      481: 
                    482: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa
                    483: 
                    484: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention
                    485: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    486: Okinawa, Japan*
                    487: 
                    488: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    489: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
                    490: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    491: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    492: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580).
                    493: 
                    494: 
1.10      schmonz   495: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako
                    496: 
                    497: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    498: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    499: 
                    500: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    501: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    502: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    503: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    504: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    505: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    506: 
                    507: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014
                    508: 
                    509: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    510: 
                    511: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    512: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    513: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    514: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    515: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    516: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    517: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    518: 
1.8       wiki      519: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring
1.3       wiki      520: 
                    521: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI
                    522: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    523: 
                    524: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    525: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    526: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    527: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    528: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                    529: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi
                    530: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).
                    531: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD
                    532: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce
                    533: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".
                    534: 
1.8       wiki      535: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014
1.2       wiki      536: 
                    537: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*
                    538: 
                    539: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a
                    540: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."
                    541: 
1.8       wiki      542: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013
1.2       wiki      543: 
                    544: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*
                    545: 
                    546: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature
                    547: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks
                    548: 
1.8       wiki      549: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita
1.2       wiki      550: 
                    551: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*
                    552: 
                    553: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    554: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    555: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    556: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    557: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    558: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    559: 
1.8       wiki      560: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      561: 
                    562: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research
                    563: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    564: 
                    565: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    566: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    567: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    568: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    569: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    570: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    571: 
1.8       wiki      572: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013
1.2       wiki      573: 
                    574: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    575: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    576: 
                    577: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    578: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    579: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    580: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    581: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    582: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    583: 
1.8       wiki      584: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki      585: 
                    586: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI
                    587: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    588: 
                    589: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    590: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                    591: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    592: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    593: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    594: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.
                    595: 
1.8       wiki      596: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      597: 
                    598: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus
                    599: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)
                    600: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                    601: 
                    602: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    603: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a
                    604: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    605: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    606: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    607: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    608: 
1.8       wiki      609: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      610: 
                    611: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,
                    612: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*
                    613: 
                    614: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    615: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    616: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    617: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    618: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    619: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    620: 
1.8       wiki      621: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013
1.2       wiki      622: 
                    623: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
                    624: Campus
                    625: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),
                    626: Germany*
                    627: 
                    628: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source
                    629: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth
                    630: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and
                    631: answering users' questions.
                    632: 
1.8       wiki      633: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane
1.2       wiki      634: 
                    635: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE
                    636: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    637: 
                    638: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    639: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    640: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    641: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    642: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS
                    643: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station
                    644: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII
                    645: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i
                    646: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI
                    647: hardfloat
                    648: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)
                    649: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).
                    650: 
1.8       wiki      651: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      652: 
                    653: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    654: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    655: 
                    656: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    657: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    658: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    659: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    660: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    661: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON
                    662: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and
                    663: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),
                    664: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation
                    665: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),
                    666: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter
                    667: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)
                    668: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).
                    669: 
1.8       wiki      670: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      671: 
                    672: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    673: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    674: Japan*
                    675: 
                    676: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF
                    677: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)
                    678: for meeting information.[more detail on
                    679: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).
                    680: 
1.8       wiki      681: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      682: 
                    683: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention
                    684: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    685: Okinawa, Japan*
                    686: 
                    687: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    688: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    689: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    690: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    691: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for
                    692: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),
                    693: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on
                    694: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).
                    695: 
1.8       wiki      696: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      697: 
                    698: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International
                    699: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    700: Japan*
                    701: 
                    702: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    703: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD
                    704: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    705: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    706: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    707: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and
                    708: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs
                    709: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030
                    710: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD
                    711: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG
                    712: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1
                    713: vs 6.0.2 animation on
                    714: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)
                    715: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD
                    716: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more
                    717: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).
                    718: 
1.8       wiki      719: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      720: 
                    721: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*
                    722: 
                    723: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin
                    724: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a
                    725: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest
                    726: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer
                    727: cases or notebooks.
                    728: 
                    729: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for
                    730: more information.
                    731: 
1.8       wiki      732: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada
1.2       wiki      733: 
                    734: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    735: 
                    736: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in
                    737: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    738: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013
                    739: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials
                    740: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for
                    741: the most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    742: 
                    743: See [the call for
                    744: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)
                    745: for details.
                    746: 
1.8       wiki      747: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy
1.2       wiki      748: 
                    749: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*
                    750: 
                    751: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he
                    752: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,
                    753: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project
                    754: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with
                    755: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and
                    756: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests
                    757: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite
                    758: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or
                    759: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of
                    760: these.
                    761: 
1.8       wiki      762: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany
1.2       wiki      763: 
                    764: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*
                    765: 
                    766: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical
                    767: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    768: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    769: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    770: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    771: 
1.8       wiki      772: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany
1.2       wiki      773: 
                    774: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    775: 
                    776: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open
                    777: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.
                    778: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and
                    779: BSD related talks.
                    780: 
                    781: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more
                    782: information.
                    783: 
1.8       wiki      784: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013
1.2       wiki      785: 
                    786: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    787: 
                    788: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    789: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    790: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    791: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    792: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    793: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    794: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    795: 
                    796: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit
                    797: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru
                    798: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports
                    799: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by
                    800: Japan NetBSD Users
                    801: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).
                    802: 
1.8       wiki      803: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima
1.2       wiki      804: 
                    805: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY
                    806: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*
                    807: 
                    808: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    809: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a
                    810: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    811: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    812: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm
                    813: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))
                    814: and ["NetBSD 20 years"
                    815: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)
                    816: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).
                    817: 
1.8       wiki      818: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      819: 
                    820: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*
                    821: 
                    822: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    823: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    824: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    825: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    826: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    827: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    828: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    829: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on
                    830: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).
                    831: 
1.8       wiki      832: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu
1.2       wiki      833: 
                    834: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    835: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    836: 
                    837: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    838: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD
                    839: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    840: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    841: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    842: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on
                    843: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).
                    844: 
1.8       wiki      845: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki      846: 
                    847: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*
                    848: 
                    849: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software
                    850: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event
                    851: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide
                    852: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to
                    853: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on
                    854: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally
                    855: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and
                    856: sponsorships. No registration necessary.
                    857: 
                    858: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating
                    859: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to
                    860: developers or get NetBSD goodies.
                    861: 
                    862: Please see [this
                    863: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)
                    864: for details.
                    865: 
1.8       wiki      866: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      867: 
                    868: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou
                    869: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    870: 
                    871: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    872: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    873: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    874: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    875: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    876: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    877: 
1.8       wiki      878: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu
1.2       wiki      879: 
                    880: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of
                    881: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*
                    882: 
                    883: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    884: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    885: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    886: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    887: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    888: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    889: 
1.8       wiki      890: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall
1.2       wiki      891: 
                    892: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*
                    893: 
                    894: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    895: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD
                    896: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    897: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    898: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    899: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    900: 
1.8       wiki      901: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      902: 
                    903: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin
                    904: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,
                    905: Japan*
                    906: 
                    907: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    908: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                    909: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    910: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k
                    911: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including
                    912: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),
                    913: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),
                    914: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)
                    915: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000
                    916: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30
                    917: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)
                    918: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and
                    919: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000
                    920: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also
                    921: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by
                    922: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features
                    923: found at OSC booth" by
                    924: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event
                    925: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).
                    926: 
1.8       wiki      927: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland
1.2       wiki      928: 
                    929: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*
                    930: 
                    931: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual
                    932: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with
                    933: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.
                    934: 
                    935: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news
                    936: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and
                    937: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented
                    938: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions
                    939: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.
                    940: 
                    941: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators
                    942: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the
                    943: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We
                    944: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of
                    945: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this
                    946: regular meeting.
                    947: 
1.8       wiki      948: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      949: 
                    950: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention
                    951: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    952: Okinawa, Japan*
                    953: 
                    954: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    955: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    956: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    957: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    958: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    959: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    960: 
1.8       wiki      961: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      962: 
                    963: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                    964: 
                    965: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    966: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    967: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    968: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    969: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by
                    970: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks
                    971: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),
                    972: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    973: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    974: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    975: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and
                    976: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME
                    977: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more
                    978: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).
                    979: 
1.8       wiki      980: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012
1.2       wiki      981: 
                    982: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    983: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    984: 
                    985: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                    986: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    987: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    988: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3
                    989: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i
                    990: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports
                    991: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).
                    992: 
1.8       wiki      993: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane
1.2       wiki      994: 
                    995: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE
                    996: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    997: 
                    998: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    999: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1000: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1001: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1002: demonstrations (
                   1003: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more
                   1004: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).
                   1005: 
1.8       wiki     1006: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012
1.2       wiki     1007: 
                   1008: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &
                   1009: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),
                   1010: San Diego, California, USA*
                   1011: 
                   1012: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the
                   1013: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in
                   1014: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the
                   1015: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap
                   1016: on day one of the conference.
                   1017: 
1.8       wiki     1018: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012
1.2       wiki     1019: 
                   1020: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt
                   1021: Augustin, Germany*
                   1022: 
                   1023: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source
                   1024: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.
                   1025: 
1.8       wiki     1026: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1027: 
                   1028: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1029: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1030: 
                   1031: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1032: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1033: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1034: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1035: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1036: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA
                   1037: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP
                   1038: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer
                   1039: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for
                   1040: SHARP,X68K on
                   1041: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS
                   1042: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter
                   1043: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install
                   1044: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on
                   1045: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k
                   1046: updates presetation by
                   1047: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)
                   1048: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).
                   1049: 
1.8       wiki     1050: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1051: 
                   1052: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer
                   1053: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1054: 
                   1055: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1056: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1057: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1058: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1059: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1060: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1061: 
1.8       wiki     1062: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1063: 
                   1064: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1065: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1066: Japan*
                   1067: 
                   1068: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1069: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)
                   1070: for meeting information.
                   1071: 
1.8       wiki     1072: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1073: 
                   1074: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD
                   1075: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1076: 
                   1077: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for
                   1078: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need
                   1079: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0
                   1080: release branch.
                   1081: 
1.8       wiki     1082: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1083: 
                   1084: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1085: 
                   1086: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1087: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1088: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1089: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                   1090: with [Building NetBSD on
                   1091: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),
                   1092: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing
                   1093: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM
                   1094: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on
                   1095: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3
                   1096: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and
                   1097: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger
                   1098: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image
                   1099: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)
                   1100: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).
                   1101: 
1.8       wiki     1102: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     1103: 
                   1104: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*
                   1105: 
                   1106: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the
                   1107: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event
                   1108: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the
                   1109: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and
                   1110: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.
                   1111: 
                   1112: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for
                   1113: more information.
                   1114: 
1.8       wiki     1115: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012
1.2       wiki     1116: 
                   1117: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1118: 
                   1119: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in
                   1120: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                   1121: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic
                   1122: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                   1123: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at
                   1124: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on
                   1125: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the
                   1126: most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                   1127: 
1.8       wiki     1128: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1129: 
                   1130: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International
                   1131: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1132: Japan*
                   1133: 
                   1134: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1135: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1136: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1137: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                   1138: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                   1139: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line
                   1140: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual
                   1141: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and
                   1142: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),
                   1143: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD
                   1144: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and
                   1145: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),
                   1146: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and
                   1147: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).
