Annotation of wikisrc/events.mdwn, revision 1.54

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: 
1.54    ! leot       12: ### `Feb 2018` - FOSDEM 2018, Brussels, Belgium
        !            13: 
        !            14: *February 3 - 4, 2018, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
        !            15: 
        !            16: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2018/) is a free event for software developers to
        !            17: meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
        !            18: free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in
        !            19: Brussels.
        !            20: 
        !            21: 
1.51      leot       22: ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan
1.49      leot       23: 
                     24: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                     25: 
                     26: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) is a
                     27: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                     28: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                     29: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                     30: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best
                     31: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                     32: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest
                     33: possible audience.
                     34: 
                     35: 
1.52      leot       36: ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada
                     37: 
                     38: *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
                     39: 
                     40: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in
                     41: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
                     42: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
                     43: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
                     44: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                     45: advanced developers.
                     46: 
                     47: 
1.49      leot       48: Past Events
                     49: -----------
                     50: 
1.53      leot       51: ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan
                     52: 
                     53: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan*
                     54: 
                     55: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) was planned as a
                     56: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50
                     57: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference
                     58: attracted over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals,
                     59: software developers, computer science professors, users and
                     60: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the
                     61: world. The goal of BSDTW was to exchange knowledge about the
                     62: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation
                     63: among users and developers and to promote business friendly
                     64: BSD licensed open source software.
                     65: 
                     66: 
1.51      leot       67: ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France
1.40      leot       68: 
1.43      leot       69: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France*
1.40      leot       70: 
1.49      leot       71: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European
1.43      leot       72: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                     73: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                     74: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                     75: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
1.49      leot       76: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
1.43      leot       77: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
1.2       wiki       78: 
1.41      leot       79: 
1.51      leot       80: ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England
1.47      leot       81: 
                     82: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England*
                     83: 
                     84: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical
                     85: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                     86: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                     87: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                     88: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                     89: 
                     90: 
1.45      leot       91: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada
                     92: 
                     93: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada*
                     94: 
                     95: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based
                     96: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a
                     97: four day period at the University of Ottawa.
                     98: 
                     99: Please see
                    100: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/)
                    101: for details.
                    102: 
                    103: 
1.44      leot      104: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017
                    105: 
                    106: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                    107: 
                    108: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a
                    109: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                    110: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                    111: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                    112: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best
                    113: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                    114: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest
                    115: possible audience.
                    116: 
1.41      leot      117: 
1.39      leot      118: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium
                    119: 
                    120: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium*
                    121: 
1.41      leot      122: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a
1.39      leot      123: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
                    124: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
                    125: free and open source software from all over the world gather
                    126: at the event in Brussels.
                    127: 
1.41      leot      128: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
1.39      leot      129: operating systems and their talks.
                    130: 
                    131: Please see
                    132: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html)
                    133: for details.
1.33      wiki      134: 
1.30      wiki      135: 
1.33      wiki      136: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia
1.30      wiki      137: 
1.33      wiki      138: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia*
1.32      wiki      139: 
1.33      wiki      140: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
                    141: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                    142: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                    143: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                    144: from all over Europe and other parts of the world.
1.30      wiki      145: 
1.38      leot      146: 
1.37      wiki      147: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane
                    148: 
                    149: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    150: 
                    151: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.38      leot      152: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.37      wiki      153: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    154: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    155: demonstrations.
                    156: 
                    157: 
                    158: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto
                    159: 
                    160: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    161: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    162: 
                    163: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    164: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    165: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    166: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    167: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                    168: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html).
                    169: 
                    170: 
1.34      wiki      171: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
                    172: 
                    173: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    174: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    175: Japan*
                    176: 
                    177: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF
                    178: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en)
                    179: for meeting information and 
                    180: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt).
                    181: 
1.29      leot      182: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland
                    183: 
                    184: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland*
                    185: 
                    186: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical
                    187: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                    188: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                    189: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                    190: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                    191: 
1.33      wiki      192: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa
1.29      leot      193: 
1.33      wiki      194: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention
                    195: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    196: Okinawa, Japan*
1.29      leot      197: 
1.33      wiki      198: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    199: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    200: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    201: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    202: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html).
1.28      wiki      203: 
1.32      wiki      204: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido
                    205: 
                    206: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
                    207: 
                    208: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    209: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD
                    210: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    211: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
                    212: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html).
                    213: 
1.31      wiki      214: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya
                    215: 
                    216: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan*
                    217: 
                    218: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    219: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD
                    220: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    221: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
                    222: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html).
                    223: 
                    224: 
1.28      wiki      225: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma
                    226: 
                    227: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan*
                    228: 
                    229: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.30      wiki      230: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD
1.28      wiki      231: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    232: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.30      wiki      233: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html).
1.28      wiki      234: 
1.24      wiki      235: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016
                    236: 
                    237: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan*
                    238: 
                    239: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    240: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    241: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone
                    242: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    243: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    244: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    245: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    246: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1.28      wiki      247: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt)
1.27      wiki      248: 
1.25      wiki      249: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring
                    250: 
                    251: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI
                    252: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    253: 
                    254: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.27      wiki      255: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD
1.25      wiki      256: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    257: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.27      wiki      258: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html).
1.25      wiki      259: 
                    260: 
1.24      wiki      261: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako
                    262: 
                    263: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan*
                    264: 
                    265: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.25      wiki      266: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD
1.24      wiki      267: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    268: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.25      wiki      269: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html).
1.24      wiki      270: 
                    271: 
1.23      wiki      272: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima
                    273: 
                    274: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan*
                    275: 
                    276: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.24      wiki      277: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD
1.23      wiki      278: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    279: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.24      wiki      280: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html).
1.23      wiki      281: 
                    282: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015
                    283: 
                    284: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan*
                    285: 
                    286: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD
                    287: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    288: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    289: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731).
                    290: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html).
                    291: 
1.21      wiki      292: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall
                    293: 
                    294: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI
                    295: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    296: 
                    297: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.26      wiki      298: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD
1.21      wiki      299: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    300: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    301: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4).
1.23      wiki      302: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html).
1.21      wiki      303: 
                    304: 
1.17      wiki      305: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil
                    306: 
                    307: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil*
                    308: 
                    309: 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.
                    310: 
1.21      wiki      311: 
1.20      wiki      312: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka
                    313: 
                    314: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan*
                    315: 
                    316: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.21      wiki      317: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.20      wiki      318: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    319: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.21      wiki      320: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html).
1.20      wiki      321: 
1.12      riastrad  322: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
1.2       wiki      323: 
1.12      riastrad  324: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*
1.10      schmonz   325: 
1.12      riastrad  326: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
1.10      schmonz   327: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    328: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    329: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    330: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    331: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    332: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    333: 
1.19      wiki      334: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima
                    335: 
                    336: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan*
                    337: 
                    338: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.20      wiki      339: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth
1.19      wiki      340: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    341: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget
1.20      wiki      342: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html).
1.19      wiki      343: 
1.16      wiki      344: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States
                    345: 
                    346: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*
                    347: 
                    348: 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.
                    349: 
1.15      wiki      350: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata
1.14      wiki      351: 
1.18      wiki      352: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan*
1.14      wiki      353: 
                    354: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.18      wiki      355: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    356: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1.14      wiki      357: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.18      wiki      358: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html).
1.12      riastrad  359: 
1.15      wiki      360: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane
                    361: 
                    362: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    363: 
                    364: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    365: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    366: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    367: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    368: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).
                    369: 
1.36      wiki      370: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
                    371: 
                    372: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    373: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    374: 
                    375: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    376: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    377: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    378: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    379: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/).
                    380: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html).
                    381: 
                    382: 
1.32      wiki      383: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa
                    384: 
                    385: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention
                    386: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    387: Okinawa, Japan*
                    388: 
                    389: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    390: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
                    391: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    392: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    393: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html).
                    394: 
1.31      wiki      395: 
                    396: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido
                    397: 
                    398: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
                    399: 
                    400: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    401: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD
                    402: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    403: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    404: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html).
                    405: 
                    406: 
1.12      riastrad  407: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015
                    408: 
                    409: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*
                    410: 
                    411: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    412: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    413: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone
                    414: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    415: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    416: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    417: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    418: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    419: 
1.26      wiki      420: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring
                    421: 
                    422: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI
                    423: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    424: 
                    425: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    426: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    427: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    428: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    429: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html).
                    430: 
1.8       wiki      431: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014
1.2       wiki      432: 
                    433: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    434: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    435: 
                    436: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    437: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    438: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    439: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    440: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    441: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    442: 
1.12      riastrad  443: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
                    444: 
                    445: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*
                    446: 
                    447: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European
                    448: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    449: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    450: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    451: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    452: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    453: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    454: 
1.36      wiki      455: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
                    456: 
                    457: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    458: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    459: 
                    460: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    461: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    462: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    463: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    464: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                    465: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html).
                    466: 
                    467: 
1.12      riastrad  468: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya
                    469: 
                    470: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International
                    471: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    472: Japan*
                    473: 
                    474: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    475: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD
                    476: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    477: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    478: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget
                    479: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.
1.2       wiki      480: 
1.10      schmonz   481: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England
                    482: 
                    483: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*
                    484: 
                    485: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical
                    486: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    487: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    488: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    489: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    490: 
                    491: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido
                    492: 
                    493: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,
                    494: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*
                    495: 
                    496: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    497: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    498: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    499: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    500: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    501: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    502: 
1.32      wiki      503: 
                    504: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa
                    505: 
                    506: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention
                    507: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    508: Okinawa, Japan*
                    509: 
                    510: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    511: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
                    512: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    513: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    514: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580).
                    515: 
                    516: 
1.10      schmonz   517: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako
                    518: 
                    519: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    520: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    521: 
                    522: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    523: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    524: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    525: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    526: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    527: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    528: 
                    529: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014
                    530: 
                    531: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    532: 
                    533: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    534: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    535: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    536: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    537: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    538: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    539: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    540: 
1.8       wiki      541: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring
1.3       wiki      542: 
                    543: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI
                    544: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    545: 
                    546: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    547: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    548: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    549: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    550: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                    551: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi
                    552: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).
                    553: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD
                    554: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce
                    555: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".
                    556: 
1.8       wiki      557: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014
1.2       wiki      558: 
                    559: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*
                    560: 
                    561: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a
                    562: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."
                    563: 
1.8       wiki      564: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013
1.2       wiki      565: 
                    566: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*
                    567: 
                    568: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature
                    569: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks
                    570: 
1.8       wiki      571: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita
1.2       wiki      572: 
                    573: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*
                    574: 
                    575: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    576: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    577: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    578: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    579: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    580: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    581: 
1.8       wiki      582: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      583: 
                    584: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research
                    585: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    586: 
                    587: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    588: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    589: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    590: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    591: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    592: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    593: 
1.8       wiki      594: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013
1.2       wiki      595: 
                    596: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    597: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    598: 
                    599: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    600: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    601: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    602: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    603: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    604: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    605: 
1.8       wiki      606: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki      607: 
                    608: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI
                    609: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    610: 
                    611: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    612: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                    613: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    614: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    615: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    616: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.
                    617: 
1.8       wiki      618: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      619: 
                    620: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus
                    621: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)
                    622: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                    623: 
                    624: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    625: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a
                    626: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    627: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    628: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    629: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    630: 
1.8       wiki      631: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      632: 
                    633: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,
                    634: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*
                    635: 
                    636: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    637: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    638: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    639: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    640: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    641: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    642: 
1.8       wiki      643: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013
1.2       wiki      644: 
                    645: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
                    646: Campus
                    647: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),
                    648: Germany*
                    649: 
                    650: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source
                    651: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth
                    652: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and
                    653: answering users' questions.
                    654: 
1.8       wiki      655: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane
1.2       wiki      656: 
                    657: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE
                    658: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    659: 
                    660: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    661: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    662: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    664: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS
                    665: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station
                    666: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII
                    667: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i
                    668: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI
                    669: hardfloat
                    670: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)
                    671: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).
                    672: 
1.8       wiki      673: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      674: 
                    675: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    676: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    677: 
                    678: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    679: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    680: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    681: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    682: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    683: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON
                    684: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and
                    685: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),
                    686: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation
                    687: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),
                    688: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter
                    689: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)
                    690: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).
                    691: 
1.8       wiki      692: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      693: 
                    694: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    695: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    696: Japan*
                    697: 
                    698: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF
                    699: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)
                    700: for meeting information.[more detail on
                    701: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).
