Annotation of wikisrc/events.mdwn, revision 1.84

1.56      maxv        1: [[!meta title="Events"]]
                      2: 
1.2       wiki        3: This is an incomplete list of NetBSD-related events. If you know about
                      4: some public event that fits and would like it to be listed here,
1.48      leot        5: [contact us.](//www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/feedback.cgi)
1.2       wiki        6: 
                      7: For a list of NetBSD-related presentations, please check out our
1.48      leot        8: [presentation pages](//www.NetBSD.org/gallery/presentations/).
1.2       wiki        9: 
1.66      khorben    10: See also the NetBSD [[developer summits|summits]].
                     11: 
1.49      leot       12: 
1.8       wiki       13: Future Events
                     14: -------------
1.83      leot       15: ### `Feb 2020` - FOSDEM 2020 Brussels, Belgium
                     16: 
                     17: *February 1 - 2, 2020, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
                     18: 
                     19: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2020/) is a
                     20: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
                     21: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
                     22: free and open source software from all over the world gather
                     23: at the event in Brussels.
                     24: 
                     25: There is a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
                     26: operating systems and their talks.
                     27: 
                     28: Please see
                     29: [this announcement](//mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2019/10/10/msg000816.html)
                     30: for details.
                     31: 
                     32: 
1.75      leot       33: ### `Mar 2020` - AsiaBSDCon 2020, Tokyo, Japan
                     34: 
                     35: *March 19 - 22, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                     36: 
                     37: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a
                     38: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                     39: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                     40: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                     41: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best
                     42: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                     43: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest
                     44: possible audience.
                     45: 
                     46: 
1.84    ! leot       47: ### `Jun 2020` - BSDCan 2020, Ottawa, Canada
        !            48: 
        !            49: *June 3 - 6, 2020, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
        !            50: 
        !            51: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2020/), a BSD conference held in
        !            52: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
        !            53: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
        !            54: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
        !            55: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
        !            56: advanced developers.
        !            57: 
        !            58: 
        !            59: ### `Sep 2020` - EuroBSDcon 2020, Vienna, Austria
        !            60: 
        !            61: *September 17 - 20, 2020, Vienna, Austria*
        !            62: 
        !            63: [EuroBSDcon](https://2020.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
        !            64: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
        !            65: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
        !            66: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
        !            67: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
        !            68: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
        !            69: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
        !            70: 
        !            71: 
1.49      leot       72: Past Events
                     73: -----------
1.82      leot       74: ### `Sep 2019` - EuroBSDcon 2019, Lillehammer, Norway
                     75: 
                     76: *September 19 - 22, 2019, Scandic Lillehammer Hotel, Lillehammer, Norway*
                     77: 
                     78: [EuroBSDcon](https://2019.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
                     79: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                     80: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                     81: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                     82: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
                     83: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
                     84: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                     85: 
                     86: 
1.78      leot       87: ### `Jul 2019` - pkgsrcCon 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom
                     88: 
                     89: *July 13 - 14, 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom*
                     90: 
                     91: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2019/) is the annual technical
                     92: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                     93: over 19,000 open source software packages.
                     94: pkgsrc is the native package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and
                     95: is portable across many different operating systems including Linux and
                     96: Mac OS X.
                     97: 
                     98: 
1.75      leot       99: ### `May 2019` - BSDCan 2019, Ottawa, Canada
                    100: 
                    101: *May 15 - 18, 2019, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
                    102: 
                    103: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2019/), a BSD conference held in
                    104: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
                    105: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
                    106: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
                    107: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                    108: advanced developers.
                    109: 
1.49      leot      110: 
1.74      leot      111: ### `Mar 2019` - AsiaBSDCon 2019, Tokyo, Japan
                    112: 
                    113: *March 21 - 24, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                    114: 
                    115: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a
                    116: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                    117: The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                    118: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                    119: AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best
                    120: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                    121: developments in our open source community are shared with the widest
                    122: possible audience.
                    123: 
                    124: 
1.73      leot      125: ### `Feb 2019` - FOSDEM 2019 Brussels, Belgium
                    126: 
                    127: *February 2 - 3, 2019, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
                    128: 
                    129: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2019/) is a
                    130: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
                    131: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
                    132: free and open source software from all over the world gather
                    133: at the event in Brussels.
                    134: 
                    135: There is a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
                    136: operating systems and their talks.
                    137: 
                    138: Please see
                    139: [this announcement](https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/10/24/msg000787.html)
                    140: for details.