                   1148: 
1.8       wiki     1149: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna
1.2       wiki     1150: 
                   1151: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the
                   1152: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.
                   1153: 
1.8       wiki     1154: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate
1.2       wiki     1155: 
                   1156: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*
                   1157: 
                   1158: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1159: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1160: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the
                   1161: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {
                   1162: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),
                   1163: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1164: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget
                   1165: demonstrations.
                   1166: 
1.8       wiki     1167: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012
1.2       wiki     1168: 
                   1169: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1170: 
                   1171: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and
                   1172: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                   1173: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1174: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                   1175: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                   1176: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1177: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1178: 
1.8       wiki     1179: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime
1.2       wiki     1180: 
                   1181: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*
                   1182: 
                   1183: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1184: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1185: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1186: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by
                   1187: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),
                   1188: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD
                   1189: port history by
                   1190: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),
                   1191: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and
                   1192: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),
                   1193: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on
                   1194: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations
                   1195: [[ustream live
                   1196: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].
                   1197: 
1.8       wiki     1198: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012
1.2       wiki     1199: 
                   1200: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   1201: 
                   1202: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but
                   1203: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor
                   1204: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related
                   1205: talks.
                   1206: 
                   1207: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more
                   1208: information.
                   1209: 
1.8       wiki     1210: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1211: 
                   1212: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1213: 
                   1214: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1215: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD
                   1216: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1217: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live
                   1218: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),
                   1219: [WZero3 live
                   1220: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),
                   1221: [Zaurus live
                   1222: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),
                   1223: [Translate NetBSD man with
                   1224: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),
                   1225: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),
                   1226: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus
                   1227: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with
                   1228: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),
                   1229: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),
                   1230: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong
                   1231: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter
                   1232: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget
                   1233: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).
                   1234: 
1.8       wiki     1235: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita
1.2       wiki     1236: 
                   1237: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*
                   1238: 
                   1239: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1240: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD
                   1241: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by
                   1242: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)
                   1243: with hpcsh { [Persona
                   1244: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada
                   1245: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada
                   1246: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {
                   1247: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),
                   1248: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),
                   1249: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips
                   1250: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),
                   1251: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {
                   1252: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},
                   1253: i386 { [aspire
                   1254: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {
                   1255: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),
                   1256: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen
                   1257: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),
                   1258: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },
                   1259: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),
                   1260: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations
                   1261: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2
                   1262: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).
                   1263: 
1.8       wiki     1264: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012
1.2       wiki     1265: 
                   1266: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*
                   1267: 
                   1268: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and
                   1269: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to
                   1270: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration
                   1271: necessary.
                   1272: 
                   1273: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD
                   1274: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the
                   1275: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)
                   1276: for details.
                   1277: 
1.8       wiki     1278: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1279: 
                   1280: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI
                   1281: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),
                   1282: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1283: 
                   1284: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1285: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1286: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1287: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1288: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),
                   1289: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1290: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).
                   1291: 
1.8       wiki     1292: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1293: 
                   1294: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI
                   1295: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1296: 
                   1297: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1298: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1299: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1300: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1301: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image
                   1302: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad
                   1303: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC
                   1304: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),
                   1305: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada
                   1306: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,
                   1307: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer
                   1308: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),
                   1309: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),
                   1310: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)
                   1311: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,
                   1312: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream
                   1313: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).
                   1314: 
1.8       wiki     1315: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1316: 
                   1317: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE
                   1318: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1319: 
                   1320: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1321: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1322: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1323: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1324: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1325: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1326: 
1.8       wiki     1327: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011
1.2       wiki     1328: 
                   1329: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                   1330: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1331: 
                   1332: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                   1333: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1334: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1335: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                   1336: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),
                   1337: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),
                   1338: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1339: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall
                   1340: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why
                   1341: enigmatic machines by
                   1342: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),
                   1343: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream
                   1344: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on
                   1345: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).
                   1346: 
1.8       wiki     1347: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)
1.2       wiki     1348: 
                   1349: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*
                   1350: 
                   1351: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European
                   1352: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,
                   1353: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no
                   1354: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,
                   1355: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their
                   1356: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around
                   1357: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate
                   1358: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate
                   1359: university students to work with BSD systems.
                   1360: 
                   1361: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the
                   1362: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.
                   1363: 
                   1364: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1365: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).
1.2       wiki     1366: 
1.8       wiki     1367: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011
1.2       wiki     1368: 
                   1369: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*
                   1370: 
                   1371: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of
                   1372: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,
                   1373: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
                   1374: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical
                   1375: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1376: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1377: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1378: 
                   1379: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1380: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).
1.2       wiki     1381: 
1.8       wiki     1382: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1383: 
                   1384: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*
                   1385: 
                   1386: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on
                   1387: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon
                   1388: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)
                   1389: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The
                   1390: Netherlands.
                   1391: 
                   1392: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1393: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1394: 
1.8       wiki     1395: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki     1396: 
                   1397: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of
                   1398: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)
                   1399: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                   1400: 
                   1401: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1402: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1403: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1404: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1405: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (
                   1406: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),
                   1407: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),
                   1408: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030
                   1409: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on
                   1410: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac
                   1411: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero
                   1412: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),
                   1413: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and
                   1414: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),
                   1415: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by
                   1416: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),
                   1417: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).
                   1418: 
1.8       wiki     1419: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1420: 
                   1421: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention
                   1422: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1423: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1424: 
                   1425: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1426: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1427: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1429: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1430: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0
                   1431: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.
                   1432: 
1.8       wiki     1433: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu
1.2       wiki     1434: 
                   1435: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of
                   1436: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,
                   1437: Fukushima, Japan*
                   1438: 
                   1439: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011
                   1440: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   1441: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1442: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1443: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1444: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1445: 
1.8       wiki     1446: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1447: 
                   1448: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International
                   1449: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1450: Japan*
                   1451: 
                   1452: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1453: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1454: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1455: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1456: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (
                   1457: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing
                   1458: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),
                   1459: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1460: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga
                   1461: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS
                   1462: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger
                   1463: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).
                   1464: 
1.8       wiki     1465: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1466: 
                   1467: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD
                   1468: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1469: 
                   1470: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki
                   1471: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.
                   1472: 
1.8       wiki     1473: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1474: 
                   1475: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1476: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1477: 
                   1478: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1479: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1480: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)
                   1481: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1482: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1483: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1484: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS
                   1485: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA
                   1486: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book
                   1487: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4
                   1488: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on
                   1489: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on
                   1490: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),
                   1491: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling
                   1492: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain
                   1493: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD
                   1494: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by
                   1495: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k
                   1496: will never die!
                   1497: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)
                   1498: and
                   1499: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)
                   1500: by tsutsui.
                   1501: 
1.8       wiki     1502: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1503: 
                   1504: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1505: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1506: Japan*
                   1507: 
                   1508: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1509: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)
                   1510: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream
                   1511: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by
                   1512: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)
                   1513: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power
                   1514: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with
                   1515: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1516: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP
                   1517: keysign party by soda.
                   1518: 
1.8       wiki     1519: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1520: 
                   1521: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1522: 
                   1523: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1524: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1525: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1526: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1527: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,
                   1528: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{
                   1529: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1530: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .
                   1531: 
1.8       wiki     1532: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1533: 
                   1534: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer
                   1535: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1536: 
                   1537: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1538: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1539: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1540: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1541: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1542: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1543: 
1.8       wiki     1544: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011
1.2       wiki     1545: 
                   1546: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1547: 
                   1548: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the
                   1549: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1550: May 2011.
                   1551: 
1.8       wiki     1552: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1553: 
                   1554: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1555: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1556: 
                   1557: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1558: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1559: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1560: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1561: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space
                   1562: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)
                   1563: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI
                   1564: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),
                   1565: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1566: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1567: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.
                   1568: 
1.8       wiki     1569: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1570: 
                   1571: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1572: 
                   1573: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1574: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1575: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1576: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1577: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1578: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1579: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1580: 
1.8       wiki     1581: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita
1.2       wiki     1582: 
                   1583: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1584: Oita, Japan*
                   1585: 
                   1586: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1587: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1588: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1589: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1590: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1591: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1592: 
1.8       wiki     1593: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1594: 
                   1595: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda
                   1596: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1597: 
                   1598: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1599: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1600: booth 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/),
                   1603: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1604: 
1.8       wiki     1605: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1606: 
                   1607: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,
                   1608: Belgium*
                   1609: 
                   1610: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was
                   1611: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1612: 
                   1613: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"
                   1614: in the BSD devroom
                   1615: 
1.8       wiki     1616: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa
1.2       wiki     1617: 
                   1618: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall
                   1619: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,
                   1620: Japan*
                   1621: 
                   1622: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1623: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth
                   1624: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1625: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many
                   1626: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),
                   1627: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1628: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and
                   1629: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)
                   1630: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit
                   1631: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).
                   1632: 
1.8       wiki     1633: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1634: 
                   1635: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of
                   1636: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1637: 
                   1638: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1639: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1640: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1641: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1642: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1643: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1644: 
1.8       wiki     1645: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.
1.2       wiki     1646: 
                   1647: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*
                   1648: 
1.8       wiki     1649: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du
1.2       wiki     1650: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was
                   1651: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users
                   1652: focused.
                   1653: 
1.8       wiki     1654: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1655: 
                   1656: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE
                   1657: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1658: 
                   1659: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1660: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1661: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1662: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget
                   1663: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1664: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1665: 
1.8       wiki     1666: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1667: 
                   1668: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*
                   1669: 
                   1670: [The New York City BSD Conference
                   1671: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical
                   1672: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to
                   1673: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to
                   1674: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD
                   1675: Users Group (NYC\*BUG).
                   1676: 
1.8       wiki     1677: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010
1.2       wiki     1678: 
                   1679: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1680: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1681: 
                   1682: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three
                   1683: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1684: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1685: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA
                   1686: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC
                   1687: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit
                   1688: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun
                   1689: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP
                   1690: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on
                   1691: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),
                   1692: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),
                   1693: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1694: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD
                   1695: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and
                   1696: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor
                   1697: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me
                   1698: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC
                   1699: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a
                   1700: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by
                   1701: tsutsui)
                   1702: 
1.8       wiki     1703: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1704: 
                   1705: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*
                   1706: 
                   1707: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1708: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth
                   1709: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1710: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1711: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1712: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1713: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1714: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1715: 
1.8       wiki     1716: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1717: 
                   1718: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   1719: 
                   1720: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1721: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in
                   1722: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was
                   1723: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).
                   1724: 
                   1725: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1726: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1727: 
1.8       wiki     1728: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1729: 
                   1730: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention
                   1731: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1732: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1733: 
                   1734: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1735: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1736: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1737: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1738: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1739: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1740: 
1.8       wiki     1741: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1742: 
                   1743: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1744: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1745: 
                   1746: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1747: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1748: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1749: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1750: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1751: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1752: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000
                   1753: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).