                    702: 
1.8       wiki      703: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      704: 
                    705: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention
                    706: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    707: Okinawa, Japan*
                    708: 
                    709: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    710: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    711: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    712: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    713: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for
                    714: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),
                    715: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on
                    716: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).
                    717: 
1.8       wiki      718: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      719: 
                    720: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International
                    721: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    722: Japan*
                    723: 
                    724: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    725: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD
                    726: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    727: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    728: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    729: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and
                    730: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs
                    731: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030
                    732: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD
                    733: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG
                    734: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1
                    735: vs 6.0.2 animation on
                    736: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)
                    737: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD
                    738: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more
                    739: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).
                    740: 
1.8       wiki      741: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      742: 
                    743: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*
                    744: 
                    745: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin
                    746: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a
                    747: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest
                    748: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer
                    749: cases or notebooks.
                    750: 
                    751: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for
                    752: more information.
                    753: 
1.8       wiki      754: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada
1.2       wiki      755: 
                    756: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    757: 
                    758: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in
                    759: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    760: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013
                    761: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials
                    762: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for
                    763: the most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    764: 
                    765: See [the call for
                    766: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)
                    767: for details.
                    768: 
1.8       wiki      769: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy
1.2       wiki      770: 
                    771: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*
                    772: 
                    773: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he
                    774: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,
                    775: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project
                    776: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with
                    777: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and
                    778: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests
                    779: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite
                    780: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or
                    781: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of
                    782: these.
                    783: 
1.8       wiki      784: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany
1.2       wiki      785: 
                    786: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*
                    787: 
                    788: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical
                    789: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    790: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    791: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    792: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    793: 
1.8       wiki      794: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany
1.2       wiki      795: 
                    796: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    797: 
                    798: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open
                    799: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.
                    800: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and
                    801: BSD related talks.
                    802: 
                    803: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more
                    804: information.
                    805: 
1.8       wiki      806: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013
1.2       wiki      807: 
                    808: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    809: 
                    810: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    811: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    812: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    813: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    814: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    815: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    816: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    817: 
                    818: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit
                    819: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru
                    820: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports
                    821: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by
                    822: Japan NetBSD Users
                    823: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).
                    824: 
1.8       wiki      825: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima
1.2       wiki      826: 
                    827: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY
                    828: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*
                    829: 
                    830: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    831: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a
                    832: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    833: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    834: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm
                    835: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))
                    836: and ["NetBSD 20 years"
                    837: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)
                    838: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).
                    839: 
1.8       wiki      840: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      841: 
                    842: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*
                    843: 
                    844: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    845: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    846: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    847: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    848: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    849: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    850: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    851: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on
                    852: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).
                    853: 
1.8       wiki      854: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu
1.2       wiki      855: 
                    856: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    857: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    858: 
                    859: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    860: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD
                    861: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    862: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    863: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    864: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on
                    865: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).
                    866: 
1.8       wiki      867: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki      868: 
                    869: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*
                    870: 
                    871: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software
                    872: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event
                    873: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide
                    874: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to
                    875: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on
                    876: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally
                    877: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and
                    878: sponsorships. No registration necessary.
                    879: 
                    880: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating
                    881: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to
                    882: developers or get NetBSD goodies.
                    883: 
                    884: Please see [this
                    885: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)
                    886: for details.
                    887: 
1.8       wiki      888: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      889: 
                    890: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou
                    891: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    892: 
                    893: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    894: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    895: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    896: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    897: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    898: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    899: 
1.8       wiki      900: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu
1.2       wiki      901: 
                    902: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of
                    903: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*
                    904: 
                    905: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    906: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    907: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    908: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    909: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    910: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    911: 
1.8       wiki      912: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall
1.2       wiki      913: 
                    914: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*
                    915: 
                    916: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    917: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD
                    918: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    919: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    920: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    921: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    922: 
1.8       wiki      923: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      924: 
                    925: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin
                    926: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,
                    927: Japan*
                    928: 
                    929: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    930: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                    931: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    932: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k
                    933: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including
                    934: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),
                    935: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),
                    936: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)
                    937: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000
                    938: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30
                    939: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)
                    940: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and
                    941: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000
                    942: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also
                    943: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by
                    944: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features
                    945: found at OSC booth" by
                    946: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event
                    947: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).
                    948: 
1.8       wiki      949: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland
1.2       wiki      950: 
                    951: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*
                    952: 
                    953: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual
                    954: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with
                    955: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.
                    956: 
                    957: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news
                    958: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and
                    959: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented
                    960: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions
                    961: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.
                    962: 
                    963: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators
                    964: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the
                    965: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We
                    966: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of
                    967: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this
                    968: regular meeting.
                    969: 
1.8       wiki      970: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      971: 
                    972: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention
                    973: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    974: Okinawa, Japan*
                    975: 
                    976: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    977: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    978: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    979: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    980: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    981: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    982: 
1.8       wiki      983: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki      984: 
                    985: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                    986: 
                    987: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                    988: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    989: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    990: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                    991: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by
                    992: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks
                    993: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),
                    994: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                    995: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                    996: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                    997: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and
                    998: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME
                    999: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more
                   1000: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).
                   1001: 
1.8       wiki     1002: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012
1.2       wiki     1003: 
                   1004: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                   1005: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1006: 
                   1007: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                   1008: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1009: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1010: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3
                   1011: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i
                   1012: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports
                   1013: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).
                   1014: 
1.8       wiki     1015: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1016: 
                   1017: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE
                   1018: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1019: 
                   1020: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1021: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1022: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1023: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1024: demonstrations (
                   1025: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more
                   1026: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).
                   1027: 
1.8       wiki     1028: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012
1.2       wiki     1029: 
                   1030: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &
                   1031: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),
                   1032: San Diego, California, USA*
                   1033: 
                   1034: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the
                   1035: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in
                   1036: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the
                   1037: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap
                   1038: on day one of the conference.
                   1039: 
1.8       wiki     1040: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012
1.2       wiki     1041: 
                   1042: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt
                   1043: Augustin, Germany*
                   1044: 
                   1045: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source
                   1046: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.
                   1047: 
1.8       wiki     1048: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1049: 
                   1050: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1051: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1052: 
                   1053: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1054: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1055: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1056: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1057: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1058: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA
                   1059: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP
                   1060: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer
                   1061: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for
                   1062: SHARP,X68K on
                   1063: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS
                   1064: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter
                   1065: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install
                   1066: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on
                   1067: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k
                   1068: updates presetation by
                   1069: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)
                   1070: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).
                   1071: 
1.8       wiki     1072: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1073: 
                   1074: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer
                   1075: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1076: 
                   1077: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1078: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1079: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1080: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1081: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1082: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1083: 
1.8       wiki     1084: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1085: 
                   1086: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1087: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1088: Japan*
                   1089: 
                   1090: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1091: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)
                   1092: for meeting information.
                   1093: 
1.8       wiki     1094: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1095: 
                   1096: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD
                   1097: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1098: 
                   1099: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for
                   1100: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need
                   1101: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0
                   1102: release branch.
                   1103: 
1.8       wiki     1104: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1105: 
                   1106: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1107: 
                   1108: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1109: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1110: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1111: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                   1112: with [Building NetBSD on
                   1113: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),
                   1114: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing
                   1115: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM
                   1116: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on
                   1117: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3
                   1118: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and
                   1119: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger
                   1120: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image
                   1121: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)
                   1122: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).
                   1123: 
1.8       wiki     1124: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     1125: 
                   1126: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*
                   1127: 
                   1128: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the
                   1129: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event
                   1130: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the
                   1131: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and
                   1132: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.
                   1133: 
                   1134: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for
                   1135: more information.
                   1136: 
1.8       wiki     1137: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012
1.2       wiki     1138: 
                   1139: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1140: 
                   1141: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in
                   1142: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                   1143: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic
                   1144: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                   1145: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at
                   1146: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on
                   1147: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the
                   1148: most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                   1149: 
1.8       wiki     1150: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1151: 
                   1152: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International
                   1153: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1154: Japan*
                   1155: 
                   1156: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1157: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1158: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1159: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                   1160: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                   1161: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line
                   1162: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual
                   1163: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and
                   1164: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),
                   1165: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD
                   1166: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and
                   1167: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),
                   1168: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and
                   1169: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).
                   1170: 
1.8       wiki     1171: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna
1.2       wiki     1172: 
                   1173: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the
                   1174: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.
                   1175: 
1.8       wiki     1176: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate
1.2       wiki     1177: 
                   1178: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*
                   1179: 
                   1180: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1181: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1182: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the
                   1183: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {
                   1184: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),
                   1185: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1186: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget
                   1187: demonstrations.
                   1188: 
1.8       wiki     1189: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012
1.2       wiki     1190: 
                   1191: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1192: 
                   1193: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and
                   1194: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                   1195: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1196: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                   1197: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                   1198: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1199: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1200: 
1.8       wiki     1201: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime
1.2       wiki     1202: 
                   1203: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*
                   1204: 
                   1205: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1206: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1207: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1208: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by
                   1209: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),
                   1210: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD
                   1211: port history by
                   1212: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),
                   1213: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and
                   1214: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),
                   1215: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on
                   1216: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations
                   1217: [[ustream live
                   1218: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].
                   1219: 
1.8       wiki     1220: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012
1.2       wiki     1221: 
                   1222: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   1223: 
                   1224: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but
                   1225: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor
                   1226: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related
                   1227: talks.
                   1228: 
                   1229: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more
                   1230: information.
                   1231: 
1.8       wiki     1232: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1233: 
                   1234: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1235: 
                   1236: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1237: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD
                   1238: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1239: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live
                   1240: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),
                   1241: [WZero3 live
                   1242: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),
                   1243: [Zaurus live
                   1244: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),
                   1245: [Translate NetBSD man with
                   1246: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),
                   1247: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),
                   1248: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus
                   1249: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with
                   1250: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),
                   1251: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),
                   1252: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong
                   1253: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter
                   1254: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget
                   1255: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).
                   1256: 
1.8       wiki     1257: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita
1.2       wiki     1258: 
                   1259: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*
                   1260: 
                   1261: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1262: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD
                   1263: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by
                   1264: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)
                   1265: with hpcsh { [Persona
                   1266: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada
                   1267: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada
                   1268: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {
                   1269: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),
                   1270: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),
                   1271: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips
                   1272: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),
                   1273: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {
                   1274: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},
                   1275: i386 { [aspire
                   1276: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {
                   1277: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),
                   1278: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen
                   1279: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),
                   1280: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },
                   1281: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),
                   1282: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations
                   1283: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2
                   1284: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).
                   1285: 
1.8       wiki     1286: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012
1.2       wiki     1287: 
                   1288: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*
                   1289: 
                   1290: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and
                   1291: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to
                   1292: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration
                   1293: necessary.
                   1294: 
                   1295: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD
                   1296: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the
                   1297: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)
                   1298: for details.
                   1299: 
1.8       wiki     1300: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1301: 
                   1302: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI
                   1303: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),
                   1304: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1305: 
                   1306: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1307: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1308: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1309: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1310: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),
                   1311: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1312: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).
                   1313: 
1.8       wiki     1314: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1315: 
                   1316: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI
                   1317: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1318: 
                   1319: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1320: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1321: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1322: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1323: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image
                   1324: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad
                   1325: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC
                   1326: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),
                   1327: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada
                   1328: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,
                   1329: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer
                   1330: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),
                   1331: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),
                   1332: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)
                   1333: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,
                   1334: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream
                   1335: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).
                   1336: 
1.8       wiki     1337: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1338: 
                   1339: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE
                   1340: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1341: 
                   1342: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1343: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1344: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1345: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1346: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1347: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1348: 
1.8       wiki     1349: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011
1.2       wiki     1350: 
                   1351: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                   1352: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1353: 
                   1354: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                   1355: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1356: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1357: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                   1358: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),
                   1359: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),
                   1360: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1361: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall
                   1362: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why
                   1363: enigmatic machines by
                   1364: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),
                   1365: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream
                   1366: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on
                   1367: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).
                   1368: 
1.8       wiki     1369: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)
1.2       wiki     1370: 
                   1371: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*
                   1372: 
                   1373: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European
                   1374: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,
                   1375: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no
                   1376: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,
                   1377: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their
                   1378: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around
                   1379: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate
                   1380: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate
                   1381: university students to work with BSD systems.