                    141: 
                    142: 
1.69      leot      143: ### `Oct 2018` - MeetBSDCA 2018, Santa Clara, US
                    144: 
                    145: *October 19 - 20, 2018, Intel Santa Clara Campus, California, US*
                    146: 
                    147: [MeetBSD California](https://www.meetbsd.com/) is a biennial BSD
                    148: Unix conference that takes place in Silicon Valley. The first
                    149: MeetBSD California took place in 2008 and in 2018 it will take
                    150: place at the Intel Santa Clara Campus.
                    151: 
                    152: 
1.68      leot      153: ### `Sep 2018` - EuroBSDCon 2018, Bucharest, Romania
                    154: 
                    155: *September 20 - 23, 2018, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania*
                    156: 
                    157: [EuroBSDCon](https://2018.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
                    158: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                    159: about 300 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                    160: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                    161: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
                    162: EuroBSDcon is to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
                    163: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    164: 
                    165: 
1.63      wiki      166: ### `Jul 2018` - Japan NetBSD Users Group annual Meeting and BoF, Tokyo, Japan
                    167: 
                    168: *July 14, 2018, Takeda Building, The University of Tokyo, Japan*
                    169: 
                    170: [Japan NetBSD User Group annual Meeting and BoF](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting20.html.en)
                    171: is the 20th annual meeting organized by the
                    172: [Japan NetBSD Users Group](http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
                    173: The meeting consists of the 20th Annual Meeting opened to all
                    174: members of JNUG and the NetBSD BoF (Birds of a Feather), the casual
                    175: meeting for individuals who have interests to the NetBSD operating
                    176: system opened to everybody interested.
                    177: 
                    178: For more information please see the report on
                    179: [netbsd-advocacy@](//mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2018/07/17/msg000778.html)
                    180: mailing list.
                    181: 
                    182: 
1.62      leot      183: ### `Jul 2018` - pkgsrcCon 2018, Berlin, Germany
                    184: 
                    185: *July 7 - 8, 2018, Berlin, Germany*
                    186: 
                    187: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2018/) is the annual technical
                    188: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                    189: over 19,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                    190: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                    191: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                    192: 
                    193: 
1.60      leot      194: ### `Jun 2018` - BSDCan 2018, Ottawa, Canada
                    195: 
                    196: *June 6 - 9, 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada*
                    197: 
                    198: [BSDCan](https://www.bsdcan.org/2018/), a BSD conference held in
                    199: Ottawa, Canada, quickly established itself as the technical conference
                    200: for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and
                    201: related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula
                    202: that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                    203: advanced developers.
                    204: 
                    205: 
1.57      leot      206: ### `Mar 2018` - AsiaBSDCon 2018, Tokyo, Japan
                    207: 
                    208: *March 8 - 11, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                    209: 
                    210: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2018.asiabsdcon.org/) was a
                    211: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                    212: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                    213: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                    214: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best
                    215: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                    216: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest
                    217: possible audience.
                    218: 
                    219: 
1.55      leot      220: ### `Feb 2018` - FOSDEM 2018, Brussels, Belgium
                    221: 
                    222: *February 3 - 4, 2018, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium*
                    223: 
                    224: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2018/) was a free event for software developers to
                    225: meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
                    226: free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in
                    227: Brussels.
                    228: 
                    229: 
1.53      leot      230: ### `Nov 2017` - BSDTW 2017, Taipei, Taiwan
                    231: 
                    232: *November 11 - 12, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan*
                    233: 
                    234: [BSDTW 2017](https://bsdtw.org/) was planned as a
                    235: single track, 2 days conference with 11 presentations of 50
                    236: minutes each covering the latest BSD technology. The conference
                    237: attracted over 100 highly skilled engineering professionals,
                    238: software developers, computer science professors, users and
                    239: students from all over Asia as well as other parts of the
                    240: world. The goal of BSDTW was to exchange knowledge about the
                    241: BSD operating systems, facilitate coordination and cooperation
                    242: among users and developers and to promote business friendly
                    243: BSD licensed open source software.
                    244: 
                    245: 
1.51      leot      246: ### `Sep 2017` - EuroBSDCon 2017 Paris, France
1.40      leot      247: 
1.43      leot      248: *September 21 - 24, 2017, Paris, France*
1.40      leot      249: 
1.49      leot      250: [EuroBSDCon](https://2017.eurobsdcon.org/) was the premier European
1.43      leot      251: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                    252: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                    253: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                    254: from all over Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of
1.49      leot      255: EuroBSDcon was to exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems,
1.43      leot      256: facilitate coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
1.2       wiki      257: 
1.41      leot      258: 
1.51      leot      259: ### `Jul 2017` - pkgsrcCon 2017, London, England
1.47      leot      260: 
                    261: *July 1 - 2, 2017, London, England*
                    262: 
                    263: [pkgsrcCon](//pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2017/) was the annual technical
                    264: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                    265: over 18,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                    266: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                    267: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                    268: 
                    269: 
1.45      leot      270: ### `Jun 2017` - BSDCAN 2017, Ottawa, Canada
                    271: 
                    272: *June 7 - 10, Ottawa, Canada*
                    273: 
                    274: BSDCan hosted talks and tutorials on a range of topics based
                    275: around the BSD family of operating systems. The event was held over a
                    276: four day period at the University of Ottawa.