                   1754: 
1.8       wiki     1755: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1756: 
                   1757: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1758: 
                   1759: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1760: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1761: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1762: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1763: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1764: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1765: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1766: 
1.8       wiki     1767: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1768: 
                   1769: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1770: 
                   1771: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1772: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1773: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1774: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1775: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (
                   1776: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1777: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).
                   1778: 
1.8       wiki     1779: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1780: 
                   1781: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of
                   1782: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1783: Japan*
                   1784: 
                   1785: See [this
                   1786: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)
                   1787: for meeting information.
                   1788: 
                   1789: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by
                   1790: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by
                   1791: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and
                   1792: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,
                   1793: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.
                   1794: 
1.8       wiki     1795: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1796: 
                   1797: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1798: 
                   1799: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1800: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1801: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1802: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1803: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +
                   1804: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s
                   1805: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s
                   1806: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,
                   1807: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1808: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }
                   1809: 
1.8       wiki     1810: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010
1.2       wiki     1811: 
                   1812: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*
                   1813: 
                   1814: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest
                   1815: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in
                   1816: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers
                   1817: in a shared BSD booth.
                   1818: 
                   1819: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
                   1820: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).
                   1821: 
1.8       wiki     1822: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland
1.2       wiki     1823: 
                   1824: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of
                   1825: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*
                   1826: 
1.8       wiki     1827: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1828: 
                   1829: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer
                   1830: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1831: 
                   1832: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1833: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1834: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1835: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1836: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1837: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1838: 
1.8       wiki     1839: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes
1.2       wiki     1840: 
                   1841: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*
                   1842: 
                   1843: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du
                   1844: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)
                   1845: 
1.8       wiki     1846: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010
1.2       wiki     1847: 
                   1848: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1849: 
                   1850: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the
                   1851: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1852: May 2010.
                   1853: 
1.8       wiki     1854: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1855: 
                   1856: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1857: 
                   1858: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1859: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1860: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1861: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1862: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1863: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1864: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1865: 
                   1866: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30
                   1867: 
1.8       wiki     1868: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1869: 
                   1870: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1871: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1872: 
                   1873: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1874: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1875: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1876: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1877: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for
                   1878: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))
                   1879: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1880: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1881: 
1.8       wiki     1882: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1883: 
                   1884: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1885: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1886: 
                   1887: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1888: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1889: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1890: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and
                   1891: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1892: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1893: 
1.8       wiki     1894: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010
1.2       wiki     1895: 
                   1896: *Feb. 19-22, 2010,
                   1897: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*
                   1898: 
                   1899: The [February 2010
                   1900: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing
                   1901: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.
                   1902: 
1.8       wiki     1903: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1904: 
                   1905: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,
                   1906: Belgium*
                   1907: 
                   1908: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was
                   1909: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1910: 
                   1911: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the
                   1912: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale
                   1913: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in
                   1914: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).
                   1915: 
1.8       wiki     1916: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita
1.2       wiki     1917: 
                   1918: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1919: Oita, Japan*
                   1920: 
                   1921: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1922: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth
                   1923: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1924: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1925: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1926: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1927: 
1.8       wiki     1928: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1929: 
                   1930: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo
                   1931: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1932: 
                   1933: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1934: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1935: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1936: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1937: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1938: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1939: 
1.8       wiki     1940: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi
1.2       wiki     1941: 
                   1942: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze
                   1943: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*
                   1944: 
                   1945: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1946: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1947: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1948: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   1949: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets
                   1950: demonstration.
                   1951: 
1.8       wiki     1952: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009
1.2       wiki     1953: 
                   1954: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*
                   1955: 
                   1956: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an
                   1957: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other
                   1958: major BSDs.
                   1959: 
                   1960: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website
1.8       wiki     1961: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .
1.2       wiki     1962: 
1.8       wiki     1963: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009
1.2       wiki     1964: 
                   1965: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1966: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1967: 
                   1968: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   1969: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1970: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1971: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ
                   1972: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive
                   1973: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link
                   1974: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),
                   1975: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1976: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and
                   1977: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).
                   1978: 
1.8       wiki     1979: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1980: 
                   1981: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th
                   1982: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1983: 
                   1984: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1985: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1986: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1987: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for
                   1988: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on
                   1989: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and
                   1990: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),
                   1991: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1992: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets
                   1993: demonstration and BSD BOF.
                   1994: 
1.8       wiki     1995: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1996: 
                   1997: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention
                   1998: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1999: Okinawa, Japan*
                   2000: 
                   2001: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2002: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2003: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2004: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets
                   2005: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2006: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2007: 
1.8       wiki     2008: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2009: 
                   2010: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*
                   2011: 
                   2012: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2013: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009
                   2014: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded
                   2015: the conference on Sept 18th.
                   2016: 
                   2017: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2018: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2019: 
1.8       wiki     2020: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2021: 
                   2022: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2023: 
                   2024: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2025: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2026: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2027: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2028: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2029: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2030: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2031: 
1.8       wiki     2032: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2033: 
                   2034: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information
                   2035: Studies, Niigata, Japan*
                   2036: 
                   2037: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2038: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2039: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2040: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   2041: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (
                   2042: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2043: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   2044: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   2045: 
1.8       wiki     2046: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai
1.2       wiki     2047: 
                   2048: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2049: 
                   2050: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2051: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2052: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2053: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2054: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption
                   2055: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at
                   2056: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and
                   2057: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with
                   2058: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD
                   2059: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2060: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2061: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2062: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with
                   2063: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM
                   2064: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with
                   2065: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy
                   2066: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).
                   2067: 
1.8       wiki     2068: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2069: 
                   2070: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of
                   2071: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2072: Japan*
                   2073: 
                   2074: See [this
                   2075: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)
                   2076: for meeting information.
                   2077: 
                   2078: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,
                   2079: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,
                   2080: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign
                   2081: party.
                   2082: 
1.8       wiki     2083: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009
1.2       wiki     2084: 
                   2085: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2086: 
                   2087: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,
                   2088: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2089: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power
                   2090: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2091: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole
                   2092: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).
                   2093: 
1.8       wiki     2094: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009
1.2       wiki     2095: 
                   2096: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*
                   2097: 
                   2098: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference
                   2099: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground
                   2100: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD
                   2101: systems at the exhibition.
                   2102: 
1.8       wiki     2103: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2104: 
                   2105: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2106: 
                   2107: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2108: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2109: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2110: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD
                   2111: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{
                   2112: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2113: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on
                   2114: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via
                   2115: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with
                   2116: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),
                   2117: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot
                   2118: yet)](../ports/evbarm/).
                   2119: 
1.8       wiki     2120: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane
1.2       wiki     2121: 
                   2122: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE
                   2123: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2124: 
                   2125: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2126: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2127: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2128: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2129: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),
                   2130: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2131: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2132: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2133: 
1.8       wiki     2134: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009
1.2       wiki     2135: 
                   2136: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   2137: 
                   2138: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the
                   2139: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7
                   2140: May 2009.
                   2141: 
1.8       wiki     2142: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009
1.2       wiki     2143: 
                   2144: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*
                   2145: 
                   2146: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at
                   2147: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in
                   2148: Hannover, Germany.
                   2149: 
1.8       wiki     2150: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2151: 
                   2152: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   2153: 
                   2154: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2155: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2156: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2157: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2158: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2159: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2160: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2161: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in
                   2162: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)
                   2163: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),
                   2164: and [NetBSD
                   2165: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)
                   2166: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009
                   2167: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and
                   2168: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.
                   2169: 
1.8       wiki     2170: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     2171: 
                   2172: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*
                   2173: 
1.8       wiki     2174: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2175: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California
                   2176: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los
                   2177: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2178: 
1.8       wiki     2179: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2180: 
                   2181: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics
                   2182: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2183: 
                   2184: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2185: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2186: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2187: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type
                   2188: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole
                   2189: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2190: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2191: 
1.8       wiki     2192: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009
1.2       wiki     2193: 
                   2194: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
                   2195: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for
                   2196: the community.
                   2197: 
1.8       wiki     2198: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2199: 
                   2200: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*
                   2201: 
1.8       wiki     2202: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2203: 
1.8       wiki     2204: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai
1.2       wiki     2205: 
                   2206: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer
                   2207: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   2208: 
                   2209: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2210: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2211: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2212: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2213: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2214: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2215: 
1.8       wiki     2216: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2217: 
                   2218: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka
                   2219: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),
                   2220: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2221: 
                   2222: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2223: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2224: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2225: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2226: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2227: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.
                   2228: 
1.8       wiki     2229: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2230: 
                   2231: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support
                   2232: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*
                   2233: 
                   2234: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2235: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2236: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2237: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2238: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2239: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2240: 
1.8       wiki     2241: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08
1.2       wiki     2242: 
                   2243: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*
                   2244: 
1.8       wiki     2245: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).
1.2       wiki     2246: 
1.8       wiki     2247: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008
1.2       wiki     2248: 
                   2249: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2250: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2251: 
                   2252: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2253: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2254: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2255: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole
                   2256: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2257: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2258: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2259: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),
                   2260: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),
                   2261: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime
                   2262: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets
                   2263: demonstration and BSDBOF.
                   2264: 
1.8       wiki     2265: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2266: 
                   2267: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*
                   2268: 
                   2269: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2270: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th
                   2271: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials
                   2272: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.
                   2273: 
                   2274: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2275: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2276: 
1.8       wiki     2277: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2278: 
                   2279: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2280: 
                   2281: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The
                   2282: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took
                   2283: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York
                   2284: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.
                   2285: 
1.8       wiki     2286: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2287: 
                   2288: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2289: 
                   2290: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User
                   2291: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October
                   2292: 11th and 12th, 2008.
                   2293: 
                   2294: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2295: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2296: 
                   2297: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.
                   2298: 
1.8       wiki     2299: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2300: 
                   2301: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial
                   2302: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2303: 
                   2304: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2305: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2306: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2307: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole
                   2308: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2309: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2310: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets
                   2311: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF
                   2312: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),
                   2313: [Itojun Service
                   2314: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).
                   2315: 
1.8       wiki     2316: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane
1.2       wiki     2317: 
                   2318: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE
                   2319: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2320: 
                   2321: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2322: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2323: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2324: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2325: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2326: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2327: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2328: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2329: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                   2330: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and
                   2331: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).
                   2332: 
1.8       wiki     2333: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2334: 
                   2335: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2336: 
                   2337: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2338: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2339: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2340: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2341: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2342: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2343: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2344: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),
                   2345: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:
                   2346: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).
                   2347: 
1.8       wiki     2348: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2349: 
                   2350: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2351: 
                   2352: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2353: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2354: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2355: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power
                   2356: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2357: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2358: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune
                   2359: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with
                   2360: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc
                   2361: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with
                   2362: all BSD machines.
                   2363: 
1.8       wiki     2364: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2365: 
                   2366: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of
                   2367: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2368: Japan*
                   2369: 
                   2370: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG
                   2371: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -
                   2372: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc
                   2373: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD
                   2374: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.