                   1382: 
                   1383: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the
                   1384: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.
                   1385: 
                   1386: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1387: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).
1.2       wiki     1388: 
1.8       wiki     1389: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011
1.2       wiki     1390: 
                   1391: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*
                   1392: 
                   1393: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of
                   1394: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,
                   1395: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
                   1396: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical
                   1397: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1398: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1399: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1400: 
                   1401: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1402: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).
1.2       wiki     1403: 
1.8       wiki     1404: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1405: 
                   1406: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*
                   1407: 
                   1408: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on
                   1409: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon
                   1410: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)
                   1411: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The
                   1412: Netherlands.
                   1413: 
                   1414: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1415: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1416: 
1.8       wiki     1417: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki     1418: 
                   1419: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of
                   1420: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)
                   1421: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                   1422: 
                   1423: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1424: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1425: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1426: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1427: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (
                   1428: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),
                   1429: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),
                   1430: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030
                   1431: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on
                   1432: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac
                   1433: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero
                   1434: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),
                   1435: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and
                   1436: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),
                   1437: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by
                   1438: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),
                   1439: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).
                   1440: 
1.8       wiki     1441: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1442: 
                   1443: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention
                   1444: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1445: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1446: 
                   1447: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1448: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1449: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1450: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1451: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1452: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0
                   1453: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.
                   1454: 
1.8       wiki     1455: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu
1.2       wiki     1456: 
                   1457: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of
                   1458: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,
                   1459: Fukushima, Japan*
                   1460: 
                   1461: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011
                   1462: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   1463: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1464: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1465: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1466: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1467: 
1.8       wiki     1468: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1469: 
                   1470: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International
                   1471: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1472: Japan*
                   1473: 
                   1474: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1475: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1476: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1477: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1478: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (
                   1479: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing
                   1480: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),
                   1481: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1482: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga
                   1483: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS
                   1484: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger
                   1485: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).
                   1486: 
1.8       wiki     1487: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1488: 
                   1489: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD
                   1490: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1491: 
                   1492: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki
                   1493: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.
                   1494: 
1.8       wiki     1495: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1496: 
                   1497: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1498: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1499: 
                   1500: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1501: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1502: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)
                   1503: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1504: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1505: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1506: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS
                   1507: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA
                   1508: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book
                   1509: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4
                   1510: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on
                   1511: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on
                   1512: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),
                   1513: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling
                   1514: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain
                   1515: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD
                   1516: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by
                   1517: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k
                   1518: will never die!
                   1519: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)
                   1520: and
                   1521: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)
                   1522: by tsutsui.
                   1523: 
1.8       wiki     1524: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1525: 
                   1526: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1527: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1528: Japan*
                   1529: 
                   1530: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1531: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)
                   1532: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream
                   1533: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by
                   1534: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)
                   1535: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power
                   1536: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with
                   1537: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1538: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP
                   1539: keysign party by soda.
                   1540: 
1.8       wiki     1541: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1542: 
                   1543: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1544: 
                   1545: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1546: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1547: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1548: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1549: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,
                   1550: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{
                   1551: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1552: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .
                   1553: 
1.8       wiki     1554: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1555: 
                   1556: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer
                   1557: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1558: 
                   1559: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1560: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1561: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1562: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1563: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1564: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1565: 
1.8       wiki     1566: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011
1.2       wiki     1567: 
                   1568: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1569: 
                   1570: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the
                   1571: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1572: May 2011.
                   1573: 
1.8       wiki     1574: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1575: 
                   1576: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1577: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1578: 
                   1579: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1580: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1581: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1582: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1583: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space
                   1584: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)
                   1585: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI
                   1586: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),
                   1587: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1588: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1589: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.
                   1590: 
1.8       wiki     1591: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1592: 
                   1593: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1594: 
                   1595: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1596: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1597: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1598: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1599: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1600: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1601: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1602: 
1.8       wiki     1603: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita
1.2       wiki     1604: 
                   1605: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1606: Oita, Japan*
                   1607: 
                   1608: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1609: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1610: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1611: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1612: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1613: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1614: 
1.8       wiki     1615: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1616: 
                   1617: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda
                   1618: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1619: 
                   1620: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1621: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1622: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1623: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1624: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1625: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1626: 
1.8       wiki     1627: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1628: 
                   1629: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,
                   1630: Belgium*
                   1631: 
                   1632: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was
                   1633: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1634: 
                   1635: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"
                   1636: in the BSD devroom
                   1637: 
1.8       wiki     1638: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa
1.2       wiki     1639: 
                   1640: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall
                   1641: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,
                   1642: Japan*
                   1643: 
                   1644: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1645: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth
                   1646: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1647: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many
                   1648: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),
                   1649: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1650: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and
                   1651: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)
                   1652: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit
                   1653: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).
                   1654: 
1.8       wiki     1655: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1656: 
                   1657: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of
                   1658: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1659: 
                   1660: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1661: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1662: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1663: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1664: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1665: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1666: 
1.8       wiki     1667: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.
1.2       wiki     1668: 
                   1669: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*
                   1670: 
1.8       wiki     1671: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du
1.2       wiki     1672: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was
                   1673: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users
                   1674: focused.
                   1675: 
1.8       wiki     1676: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1677: 
                   1678: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE
                   1679: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1680: 
                   1681: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1682: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1683: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1684: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget
                   1685: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1686: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1687: 
1.8       wiki     1688: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1689: 
                   1690: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*
                   1691: 
                   1692: [The New York City BSD Conference
                   1693: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical
                   1694: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to
                   1695: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to
                   1696: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD
                   1697: Users Group (NYC\*BUG).
                   1698: 
1.8       wiki     1699: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010
1.2       wiki     1700: 
                   1701: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1702: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1703: 
                   1704: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three
                   1705: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1706: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1707: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA
                   1708: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC
                   1709: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit
                   1710: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun
                   1711: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP
                   1712: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on
                   1713: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),
                   1714: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),
                   1715: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1716: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD
                   1717: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and
                   1718: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor
                   1719: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me
                   1720: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC
                   1721: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a
                   1722: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by
                   1723: tsutsui)
                   1724: 
1.8       wiki     1725: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1726: 
                   1727: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*
                   1728: 
                   1729: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1730: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth
                   1731: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1732: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1733: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1734: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1735: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1736: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1737: 
1.8       wiki     1738: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1739: 
                   1740: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   1741: 
                   1742: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1743: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in
                   1744: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was
                   1745: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).
                   1746: 
                   1747: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1748: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1749: 
1.8       wiki     1750: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1751: 
                   1752: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention
                   1753: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1754: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1755: 
                   1756: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1757: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1758: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1759: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1760: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1761: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1762: 
1.8       wiki     1763: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1764: 
                   1765: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1766: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1767: 
                   1768: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1769: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1770: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1771: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1772: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1773: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1774: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000
                   1775: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).
                   1776: 
1.8       wiki     1777: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1778: 
                   1779: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1780: 
                   1781: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1782: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1783: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1784: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1785: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1786: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1787: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1788: 
1.8       wiki     1789: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1790: 
                   1791: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1792: 
                   1793: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1794: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1795: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1796: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1797: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (
                   1798: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1799: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).
                   1800: 
1.8       wiki     1801: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1802: 
                   1803: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of
                   1804: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1805: Japan*
                   1806: 
                   1807: See [this
                   1808: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)
                   1809: for meeting information.
                   1810: 
                   1811: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by
                   1812: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by
                   1813: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and
                   1814: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,
                   1815: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.
                   1816: 
1.8       wiki     1817: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1818: 
                   1819: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1820: 
                   1821: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1822: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1823: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1824: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1825: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +
                   1826: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s
                   1827: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s
                   1828: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,
                   1829: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1830: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }
                   1831: 
1.8       wiki     1832: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010
1.2       wiki     1833: 
                   1834: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*
                   1835: 
                   1836: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest
                   1837: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in
                   1838: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers
                   1839: in a shared BSD booth.
                   1840: 
                   1841: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
                   1842: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).
                   1843: 
1.8       wiki     1844: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland
1.2       wiki     1845: 
                   1846: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of
                   1847: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*
                   1848: 
1.8       wiki     1849: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1850: 
                   1851: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer
                   1852: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1853: 
                   1854: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1855: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1856: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1857: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1858: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1859: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1860: 
1.8       wiki     1861: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes
1.2       wiki     1862: 
                   1863: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*
                   1864: 
                   1865: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du
                   1866: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)
                   1867: 
1.8       wiki     1868: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010
1.2       wiki     1869: 
                   1870: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1871: 
                   1872: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the
                   1873: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1874: May 2010.
                   1875: 
1.8       wiki     1876: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1877: 
                   1878: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1879: 
                   1880: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1881: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1882: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1883: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1884: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1885: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1886: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1887: 
                   1888: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30
                   1889: 
1.8       wiki     1890: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1891: 
                   1892: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1893: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1894: 
                   1895: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1896: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1897: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1898: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1899: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for
                   1900: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))
                   1901: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1902: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1903: 
1.8       wiki     1904: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1905: 
                   1906: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1907: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1908: 
                   1909: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1910: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1911: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1912: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and
                   1913: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1914: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1915: 
1.8       wiki     1916: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010
1.2       wiki     1917: 
                   1918: *Feb. 19-22, 2010,
                   1919: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*
                   1920: 
                   1921: The [February 2010
                   1922: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing
                   1923: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.
                   1924: 
1.8       wiki     1925: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1926: 
                   1927: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,
                   1928: Belgium*
                   1929: 
                   1930: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was
                   1931: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1932: 
                   1933: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the
                   1934: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale
                   1935: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in
                   1936: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).
                   1937: 
1.8       wiki     1938: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita
1.2       wiki     1939: 
                   1940: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1941: Oita, Japan*
                   1942: 
                   1943: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1944: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth
                   1945: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1946: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1947: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1948: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1949: 
1.8       wiki     1950: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1951: 
                   1952: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo
                   1953: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1954: 
                   1955: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1956: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1957: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1958: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1959: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1960: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1961: 
1.8       wiki     1962: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi
1.2       wiki     1963: 
                   1964: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze
                   1965: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*
                   1966: 
                   1967: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   1968: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1969: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1970: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   1971: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets
                   1972: demonstration.
                   1973: 
1.8       wiki     1974: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009
1.2       wiki     1975: 
                   1976: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*
                   1977: 
                   1978: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an
                   1979: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other
                   1980: major BSDs.
                   1981: 
                   1982: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website
1.8       wiki     1983: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .
1.2       wiki     1984: 
1.8       wiki     1985: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009
1.2       wiki     1986: 
                   1987: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1988: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1989: 
                   1990: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   1991: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1992: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1993: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ
                   1994: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive
                   1995: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link
                   1996: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),
                   1997: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1998: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and
                   1999: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).
                   2000: 
1.8       wiki     2001: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2002: 
                   2003: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th
                   2004: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2005: 
                   2006: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2007: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2008: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2009: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for
                   2010: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on
                   2011: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and
                   2012: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),
                   2013: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2014: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets
                   2015: demonstration and BSD BOF.
                   2016: 
1.8       wiki     2017: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2018: 
                   2019: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention
                   2020: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   2021: Okinawa, Japan*
                   2022: 
                   2023: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2024: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2025: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2026: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets
                   2027: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2028: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2029: 
1.8       wiki     2030: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2031: 
                   2032: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*
                   2033: 
                   2034: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2035: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009
                   2036: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded
                   2037: the conference on Sept 18th.
                   2038: 
                   2039: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2040: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2041: 
1.8       wiki     2042: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2043: 
                   2044: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2045: 
                   2046: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2047: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2048: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2049: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2050: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2051: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2052: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2053: 
1.8       wiki     2054: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2055: 
                   2056: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information
                   2057: Studies, Niigata, Japan*
                   2058: 
                   2059: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2060: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2061: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2062: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   2063: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (
                   2064: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2065: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   2066: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   2067: 
1.8       wiki     2068: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai
1.2       wiki     2069: 
                   2070: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2071: 
                   2072: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2073: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2074: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2075: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2076: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption
                   2077: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at
                   2078: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and
                   2079: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with
                   2080: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD
                   2081: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2082: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2083: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2084: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with
                   2085: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM
                   2086: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with
                   2087: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy
                   2088: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).
                   2089: 
1.8       wiki     2090: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2091: 
                   2092: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of
                   2093: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2094: Japan*
                   2095: 
                   2096: See [this
                   2097: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)
                   2098: for meeting information.