                    277: 
                    278: Please see
                    279: [website](https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/)
                    280: for details.
                    281: 
                    282: 
1.44      leot      283: ### `Mar 2017` - AsiaBSDCon 2017
                    284: 
                    285: *March 9 - 12, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan*
                    286: 
                    287: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/) was a
                    288: conference for users and developers on BSD based systems.
                    289: The conference was for anyone developing, deploying and using systems
                    290: based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X.
                    291: AsiaBSDCon was a technical conference and aimed to collect the best
                    292: technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest
                    293: developments in our open source community were shared with the widest
                    294: possible audience.
                    295: 
1.41      leot      296: 
1.39      leot      297: ### `Feb 2017` - FOSDEM 2017 Brussels, Belgium
                    298: 
                    299: *February 4 - 5, Brussels, Belgium*
                    300: 
1.41      leot      301: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/) was a
1.39      leot      302: free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
                    303: and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of
                    304: free and open source software from all over the world gather
                    305: at the event in Brussels.
                    306: 
1.41      leot      307: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed
1.39      leot      308: operating systems and their talks.
                    309: 
                    310: Please see
                    311: [this announcement](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/10/20/msg000720.html)
                    312: for details.
1.33      wiki      313: 
1.30      wiki      314: 
1.33      wiki      315: ### `Sep 2016` - EuroBSDCon 2016 Belgrade, Serbia
1.30      wiki      316: 
1.33      wiki      317: *September 22 - 25, 2016, Belgrade Serbia*
1.32      wiki      318: 
1.33      wiki      319: [EuroBSDCon](https://2016.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
                    320: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting
                    321: about 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software
                    322: developers, computer science students and professors, and users
                    323: from all over Europe and other parts of the world.
1.30      wiki      324: 
1.38      leot      325: 
1.37      wiki      326: ### `Sep 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Shimane
                    327: 
                    328: *Sep. 24, 2016, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    329: 
                    330: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.38      leot      331: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.37      wiki      332: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    333: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    334: demonstrations.
                    335: 
                    336: 
                    337: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Kyoto
                    338: 
                    339: *Jul. 29-30, 2016, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    340: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    341: 
                    342: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    343: Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    344: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    345: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    346: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                    347: [more report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/08/01/msg000712.html).
                    348: 
                    349: 
1.34      wiki      350: ### `Jul 2016` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
                    351: 
                    352: *Jul 9, 2016, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    353: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    354: Japan*
                    355: 
                    356: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 18th annual Meeting and BoF
                    357: 2016](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting18.html.en)
                    358: for meeting information and 
                    359: [Report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/JNUG2016.txt).
                    360: 
1.29      leot      361: ### `Jul 2016` - pkgsrcCon 2016, Kraków, Poland
                    362: 
                    363: *July 2 - 3, 2016, Kraków Poland*
                    364: 
                    365: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2016/) is the annual technical
                    366: conference for people working on pkgsrc, a framework for building
                    367: over 17,000 open source software packages. pkgsrc is the native
                    368: package manager on NetBSD, SmartOS and Minix, and is portable across
                    369: many different operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X.
                    370: 
1.33      wiki      371: ### `Jul 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Okinawa
1.29      leot      372: 
1.33      wiki      373: *Jul. 2, 2016, [Okinawa Convention
                    374: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    375: Okinawa, Japan*
1.29      leot      376: 
1.33      wiki      377: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    378: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    379: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    380: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    381: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/07/04/msg000710.html).
1.28      wiki      382: 
1.32      wiki      383: ### `Jun 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hokkaido
                    384: 
                    385: *Jun. 17-18, 2016, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
                    386: 
                    387: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    388: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-do/), there was a NetBSD
                    389: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    390: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
                    391: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/06/20/msg000709.html).
                    392: 
1.31      wiki      393: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Nagoya
                    394: 
                    395: *May. 28, 2016, [Fukiage Hall](http://www.nipc.or.jp/fukiage/index.html), Nagoya, Japan*
                    396: 
                    397: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
                    398: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-nagoya/), there was a NetBSD
                    399: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    400: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
                    401: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/30/msg000707.html).
                    402: 
                    403: 
1.28      wiki      404: ### `May 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Gunma
                    405: 
                    406: *May. 14, 2016, [LABI1 Takasaki](http://www.yamadalabi.com/takasaki/access/index.html), Gunma, Japan*
                    407: 
                    408: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.30      wiki      409: Gunma](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-gunma/), there was a NetBSD
1.28      wiki      410: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    411: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.30      wiki      412: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/05/16/msg000706.html).