                   2375: 
1.8       wiki     2376: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2377: 
                   2378: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2379: 
                   2380: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2381: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2382: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2383: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2384: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2385: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3
                   2386: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .
                   2387: 
1.8       wiki     2388: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2389: 
                   2390: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*
                   2391: 
                   2392: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,
                   2393: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the
                   2394: [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2395: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2396: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2397: pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2398: 
                   2399: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2400: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2401: 
1.8       wiki     2402: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008
1.2       wiki     2403: 
                   2404: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*
                   2405: 
                   2406: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and
                   2407: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers
                   2408: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme
                   2409: novices to advanced developers.
                   2410: 
                   2411: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2412: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2413: 
1.8       wiki     2414: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008
1.2       wiki     2415: 
1.8       wiki     2416: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
1.2       wiki     2417: Spain*
                   2418: 
                   2419: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit
1.8       wiki     2420: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).
1.2       wiki     2421: 
1.8       wiki     2422: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka
1.2       wiki     2423: 
                   2424: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of
                   2425: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*
                   2426: 
                   2427: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2428: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2429: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2430: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2431: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2432: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3,
                   2433: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).
                   2434: 
1.8       wiki     2435: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     2436: 
                   2437: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*
                   2438: 
                   2439: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking
                   2440: technologies and IT security.
                   2441: 
                   2442: For more information about FFG 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2443: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)
1.2       wiki     2444: 
1.8       wiki     2445: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2446: 
                   2447: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2448: 
                   2449: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2450: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2451: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2452: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2453: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2454: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2455: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2456: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide
                   2457: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),
                   2458: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]
                   2459: 
                   2460: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)
                   2461: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd
                   2462: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys
                   2463: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32
                   2464: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).
                   2465: 
                   2466: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:
                   2467: Implementing Jails Under the kauth
                   2468: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:
                   2469: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With
                   2470: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps
                   2471: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD
                   2472: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:
                   2473: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI
1.8       wiki     2474: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg
1.2       wiki     2475: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern
                   2476: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)
                   2477: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .
                   2478: 
                   2479: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps
                   2480: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,
                   2481: networking and virtualisation.
1.8       wiki     2482: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2483: 
                   2484: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics
                   2485: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2486: 
                   2487: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2488: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2489: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2490: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2491: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2492: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus
                   2493: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2494: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2495: 
1.8       wiki     2496: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008
1.2       wiki     2497: 
                   2498: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2499: 
                   2500: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,
                   2501: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the
                   2502: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas
1.8       wiki     2503: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.
1.2       wiki     2504: 
1.8       wiki     2505: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x
1.2       wiki     2506: 
                   2507: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2508: 
1.8       wiki     2509: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2510: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California
                   2511: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los
                   2512: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2513: 
1.8       wiki     2514: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2515: 
                   2516: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2517: 
                   2518: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2519: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2520: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2521: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2522: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2523: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2524: 
1.8       wiki     2525: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2526: 
                   2527: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai
                   2528: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,
                   2529: Japan*
                   2530: 
                   2531: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2532: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2533: 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.
                   2537: 
1.8       wiki     2538: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007
1.2       wiki     2539: 
                   2540: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*
                   2541: 
                   2542: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was
                   2543: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian
                   2544: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.
                   2545: 
1.8       wiki     2546: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007
1.2       wiki     2547: 
                   2548: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2549: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2550: 
                   2551: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2552: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2553: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475
                   2554: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor
                   2555: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),
                   2556: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2557: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2558: 
1.8       wiki     2559: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2560: 
                   2561: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),
                   2562: Niigata, Japan*
                   2563: 
                   2564: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2565: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2566: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2567: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2568: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2569: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2570: 
1.8       wiki     2571: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2572: 
                   2573: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at
                   2574: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,
                   2575: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized
                   2576: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).
                   2577: 
1.8       wiki     2578: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems
1.2       wiki     2579: 
                   2580: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,
                   2581: Turkey*
                   2582: 
                   2583: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The
                   2584: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software
                   2585: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD
                   2586: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.
                   2587: 
1.8       wiki     2588: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)
1.2       wiki     2589: 
1.8       wiki     2590: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag
1.2       wiki     2591: 
                   2592: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH
                   2593: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own
                   2594: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more
                   2595: information, see the [event's
                   2596: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).
                   2597: 
1.8       wiki     2598: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2599: 
                   2600: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial
                   2601: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2602: 
                   2603: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2604: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2605: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2606: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   2607: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{
                   2608: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2609: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security
                   2610: Presentation by
                   2611: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).
                   2612: 
1.8       wiki     2613: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2614: 
                   2615: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*
                   2616: 
                   2617: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on
                   2618: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
                   2619: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.
                   2620: 
                   2621: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2622: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2623: 
1.8       wiki     2624: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007
1.2       wiki     2625: 
                   2626: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer
                   2627: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum
                   2628: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's
                   2629: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.
                   2630: 
1.8       wiki     2631: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2632: 
                   2633: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2634: 
                   2635: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2636: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2637: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2638: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2639: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power
                   2640: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2641: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2642: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2643: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),
                   2644: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),
                   2645: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),
                   2646: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD
                   2647: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)
                   2648: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB
                   2649: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache
                   2650: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and
                   2651: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)
                   2652: ).
                   2653: 
                   2654: [A report with some
                   2655: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is
                   2656: available.
                   2657: 
1.8       wiki     2658: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007
1.2       wiki     2659: 
                   2660: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*
                   2661: 
                   2662: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which
                   2663: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer
                   2664: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center
                   2665: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,
                   2666: Switzerland.
                   2667: 
                   2668: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A
                   2669: report was posted to the
                   2670: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)
                   2671: mailing list.
                   2672: 
1.8       wiki     2673: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2674: 
                   2675: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of
                   2676: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,
                   2677: Japan*
                   2678: 
                   2679: See [this
                   2680: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for
                   2681: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,
                   2682: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header
                   2683: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update
                   2684: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,
                   2685: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),
                   2686: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),
                   2687: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key
                   2688: sign party.
                   2689: 
1.8       wiki     2690: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2691: 
                   2692: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2693: 
                   2694: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2695: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2696: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2697: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2698: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2699: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player
                   2700: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.
                   2701: 
1.8       wiki     2702: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     2703: 
                   2704: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin
                   2705: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured
                   2706: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full
                   2707: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)
                   2708: at the
                   2709: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)
                   2710: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and
                   2711: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.
                   2712: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.
                   2713: 
                   2714: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more
                   2715: information.
                   2716: 
1.8       wiki     2717: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007
1.2       wiki     2718: 
                   2719: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2720: 
                   2721: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has
                   2722: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people
                   2723: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.
                   2724: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide
                   2725: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.
                   2726: 
                   2727: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of
                   2728: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.
                   2729: 
                   2730: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit
1.8       wiki     2731: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2732: 
1.8       wiki     2733: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2734: 
                   2735: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*
                   2736: 
                   2737: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27
                   2738: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on
                   2739: the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2740: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2741: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2742: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all
                   2743: welcome to attend.
                   2744: 
                   2745: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at
1.8       wiki     2746: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2747: 
1.8       wiki     2748: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg
1.2       wiki     2749: 
                   2750: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*
                   2751: 
                   2752: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,
                   2753: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small
                   2754: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the
                   2755: other one for advanced users. See [the event's
                   2756: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.
                   2757: 
                   2758: P.S.: A report is available in [this
                   2759: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).
                   2760: 
1.8       wiki     2761: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2762: 
                   2763: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2764: 
                   2765: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2766: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a
                   2767: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2768: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2769: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2770: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2771: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2772: 
1.8       wiki     2773: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2774: 
                   2775: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2776: 
                   2777: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based
                   2778: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using
                   2779: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and
                   2780: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the
                   2781: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the
                   2782: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the
                   2783: widest possible audience.
                   2784: 
                   2785: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The
                   2786: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at
1.8       wiki     2787: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).
1.2       wiki     2788: 
1.8       wiki     2789: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
1.2       wiki     2790: 
                   2791: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*
                   2792: 
                   2793: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
                   2794: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See
1.8       wiki     2795: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you
                   2796: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
                   2797: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.
1.2       wiki     2798: 
1.8       wiki     2799: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     2800: 
                   2801: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*
                   2802: 
                   2803: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk
1.8       wiki     2804: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February
                   2805: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several
1.2       wiki     2806: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan
                   2807: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.
                   2808: 
                   2809: More information can be found at
1.8       wiki     2810: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and
                   2811: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The
                   2812: German language article can be found at:
                   2813: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).
1.2       wiki     2814: 
                   2815: Ignatios also
                   2816: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)
                   2817: his [slides (german
                   2818: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).
                   2819: 
1.8       wiki     2820: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007
1.2       wiki     2821: 
                   2822: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2823: 
                   2824: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'
                   2825: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of
                   2826: Brussels, Belgium.
                   2827: 
                   2828: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other
                   2829: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD
                   2830: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting
                   2831: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More
1.8       wiki     2832: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).
1.2       wiki     2833: 
1.8       wiki     2834: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x
1.2       wiki     2835: 
                   2836: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2837: 
                   2838: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern
                   2839: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin
                   2840: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a
1.8       wiki     2841: booth at this event; see the reports by
                   2842: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)
                   2843: and
                   2844: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     2845: 
1.8       wiki     2846: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006
1.2       wiki     2847: 
                   2848: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*
                   2849: 
                   2850: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).
                   2851: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and
                   2852: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,
                   2853: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to
                   2854: expand knowledge of BSD systems.
                   2855: 
                   2856: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using
                   2857: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X
                   2858: and Solaris.
                   2859: 
                   2860: For more information, please [visit the
                   2861: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).
                   2862: 
1.8       wiki     2863: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2864: 
                   2865: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*
                   2866: 
                   2867: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006
                   2868: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   2869: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2870: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2871: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2872: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2873: 
1.8       wiki     2874: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon
1.2       wiki     2875: 
                   2876: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current
                   2877: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon
                   2878: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.
                   2879: 
1.8       wiki     2880: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria
1.2       wiki     2881: 
                   2882: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the
                   2883: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November
1.8       wiki     2884: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
                   2885: if you have any questions or want to help out.
1.2       wiki     2886: 
1.8       wiki     2887: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan
1.2       wiki     2888: 
                   2889: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th
                   2890: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The
                   2891: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has
                   2892: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:
                   2893: 
                   2894: -   Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record
1.8       wiki     2895: -   Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install
1.2       wiki     2896: -   Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype
                   2897: -   NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat
                   2898: -   Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?
                   2899: -   Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting
                   2900:     NetBSD Network Appliances
                   2901: -   Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing
                   2902:     for BSD TCP/IP
                   2903: 
                   2904: Registration is open now. Please [see the
                   2905: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!
                   2906: 
1.8       wiki     2907: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006
1.2       wiki     2908: 
                   2909: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*
                   2910: 
                   2911: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User
                   2912: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon
                   2913: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The
                   2914: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking
                   2915: about NetBSD-related topics.