                   2099: 
                   2100: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,
                   2101: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,
                   2102: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign
                   2103: party.
                   2104: 
1.8       wiki     2105: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009
1.2       wiki     2106: 
                   2107: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2108: 
                   2109: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,
                   2110: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2111: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power
                   2112: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2113: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole
                   2114: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).
                   2115: 
1.8       wiki     2116: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009
1.2       wiki     2117: 
                   2118: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*
                   2119: 
                   2120: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference
                   2121: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground
                   2122: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD
                   2123: systems at the exhibition.
                   2124: 
1.8       wiki     2125: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2126: 
                   2127: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2128: 
                   2129: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2130: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2131: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2132: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD
                   2133: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{
                   2134: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2135: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on
                   2136: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via
                   2137: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with
                   2138: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),
                   2139: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot
                   2140: yet)](../ports/evbarm/).
                   2141: 
1.8       wiki     2142: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane
1.2       wiki     2143: 
                   2144: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE
                   2145: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2146: 
                   2147: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2148: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2149: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2150: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2151: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),
                   2152: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2153: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2154: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2155: 
1.8       wiki     2156: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009
1.2       wiki     2157: 
                   2158: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   2159: 
                   2160: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the
                   2161: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7
                   2162: May 2009.
                   2163: 
1.8       wiki     2164: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009
1.2       wiki     2165: 
                   2166: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*
                   2167: 
                   2168: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at
                   2169: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in
                   2170: Hannover, Germany.
                   2171: 
1.8       wiki     2172: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2173: 
                   2174: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   2175: 
                   2176: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2177: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2178: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2179: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2180: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2181: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2182: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2183: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in
                   2184: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)
                   2185: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),
                   2186: and [NetBSD
                   2187: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)
                   2188: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009
                   2189: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and
                   2190: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.
                   2191: 
1.8       wiki     2192: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     2193: 
                   2194: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*
                   2195: 
1.8       wiki     2196: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2197: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California
                   2198: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los
                   2199: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2200: 
1.8       wiki     2201: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2202: 
                   2203: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics
                   2204: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2205: 
                   2206: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2207: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2208: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2209: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type
                   2210: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole
                   2211: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2212: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2213: 
1.8       wiki     2214: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009
1.2       wiki     2215: 
                   2216: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
                   2217: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for
                   2218: the community.
                   2219: 
1.8       wiki     2220: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2221: 
                   2222: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*
                   2223: 
1.8       wiki     2224: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2225: 
1.8       wiki     2226: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai
1.2       wiki     2227: 
                   2228: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer
                   2229: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   2230: 
                   2231: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2232: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2233: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2234: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2235: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2236: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2237: 
1.8       wiki     2238: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2239: 
                   2240: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka
                   2241: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),
                   2242: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2243: 
                   2244: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2245: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2246: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2247: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2248: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2249: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.
                   2250: 
1.8       wiki     2251: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2252: 
                   2253: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support
                   2254: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*
                   2255: 
                   2256: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2257: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2258: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2259: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2260: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2261: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2262: 
1.8       wiki     2263: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08
1.2       wiki     2264: 
                   2265: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*
                   2266: 
1.8       wiki     2267: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).
1.2       wiki     2268: 
1.8       wiki     2269: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008
1.2       wiki     2270: 
                   2271: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2272: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2273: 
                   2274: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2275: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2276: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2277: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole
                   2278: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2279: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2280: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2281: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),
                   2282: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),
                   2283: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime
                   2284: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets
                   2285: demonstration and BSDBOF.
                   2286: 
1.8       wiki     2287: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2288: 
                   2289: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*
                   2290: 
                   2291: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2292: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th
                   2293: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials
                   2294: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.
                   2295: 
                   2296: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2297: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2298: 
1.8       wiki     2299: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2300: 
                   2301: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2302: 
                   2303: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The
                   2304: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took
                   2305: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York
                   2306: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.
                   2307: 
1.8       wiki     2308: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2309: 
                   2310: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2311: 
                   2312: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User
                   2313: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October
                   2314: 11th and 12th, 2008.
                   2315: 
                   2316: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2317: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2318: 
                   2319: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.
                   2320: 
1.8       wiki     2321: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2322: 
                   2323: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial
                   2324: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2325: 
                   2326: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2327: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2328: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2329: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole
                   2330: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2331: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2332: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets
                   2333: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF
                   2334: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),
                   2335: [Itojun Service
                   2336: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).
                   2337: 
1.8       wiki     2338: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane
1.2       wiki     2339: 
                   2340: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE
                   2341: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2342: 
                   2343: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2344: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2345: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2346: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2347: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2348: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2349: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2350: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2351: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                   2352: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and
                   2353: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).
                   2354: 
1.8       wiki     2355: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2356: 
                   2357: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2358: 
                   2359: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2360: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2361: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2362: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2363: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2364: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2365: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2366: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),
                   2367: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:
                   2368: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).
                   2369: 
1.8       wiki     2370: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2371: 
                   2372: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2373: 
                   2374: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2375: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2376: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2377: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power
                   2378: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2379: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2380: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune
                   2381: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with
                   2382: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc
                   2383: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with
                   2384: all BSD machines.
                   2385: 
1.8       wiki     2386: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2387: 
                   2388: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of
                   2389: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2390: Japan*
                   2391: 
                   2392: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG
                   2393: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -
                   2394: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc
                   2395: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD
                   2396: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.
                   2397: 
1.8       wiki     2398: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2399: 
                   2400: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2401: 
                   2402: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2403: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2404: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2405: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2406: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2407: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3
                   2408: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .
                   2409: 
1.8       wiki     2410: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2411: 
                   2412: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*
                   2413: 
                   2414: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,
                   2415: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the
                   2416: [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2417: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2418: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2419: pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2420: 
                   2421: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2422: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2423: 
1.8       wiki     2424: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008
1.2       wiki     2425: 
                   2426: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*
                   2427: 
                   2428: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and
                   2429: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers
                   2430: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme
                   2431: novices to advanced developers.
                   2432: 
                   2433: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2434: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2435: 
1.8       wiki     2436: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008
1.2       wiki     2437: 
1.8       wiki     2438: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
1.2       wiki     2439: Spain*
                   2440: 
                   2441: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit
1.8       wiki     2442: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).
1.2       wiki     2443: 
1.8       wiki     2444: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka
1.2       wiki     2445: 
                   2446: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of
                   2447: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*
                   2448: 
                   2449: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2450: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2451: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2452: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2453: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2454: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3,
                   2455: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).
                   2456: 
1.8       wiki     2457: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     2458: 
                   2459: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*
                   2460: 
                   2461: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking
                   2462: technologies and IT security.
                   2463: 
                   2464: For more information about FFG 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2465: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)
1.2       wiki     2466: 
1.8       wiki     2467: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2468: 
                   2469: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2470: 
                   2471: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2472: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2473: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2474: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2475: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2476: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2477: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2478: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide
                   2479: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),
                   2480: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]
                   2481: 
                   2482: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)
                   2483: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd
                   2484: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys
                   2485: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32
                   2486: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).
                   2487: 
                   2488: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:
                   2489: Implementing Jails Under the kauth
                   2490: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:
                   2491: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With
                   2492: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps
                   2493: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD
                   2494: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:
                   2495: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI
1.8       wiki     2496: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg
1.2       wiki     2497: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern
                   2498: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)
                   2499: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .
                   2500: 
                   2501: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps
                   2502: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,
                   2503: networking and virtualisation.
1.8       wiki     2504: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2505: 
                   2506: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics
                   2507: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2508: 
                   2509: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2510: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2511: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2512: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2513: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2514: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus
                   2515: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2516: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2517: 
1.8       wiki     2518: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008
1.2       wiki     2519: 
                   2520: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2521: 
                   2522: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,
                   2523: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the
                   2524: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas
1.8       wiki     2525: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.
1.2       wiki     2526: 
1.8       wiki     2527: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x
1.2       wiki     2528: 
                   2529: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2530: 
1.8       wiki     2531: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2532: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California
                   2533: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los
                   2534: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2535: 
1.8       wiki     2536: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2537: 
                   2538: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2539: 
                   2540: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2541: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2542: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2543: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2544: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2545: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2546: 
1.8       wiki     2547: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2548: 
                   2549: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai
                   2550: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,
                   2551: Japan*
                   2552: 
                   2553: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2554: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2555: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2556: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2557: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2558: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2559: 
1.8       wiki     2560: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007
1.2       wiki     2561: 
                   2562: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*
                   2563: 
                   2564: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was
                   2565: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian
                   2566: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.
                   2567: 
1.8       wiki     2568: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007
1.2       wiki     2569: 
                   2570: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2571: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2572: 
                   2573: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2574: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2575: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475
                   2576: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor
                   2577: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),
                   2578: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2579: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2580: 
1.8       wiki     2581: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2582: 
                   2583: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),
                   2584: Niigata, Japan*
                   2585: 
                   2586: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2587: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2588: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2589: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2590: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2591: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2592: 
1.8       wiki     2593: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2594: 
                   2595: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at
                   2596: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,
                   2597: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized
                   2598: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).
                   2599: 
1.8       wiki     2600: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems
1.2       wiki     2601: 
                   2602: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,
                   2603: Turkey*
                   2604: 
                   2605: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The
                   2606: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software
                   2607: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD
                   2608: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.
                   2609: 
1.8       wiki     2610: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)
1.2       wiki     2611: 
1.8       wiki     2612: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag
1.2       wiki     2613: 
                   2614: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH
                   2615: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own
                   2616: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more
                   2617: information, see the [event's
                   2618: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).
                   2619: 
1.8       wiki     2620: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2621: 
                   2622: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial
                   2623: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2624: 
                   2625: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2626: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2627: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2628: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   2629: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{
                   2630: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2631: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security
                   2632: Presentation by
                   2633: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).
                   2634: 
1.8       wiki     2635: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2636: 
                   2637: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*
                   2638: 
                   2639: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on
                   2640: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
                   2641: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.
                   2642: 
                   2643: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2644: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2645: 
1.8       wiki     2646: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007
1.2       wiki     2647: 
                   2648: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer
                   2649: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum
                   2650: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's
                   2651: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.
                   2652: 
1.8       wiki     2653: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2654: 
                   2655: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2656: 
                   2657: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2658: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2659: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2660: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2661: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power
                   2662: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2663: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2664: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2665: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),
                   2666: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),
                   2667: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),
                   2668: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD
                   2669: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)
                   2670: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB
                   2671: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache
                   2672: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and
                   2673: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)
                   2674: ).
                   2675: 
                   2676: [A report with some
                   2677: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is
                   2678: available.
                   2679: 
1.8       wiki     2680: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007
1.2       wiki     2681: 
                   2682: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*
                   2683: 
                   2684: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which
                   2685: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer
                   2686: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center
                   2687: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,
                   2688: Switzerland.
                   2689: 
                   2690: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A
                   2691: report was posted to the
                   2692: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)
                   2693: mailing list.
                   2694: 
1.8       wiki     2695: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2696: 
                   2697: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of
                   2698: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,
                   2699: Japan*
                   2700: 
                   2701: See [this
                   2702: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for
                   2703: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,
                   2704: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header
                   2705: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update
                   2706: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,
                   2707: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),
                   2708: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),
                   2709: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key
                   2710: sign party.
                   2711: 
1.8       wiki     2712: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2713: 
                   2714: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2715: 
                   2716: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2717: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2718: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2719: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2720: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2721: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player
                   2722: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.
                   2723: 
1.8       wiki     2724: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     2725: 
                   2726: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin
                   2727: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured
                   2728: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full
                   2729: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)
                   2730: at the
                   2731: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)
                   2732: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and
                   2733: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.
                   2734: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.
                   2735: 
                   2736: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more
                   2737: information.
                   2738: 
1.8       wiki     2739: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007
1.2       wiki     2740: 
                   2741: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2742: 
                   2743: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has
                   2744: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people
                   2745: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.
                   2746: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide
                   2747: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.
                   2748: 
                   2749: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of
                   2750: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.
                   2751: 
                   2752: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit
1.8       wiki     2753: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2754: 
1.8       wiki     2755: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2756: 
                   2757: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*
                   2758: 
                   2759: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27
                   2760: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on
                   2761: the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2762: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2763: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2764: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all
                   2765: welcome to attend.