1.28      wiki      413: 
1.24      wiki      414: ### `Mar 2016` - AsiaBSDCon 2016
                    415: 
                    416: *Mar. 10-13, 2016, Tokyo, Japan*
                    417: 
                    418: [AsiaBSDCon](https://www.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    419: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    420: in Tokyo, in 10-13 March, 2016. The conference is for anyone
                    421: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    422: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    423: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    424: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    425: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
1.28      wiki      426: [BSD Research and Japan NetBSD Users' Group booth report](https://github.com/ebijun/osc-demo/blob/master/2016/AsiaBSDCon2016.txt)
1.27      wiki      427: 
1.25      wiki      428: ### `Feb 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Tokyo/Spring
                    429: 
                    430: *Feb. 26- 27, 2016, [MEISEI
                    431: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    432: 
                    433: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.27      wiki      434: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2016-spring/), there was a NetBSD
1.25      wiki      435: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    436: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations. 
1.27      wiki      437: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/02/29/msg000703.html).
1.25      wiki      438: 
                    439: 
1.24      wiki      440: ### `Jan 2016` - Open Source Conference 2016 Hamanako
                    441: 
                    442: *Jan. 23, 2016, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/access.html), Shizuoka, Japan*
                    443: 
                    444: At the [Open Source Conference 2016
1.25      wiki      445: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-hamanako/), there was a NetBSD
1.24      wiki      446: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    447: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.25      wiki      448: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2016/01/23/msg000701.html).
1.24      wiki      449: 
                    450: 
1.23      wiki      451: ### `Nov 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokushima
                    452: 
                    453: *Nov. 14, 2015, [TOKUGIN TOMONI PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp), Tokushima, Japan*
                    454: 
                    455: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.24      wiki      456: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-tokushima/), there was a NetBSD
1.23      wiki      457: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    458: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
1.24      wiki      459: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000700.html).
1.23      wiki      460: 
                    461: ### `Nov 2015` - KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015
                    462: 
                    463: *Nov. 6- 7, 2015, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center](http://www.atc-co.com/guide/access.php), Osaka, Japan*
                    464: 
                    465: At the [KANSAI OPEN FORUM 2015](https://k-of.jp/2015/), there was a NetBSD
                    466: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    467: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    468: and [BSD BOF](https://k-of.jp/2015/session/731).
                    469: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/11/09/msg000699.html).
                    470: 
1.21      wiki      471: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Fall
                    472: 
                    473: *Oct. 24- 25, 2015, [MEISEI
                    474: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    475: 
                    476: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.26      wiki      477: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/), there was a NetBSD
1.21      wiki      478: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    479: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations 
                    480: and [BSD BOF](https://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fall/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=4).
1.23      wiki      481: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/25/msg000698.html).
1.21      wiki      482: 
                    483: 
1.17      wiki      484: ### `Oct 2015` - BSDCon Brasil 2015, Ceará, Brasil
                    485: 
                    486: *Oct. 9-10, 2015, University of Fortaleza ,Ceará, Brasil*
                    487: 
                    488: 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.
                    489: 
1.21      wiki      490: 
1.20      wiki      491: ### `Oct 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Fukuoka
                    492: 
                    493: *Oct. 3, 2015, [KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.shtml), Fukuoka, Japan*
                    494: 
                    495: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.21      wiki      496: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
1.20      wiki      497: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    498: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.21      wiki      499: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/10/05/msg000697.html).
1.20      wiki      500: 
1.12      riastrad  501: ### `Oct 2015` - EuroBSDcon 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
1.2       wiki      502: 
1.12      riastrad  503: *Oct. 1-4, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden*
1.10      schmonz   504: 
1.12      riastrad  505: [EuroBSDcon](https://2015.eurobsdcon.org/) is the premier European
1.10      schmonz   506: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    507: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    508: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    509: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    510: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    511: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    512: 
1.19      wiki      513: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hiroshima
                    514: 
                    515: *Sep. 19, 2015, [Satellite Campus Hiroshima](https://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/), Hiroshima, Japan*
                    516: 
                    517: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.20      wiki      518: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-Hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD and XM6i booth
1.19      wiki      519: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    520: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/) developers with many gadget
1.20      wiki      521: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/24/msg000696.html).
1.19      wiki      522: 
1.16      wiki      523: ### `Sep 2015` - vBSDCon 2015, Virginia, United States
                    524: 
                    525: *Sep. 11-13, 2015, Virginia, United States*
                    526: 
                    527: 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.