                   2916: 
1.8       wiki     2917: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2918: 
                   2919: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2920: 
                   2921: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2922: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                   2923: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2924: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2925: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2926: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2927: 
1.8       wiki     2928: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2929: 
                   2930: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth
                   2931: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in
                   2932: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and
                   2933: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if
                   2934: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2935: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     2936: 
                   2937: A report on the event is available
                   2938: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).
                   2939: 
1.8       wiki     2940: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest
1.2       wiki     2941: 
                   2942: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*
                   2943: 
                   2944: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio
1.8       wiki     2945: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF
                   2946: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the
                   2947: booth.
1.2       wiki     2948: 
                   2949: A report of the event can be found
                   2950: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).
                   2951: 
1.8       wiki     2952: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux
1.2       wiki     2953: 
                   2954: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".
                   2955: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by
1.8       wiki     2956: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping
                   2957: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,
                   2958: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.
1.2       wiki     2959: 
                   2960: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon
                   2961: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See
                   2962: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more
                   2963: information.
                   2964: 
                   2965: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing
                   2966: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).
                   2967: 
1.8       wiki     2968: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006
1.2       wiki     2969: 
                   2970: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on
                   2971: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences
                   2972: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See
                   2973: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for
                   2974: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2975: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at
                   2976: the booth.
1.2       wiki     2977: 
1.8       wiki     2978: A.HUBERTF wrote a short
1.2       wiki     2979: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)
                   2980: about the event.
                   2981: 
1.8       wiki     2982: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2983: 
                   2984: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2985: 
                   2986: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)
                   2987: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD
                   2988: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2989: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2990: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2991: 
1.8       wiki     2992: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata
1.2       wiki     2993: 
                   2994: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*
                   2995: 
                   2996: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2997: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2998: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2999: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3000: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3001: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.
                   3002: 
1.8       wiki     3003: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3004: 
                   3005: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3006: 
                   3007: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD
                   3008: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held
                   3009: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129
                   3010: attendances. BOF03. Room 201.
                   3011: 
                   3012: -   Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /
                   3013:     FreeBSD Project
                   3014: -   FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note
1.8       wiki     3015:     CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /
                   3016:     Ensure Technology Ltd
                   3017:     .
                   3018: -   BSD Usergroup activity:
                   3019:     Echigo BSD Users Group
                   3020:     , T.Tamura@EBUG
                   3021: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3022: 
1.8       wiki     3023: \> See [program for
1.2       wiki     3024: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).
                   3025: 
                   3026: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),
                   3027: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,
                   3028: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).
                   3029: 
1.8       wiki     3030: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006
1.2       wiki     3031: 
                   3032: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3033: 
                   3034: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference
                   3035: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical
                   3036: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems
                   3037: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that
                   3038: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced
                   3039: developers.
                   3040: 
                   3041: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at
                   3042: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed
                   3043: during May 10-14th.
                   3044: 
                   3045: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the
                   3046: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!
                   3047: 
1.8       wiki     3048: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006
1.2       wiki     3049: 
                   3050: *May 5-7, Paris, France*
                   3051: 
                   3052: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,
                   3053: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the
                   3054: conference on their campus.
                   3055: 
                   3056: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD
                   3057: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3058: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   3059: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to
                   3060: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas
                   3061: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.
                   3062: 
                   3063: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a
                   3064: presentation proposal, please visit
                   3065: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/).
                   3066: 
1.8       wiki     3067: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006
1.2       wiki     3068: 
                   3069: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*
                   3070: 
                   3071: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),
                   3072: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and
                   3073: tutorials.
                   3074: 
                   3075: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
1.8       wiki     3076: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.
1.2       wiki     3077: 
1.8       wiki     3078: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe
1.2       wiki     3079: 
                   3080: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*
                   3081: 
                   3082: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking
1.8       wiki     3083: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ
                   3084: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD
                   3085: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the
                   3086: URL above.
1.2       wiki     3087: 
1.8       wiki     3088: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3089: 
                   3090: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3091: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3092: 
                   3093: See [this
                   3094: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for
                   3095: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,
                   3096: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,
                   3097: Codeblog.
                   3098: 
1.8       wiki     3099: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006
1.2       wiki     3100: 
                   3101: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3102: 
                   3103: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to
                   3104: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD
                   3105: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are
                   3106: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at
                   3107: gmail.com).
                   3108: 
                   3109: For more information about this event see
1.8       wiki     3110: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     3111: 
1.8       wiki     3112: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006
1.2       wiki     3113: 
                   3114: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3115: 
                   3116: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer
                   3117: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux
                   3118: Cons in Germany.
                   3119: 
                   3120: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:
                   3121: 
                   3122: -   Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.
                   3123: -   Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment
                   3124: -   Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD
                   3125: -   Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features
                   3126: -   Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)
                   3127: 
                   3128: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)
                   3129: net-tex.de\>.
                   3130: 
1.8       wiki     3131: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006
1.2       wiki     3132: 
                   3133: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*
                   3134: 
                   3135: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),
                   3136: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The
                   3137: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.
                   3138: 
1.8       wiki     3139: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     3140: 
                   3141: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3142: 
                   3143: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   3144: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth
                   3145: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3146: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3147: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3148: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3149: 
1.8       wiki     3150: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     3151: 
1.8       wiki     3152: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3153: 
                   3154: [German Unix User Group
1.8       wiki     3155: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)
1.2       wiki     3156: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of
1.8       wiki     3157: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).
1.2       wiki     3158: 
                   3159: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup
                   3160: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).
                   3161: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth
                   3162: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on
                   3163: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).
                   3164: 
1.8       wiki     3165: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006
1.2       wiki     3166: 
                   3167: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*
                   3168: 
                   3169: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European
                   3170: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by
                   3171: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source
                   3172: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM
                   3173: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in
                   3174: Europe.
                   3175: 
1.8       wiki     3176: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will
1.2       wiki     3177: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)
                   3178: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!
                   3179: 
1.8       wiki     3180: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the
1.2       wiki     3181: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).
                   3182: 
1.8       wiki     3183: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x
1.2       wiki     3184: 
                   3185: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*
                   3186: 
                   3187: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern
                   3188: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The
                   3189: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project
1.8       wiki     3190: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)
                   3191: if you would like to help.
1.2       wiki     3192: 
                   3193: A report from Kevin Lahey is
                   3194: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).
                   3195: 
1.8       wiki     3196: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)
1.2       wiki     3197: 
                   3198: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*
                   3199: 
                   3200: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress
                   3201: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on
                   3202: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and
                   3203: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)
                   3204: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and
                   3205: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the
                   3206: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
                   3207: 
1.8       wiki     3208: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     3209: 
                   3210: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*
                   3211: 
                   3212: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005
                   3213: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   3214: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3215: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3216: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3217: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3218: 
1.8       wiki     3219: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3220: 
                   3221: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*
                   3222: 
                   3223: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the
                   3224: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check
                   3225: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,
                   3226: conference venue and registration. present.
                   3227: 
1.8       wiki     3228: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005
1.2       wiki     3229: 
                   3230: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*
                   3231: 
                   3232: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,
                   3233: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to
                   3234: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,
                   3235: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe
                   3236: Lockhoff.
                   3237: 
                   3238: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex
                   3239: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at
1.8       wiki     3240: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).
1.2       wiki     3241: 
1.8       wiki     3242: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005
1.2       wiki     3243: 
                   3244: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*
                   3245: 
                   3246: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
                   3247: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among
                   3248: others) will be presented.
                   3249: 
                   3250: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on
                   3251: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a
                   3252: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!
                   3253: 
1.8       wiki     3254: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)
1.2       wiki     3255: 
                   3256: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,
                   3257: especially showing NetBSD!
                   3258: 
1.8       wiki     3259: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005
1.2       wiki     3260: 
                   3261: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3262: 
                   3263: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was
                   3264: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3265: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3266: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3267: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA
                   3268: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with
                   3269: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),
                   3270: [IO-DATA USL-5P
                   3271: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).
                   3272: 
                   3273: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure
                   3274: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about
                   3275: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                   3276: 
1.8       wiki     3277: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall
1.2       wiki     3278: 
                   3279: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3280: 
                   3281: At the [Open Source Conference 2005
                   3282: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   3283: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3284: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3285: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3286: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3287: 
1.8       wiki     3288: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005
1.2       wiki     3289: 
                   3290: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*
                   3291: 
                   3292: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC
                   3293: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference
                   3294: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD
                   3295: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the
                   3296: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.
                   3297: 
1.8       wiki     3298: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005
1.2       wiki     3299: 
                   3300: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*
                   3301: 
                   3302: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international
                   3303: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office
                   3304: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will
                   3305: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about
                   3306: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested
                   3307: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.
1.8       wiki     3308: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his
1.2       wiki     3309: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)
                   3310: on netbsd-advocacy.
                   3311: 
1.8       wiki     3312: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3313: 
                   3314: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*
                   3315: 
                   3316: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second
                   3317: meeting will be held at [Parque das
1.8       wiki     3318: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the
1.2       wiki     3319: group page for more information.
                   3320: 
1.8       wiki     3321: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3322: 
                   3323: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3324: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3325: 
                   3326: See [this
                   3327: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for
                   3328: meeting information.
                   3329: 
                   3330: A
                   3331: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)
                   3332: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.
                   3333: 
1.8       wiki     3334: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo
1.2       wiki     3335: 
1.8       wiki     3336: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*
1.2       wiki     3337: 
1.8       wiki     3338: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took
1.2       wiki     3339: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD
                   3340: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is
                   3341: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of
                   3342: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental
                   3343: organization.
                   3344: 
1.8       wiki     3345: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005
1.2       wiki     3346: 
                   3347: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*
                   3348: 
                   3349: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
                   3350: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held
                   3351: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD
1.8       wiki     3352: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.
                   3353: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD
                   3354: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered
                   3355: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's
1.2       wiki     3356: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)
                   3357: for more details.
                   3358: 
1.8       wiki     3359: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference
1.2       wiki     3360: 
                   3361: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*
                   3362: 
                   3363: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker
                   3364: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south
                   3365: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD
                   3366: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For
                   3367: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's
                   3368: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)
                   3369: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.
                   3370: 
1.8       wiki     3371: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005
1.2       wiki     3372: 
                   3373: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA
                   3374: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*
                   3375: 
                   3376: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances.
                   3377: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3378: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more
                   3379: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).
                   3380: 
1.8       wiki     3381: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3382: 
                   3383: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3384: 
                   3385: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth
                   3386: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3387: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
1.8       wiki     3388: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user
                   3389: groups.
1.2       wiki     3390: 
1.8       wiki     3391: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005
1.2       wiki     3392: 
1.8       wiki     3393: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*
1.2       wiki     3394: 
1.8       wiki     3395: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,
1.2       wiki     3396: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the
                   3397: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference
                   3398: venue and registration.
                   3399: 
1.8       wiki     3400: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3401: 
                   3402: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3403: 
                   3404: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD
                   3405: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)
                   3406: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130
                   3407: attendances. BOF01. Room 302.
                   3408: 
1.8       wiki     3409: -   \*BSD Document Internationalization
                   3410: -   A Robot that runs on NetBSD
                   3411:     Live performance
                   3412: -   BSD Usergroup activity in Japan
                   3413: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3414: 
                   3415: See [program for
                   3416: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).