                   2766: 
                   2767: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at
1.8       wiki     2768: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2769: 
1.8       wiki     2770: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg
1.2       wiki     2771: 
                   2772: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*
                   2773: 
                   2774: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,
                   2775: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small
                   2776: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the
                   2777: other one for advanced users. See [the event's
                   2778: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.
                   2779: 
                   2780: P.S.: A report is available in [this
                   2781: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).
                   2782: 
1.8       wiki     2783: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2784: 
                   2785: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2786: 
                   2787: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2788: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a
                   2789: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2790: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2791: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2792: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2793: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2794: 
1.8       wiki     2795: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2796: 
                   2797: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2798: 
                   2799: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based
                   2800: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using
                   2801: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and
                   2802: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the
                   2803: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the
                   2804: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the
                   2805: widest possible audience.
                   2806: 
                   2807: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The
                   2808: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at
1.8       wiki     2809: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).
1.2       wiki     2810: 
1.8       wiki     2811: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
1.2       wiki     2812: 
                   2813: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*
                   2814: 
                   2815: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
                   2816: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See
1.8       wiki     2817: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you
                   2818: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
                   2819: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.
1.2       wiki     2820: 
1.8       wiki     2821: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     2822: 
                   2823: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*
                   2824: 
                   2825: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk
1.8       wiki     2826: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February
                   2827: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several
1.2       wiki     2828: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan
                   2829: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.
                   2830: 
                   2831: More information can be found at
1.8       wiki     2832: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and
                   2833: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The
                   2834: German language article can be found at:
                   2835: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).
1.2       wiki     2836: 
                   2837: Ignatios also
                   2838: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)
                   2839: his [slides (german
                   2840: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).
                   2841: 
1.8       wiki     2842: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007
1.2       wiki     2843: 
                   2844: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2845: 
                   2846: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'
                   2847: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of
                   2848: Brussels, Belgium.
                   2849: 
                   2850: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other
                   2851: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD
                   2852: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting
                   2853: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More
1.8       wiki     2854: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).
1.2       wiki     2855: 
1.8       wiki     2856: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x
1.2       wiki     2857: 
                   2858: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2859: 
                   2860: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern
                   2861: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin
                   2862: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a
1.8       wiki     2863: booth at this event; see the reports by
                   2864: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)
                   2865: and
                   2866: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     2867: 
1.8       wiki     2868: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006
1.2       wiki     2869: 
                   2870: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*
                   2871: 
                   2872: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).
                   2873: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and
                   2874: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,
                   2875: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to
                   2876: expand knowledge of BSD systems.
                   2877: 
                   2878: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using
                   2879: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X
                   2880: and Solaris.
                   2881: 
                   2882: For more information, please [visit the
                   2883: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).
                   2884: 
1.8       wiki     2885: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2886: 
                   2887: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*
                   2888: 
                   2889: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006
                   2890: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   2891: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2892: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2893: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2894: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2895: 
1.8       wiki     2896: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon
1.2       wiki     2897: 
                   2898: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current
                   2899: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon
                   2900: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.
                   2901: 
1.8       wiki     2902: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria
1.2       wiki     2903: 
                   2904: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the
                   2905: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November
1.8       wiki     2906: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
                   2907: if you have any questions or want to help out.
1.2       wiki     2908: 
1.8       wiki     2909: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan
1.2       wiki     2910: 
                   2911: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th
                   2912: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The
                   2913: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has
                   2914: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:
                   2915: 
                   2916: -   Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record
1.8       wiki     2917: -   Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install
1.2       wiki     2918: -   Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype
                   2919: -   NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat
                   2920: -   Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?
                   2921: -   Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting
                   2922:     NetBSD Network Appliances
                   2923: -   Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing
                   2924:     for BSD TCP/IP
                   2925: 
                   2926: Registration is open now. Please [see the
                   2927: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!
                   2928: 
1.8       wiki     2929: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006
1.2       wiki     2930: 
                   2931: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*
                   2932: 
                   2933: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User
                   2934: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon
                   2935: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The
                   2936: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking
                   2937: about NetBSD-related topics.
                   2938: 
1.8       wiki     2939: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2940: 
                   2941: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2942: 
                   2943: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   2944: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                   2945: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2946: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2947: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2948: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2949: 
1.8       wiki     2950: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2951: 
                   2952: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth
                   2953: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in
                   2954: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and
                   2955: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if
                   2956: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2957: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     2958: 
                   2959: A report on the event is available
                   2960: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).
                   2961: 
1.8       wiki     2962: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest
1.2       wiki     2963: 
                   2964: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*
                   2965: 
                   2966: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio
1.8       wiki     2967: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF
                   2968: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the
                   2969: booth.
1.2       wiki     2970: 
                   2971: A report of the event can be found
                   2972: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).
                   2973: 
1.8       wiki     2974: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux
1.2       wiki     2975: 
                   2976: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".
                   2977: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by
1.8       wiki     2978: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping
                   2979: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,
                   2980: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.
1.2       wiki     2981: 
                   2982: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon
                   2983: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See
                   2984: [http://www.come2linux.org/](http://www.come2linux.org/) for more
                   2985: information.
                   2986: 
                   2987: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing
                   2988: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).
                   2989: 
1.8       wiki     2990: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006
1.2       wiki     2991: 
                   2992: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on
                   2993: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences
                   2994: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See
                   2995: [http://www.linux-kongress.org/](http://www.linux-kongress.org/) for
                   2996: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     2997: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at
                   2998: the booth.
1.2       wiki     2999: 
1.8       wiki     3000: A.HUBERTF wrote a short
1.2       wiki     3001: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)
                   3002: about the event.
                   3003: 
1.8       wiki     3004: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3005: 
                   3006: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3007: 
                   3008: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)
                   3009: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD
                   3010: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3011: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3012: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3013: 
1.8       wiki     3014: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata
1.2       wiki     3015: 
                   3016: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*
                   3017: 
                   3018: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   3019: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   3020: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3021: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3022: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3023: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.
                   3024: 
1.8       wiki     3025: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3026: 
                   3027: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3028: 
                   3029: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD
                   3030: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held
                   3031: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129
                   3032: attendances. BOF03. Room 201.
                   3033: 
                   3034: -   Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /
                   3035:     FreeBSD Project
                   3036: -   FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note
1.8       wiki     3037:     CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /
                   3038:     Ensure Technology Ltd
                   3039:     .
                   3040: -   BSD Usergroup activity:
                   3041:     Echigo BSD Users Group
                   3042:     , T.Tamura@EBUG
                   3043: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3044: 
1.8       wiki     3045: \> See [program for
1.2       wiki     3046: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).
                   3047: 
                   3048: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),
                   3049: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,
                   3050: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).
                   3051: 
1.8       wiki     3052: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006
1.2       wiki     3053: 
                   3054: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3055: 
                   3056: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference
                   3057: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical
                   3058: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems
                   3059: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that
                   3060: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced
                   3061: developers.
                   3062: 
                   3063: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at
                   3064: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed
                   3065: during May 10-14th.
                   3066: 
                   3067: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the
                   3068: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!
                   3069: 
1.8       wiki     3070: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006
1.2       wiki     3071: 
                   3072: *May 5-7, Paris, France*
                   3073: 
                   3074: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,
                   3075: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the
                   3076: conference on their campus.
                   3077: 
                   3078: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD
                   3079: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3080: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   3081: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to
                   3082: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas
                   3083: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.
                   3084: 
                   3085: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a
                   3086: presentation proposal, please visit
                   3087: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/).
                   3088: 
1.8       wiki     3089: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006
1.2       wiki     3090: 
                   3091: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*
                   3092: 
                   3093: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),
                   3094: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and
                   3095: tutorials.
                   3096: 
                   3097: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
1.8       wiki     3098: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.
1.2       wiki     3099: 
1.8       wiki     3100: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe
1.2       wiki     3101: 
                   3102: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*
                   3103: 
                   3104: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking
1.8       wiki     3105: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ
                   3106: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD
                   3107: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the
                   3108: URL above.
1.2       wiki     3109: 
1.8       wiki     3110: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3111: 
                   3112: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3113: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3114: 
                   3115: See [this
                   3116: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for
                   3117: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,
                   3118: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,
                   3119: Codeblog.
                   3120: 
1.8       wiki     3121: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006
1.2       wiki     3122: 
                   3123: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3124: 
                   3125: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to
                   3126: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD
                   3127: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are
                   3128: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at
                   3129: gmail.com).
                   3130: 
                   3131: For more information about this event see
1.8       wiki     3132: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     3133: 
1.8       wiki     3134: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006
1.2       wiki     3135: 
                   3136: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3137: 
                   3138: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer
                   3139: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux
                   3140: Cons in Germany.
                   3141: 
                   3142: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:
                   3143: 
                   3144: -   Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.
                   3145: -   Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment
                   3146: -   Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD
                   3147: -   Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features
                   3148: -   Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)
                   3149: 
                   3150: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)
                   3151: net-tex.de\>.
                   3152: 
1.8       wiki     3153: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006
1.2       wiki     3154: 
                   3155: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*
                   3156: 
                   3157: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),
                   3158: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The
                   3159: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.
                   3160: 
1.8       wiki     3161: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     3162: 
                   3163: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3164: 
                   3165: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   3166: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth
                   3167: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3168: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3169: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3170: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3171: 
1.8       wiki     3172: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     3173: 
1.8       wiki     3174: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3175: 
                   3176: [German Unix User Group
1.8       wiki     3177: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)
1.2       wiki     3178: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of
1.8       wiki     3179: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).
1.2       wiki     3180: 
                   3181: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup
                   3182: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).
                   3183: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth
                   3184: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on
                   3185: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).
                   3186: 
1.8       wiki     3187: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006
1.2       wiki     3188: 
                   3189: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*
                   3190: 
                   3191: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European
                   3192: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by
                   3193: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source
                   3194: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM
                   3195: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in
                   3196: Europe.
                   3197: 
1.8       wiki     3198: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will
1.2       wiki     3199: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)
                   3200: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!
                   3201: 
1.8       wiki     3202: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the
1.2       wiki     3203: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).
                   3204: 
1.8       wiki     3205: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x
1.2       wiki     3206: 
                   3207: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*
                   3208: 
                   3209: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern
                   3210: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The
                   3211: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project
1.8       wiki     3212: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)
                   3213: if you would like to help.
1.2       wiki     3214: 
                   3215: A report from Kevin Lahey is
                   3216: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).
                   3217: 
1.8       wiki     3218: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)
1.2       wiki     3219: 
                   3220: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*
                   3221: 
                   3222: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress
                   3223: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on
                   3224: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and
                   3225: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)
                   3226: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and
                   3227: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the
                   3228: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
                   3229: 
1.8       wiki     3230: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     3231: 
                   3232: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*
                   3233: 
                   3234: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005
                   3235: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   3236: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3237: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3238: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3239: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3240: 
1.8       wiki     3241: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3242: 
                   3243: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*
                   3244: 
                   3245: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the
                   3246: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check
                   3247: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,
                   3248: conference venue and registration. present.
                   3249: 
1.8       wiki     3250: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005
1.2       wiki     3251: 
                   3252: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*
                   3253: 
                   3254: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,
                   3255: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to
                   3256: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,
                   3257: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe
                   3258: Lockhoff.
                   3259: 
                   3260: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex
                   3261: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at
1.8       wiki     3262: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).
1.2       wiki     3263: 
1.8       wiki     3264: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005
1.2       wiki     3265: 
                   3266: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*
                   3267: 
                   3268: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
                   3269: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among
                   3270: others) will be presented.
                   3271: 
                   3272: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on
                   3273: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a
                   3274: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!
                   3275: 
1.8       wiki     3276: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)
1.2       wiki     3277: 
                   3278: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,
                   3279: especially showing NetBSD!
                   3280: 
1.8       wiki     3281: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005
1.2       wiki     3282: 
                   3283: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3284: 
                   3285: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was
                   3286: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3287: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3288: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3289: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA
                   3290: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with
                   3291: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),
                   3292: [IO-DATA USL-5P
                   3293: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).
                   3294: 
                   3295: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure
                   3296: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about
                   3297: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                   3298: 
1.8       wiki     3299: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall
1.2       wiki     3300: 
                   3301: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3302: 
                   3303: At the [Open Source Conference 2005
                   3304: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   3305: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3306: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3307: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3308: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3309: 
1.8       wiki     3310: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005
1.2       wiki     3311: 
                   3312: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*
                   3313: 
                   3314: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC
                   3315: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference
                   3316: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD
                   3317: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the
                   3318: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.