                    528: 
1.15      wiki      529: ### `Sep 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Niigata
1.14      wiki      530: 
1.18      wiki      531: *Sep. 5, 2015, [HON-PORT NIIGATA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY](http://www.niigatacitylib.jp/?page_id=166), Niigata, Japan*
1.14      wiki      532: 
                    533: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
1.18      wiki      534: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    535: staffed by members of [Echigo BSD Users Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) members and the [Japan NetBSD Users'
1.14      wiki      536: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
1.18      wiki      537: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/09/05/msg000695.html).
1.12      riastrad  538: 
1.15      wiki      539: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Shimane
                    540: 
                    541: *Aug. 22, 2015, [MATSUE TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    542: 
                    543: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    544: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    545: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    546: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    547: demonstrations.[Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/22/msg000692.html).
                    548: 
1.36      wiki      549: ### `Aug 2015` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
                    550: 
                    551: *Aug. 7-8, 2015, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    552: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    553: 
                    554: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    555: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    556: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    557: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    558: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [Nagoya . *BSD Users' Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/).
                    559: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/08/10/msg000691.html).
                    560: 
                    561: 
1.32      wiki      562: ### `Jul 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Okinawa
                    563: 
                    564: *Jul. 4, 2015, [Okinawa Convention
                    565: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    566: Okinawa, Japan*
                    567: 
                    568: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    569: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
                    570: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    571: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    572: [Report on NetBSD-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/07/04/msg000688.html).
                    573: 
1.31      wiki      574: 
                    575: ### `Jun 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Hokkaido
                    576: 
                    577: *Jun. 12-13, 2015, [Sapporo Convention Center](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html), Sapporo, Japan*
                    578: 
                    579: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    580: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-do/), there was a NetBSD
                    581: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    582: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    583: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/06/13/msg000687.html).
                    584: 
                    585: 
1.12      riastrad  586: ### `Mar 2015` - AsiaBSDCon 2015
                    587: 
                    588: *Mar. 12-15, 2015, Tokyo, Japan*
                    589: 
                    590: [AsiaBSDCon](https://2015.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users
                    591: and developers on BSD based systems. The next conference will be held
                    592: in Tokyo, in 12-15 March, 2015. The conference is for anyone
                    593: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    594: OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                    595: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                    596: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    597: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    598: 
1.26      wiki      599: ### `Feb 2015` - Open Source Conference 2015 Tokyo/Spring
                    600: 
                    601: *Feb. 27- 28, 2015, [MEISEI
                    602: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    603: 
                    604: At the [Open Source Conference 2015
                    605: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2015-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    606: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    607: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations.
                    608: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2015/02/28/msg000680.html).
                    609: 
1.8       wiki      610: ### `Nov 2014` - Kansai OpenSource 2014
1.2       wiki      611: 
                    612: *Nov. 7-8, 2014, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    613: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    614: 
                    615: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2014](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    616: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    617: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    618: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    619: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    620: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    621: 
1.12      riastrad  622: ### `Sep 2014` - EuroBSDCon 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
                    623: 
                    624: *Sep. 25-28, 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria*
                    625: 
                    626: [EuroBSDcon](http://2014.EuroBSDCon.org) is the premier European
                    627: conference on the open source BSD operating systems attracting about
                    628: 250 highly skilled engineering professionals, software developers,
                    629: computer science students and professors, and users from all over
                    630: Europe and other parts of the world. The goal of EuroBSDcon is to
                    631: exchange knowledge about the BSD operating systems, facilitate
                    632: coordination and cooperation among users and developers.
                    633: 
1.36      wiki      634: ### `Aug 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
                    635: 
                    636: *Aug. 1-2, 2014, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    637: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/spatial_services/convention/map/), Kyoto, Japan*
                    638: 
                    639: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    640: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    641: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    642: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    643: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                    644: [Report on netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2014/08/09/msg000658.html).
                    645: 
                    646: 
1.12      riastrad  647: ### `Jul 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Nagoya
                    648: 
                    649: *Jul. 4-5, 2014, [Nagoya International
                    650: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    651: Japan*
                    652: 
                    653: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    654: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-nagoya/) , there will be a OpenBSD
                    655: and NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    656: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    657: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There will be a gadget
                    658: demonstration [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) and NBUG BOF.
1.2       wiki      659: 
1.10      schmonz   660: ### `Jun 2014` - pkgsrcCon 2014, London, England
                    661: 
                    662: *Jun. 21-22, 2014, Middlesex University, London, England*
                    663: 
                    664: [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2014/) is a technical
                    665: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    666: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    667: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    668: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    669: 
                    670: ### `Jun 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hokkaido
                    671: 
                    672: *Jun. 13-14, 2014, [Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo,
                    673: Japan](http://www.sapporosansin.jp/access/)*
                    674: 
                    675: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    676: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    677: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    678: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    679: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    680: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    681: 
1.32      wiki      682: 
                    683: ### `May 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Okinawa
                    684: 
                    685: *May. 6, 2014, [Okinawa Convention
                    686: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    687: Okinawa, Japan*
                    688: 
                    689: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    690: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD
                    691: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    692: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadgets demonstration.