                   3417: 
                   3418: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277
                   3419: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of
                   3420: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya
                   3421: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3422: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55
                   3423: 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)).
                   3424: 
1.8       wiki     3425: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005
1.2       wiki     3426: 
                   3427: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3428: 
                   3429: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at
                   3430: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th
                   3431: (of a social nature, for the most part).
                   3432: 
1.8       wiki     3433: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3434: 
                   3435: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*
                   3436: 
                   3437: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,
                   3438: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical
                   3439: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   3440: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research
                   3441: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,
                   3442: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the
                   3443: [slides for this
                   3444: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.
                   3445: 
1.8       wiki     3446: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3447: 
1.8       wiki     3448: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005
1.2       wiki     3449: 
                   3450: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures
                   3451: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was
                   3452: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD
                   3453: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.
                   3454: Around 1000 people attended the past two years.
                   3455: 
                   3456: More information is at
                   3457: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can
                   3458: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this
                   3459: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)
                   3460: 
1.8       wiki     3461: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3462: 
                   3463: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*
                   3464: 
                   3465: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge
                   3466: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005
                   3467: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
                   3468: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community
                   3469: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing
                   3470: solutions and fresh ideas.
                   3471: 
1.8       wiki     3472: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3473: 
1.8       wiki     3474: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005
1.2       wiki     3475: 
                   3476: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3477: 
                   3478: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3479: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3480: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see
1.8       wiki     3481: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).
1.2       wiki     3482: 
1.8       wiki     3483: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005
1.2       wiki     3484: 
                   3485: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*
                   3486: 
                   3487: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT
                   3488: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at
                   3489: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).
                   3490: 
1.8       wiki     3491: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005
1.2       wiki     3492: 
                   3493: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine
                   3494: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of
                   3495: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:
                   3496: 
1.8       wiki     3497: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1
                   3498: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2
1.2       wiki     3499: 
1.8       wiki     3500: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     3501: 
                   3502: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event
                   3503: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:
                   3504: 
1.8       wiki     3505: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1
                   3506: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2
                   3507: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3
1.2       wiki     3508: 
1.8       wiki     3509: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     3510: 
                   3511: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*
                   3512: 
                   3513: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux
                   3514: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.
1.8       wiki     3515: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML
                   3516: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience
1.2       wiki     3517: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)
                   3518: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the
                   3519: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed
1.8       wiki     3520: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).
1.2       wiki     3521: 
1.8       wiki     3522: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005
1.2       wiki     3523: 
                   3524: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*
                   3525: 
                   3526: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting
                   3527: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while
                   3528: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact
1.8       wiki     3529: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).
1.2       wiki     3530: 
1.8       wiki     3531: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)
1.2       wiki     3532: 
                   3533: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*
                   3534: 
                   3535: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications
                   3536: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop
                   3537: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting
                   3538: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please
                   3539: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're
                   3540: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the
                   3541: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)
                   3542: available.
                   3543: 
1.8       wiki     3544: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3545: 
                   3546: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3547: 
                   3548: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,
                   3549: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official
                   3550: program, conference venue and registration. A
                   3551: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks
                   3552: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.
                   3553: 
                   3554: A brief report from the conference is available
                   3555: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).
                   3556: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:
                   3557: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).
                   3558: 
1.8       wiki     3559: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004
1.2       wiki     3560: 
                   3561: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*
                   3562: 
1.8       wiki     3563: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
1.2       wiki     3564: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among
                   3565: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel
                   3566: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See
1.8       wiki     3567: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.
1.2       wiki     3568: 
1.8       wiki     3569: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004
1.2       wiki     3570: 
                   3571: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3572: 
1.8       wiki     3573: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3574: 
1.8       wiki     3575: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004
1.2       wiki     3576: 
                   3577: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3578: 
1.8       wiki     3579: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3580: 
1.8       wiki     3581: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3582: 
                   3583: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3584: 
                   3585: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3586: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3587: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
                   3588: 
1.8       wiki     3589: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3590: 
                   3591: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*
                   3592: 
                   3593: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix
                   3594: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project
                   3595: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a
                   3596: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this
                   3597: conference.
                   3598: 
1.8       wiki     3599: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3600: 
                   3601: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*
                   3602: 
                   3603: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3604: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3605: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun
                   3606: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3607: for details.
                   3608: 
1.8       wiki     3609: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3610: 
                   3611: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*
                   3612: 
                   3613: [LinuxWorld Conference and
                   3614: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to
                   3615: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The
                   3616: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are
1.8       wiki     3617: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3618: 
1.8       wiki     3619: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)
1.2       wiki     3620: 
                   3621: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3622: 
                   3623: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD
                   3624: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3625: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   3626: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO
                   3627: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3628: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }
                   3629: 
1.8       wiki     3630: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3631: 
                   3632: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3633: 
1.8       wiki     3634: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3635: 
                   3636: [BOF
                   3637: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)
                   3638: 
1.8       wiki     3639: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.
1.2       wiki     3640: 
1.8       wiki     3641: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004
1.2       wiki     3642: 
                   3643: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3644: 
                   3645: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual
                   3646: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the
                   3647: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,
                   3648: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update
                   3649: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),
                   3650: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State
                   3651: of the BSD
                   3652: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),
                   3653: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the
                   3654: conference.
                   3655: 
1.8       wiki     3656: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004
1.2       wiki     3657: 
                   3658: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3659: 
                   3660: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to
                   3661: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented
1.8       wiki     3662: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested
                   3663: in helping out.
1.2       wiki     3664: 
1.8       wiki     3665: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3666: 
                   3667: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3668: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3669: 
                   3670: See [this
                   3671: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for
                   3672: meeting information.
                   3673: 
1.8       wiki     3674: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004
1.2       wiki     3675: 
                   3676: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3677: 
                   3678: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching
                   3679: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to
                   3680: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees
                   3681: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See
                   3682: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from
                   3683: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)
                   3684: 
1.8       wiki     3685: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting
1.2       wiki     3686: 
                   3687: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*
                   3688: 
                   3689: At the [LinuxChix-Br National
                   3690: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a
                   3691: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of
                   3692: NetBSD-BR.
                   3693: 
1.8       wiki     3694: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3695: 
                   3696: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*
                   3697: 
                   3698: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD
                   3699: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3700: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For
                   3701: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit
                   3702: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and
                   3703: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews
                   3704: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).
                   3705: 
1.8       wiki     3706: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004
1.2       wiki     3707: 
                   3708: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*
                   3709: 
                   3710: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open
                   3711: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given
                   3712: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.
                   3713: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other
                   3714: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see
                   3715: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and
                   3716: [this message to the netbsd-news
                   3717: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)
                   3718: for more information.
                   3719: 
1.8       wiki     3720: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch
1.2       wiki     3721: 
                   3722: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*
                   3723: 
                   3724: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's
                   3725: [GUUG
1.8       wiki     3726: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a
1.2       wiki     3727: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and
                   3728: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User
                   3729: Group](http://www.guug.de/).
                   3730: 
1.8       wiki     3731: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004
1.2       wiki     3732: 
                   3733: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3734: 
                   3735: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in
                   3736: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:
                   3737: 
1.8       wiki     3738: -   \`\`
                   3739:     Cryptographic applications under NetBSD
                   3740:     '' by Stefan Schumacher
                   3741: -   \`\`
                   3742:     Introduction to NetBSD
                   3743:     '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff
                   3744: -   \`\`
                   3745:     Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc
                   3746:     '' by Hubert Feyrer
1.2       wiki     3747: 
                   3748: Please see the
                   3749: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for
                   3750: details. Photos are available at [this
                   3751: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be
                   3752: found on the [Linux-Tag
                   3753: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).
                   3754: 
1.8       wiki     3755: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004
1.2       wiki     3756: 
                   3757: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*
                   3758: 
                   3759: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux
                   3760: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,
                   3761: France.
                   3762: 
1.8       wiki     3763: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3764: 
                   3765: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*
                   3766: 
                   3767: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004
                   3768: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3769: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their
                   3770: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few
                   3771: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the
                   3772: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from
                   3773: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.
                   3774: 
1.8       wiki     3775: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)
1.2       wiki     3776: 
                   3777: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*
                   3778: 
                   3779: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication
                   3780: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3781: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's
                   3782: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)
                   3783: for Details. If you're interested in the
                   3784: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's
                   3785: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the
                   3786: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)
                   3787: MailingList useful.
                   3788: 
1.8       wiki     3789: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003
1.2       wiki     3790: 
                   3791: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military
                   3792: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*
                   3793: 
                   3794: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for
                   3795: details.
                   3796: 
1.8       wiki     3797: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003
1.2       wiki     3798: 
                   3799: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   3800: 
                   3801: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/)
                   3802: 
1.8       wiki     3803: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3804: 
                   3805: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*
                   3806: 
                   3807: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3808: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3809: administration. See
                   3810: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3811: for details.
                   3812: 
1.8       wiki     3813: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003
1.2       wiki     3814: 
                   3815: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3816: 
1.8       wiki     3817: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3818: 
1.8       wiki     3819: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003
1.2       wiki     3820: 
                   3821: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*
                   3822: 
1.8       wiki     3823: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3824: 
1.8       wiki     3825: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003
1.2       wiki     3826: 
1.8       wiki     3827: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3828: 
1.8       wiki     3829: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an
1.2       wiki     3830: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this
                   3831: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source
                   3832: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth
                   3833: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.
                   3834: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more
                   3835: information.
                   3836: 
1.8       wiki     3837: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003
1.2       wiki     3838: 
                   3839: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*
                   3840: 
                   3841: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can
                   3842: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see
                   3843: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/).
                   3844: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3845: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A
                   3846: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)
                   3847: is available online.
                   3848: 
1.8       wiki     3849: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003
1.2       wiki     3850: 
                   3851: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*
                   3852: 
                   3853: A lot of photos are available
                   3854: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well
                   3855: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).
                   3856: 
1.8       wiki     3857: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany
1.2       wiki     3858: 
                   3859: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3860: 
                   3861: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,
                   3862: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to
                   3863: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.
                   3864: 
                   3865: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir
                   3866: Dolecek. See the [full
                   3867: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)
                   3868: for details and pictures.
                   3869: 
1.8       wiki     3870: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz
1.2       wiki     3871: 
                   3872: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*
                   3873: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/)
                   3874: 
                   3875: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus
                   3876: and Gilbert Fernandes. A
                   3877: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)
                   3878: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.
                   3879: 
1.8       wiki     3880: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3881: 
                   3882: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3883: 
                   3884: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   3885: 
1.8       wiki     3886: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3887: 
1.8       wiki     3888: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3889: 
                   3890: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3891: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3892: 
1.8       wiki     3893: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     3894: 
                   3895: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*
                   3896: 
                   3897: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/)
                   3898: 
1.8       wiki     3899: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3900: 
                   3901: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*
                   3902: 
                   3903: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical
                   3904: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and
                   3905: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF
                   3906: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,
                   3907: see
                   3908: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/).
                   3909: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3910: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org
                   3911: 
                   3912: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available
                   3913: here](events/usenix2003/).