                   3319: 
1.8       wiki     3320: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005
1.2       wiki     3321: 
                   3322: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*
                   3323: 
                   3324: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international
                   3325: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office
                   3326: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will
                   3327: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about
                   3328: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested
                   3329: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.
1.8       wiki     3330: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his
1.2       wiki     3331: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)
                   3332: on netbsd-advocacy.
                   3333: 
1.8       wiki     3334: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3335: 
                   3336: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*
                   3337: 
                   3338: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second
                   3339: meeting will be held at [Parque das
1.8       wiki     3340: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the
1.2       wiki     3341: group page for more information.
                   3342: 
1.8       wiki     3343: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3344: 
                   3345: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3346: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3347: 
                   3348: See [this
                   3349: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for
                   3350: meeting information.
                   3351: 
                   3352: A
                   3353: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)
                   3354: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.
                   3355: 
1.8       wiki     3356: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo
1.2       wiki     3357: 
1.8       wiki     3358: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*
1.2       wiki     3359: 
1.8       wiki     3360: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took
1.2       wiki     3361: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD
                   3362: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is
                   3363: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of
                   3364: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental
                   3365: organization.
                   3366: 
1.8       wiki     3367: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005
1.2       wiki     3368: 
                   3369: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*
                   3370: 
                   3371: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
                   3372: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held
                   3373: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD
1.8       wiki     3374: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.
                   3375: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD
                   3376: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered
                   3377: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's
1.2       wiki     3378: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)
                   3379: for more details.
                   3380: 
1.8       wiki     3381: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference
1.2       wiki     3382: 
                   3383: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*
                   3384: 
                   3385: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker
                   3386: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south
                   3387: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD
                   3388: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For
                   3389: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's
                   3390: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)
                   3391: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.
                   3392: 
1.8       wiki     3393: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005
1.2       wiki     3394: 
                   3395: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA
                   3396: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*
                   3397: 
                   3398: [http://www.bsdcon.jp/](http://www.bsdcon.jp/) with 80 attendances.
                   3399: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3400: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more
                   3401: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).
                   3402: 
1.8       wiki     3403: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3404: 
                   3405: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3406: 
                   3407: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth
                   3408: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3409: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
1.8       wiki     3410: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user
                   3411: groups.
1.2       wiki     3412: 
1.8       wiki     3413: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005
1.2       wiki     3414: 
1.8       wiki     3415: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*
1.2       wiki     3416: 
1.8       wiki     3417: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,
1.2       wiki     3418: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the
                   3419: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference
                   3420: venue and registration.
                   3421: 
1.8       wiki     3422: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3423: 
                   3424: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3425: 
                   3426: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD
                   3427: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)
                   3428: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130
                   3429: attendances. BOF01. Room 302.
                   3430: 
1.8       wiki     3431: -   \*BSD Document Internationalization
                   3432: -   A Robot that runs on NetBSD
                   3433:     Live performance
                   3434: -   BSD Usergroup activity in Japan
                   3435: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3436: 
                   3437: See [program for
                   3438: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).
                   3439: 
                   3440: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277
                   3441: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of
                   3442: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya
                   3443: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3444: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55
                   3445: 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)).
                   3446: 
1.8       wiki     3447: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005
1.2       wiki     3448: 
                   3449: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3450: 
                   3451: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at
                   3452: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th
                   3453: (of a social nature, for the most part).
                   3454: 
1.8       wiki     3455: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3456: 
                   3457: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*
                   3458: 
                   3459: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,
                   3460: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical
                   3461: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   3462: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research
                   3463: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,
                   3464: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the
                   3465: [slides for this
                   3466: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.
                   3467: 
1.8       wiki     3468: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3469: 
1.8       wiki     3470: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005
1.2       wiki     3471: 
                   3472: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures
                   3473: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was
                   3474: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD
                   3475: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.
                   3476: Around 1000 people attended the past two years.
                   3477: 
                   3478: More information is at
                   3479: [http://linuxnorthwest.org/](http://linuxnorthwest.org/). (If you can
                   3480: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this
                   3481: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)
                   3482: 
1.8       wiki     3483: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3484: 
                   3485: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*
                   3486: 
                   3487: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge
                   3488: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005
                   3489: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
                   3490: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community
                   3491: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing
                   3492: solutions and fresh ideas.
                   3493: 
1.8       wiki     3494: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3495: 
1.8       wiki     3496: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005
1.2       wiki     3497: 
                   3498: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3499: 
                   3500: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3501: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3502: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see
1.8       wiki     3503: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).
1.2       wiki     3504: 
1.8       wiki     3505: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005
1.2       wiki     3506: 
                   3507: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*
                   3508: 
                   3509: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT
                   3510: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at
                   3511: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).
                   3512: 
1.8       wiki     3513: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005
1.2       wiki     3514: 
                   3515: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine
                   3516: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of
                   3517: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:
                   3518: 
1.8       wiki     3519: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1
                   3520: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2
1.2       wiki     3521: 
1.8       wiki     3522: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     3523: 
                   3524: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event
                   3525: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:
                   3526: 
1.8       wiki     3527: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1
                   3528: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2
                   3529: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3
1.2       wiki     3530: 
1.8       wiki     3531: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     3532: 
                   3533: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*
                   3534: 
                   3535: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux
                   3536: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.
1.8       wiki     3537: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML
                   3538: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience
1.2       wiki     3539: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)
                   3540: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the
                   3541: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed
1.8       wiki     3542: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).
1.2       wiki     3543: 
1.8       wiki     3544: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005
1.2       wiki     3545: 
                   3546: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*
                   3547: 
                   3548: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting
                   3549: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while
                   3550: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact
1.8       wiki     3551: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).
1.2       wiki     3552: 
1.8       wiki     3553: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)
1.2       wiki     3554: 
                   3555: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*
                   3556: 
                   3557: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications
                   3558: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop
                   3559: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting
                   3560: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please
                   3561: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're
                   3562: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the
                   3563: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)
                   3564: available.
                   3565: 
1.8       wiki     3566: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3567: 
                   3568: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3569: 
                   3570: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,
                   3571: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official
                   3572: program, conference venue and registration. A
                   3573: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks
                   3574: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.
                   3575: 
                   3576: A brief report from the conference is available
                   3577: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).
                   3578: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:
                   3579: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).
                   3580: 
1.8       wiki     3581: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004
1.2       wiki     3582: 
                   3583: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*
                   3584: 
1.8       wiki     3585: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
1.2       wiki     3586: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among
                   3587: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel
                   3588: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See
1.8       wiki     3589: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.
1.2       wiki     3590: 
1.8       wiki     3591: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004
1.2       wiki     3592: 
                   3593: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3594: 
1.8       wiki     3595: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3596: 
1.8       wiki     3597: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004
1.2       wiki     3598: 
                   3599: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3600: 
1.8       wiki     3601: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3602: 
1.8       wiki     3603: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3604: 
                   3605: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3606: 
                   3607: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3608: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3609: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
                   3610: 
1.8       wiki     3611: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3612: 
                   3613: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*
                   3614: 
                   3615: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix
                   3616: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project
                   3617: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a
                   3618: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this
                   3619: conference.
                   3620: 
1.8       wiki     3621: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3622: 
                   3623: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*
                   3624: 
                   3625: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3626: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3627: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun
                   3628: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3629: for details.
                   3630: 
1.8       wiki     3631: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3632: 
                   3633: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*
                   3634: 
                   3635: [LinuxWorld Conference and
                   3636: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to
                   3637: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The
                   3638: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are
1.8       wiki     3639: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3640: 
1.8       wiki     3641: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)
1.2       wiki     3642: 
                   3643: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3644: 
                   3645: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD
                   3646: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3647: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   3648: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO
                   3649: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3650: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }
                   3651: 
1.8       wiki     3652: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3653: 
                   3654: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3655: 
1.8       wiki     3656: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3657: 
                   3658: [BOF
                   3659: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)
                   3660: 
1.8       wiki     3661: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.
1.2       wiki     3662: 
1.8       wiki     3663: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004
1.2       wiki     3664: 
                   3665: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3666: 
                   3667: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual
                   3668: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the
                   3669: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,
                   3670: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update
                   3671: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),
                   3672: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State
                   3673: of the BSD
                   3674: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),
                   3675: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the
                   3676: conference.
                   3677: 
1.8       wiki     3678: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004
1.2       wiki     3679: 
                   3680: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3681: 
                   3682: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to
                   3683: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented
1.8       wiki     3684: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested
                   3685: in helping out.
1.2       wiki     3686: 
1.8       wiki     3687: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3688: 
                   3689: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3690: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3691: 
                   3692: See [this
                   3693: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for
                   3694: meeting information.
                   3695: 
1.8       wiki     3696: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004
1.2       wiki     3697: 
                   3698: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3699: 
                   3700: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching
                   3701: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to
                   3702: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees
                   3703: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See
                   3704: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from
                   3705: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)
                   3706: 
1.8       wiki     3707: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting
1.2       wiki     3708: 
                   3709: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*
                   3710: 
                   3711: At the [LinuxChix-Br National
                   3712: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a
                   3713: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of
                   3714: NetBSD-BR.
                   3715: 
1.8       wiki     3716: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3717: 
                   3718: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*
                   3719: 
                   3720: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD
                   3721: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3722: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For
                   3723: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit
                   3724: [http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/), and
                   3725: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews
                   3726: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).
                   3727: 
1.8       wiki     3728: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004
1.2       wiki     3729: 
                   3730: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*
                   3731: 
                   3732: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open
                   3733: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given
                   3734: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.
                   3735: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other
                   3736: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see
                   3737: [http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/](http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/) and
                   3738: [this message to the netbsd-news
                   3739: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)
                   3740: for more information.
                   3741: 
1.8       wiki     3742: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch
1.2       wiki     3743: 
                   3744: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*
                   3745: 
                   3746: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's
                   3747: [GUUG
1.8       wiki     3748: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a
1.2       wiki     3749: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and
                   3750: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User
                   3751: Group](http://www.guug.de/).
                   3752: 
1.8       wiki     3753: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004
1.2       wiki     3754: 
                   3755: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3756: 
                   3757: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in
                   3758: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:
                   3759: 
1.8       wiki     3760: -   \`\`
                   3761:     Cryptographic applications under NetBSD
                   3762:     '' by Stefan Schumacher
                   3763: -   \`\`
                   3764:     Introduction to NetBSD
                   3765:     '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff
                   3766: -   \`\`
                   3767:     Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc
                   3768:     '' by Hubert Feyrer
1.2       wiki     3769: 
                   3770: Please see the
                   3771: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for
                   3772: details. Photos are available at [this
                   3773: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be
                   3774: found on the [Linux-Tag
                   3775: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).
                   3776: 
1.8       wiki     3777: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004
1.2       wiki     3778: 
                   3779: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*
                   3780: 
                   3781: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux
                   3782: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,
                   3783: France.
                   3784: 
1.8       wiki     3785: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3786: 
                   3787: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*
                   3788: 
                   3789: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004
                   3790: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3791: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their
                   3792: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few
                   3793: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the
                   3794: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from
                   3795: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.
                   3796: 
1.8       wiki     3797: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)
1.2       wiki     3798: 
                   3799: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*
                   3800: 
                   3801: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication
                   3802: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3803: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's
                   3804: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)
                   3805: for Details. If you're interested in the
                   3806: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's
                   3807: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the
                   3808: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)
                   3809: MailingList useful.
                   3810: 
1.8       wiki     3811: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003
1.2       wiki     3812: 
                   3813: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military
                   3814: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*
                   3815: 
                   3816: See [http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br](http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br) for
                   3817: details.
                   3818: 
1.8       wiki     3819: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003
1.2       wiki     3820: 
                   3821: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   3822: 
                   3823: [http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/)
                   3824: 
1.8       wiki     3825: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3826: 
                   3827: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*
                   3828: 
                   3829: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3830: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3831: administration. See
                   3832: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3833: for details.
                   3834: 
1.8       wiki     3835: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003
1.2       wiki     3836: 
                   3837: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3838: 
1.8       wiki     3839: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3840: 
1.8       wiki     3841: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003
1.2       wiki     3842: 
                   3843: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*
                   3844: 
1.8       wiki     3845: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     3846: 
1.8       wiki     3847: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003
1.2       wiki     3848: 
1.8       wiki     3849: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3850: 
1.8       wiki     3851: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an
1.2       wiki     3852: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this
                   3853: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source
                   3854: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth
                   3855: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.