                    693: [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/671580).
                    694: 
                    695: 
1.10      schmonz   696: ### `Mar 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Hamanako
                    697: 
                    698: *Mar. 22, 2014, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                    699: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                    700: 
                    701: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    702: Hamanako](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-hamanako/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    703: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    704: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    705: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    706: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    707: 
                    708: ### `Mar 2014` - AsiaBSDCon 2014
                    709: 
                    710: *Mar 13-16, 2014, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    711: 
                    712: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2014.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    713: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    714: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    715: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    716: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    717: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    718: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    719: 
1.8       wiki      720: ### `Feb 2014` - Open Source Conference 2014 Tokyo/Spring
1.3       wiki      721: 
                    722: *Feb. 28- Mar. 1, 2014, [MEISEI
                    723: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    724: 
                    725: At the [Open Source Conference 2014
                    726: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2014-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                    727: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    728: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    729: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                    730: [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/)). [2014-02-28-netbsd-raspi
                    731: image](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2014/02/28/msg002243.html)).
                    732: more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/635747). Japan NetBSD
                    733: Users' Group got an award called "[Open Source Confernce
                    734: Award](http://www.ospn.jp/press/20140218osc-award.html)".
                    735: 
1.8       wiki      736: ### `Feb 2014` - NYC\*BSD Con 2014
1.2       wiki      737: 
                    738: *Feb 8, 2014 Suspenders Bar and Restaurant*
                    739: 
                    740: [NYC\*BSD Con 2014](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2014/) NYCBSDCon is on as a
                    741: day-long event with the theme of "The BSDs in Production."
                    742: 
1.8       wiki      743: ### `Nov 2013` - Linux User Group of Mauritius - LinuxFest 2013
1.2       wiki      744: 
                    745: *Nov 25, 2013, Octave Wiehe Auditorium University of Mauritius*
                    746: 
                    747: [Linux Fest 2013 in Mauritius](http://lugm.org/linuxfest/#) will feature
                    748: some BSD thumb drives and other general IT and Open Source talks
                    749: 
1.8       wiki      750: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Oita
1.2       wiki      751: 
                    752: *Nov. 23, 2013, i-ness, Oita, Japan*
                    753: 
                    754: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    755: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-oita/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    756: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    757: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    758: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    759: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    760: 
1.8       wiki      761: ### `Nov 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki      762: 
                    763: *Nov. 16, 2013, [Fukuoka Soft Research
                    764: Park](http://www.fukuoka-srp.co.jp/access/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                    765: 
                    766: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    767: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fukuoka/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    768: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    769: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    770: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    771: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                    772: 
1.8       wiki      773: ### `Nov 2013` - Kansai OpenSource 2013
1.2       wiki      774: 
                    775: *Nov. 8-9, 2013, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                    776: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                    777: 
                    778: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2013](http://www.k-of.jp/), there will be BSD
                    779: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    780: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    781: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                    782: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    783: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } and BSDBOF.
                    784: 
1.8       wiki      785: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki      786: 
                    787: *Oct. 19-20, 2013, [MEISEI
                    788: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/access/hino.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                    789: 
                    790: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    791: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                    792: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    793: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    794: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    795: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)) and BSDBOF.
                    796: 
1.8       wiki      797: ### `Oct 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki      798: 
                    799: *Oct. 6, 2013, [Satellite Campus
                    800: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/site/satellite/accessmap.html)
                    801: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                    802: 
                    803: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    804: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hiroshima/) , there will be a
                    805: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    806: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations (
                    807: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                    808: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    809: 
1.8       wiki      810: ### `Sep 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki      811: 
                    812: *Sep. 14, 2013, [Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo,
                    813: Japan](http://www.sora-scc.jp/access/index.html)*
                    814: 
                    815: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    816: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-do/) , there will be a NetBSD booth
                    817: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    818: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                    819: with NetBSD gadget demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                    820: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                    821: 
1.8       wiki      822: ### `Aug 2013` - FrOSCon 2013
1.2       wiki      823: 
                    824: *Aug. 24–25, 2013, [Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
                    825: Campus
                    826: Sankt-Augustin](http://fhbrs.de/en/University/Addresses+and+how+to+find+us.html),
                    827: Germany*
                    828: 
                    829: At [FrOSCon 8](http://froscon.org/en/home/) (Free and Open Source
                    830: Software Conference), the NetBSD project will be present with a booth
                    831: with several "showcase" machines, handing out flyers and CDs and
                    832: answering users' questions.