                   3914: 
1.8       wiki     3915: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003
1.2       wiki     3916: 
                   3917: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*
                   3918: 
                   3919: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are
                   3920: holding the [BSDay
                   3921: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference
                   3922: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site
                   3923: for more information.
                   3924: 
1.8       wiki     3925: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it
1.2       wiki     3926: 
                   3927: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*
                   3928: 
                   3929: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),
                   3930: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th
                   3931: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should
1.8       wiki     3932: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.
1.2       wiki     3933: 
1.8       wiki     3934: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003
1.2       wiki     3935: 
                   3936: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*
                   3937: 
                   3938: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the
                   3939: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new
                   3940: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic
                   3941: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of
                   3942: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.
                   3943: 
1.8       wiki     3944: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag
1.2       wiki     3945: 
                   3946: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*
                   3947: 
                   3948: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in
                   3949: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,
                   3950: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more
1.8       wiki     3951: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information
                   3952: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.
1.2       wiki     3953: 
1.8       wiki     3954: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!
1.2       wiki     3955: 
                   3956: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate
                   3957: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the
                   3958: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.
                   3959: 
1.8       wiki     3960: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003
1.2       wiki     3961: 
                   3962: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*
                   3963: 
                   3964: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade
                   3965: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.
                   3966: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,
                   3967: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd
                   3968: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their
                   3969: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).
                   3970: 
1.8       wiki     3971: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3972: 
                   3973: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*
                   3974: 
                   3975: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3976: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3977: administration. See
                   3978: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3979: for details.
                   3980: 
1.8       wiki     3981: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
1.2       wiki     3982: 
                   3983: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3984: 
                   3985: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
                   3986: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the
                   3987: events including several pictures is available online at
                   3988: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html).
                   3989: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available
                   3990: from:
                   3991: 
1.8       wiki     3992: -   NetBSD - eine Einführung
                   3993:     [
                   3994:     mp3
                   3995:     ]
                   3996: -   NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld
                   3997:     [
                   3998:     mp3
                   3999:     ]
                   4000: -   Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung
                   4001:     mit NetBSD
                   4002:     [
                   4003:     mp3
                   4004:     ]
1.2       wiki     4005: 
1.8       wiki     4006: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux
1.2       wiki     4007: 
                   4008: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*
                   4009: 
                   4010: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux
                   4011: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the
                   4012: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users
                   4013: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available
                   4014: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)
                   4015: 
1.8       wiki     4016: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend
1.2       wiki     4017: 
                   4018: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*
                   4019: 
                   4020: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,
                   4021: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,
                   4022: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the
                   4023: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major
                   4024: activities will be the:
                   4025: 
                   4026: -   Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   4027: -   Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   4028: -   The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)
                   4029: 
                   4030: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/).
                   4031: 
1.8       wiki     4032: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003
1.2       wiki     4033: 
                   4034: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*
                   4035: 
                   4036: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003
                   4037: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   4038: from January 21-24, 2003. See the
                   4039: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free
                   4040: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,
                   4041: a [short
                   4042: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)
                   4043: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are
                   4044: available online.
                   4045: 
1.8       wiki     4046: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)
1.2       wiki     4047: 
                   4048: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*
                   4049: 
                   4050: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication
                   4051: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   4052: from December 27th to 29th.
                   4053: 
1.8       wiki     4054: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     4055: 
                   4056: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*
                   4057: 
                   4058: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   4059: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   4060: administration.
                   4061: 
1.8       wiki     4062: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002
1.2       wiki     4063: 
                   4064: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   4065: 
                   4066: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a
                   4067: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The
                   4068: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3
                   4069: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See
                   4070: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm)
                   4071: for details.
                   4072: 
1.8       wiki     4073: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002
1.2       wiki     4074: 
                   4075: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*
                   4076: 
                   4077: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen
                   4078: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all
                   4079: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will
                   4080: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,
                   4081: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of
                   4082: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD
                   4083: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.
                   4084: 
                   4085: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the
                   4086: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,
                   4087: Germany. See
                   4088: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html)
                   4089: for more information.
                   4090: 
1.8       wiki     4091: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan
1.2       wiki     4092: 
                   4093: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*
                   4094: 
1.8       wiki     4095: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.
1.2       wiki     4096: 
1.8       wiki     4097: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002
1.2       wiki     4098: 
                   4099: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
                   4100: 
                   4101: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors,
                   4102: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''
                   4103: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.
                   4104: 
1.8       wiki     4105: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02
1.2       wiki     4106: 
                   4107: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*
                   4108: 
                   4109: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/)
                   4110: 
1.8       wiki     4111: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show
1.2       wiki     4112: 
                   4113: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*
                   4114: 
                   4115: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East
                   4116: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical
                   4117: College.
                   4118: 
1.8       wiki     4119: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002
1.2       wiki     4120: 
                   4121: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*
                   4122: 
                   4123: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh
                   4124: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software
                   4125: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks
                   4126: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video
                   4127: rendering cluster done with
                   4128: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A
                   4129: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)
                   4130: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are
                   4131: available from [Hubert's
                   4132: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).
                   4133: 
1.8       wiki     4134: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002
1.2       wiki     4135: 
                   4136: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*
                   4137: 
                   4138: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress
                   4139: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System
                   4140: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University
                   4141: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available
                   4142: online.
                   4143: 
1.8       wiki     4144: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium
1.2       wiki     4145: 
                   4146: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*
                   4147: 
                   4148: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/)
                   4149: 
1.8       wiki     4150: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release
1.2       wiki     4151: 
                   4152: *July 22, 2002*
                   4153: 
                   4154: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch
                   4155: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs
                   4156: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4157: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20
                   4158: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release
                   4159: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).
                   4160: 
1.8       wiki     4161: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     4162: 
                   4163: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*
                   4164: 
                   4165: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html
                   4166: 
                   4167: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)
                   4168: , [BSD security update - BIND,
                   4169: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).
                   4170: 
1.8       wiki     4171: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4172: 
                   4173: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*
                   4174: 
                   4175: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/).
                   4176: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available
                   4177: here](events/usenix2002/).
                   4178: 
1.8       wiki     4179: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4180: 
                   4181: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4182: 
1.8       wiki     4183: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)
1.2       wiki     4184: 
1.8       wiki     4185: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe
1.2       wiki     4186: 
                   4187: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   4188: 
                   4189: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A
                   4190: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is
                   4191: available.
                   4192: 
1.8       wiki     4193: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show
1.2       wiki     4194: 
                   4195: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*
                   4196: 
                   4197: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/)
                   4198: 
1.8       wiki     4199: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4200: 
                   4201: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4202: 
                   4203: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html)
                   4204: 
                   4205: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60
                   4206: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via
                   4207: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw
                   4208: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming
                   4209: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.
                   4210: 
1.8       wiki     4211: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum
1.2       wiki     4212: 
                   4213: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*
                   4214: 
                   4215: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May
                   4216: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about
                   4217: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a
                   4218: chance to prove their value.
                   4219: 
                   4220: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)
                   4221: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the
                   4222: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,
                   4223: technical characteristics and philosophy.
                   4224: 
1.8       wiki     4225: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002
1.2       wiki     4226: 
                   4227: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   4228: 
                   4229: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)
                   4230: 
                   4231: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,
                   4232: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk
                   4233: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert
                   4234: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed
                   4235: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)
                   4236: is available.
                   4237: 
1.8       wiki     4238: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002
1.2       wiki     4239: 
                   4240: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*
                   4241: 
                   4242: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html)
                   4243: 
                   4244: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User
                   4245: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about
                   4246: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).
                   4247: 
1.8       wiki     4248: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002
1.2       wiki     4249: 
                   4250: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,
                   4251: USA*
                   4252: 
                   4253: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/)
                   4254: 
1.8       wiki     4255: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001
1.2       wiki     4256: 
                   4257: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4258: 
                   4259: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/)
                   4260: 
                   4261: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.
                   4262: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.
                   4263: 
                   4264: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)
                   4265: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo
                   4266: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The
                   4267: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.
                   4268: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD
                   4269: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting
                   4270: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).
                   4271: 
                   4272: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux
                   4273: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking
                   4274: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,
                   4275: Emulation.
                   4276: 
1.8       wiki     4277: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001
1.2       wiki     4278: 
                   4279: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*
                   4280: 
                   4281: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/)
                   4282: 
1.8       wiki     4283: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show
1.2       wiki     4284: 
                   4285: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*
                   4286: 
                   4287: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/)
                   4288: 
                   4289: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001
                   4290: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on
                   4291: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.
                   4292: 
1.8       wiki     4293: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release
1.2       wiki     4294: 
                   4295: *September 13, 2001*
                   4296: 
                   4297: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4298: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4299: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4300: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release
                   4301: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).
                   4302: 
1.8       wiki     4303: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo
1.2       wiki     4304: 
                   4305: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*
                   4306: 
                   4307: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4308: 
                   4309: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from
                   4310: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the
                   4311: NetBSD booth at
                   4312: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).
                   4313: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2
                   4314: from Japan.
                   4315: 
1.8       wiki     4316: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release
1.2       wiki     4317: 
                   4318: *July 11, 2001*
                   4319: 
                   4320: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4321: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4322: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4323: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release
                   4324: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).
                   4325: 
1.8       wiki     4326: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4327: 
                   4328: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),
                   4329: Tokyo, Japan*
                   4330: 
                   4331: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html)
                   4332: 
                   4333: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52
                   4334: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via
                   4335: RealVideo G2 broadcasting.
                   4336: 
                   4337: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after
                   4338: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,
                   4339: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New
                   4340: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc
                   4341: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into
                   4342: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti
                   4343: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special
                   4344: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.
                   4345: 
1.8       wiki     4346: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4347: 
                   4348: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*
                   4349: 
                   4350: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/)
                   4351: 
                   4352: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix
                   4353: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to
                   4354: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.
                   4355: 
                   4356: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by
                   4357: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and
                   4358: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's
                   4359: "[Greetings from the BSD Super
                   4360: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The
                   4361: slides from this talk are available at
                   4362: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/).
                   4363: 
                   4364: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his
                   4365: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD
                   4366: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session
                   4367: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,
                   4368: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found
                   4369: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,
                   4370: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed
                   4371: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)
                   4372: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in
                   4373: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own
                   4374: web site.
                   4375: 
                   4376: Again, a thank you to all involved.
                   4377: 
1.8       wiki     4378: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4379: 
                   4380: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4381: 
1.8       wiki     4382: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)
1.2       wiki     4383: 
                   4384: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan
                   4385: were held.100+150 persons attended in person.
                   4386: 
1.8       wiki     4387: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF
1.2       wiki     4388: 
                   4389: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*
                   4390: 
                   4391: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   4392: 
                   4393: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at
                   4394: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people
                   4395: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed
                   4396: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched
                   4397: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
                   4398: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop
                   4399: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).
                   4400: 
1.8       wiki     4401: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001
1.2       wiki     4402: 
                   4403: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*
                   4404: 
                   4405: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The
                   4406: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a
                   4407: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)
                   4408: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,
                   4409: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages
                   4410: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris
                   4411: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.