                   3856: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more
                   3857: information.
                   3858: 
1.8       wiki     3859: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003
1.2       wiki     3860: 
                   3861: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*
                   3862: 
                   3863: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can
                   3864: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see
                   3865: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/).
                   3866: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3867: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A
                   3868: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)
                   3869: is available online.
                   3870: 
1.8       wiki     3871: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003
1.2       wiki     3872: 
                   3873: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*
                   3874: 
                   3875: A lot of photos are available
                   3876: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well
                   3877: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).
                   3878: 
1.8       wiki     3879: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany
1.2       wiki     3880: 
                   3881: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3882: 
                   3883: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,
                   3884: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to
                   3885: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.
                   3886: 
                   3887: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir
                   3888: Dolecek. See the [full
                   3889: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)
                   3890: for details and pictures.
                   3891: 
1.8       wiki     3892: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz
1.2       wiki     3893: 
                   3894: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*
                   3895: [http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/](http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/)
                   3896: 
                   3897: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus
                   3898: and Gilbert Fernandes. A
                   3899: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)
                   3900: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.
                   3901: 
1.8       wiki     3902: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3903: 
                   3904: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3905: 
                   3906: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   3907: 
1.8       wiki     3908: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3909: 
1.8       wiki     3910: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3911: 
                   3912: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3913: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3914: 
1.8       wiki     3915: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     3916: 
                   3917: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*
                   3918: 
                   3919: [http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/)
                   3920: 
1.8       wiki     3921: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3922: 
                   3923: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*
                   3924: 
                   3925: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical
                   3926: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and
                   3927: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF
                   3928: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,
                   3929: see
                   3930: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/).
                   3931: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   3932: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org
                   3933: 
                   3934: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available
                   3935: here](events/usenix2003/).
                   3936: 
1.8       wiki     3937: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003
1.2       wiki     3938: 
                   3939: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*
                   3940: 
                   3941: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are
                   3942: holding the [BSDay
                   3943: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference
                   3944: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site
                   3945: for more information.
                   3946: 
1.8       wiki     3947: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it
1.2       wiki     3948: 
                   3949: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*
                   3950: 
                   3951: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),
                   3952: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th
                   3953: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should
1.8       wiki     3954: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.
1.2       wiki     3955: 
1.8       wiki     3956: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003
1.2       wiki     3957: 
                   3958: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*
                   3959: 
                   3960: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the
                   3961: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new
                   3962: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic
                   3963: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of
                   3964: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.
                   3965: 
1.8       wiki     3966: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag
1.2       wiki     3967: 
                   3968: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*
                   3969: 
                   3970: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in
                   3971: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,
                   3972: Germany. See [http://www.mdlug.de/](http://www.mdlug.de/) for more
1.8       wiki     3973: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information
                   3974: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.
1.2       wiki     3975: 
1.8       wiki     3976: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!
1.2       wiki     3977: 
                   3978: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate
                   3979: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the
                   3980: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.
                   3981: 
1.8       wiki     3982: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003
1.2       wiki     3983: 
                   3984: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*
                   3985: 
                   3986: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade
                   3987: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.
                   3988: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,
                   3989: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd
                   3990: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their
                   3991: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).
                   3992: 
1.8       wiki     3993: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3994: 
                   3995: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*
                   3996: 
                   3997: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3998: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3999: administration. See
                   4000: [http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   4001: for details.
                   4002: 
1.8       wiki     4003: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
1.2       wiki     4004: 
                   4005: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   4006: 
                   4007: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
                   4008: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the
                   4009: events including several pictures is available online at
                   4010: [http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html).
                   4011: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available
                   4012: from:
                   4013: 
1.8       wiki     4014: -   NetBSD - eine Einführung
                   4015:     [
                   4016:     mp3
                   4017:     ]
                   4018: -   NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld
                   4019:     [
                   4020:     mp3
                   4021:     ]
                   4022: -   Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung
                   4023:     mit NetBSD
                   4024:     [
                   4025:     mp3
                   4026:     ]
1.2       wiki     4027: 
1.8       wiki     4028: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux
1.2       wiki     4029: 
                   4030: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*
                   4031: 
                   4032: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux
                   4033: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the
                   4034: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users
                   4035: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available
                   4036: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)
                   4037: 
1.8       wiki     4038: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend
1.2       wiki     4039: 
                   4040: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*
                   4041: 
                   4042: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,
                   4043: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,
                   4044: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the
                   4045: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major
                   4046: activities will be the:
                   4047: 
                   4048: -   Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   4049: -   Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   4050: -   The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)
                   4051: 
                   4052: For details, please see [http://www.osw.ca/](http://www.osw.ca/).
                   4053: 
1.8       wiki     4054: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003
1.2       wiki     4055: 
                   4056: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*
                   4057: 
                   4058: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003
                   4059: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   4060: from January 21-24, 2003. See the
                   4061: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free
                   4062: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,
                   4063: a [short
                   4064: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)
                   4065: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are
                   4066: available online.
                   4067: 
1.8       wiki     4068: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)
1.2       wiki     4069: 
                   4070: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*
                   4071: 
                   4072: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication
                   4073: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   4074: from December 27th to 29th.
                   4075: 
1.8       wiki     4076: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     4077: 
                   4078: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*
                   4079: 
                   4080: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   4081: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   4082: administration.
                   4083: 
1.8       wiki     4084: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002
1.2       wiki     4085: 
                   4086: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   4087: 
                   4088: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a
                   4089: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The
                   4090: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3
                   4091: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See
                   4092: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm)
                   4093: for details.
                   4094: 
1.8       wiki     4095: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002
1.2       wiki     4096: 
                   4097: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*
                   4098: 
                   4099: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen
                   4100: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all
                   4101: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will
                   4102: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,
                   4103: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of
                   4104: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD
                   4105: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.
                   4106: 
                   4107: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the
                   4108: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,
                   4109: Germany. See
                   4110: [http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html](http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html)
                   4111: for more information.
                   4112: 
1.8       wiki     4113: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan
1.2       wiki     4114: 
                   4115: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*
                   4116: 
1.8       wiki     4117: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.
1.2       wiki     4118: 
1.8       wiki     4119: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002
1.2       wiki     4120: 
                   4121: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
                   4122: 
                   4123: [http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/](http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/). \`\`[Rumors,
                   4124: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''
                   4125: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.
                   4126: 
1.8       wiki     4127: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02
1.2       wiki     4128: 
                   4129: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*
                   4130: 
                   4131: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/)
                   4132: 
1.8       wiki     4133: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show
1.2       wiki     4134: 
                   4135: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*
                   4136: 
                   4137: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East
                   4138: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical
                   4139: College.
                   4140: 
1.8       wiki     4141: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002
1.2       wiki     4142: 
                   4143: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*
                   4144: 
                   4145: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh
                   4146: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software
                   4147: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks
                   4148: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video
                   4149: rendering cluster done with
                   4150: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A
                   4151: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)
                   4152: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are
                   4153: available from [Hubert's
                   4154: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).
                   4155: 
1.8       wiki     4156: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002
1.2       wiki     4157: 
                   4158: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*
                   4159: 
                   4160: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress
                   4161: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System
                   4162: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University
                   4163: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available
                   4164: online.
                   4165: 
1.8       wiki     4166: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium
1.2       wiki     4167: 
                   4168: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*
                   4169: 
                   4170: [http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/)
                   4171: 
1.8       wiki     4172: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release
1.2       wiki     4173: 
                   4174: *July 22, 2002*
                   4175: 
                   4176: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch
                   4177: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs
                   4178: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4179: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20
                   4180: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release
                   4181: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).
                   4182: 
1.8       wiki     4183: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     4184: 
                   4185: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*
                   4186: 
                   4187: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html
                   4188: 
                   4189: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)
                   4190: , [BSD security update - BIND,
                   4191: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).
                   4192: 
1.8       wiki     4193: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4194: 
                   4195: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*
                   4196: 
                   4197: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/).
                   4198: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available
                   4199: here](events/usenix2002/).
                   4200: 
1.8       wiki     4201: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4202: 
                   4203: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4204: 
1.8       wiki     4205: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)
1.2       wiki     4206: 
1.8       wiki     4207: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe
1.2       wiki     4208: 
                   4209: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   4210: 
                   4211: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A
                   4212: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is
                   4213: available.
                   4214: 
1.8       wiki     4215: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show
1.2       wiki     4216: 
                   4217: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*
                   4218: 
                   4219: [http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/](http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/)
                   4220: 
1.8       wiki     4221: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4222: 
                   4223: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4224: 
                   4225: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html)
                   4226: 
                   4227: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60
                   4228: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via
                   4229: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw
                   4230: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming
                   4231: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.
                   4232: 
1.8       wiki     4233: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum
1.2       wiki     4234: 
                   4235: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*
                   4236: 
                   4237: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May
                   4238: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about
                   4239: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a
                   4240: chance to prove their value.
                   4241: 
                   4242: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)
                   4243: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the
                   4244: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,
                   4245: technical characteristics and philosophy.
                   4246: 
1.8       wiki     4247: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002
1.2       wiki     4248: 
                   4249: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   4250: 
                   4251: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)
                   4252: 
                   4253: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,
                   4254: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk
                   4255: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert
                   4256: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed
                   4257: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)
                   4258: is available.
                   4259: 
1.8       wiki     4260: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002
1.2       wiki     4261: 
                   4262: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*
                   4263: 
                   4264: [http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html)
                   4265: 
                   4266: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User
                   4267: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about
                   4268: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).
                   4269: 
1.8       wiki     4270: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002
1.2       wiki     4271: 
                   4272: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,
                   4273: USA*
                   4274: 
                   4275: [http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/](http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/)
                   4276: 
1.8       wiki     4277: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001
1.2       wiki     4278: 
                   4279: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4280: 
                   4281: [http://internetweek.jp/](http://internetweek.jp/)
                   4282: 
                   4283: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.
                   4284: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.
                   4285: 
                   4286: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)
                   4287: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo
                   4288: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The
                   4289: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.
                   4290: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD
                   4291: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting
                   4292: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).
                   4293: 
                   4294: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux
                   4295: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking
                   4296: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,
                   4297: Emulation.
                   4298: 
1.8       wiki     4299: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001
1.2       wiki     4300: 
                   4301: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*
                   4302: 
                   4303: [http://www.bsdconeurope.org/](http://www.bsdconeurope.org/)
                   4304: 
1.8       wiki     4305: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show
1.2       wiki     4306: 
                   4307: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*
                   4308: 
                   4309: [http://www.riscos2001.com/](http://www.riscos2001.com/)
                   4310: 
                   4311: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001
                   4312: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on
                   4313: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.
                   4314: 
1.8       wiki     4315: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release
1.2       wiki     4316: 
                   4317: *September 13, 2001*
                   4318: 
                   4319: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4320: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4321: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4322: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release
                   4323: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).
                   4324: 
1.8       wiki     4325: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo
1.2       wiki     4326: 
                   4327: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*
                   4328: 
                   4329: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4330: 
                   4331: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from
                   4332: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the
                   4333: NetBSD booth at
                   4334: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).
                   4335: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2
                   4336: from Japan.
                   4337: 
1.8       wiki     4338: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release
1.2       wiki     4339: 
                   4340: *July 11, 2001*
                   4341: 
                   4342: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4343: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4344: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4345: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release
                   4346: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).
                   4347: 
1.8       wiki     4348: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4349: 
                   4350: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),
                   4351: Tokyo, Japan*
                   4352: 
                   4353: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html)
                   4354: 
                   4355: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52
                   4356: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via
                   4357: RealVideo G2 broadcasting.
                   4358: 
                   4359: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after
                   4360: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,
                   4361: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New
                   4362: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc
                   4363: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into
                   4364: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti
                   4365: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special
                   4366: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.
                   4367: 
1.8       wiki     4368: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4369: 
                   4370: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*
                   4371: 
                   4372: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/)
                   4373: 
                   4374: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix
                   4375: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to
                   4376: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.
                   4377: 
                   4378: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by
                   4379: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and
                   4380: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's
                   4381: "[Greetings from the BSD Super
                   4382: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The
                   4383: slides from this talk are available at
                   4384: [events/usenix2001/](events/usenix2001/).
                   4385: 
                   4386: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his
                   4387: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD
                   4388: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session
                   4389: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,
                   4390: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found
                   4391: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,
                   4392: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed
                   4393: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)
                   4394: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in
                   4395: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own
                   4396: web site.