                    833: 
1.8       wiki      834: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Shimane
1.2       wiki      835: 
                    836: *Aug. 24, 2013, [MATSUE
                    837: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                    838: 
                    839: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    840: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                    841: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    842: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                    843: demonstrations ( [SONY NEWS
                    844: NetBSD/newsmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003059), [Java Station
                    845: NetBSD/sparc](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003356), [OMRON LUNAII
                    846: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003079), [XM6i
                    847: NetBSD/x68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/5003189), [Raspberry PI
                    848: hardfloat
                    849: NetBSD/evbarmv6hf](http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2013/08/23/msg001984.html)
                    850: ). more reports on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/553529).
                    851: 
1.8       wiki      852: ### `Aug 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki      853: 
                    854: *Aug. 2-3, 2013, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                    855: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                    856: 
                    857: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    858: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                    859: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    860: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                    861: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                    862: [sparc64 Genial 737s](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987247), [OMRON
                    863: LUNA and LUNAII](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987331), [LUNAII and
                    864: mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987913),
                    865: [RaspberryPI](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4987927) ) and presentation
                    866: ( [all about OMRON LUNA](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/OSC2013kyoto.pdf),
                    867: [Do LUNA68K Dream of mltermic Twitter
                    868: Sheep?,](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2013kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k_mlterm-fb_Twitter.html)
                    869: ). more report on [togetter](http://togetter.com/li/542885).
                    870: 
1.8       wiki      871: ### `Jul 2013` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki      872: 
                    873: *Jul 13, 2013, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                    874: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                    875: Japan*
                    876: 
                    877: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 15th annual Meeting and BoF
                    878: 2013](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting15.html.en)
                    879: for meeting information.[more detail on
                    880: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/532926).
                    881: 
1.8       wiki      882: ### `Jul 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Okinawa
1.2       wiki      883: 
                    884: *Jul. 6, 2013, [Okinawa Convention
                    885: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                    886: Okinawa, Japan*
                    887: 
                    888: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    889: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                    890: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    891: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                    892: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Raspberry-pi image for
                    893: NetBSD](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/),
                    894: [XM6i](http://xm6i.org/)).[more detail on
                    895: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/529669).
                    896: 
1.8       wiki      897: ### `Jun 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Nagoya
1.2       wiki      898: 
                    899: *Jun. 21-22, 2013, [Nagoya International
                    900: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                    901: Japan*
                    902: 
                    903: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                    904: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-nagoya/) , there was a OpenBSD
                    905: andNetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                    906: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                    907: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                    908: [BSD booth](http://twitpic.com/czat1r) ( [OpenBSD/luna88k and
                    909: NetBSD/luna68k](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959244), [NetBSD6.1 vs
                    910: NetBSD6.0.2 animation viewer runnning on NetBSD/x68k with XM6i X68030
                    911: emulator](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959314), [RaspberryPI NetBSD
                    912: Image](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4959033) ) and NBUG
                    913: BOF([OpenBSD/luna88k](http://www.nk-home.net/~aoyama/osc2013nagoya/OpenBSD-luna88k.pdf),6.1
                    914: vs 6.0.2 animation on
                    915: NetBSD/x68k,[NetBSD/RPI](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/jun/raspberry-pi/README-RPI.pdf)
                    916: ),[CLU lang and NetBSD
                    917: 2038](http://www.slideshare.net/hirofumitouhei/osc2013-nagoya). [more
                    918: detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/522396).
                    919: 
1.8       wiki      920: ### May 2013 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki      921: 
                    922: *May 22-25, 2013, Berlin, Germany.*
                    923: 
                    924: LinuxTag 2013 opens its doors from May 22 to May 25, 2013, at the Berlin
                    925: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event features a
                    926: NetBSD booth on the exhibition fair, where you can get the newest
                    927: T-Shirts, talk to NetBSD developers or get stickers for your computer
                    928: cases or notebooks.
                    929: 
                    930: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en.html) for
                    931: more information.
                    932: 
1.8       wiki      933: ### `May 2013` - BSDCan 2013, Ottawa, Canada
1.2       wiki      934: 
                    935: *May 17-18, 2013, Ottawa, Canada.*
                    936: 
                    937: [BSDCan 2013](http://www.bsdcan.org/2013) is a BSD conference held in
                    938: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                    939: systems and related projects. BSDCan 2013 will be held on 17-18 May 2013
                    940: at University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of tutorials
                    941: on 15-16 May 2013. There were related events (of a social nature, for
                    942: the most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                    943: 
                    944: See [the call for
                    945: papers](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2012/12/09/msg000506.html)
                    946: for details.