                   4412: 
1.8       wiki     4413: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001
1.2       wiki     4414: 
                   4415: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*
                   4416: 
                   4417: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4418: 
                   4419: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A
                   4420: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex
                   4421: Spring is available.
                   4422: 
                   4423: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4424: 
1.8       wiki     4425: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4426: 
                   4427: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4428: 
                   4429: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a
                   4430: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY
                   4431: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp
                   4432: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,
                   4433: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro
                   4434: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation
                   4435: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on
                   4436: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]
                   4437: 
1.8       wiki     4438: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001
1.2       wiki     4439: 
                   4440: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*
                   4441: 
                   4442: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4443: 
                   4444: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi
                   4445: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The
                   4446: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and
                   4447: other swag.
                   4448: 
1.8       wiki     4449: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000
1.2       wiki     4450: 
                   4451: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*
                   4452: 
                   4453: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/)
                   4454: 
                   4455: There was a [BSD BoF
                   4456: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec
                   4457: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo
                   4458: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting
                   4459: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across
                   4460: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,
                   4461: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in
                   4462: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),
                   4463: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),
                   4464: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),
                   4465: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],
                   4466: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The
                   4467: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about
                   4468: BSD activity in Japan.
                   4469: 
1.8       wiki     4470: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release
1.2       wiki     4471: 
                   4472: *December 6, 2000*
                   4473: 
                   4474: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major
                   4475: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4476: public.
                   4477: 
1.8       wiki     4478: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)
1.2       wiki     4479: 
                   4480: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*
                   4481: 
                   4482: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/)
                   4483: 
1.8       wiki     4484: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release
1.2       wiki     4485: 
                   4486: *November 25, 2000*
                   4487: 
                   4488: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4489: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4490: announced to the public.
                   4491: 
1.8       wiki     4492: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000
1.2       wiki     4493: 
                   4494: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4495: 
                   4496: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4497: 
                   4498: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a
                   4499: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other
                   4500: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.
                   4501: 
                   4502: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4503: Mission.
                   4504: 
1.8       wiki     4505: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000
1.2       wiki     4506: 
                   4507: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4508: 
                   4509: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4510: 
                   4511: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -
                   4512: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an
                   4513: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.
                   4514: 
                   4515: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and
                   4516: David Maxwell.
                   4517: 
1.8       wiki     4518: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000
1.2       wiki     4519: 
                   4520: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*
                   4521: 
                   4522: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/)
                   4523: 
                   4524: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS
                   4525: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD
                   4526: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at
                   4527: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).
                   4528: 
1.8       wiki     4529: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000
1.2       wiki     4530: 
                   4531: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4532: 
                   4533: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/)
                   4534: 
                   4535: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks
                   4536: spotlighting NetBSD.
                   4537: 
1.8       wiki     4538: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a
                   4539: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at
                   4540: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).
1.2       wiki     4541: 
                   4542: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript
                   4543: is available at
1.8       wiki     4544: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).
1.2       wiki     4545: 
1.8       wiki     4546: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase
1.2       wiki     4547: 
                   4548: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*
                   4549: 
                   4550: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/)
                   4551: 
                   4552: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on
                   4553: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were
                   4554: fixed onsite.
                   4555: 
                   4556: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4557: 
1.8       wiki     4558: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
1.2       wiki     4559: 
                   4560: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*
                   4561: 
                   4562: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4563: 
                   4564: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September
                   4565: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an
                   4566: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on
                   4567: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.
                   4568: 
1.8       wiki     4569: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000
1.2       wiki     4570: 
                   4571: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4572: 
                   4573: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/
                   4574: 
                   4575: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.
                   4576: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by
                   4577: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.
                   4578: 
                   4579: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4580: 
1.8       wiki     4581: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000
1.2       wiki     4582: 
                   4583: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4584: 
                   4585: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts
                   4586: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,
                   4587: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD
                   4588: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain
                   4589: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and
                   4590: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures
                   4591: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).
                   4592: 
                   4593: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD
                   4594: Mission and David Maxwell.
                   4595: 
1.8       wiki     4596: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4597: 
                   4598: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*
                   4599: 
                   4600: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html)
                   4601: 
                   4602: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF
                   4603: followed.
                   4604: 
1.8       wiki     4605: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000
1.2       wiki     4606: 
                   4607: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*
                   4608: 
                   4609: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/
                   4610: 
                   4611: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag
                   4612: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other
                   4613: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian
                   4614: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his
                   4615: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and
                   4616: giving a talk.
                   4617: 
1.8       wiki     4618: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4619: 
                   4620: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*
                   4621: 
                   4622: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/)
                   4623: 
                   4624: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical
                   4625: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most
                   4626: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund
                   4627: gave a [technical session on
                   4628: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)
                   4629: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical
                   4630: session on
                   4631: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)
                   4632: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and
                   4633: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in
                   4634: KAME/\*BSD IPv6
                   4635: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).
                   4636: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach
                   4637: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in
                   4638: reference to the launch of [Wasabi
                   4639: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/).
                   4640: 
                   4641: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and
                   4642: The NetBSD Mission.
                   4643: 
1.8       wiki     4644: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting
1.2       wiki     4645: 
                   4646: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*
                   4647: 
                   4648: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4649: 
                   4650: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4651: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation
                   4652: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.
                   4653: 
1.8       wiki     4654: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo
1.2       wiki     4655: 
                   4656: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*
                   4657: 
                   4658: [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)
                   4659: 
                   4660: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh
                   4661: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various
                   4662: \*BSD followed.
                   4663: 
1.8       wiki     4664: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000
1.2       wiki     4665: 
                   4666: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*
                   4667: 
                   4668: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4669: 
                   4670: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4671: Mission.
                   4672: 
1.8       wiki     4673: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4674: 
                   4675: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*
                   4676: 
                   4677: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4678: 
                   4679: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and
                   4680: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and
                   4681: snapshot CDs were available.
                   4682: 
                   4683: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4684: 
1.8       wiki     4685: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4686: 
                   4687: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*
                   4688: 
                   4689: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/)
                   4690: 
                   4691: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on
                   4692: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.
                   4693: 
1.8       wiki     4694: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release
1.2       wiki     4695: 
                   4696: *March 19, 2000*
                   4697: 
                   4698: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4699: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4700: announced to the public.
                   4701: 
1.8       wiki     4702: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4703: 
                   4704: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*
                   4705: 
                   4706: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/)
                   4707: 
                   4708: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February
                   4709: 3rd.
                   4710: 
                   4711: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4712: 
1.8       wiki     4713: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999
1.2       wiki     4714: 
                   4715: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4716: 
                   4717: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/)
                   4718: 
                   4719: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on
                   4720: Dec 18.
                   4721: 
1.8       wiki     4722: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar
1.2       wiki     4723: 
                   4724: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*
                   4725: 
                   4726: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at
                   4727: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and
                   4728: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video
                   4729: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).
                   4730: 
                   4731: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4732: 
1.8       wiki     4733: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999
1.2       wiki     4734: 
                   4735: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4736: 
                   4737: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4738: 
                   4739: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD
                   4740: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.
                   4741: 
                   4742: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4743: Mission.
                   4744: 
1.8       wiki     4745: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4746: 
                   4747: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*
                   4748: 
                   4749: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in
                   4750: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo
                   4751: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.
                   4752: 
1.8       wiki     4753: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999
1.2       wiki     4754: 
                   4755: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*
                   4756: 
                   4757: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/)
                   4758: 
                   4759: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD
                   4760: sets and T-shirts were on sale.
                   4761: 
                   4762: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4763: 
1.8       wiki     4764: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin
1.2       wiki     4765: 
                   4766: *October 9-10, 1999*
                   4767: 
1.8       wiki     4768: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release
1.2       wiki     4769: 
                   4770: *August 26, 1999*
                   4771: 
                   4772: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4773: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4774: announced to the public.
                   4775: 
1.8       wiki     4776: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1
1.2       wiki     4777: 
                   4778: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*
                   4779: 
                   4780: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free
                   4781: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.
                   4782: 
1.8       wiki     4783: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99
1.2       wiki     4784: 
                   4785: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*
                   4786: 
                   4787: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/)
                   4788: 
                   4789: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We
                   4790: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the
                   4791: package system.
                   4792: 
1.8       wiki     4793: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99
1.2       wiki     4794: 
                   4795: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*
                   4796: 
                   4797: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/)
                   4798: 
                   4799: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in
                   4800: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -
                   4801: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There
                   4802: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.
                   4803: 
1.8       wiki     4804: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting
1.2       wiki     4805: 
                   4806: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*
                   4807: 
                   4808: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4809: 
                   4810: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4811: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks
                   4812: held by [Dr. Alexandre
                   4813: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).
                   4814: The first described security through file flags and the second was about
                   4815: checkpointing in userspace.
                   4816: 
                   4817: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the
                   4818: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura
                   4819: answered general NetBSD questions.
                   4820: 
1.8       wiki     4821: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release
1.2       wiki     4822: 
                   4823: *May 12, 1999*
                   4824: 
                   4825: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major
                   4826: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4827: public.
                   4828: 
1.8       wiki     4829: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release
1.2       wiki     4830: 
                   4831: *December 23, 1998*
                   4832: 
                   4833: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4834: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4835: announced to the public.
                   4836: 
1.8       wiki     4837: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day
1.2       wiki     4838: 
                   4839: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*
                   4840: 
                   4841: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and
                   4842: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel
                   4843: in San Jose, CA.
                   4844: 
1.8       wiki     4845: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track
1.2       wiki     4846: 
                   4847: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*
                   4848: 
                   4849: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),
                   4850: the freely redistributable software track, was held at
                   4851: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).
                   4852: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and
                   4853: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including
                   4854: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.
                   4855: 
1.8       wiki     4856: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release
1.2       wiki     4857: 
                   4858: *May 29, 1998*
                   4859: 
                   4860: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4861: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4862: announced to the public.
                   4863: 
1.8       wiki     4864: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4865: 
                   4866: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*
                   4867: 
                   4868: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.
                   4869: 
1.8       wiki     4870: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release
1.2       wiki     4871: 
                   4872: *March 9, 1998*
                   4873: 
                   4874: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4875: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4876: released.
                   4877: 
1.8       wiki     4878: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release
1.2       wiki     4879: 
                   4880: *January 4, 1998*
                   4881: 
                   4882: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major
                   4883: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4884: public.
                   4885: 
1.8       wiki     4886: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release
1.2       wiki     4887: 
                   4888: *May 20, 1997*
                   4889: 
                   4890: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4891: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was
                   4892: announced to the public.
                   4893: 
1.8       wiki     4894: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4895: 
                   4896: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*
                   4897: 
                   4898: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing
1.8       wiki     4899: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz
1.2       wiki     4900: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.
                   4901: 
1.8       wiki     4902: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4903: 
                   4904: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*
                   4905: 
                   4906: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*
                   4907: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.
                   4908: 
1.8       wiki     4909: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather
1.2       wiki     4910: 
                   4911: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*
                   4912: 
                   4913: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was
                   4914: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current
                   4915: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul
                   4916: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the
                   4917: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.

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