                   4397: 
                   4398: Again, a thank you to all involved.
                   4399: 
1.8       wiki     4400: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4401: 
                   4402: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4403: 
1.8       wiki     4404: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)
1.2       wiki     4405: 
                   4406: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan
                   4407: were held.100+150 persons attended in person.
                   4408: 
1.8       wiki     4409: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF
1.2       wiki     4410: 
                   4411: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*
                   4412: 
                   4413: [http://www.interop.jp/](http://www.interop.jp/)
                   4414: 
                   4415: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at
                   4416: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people
                   4417: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed
                   4418: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched
                   4419: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
                   4420: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop
                   4421: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).
                   4422: 
1.8       wiki     4423: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001
1.2       wiki     4424: 
                   4425: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*
                   4426: 
                   4427: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The
                   4428: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a
                   4429: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)
                   4430: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,
                   4431: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages
                   4432: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris
                   4433: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.
                   4434: 
1.8       wiki     4435: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001
1.2       wiki     4436: 
                   4437: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*
                   4438: 
                   4439: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4440: 
                   4441: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A
                   4442: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex
                   4443: Spring is available.
                   4444: 
                   4445: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4446: 
1.8       wiki     4447: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4448: 
                   4449: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4450: 
                   4451: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a
                   4452: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY
                   4453: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp
                   4454: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,
                   4455: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro
                   4456: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation
                   4457: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on
                   4458: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]
                   4459: 
1.8       wiki     4460: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001
1.2       wiki     4461: 
                   4462: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*
                   4463: 
                   4464: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4465: 
                   4466: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi
                   4467: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The
                   4468: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and
                   4469: other swag.
                   4470: 
1.8       wiki     4471: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000
1.2       wiki     4472: 
                   4473: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*
                   4474: 
                   4475: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/)
                   4476: 
                   4477: There was a [BSD BoF
                   4478: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec
                   4479: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo
                   4480: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting
                   4481: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across
                   4482: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,
                   4483: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in
                   4484: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),
                   4485: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),
                   4486: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),
                   4487: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],
                   4488: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The
                   4489: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about
                   4490: BSD activity in Japan.
                   4491: 
1.8       wiki     4492: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release
1.2       wiki     4493: 
                   4494: *December 6, 2000*
                   4495: 
                   4496: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major
                   4497: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4498: public.
                   4499: 
1.8       wiki     4500: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)
1.2       wiki     4501: 
                   4502: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*
                   4503: 
                   4504: [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/)
                   4505: 
1.8       wiki     4506: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release
1.2       wiki     4507: 
                   4508: *November 25, 2000*
                   4509: 
                   4510: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4511: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4512: announced to the public.
                   4513: 
1.8       wiki     4514: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000
1.2       wiki     4515: 
                   4516: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4517: 
                   4518: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4519: 
                   4520: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a
                   4521: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other
                   4522: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.
                   4523: 
                   4524: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4525: Mission.
                   4526: 
1.8       wiki     4527: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000
1.2       wiki     4528: 
                   4529: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4530: 
                   4531: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4532: 
                   4533: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -
                   4534: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an
                   4535: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.
                   4536: 
                   4537: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and
                   4538: David Maxwell.
                   4539: 
1.8       wiki     4540: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000
1.2       wiki     4541: 
                   4542: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*
                   4543: 
                   4544: [http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/](http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/)
                   4545: 
                   4546: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS
                   4547: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD
                   4548: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at
                   4549: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).
                   4550: 
1.8       wiki     4551: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000
1.2       wiki     4552: 
                   4553: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4554: 
                   4555: [http://www.bsdcon.org/](http://www.bsdcon.org/)
                   4556: 
                   4557: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks
                   4558: spotlighting NetBSD.
                   4559: 
1.8       wiki     4560: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a
                   4561: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at
                   4562: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).
1.2       wiki     4563: 
                   4564: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript
                   4565: is available at
1.8       wiki     4566: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).
1.2       wiki     4567: 
1.8       wiki     4568: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase
1.2       wiki     4569: 
                   4570: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*
                   4571: 
                   4572: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/)
                   4573: 
                   4574: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on
                   4575: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were
                   4576: fixed onsite.
                   4577: 
                   4578: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4579: 
1.8       wiki     4580: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
1.2       wiki     4581: 
                   4582: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*
                   4583: 
                   4584: [http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/)
                   4585: 
                   4586: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September
                   4587: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an
                   4588: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on
                   4589: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.
                   4590: 
1.8       wiki     4591: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000
1.2       wiki     4592: 
                   4593: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4594: 
                   4595: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/
                   4596: 
                   4597: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.
                   4598: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by
                   4599: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.
                   4600: 
                   4601: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4602: 
1.8       wiki     4603: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000
1.2       wiki     4604: 
                   4605: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4606: 
                   4607: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts
                   4608: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,
                   4609: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD
                   4610: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain
                   4611: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and
                   4612: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures
                   4613: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).
                   4614: 
                   4615: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD
                   4616: Mission and David Maxwell.
                   4617: 
1.8       wiki     4618: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4619: 
                   4620: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*
                   4621: 
                   4622: [http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html)
                   4623: 
                   4624: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF
                   4625: followed.
                   4626: 
1.8       wiki     4627: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000
1.2       wiki     4628: 
                   4629: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*
                   4630: 
                   4631: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/
                   4632: 
                   4633: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag
                   4634: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other
                   4635: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian
                   4636: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his
                   4637: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and
                   4638: giving a talk.
                   4639: 
1.8       wiki     4640: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4641: 
                   4642: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*
                   4643: 
                   4644: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/)
                   4645: 
                   4646: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical
                   4647: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most
                   4648: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund
                   4649: gave a [technical session on
                   4650: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)
                   4651: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical
                   4652: session on
                   4653: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)
                   4654: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and
                   4655: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in
                   4656: KAME/\*BSD IPv6
                   4657: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).
                   4658: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach
                   4659: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in
                   4660: reference to the launch of [Wasabi
                   4661: Systems](http://www.wasabisystems.com/).
                   4662: 
                   4663: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and
                   4664: The NetBSD Mission.
                   4665: 
1.8       wiki     4666: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting
1.2       wiki     4667: 
                   4668: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*
                   4669: 
                   4670: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4671: 
                   4672: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4673: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation
                   4674: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.
                   4675: 
1.8       wiki     4676: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo
1.2       wiki     4677: 
                   4678: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*
                   4679: 
                   4680: [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)
                   4681: 
                   4682: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh
                   4683: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various
                   4684: \*BSD followed.
                   4685: 
1.8       wiki     4686: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000
1.2       wiki     4687: 
                   4688: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*
                   4689: 
                   4690: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4691: 
                   4692: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4693: Mission.
                   4694: 
1.8       wiki     4695: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4696: 
                   4697: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*
                   4698: 
                   4699: [http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/](http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/)
                   4700: 
                   4701: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and
                   4702: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and
                   4703: snapshot CDs were available.
                   4704: 
                   4705: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4706: 
1.8       wiki     4707: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4708: 
                   4709: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*
                   4710: 
                   4711: [http://www.decus.de/](http://www.decus.de/)
                   4712: 
                   4713: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on
                   4714: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.
                   4715: 
1.8       wiki     4716: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release
1.2       wiki     4717: 
                   4718: *March 19, 2000*
                   4719: 
                   4720: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4721: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4722: announced to the public.
                   4723: 
1.8       wiki     4724: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4725: 
                   4726: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*
                   4727: 
                   4728: [http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/](http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/)
                   4729: 
                   4730: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February
                   4731: 3rd.
                   4732: 
                   4733: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4734: 
1.8       wiki     4735: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999
1.2       wiki     4736: 
                   4737: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4738: 
                   4739: [http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/](http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/)
                   4740: 
                   4741: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on
                   4742: Dec 18.
                   4743: 
1.8       wiki     4744: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar
1.2       wiki     4745: 
                   4746: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*
                   4747: 
                   4748: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at
                   4749: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and
                   4750: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video
                   4751: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).
                   4752: 
                   4753: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4754: 
1.8       wiki     4755: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999
1.2       wiki     4756: 
                   4757: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4758: 
                   4759: [http://www.comdex.com/](http://www.comdex.com/)
                   4760: 
                   4761: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD
                   4762: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.
                   4763: 
                   4764: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4765: Mission.
                   4766: 
1.8       wiki     4767: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4768: 
                   4769: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*
                   4770: 
                   4771: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in
                   4772: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo
                   4773: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.
                   4774: 
1.8       wiki     4775: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999
1.2       wiki     4776: 
                   4777: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*
                   4778: 
                   4779: [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/](http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/)
                   4780: 
                   4781: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD
                   4782: sets and T-shirts were on sale.
                   4783: 
                   4784: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4785: 
1.8       wiki     4786: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin
1.2       wiki     4787: 
                   4788: *October 9-10, 1999*
                   4789: 
1.8       wiki     4790: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release
1.2       wiki     4791: 
                   4792: *August 26, 1999*
                   4793: 
                   4794: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4795: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4796: announced to the public.
                   4797: 
1.8       wiki     4798: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1
1.2       wiki     4799: 
                   4800: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*
                   4801: 
                   4802: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free
                   4803: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.
                   4804: 
1.8       wiki     4805: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99
1.2       wiki     4806: 
                   4807: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*
                   4808: 
                   4809: [http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/](http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/)
                   4810: 
                   4811: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We
                   4812: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the
                   4813: package system.
                   4814: 
1.8       wiki     4815: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99
1.2       wiki     4816: 
                   4817: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*
                   4818: 
                   4819: [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/)
                   4820: 
                   4821: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in
                   4822: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -
                   4823: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There
                   4824: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.
                   4825: 
1.8       wiki     4826: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting
1.2       wiki     4827: 
                   4828: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*
                   4829: 
                   4830: [http://www.guug.de/](http://www.guug.de/)
                   4831: 
                   4832: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4833: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks
                   4834: held by [Dr. Alexandre
                   4835: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).
                   4836: The first described security through file flags and the second was about
                   4837: checkpointing in userspace.
                   4838: 
                   4839: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the
                   4840: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura
                   4841: answered general NetBSD questions.
                   4842: 
1.8       wiki     4843: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release
1.2       wiki     4844: 
                   4845: *May 12, 1999*
                   4846: 
                   4847: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major
                   4848: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4849: public.
                   4850: 
1.8       wiki     4851: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release
1.2       wiki     4852: 
                   4853: *December 23, 1998*
                   4854: 
                   4855: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4856: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4857: announced to the public.
                   4858: 
1.8       wiki     4859: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day
1.2       wiki     4860: 
                   4861: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*
                   4862: 
                   4863: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and
                   4864: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel
                   4865: in San Jose, CA.
                   4866: 
1.8       wiki     4867: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track
1.2       wiki     4868: 
                   4869: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*
                   4870: 
                   4871: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),
                   4872: the freely redistributable software track, was held at
                   4873: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).
                   4874: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and
                   4875: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including
                   4876: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.
                   4877: 
1.8       wiki     4878: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release
1.2       wiki     4879: 
                   4880: *May 29, 1998*
                   4881: 
                   4882: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4883: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4884: announced to the public.
                   4885: 
1.8       wiki     4886: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4887: 
                   4888: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*
                   4889: 
                   4890: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.
                   4891: 
1.8       wiki     4892: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release
1.2       wiki     4893: 
                   4894: *March 9, 1998*
                   4895: 
                   4896: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4897: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   4898: released.
                   4899: 
1.8       wiki     4900: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release
1.2       wiki     4901: 
                   4902: *January 4, 1998*
                   4903: 
                   4904: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major
                   4905: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4906: public.
                   4907: 
1.8       wiki     4908: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release
1.2       wiki     4909: 
                   4910: *May 20, 1997*
                   4911: 
                   4912: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4913: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was
                   4914: announced to the public.
                   4915: 
1.8       wiki     4916: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     4917: 
                   4918: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*
                   4919: 
                   4920: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing
1.8       wiki     4921: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz
1.2       wiki     4922: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.
                   4923: 
1.8       wiki     4924: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4925: 
                   4926: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*
                   4927: 
                   4928: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*
                   4929: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.
                   4930: 
1.8       wiki     4931: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather
1.2       wiki     4932: 
                   4933: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*
                   4934: 
                   4935: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was
                   4936: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current
                   4937: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul
                   4938: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the
                   4939: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.

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