                    947: 
1.8       wiki      948: ### `Apr 2013` - Central European BSD-Day 2013, Naples, Italy
1.2       wiki      949: 
                    950: *Apr 6, 2013, Naples, Italy*
                    951: 
                    952: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2013) took place at he
                    953: Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging in Naples, Italy on Saturday,
                    954: April 6th. The format is technically a mixture of a cross-project
                    955: developer summit and a workshop. We have invited developers working with
                    956: BSD from different organizations, we have some dinners together, and
                    957: dedicate various sessions to each of the topics based on the interests
                    958: of the attending developers. The format of these sessions is quite
                    959: flexible: they may include presentations or demonstration of results, or
                    960: even public discussions with developers involved, or a mix of all of
                    961: these.
                    962: 
1.8       wiki      963: ### `Mar 2013` - pkgsrcCon 2013, Berlin, Germany
1.2       wiki      964: 
                    965: *Mar. 23, 2013, IN-Berlin Space, Berlin, Germany*
                    966: 
                    967: The [pkgsrcCon](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2013/) is a technical
                    968: conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection
                    969: (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and
                    970: works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors,
                    971: interested developers and users are all welcome to attend.
                    972: 
1.8       wiki      973: ### `Mar 2013` - Chemnitz Linux Days 2013, Chemnitz, Germany
1.2       wiki      974: 
                    975: *Mar. 16-17, 2013, Chemnitz, Germany*
                    976: 
                    977: The Chemnitz Linux Days is a conference that deals with Linux and Open
                    978: Source Software. It is open for everyone, novices and experts alike.
                    979: There will be a NetBSD booth where you can get the freshest goodies and
                    980: BSD related talks.
                    981: 
                    982: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2013/) for more
                    983: information.
                    984: 
1.8       wiki      985: ### `Mar 2013` - AsiaBSDCon 2013
1.2       wiki      986: 
                    987: *Mar 14-17, 2013, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                    988: 
                    989: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/) will be a conference for users
                    990: and developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                    991: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                    992: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                    993: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                    994: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                    995: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                    996: 
                    997: [Time table](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html). Keynote: [64bit
                    998: SMP NetBSD OS Porting for TILE-Gx VLIW Many-Core Processor by Toru
                    999: Nishimura](http://2013.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#K1) [More reports
                   1000: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/472002) and [AsiaBSDCon Guide by
                   1001: Japan NetBSD Users
                   1002: Group](http://www.soum.co.jp/~jun/asiabsdcon2013.pdf).
                   1003: 
1.8       wiki     1004: ### `Mar 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokushima
1.2       wiki     1005: 
                   1006: *Mar. 9, 2013, [TOKUGIN TOMONY
                   1007: PLAZA](http://www.tokuginplaza.com/own/index.asp) , Tokushima, Japan*
                   1008: 
                   1009: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                   1010: Tokushima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-tokushima/) , there was be a
                   1011: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1012: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                   1013: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [evbarm
                   1014: (Netwalker,KOBO,RPI)](../ports/evbarm/), [luna68k](../ports/luna68k/))
                   1015: and ["NetBSD 20 years"
                   1016: presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc2013tokushima-net-bsd20th)
                   1017: by tsutsui@. [More reports on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/468577).
                   1018: 
1.8       wiki     1019: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1020: 
                   1021: *Feb. 22-23, 2013, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1022: 
                   1023: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                   1024: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                   1025: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1026: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                   1027: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                   1028: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                   1029: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                   1030: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), ) and [more details on
                   1031: togetter](http://togetter.com/li/460484).
                   1032: 
1.8       wiki     1033: ### `Feb 2013` - Open Source Conference 2013 Hamamatsu
1.2       wiki     1034: 
                   1035: *Feb. 9, 2013, [Hamamatsu Shimin Kyodo
                   1036: Center](http://www.machien-hamamatsu.jp/) , Shizuoka, Japan*
                   1037: 
                   1038: At the [Open Source Conference 2013
                   1039: Hamamatsu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2013-hamamatsu/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1040: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1041: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                   1042: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1043: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)). [More reports on
                   1044: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/452856).
                   1045: 
1.8       wiki     1046: ### `Feb 2013` - FOSDEM 2013, Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1047: 
                   1048: *Feb. 2-3, 2013, Brussels, Belgium*
                   1049: 
                   1050: [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2013/) (Free and Open source Software
                   1051: Developers' European Meeting) is a two-day free and non-commercial event
                   1052: organized by the community for the community. Its goal is to provide
                   1053: Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to
                   1054: meet. It includes talks, presentations, booths, and a social event on
                   1055: the day prior to the event. Participation and attendance is totally
                   1056: free, though the organization gratefully accepts donations and
                   1057: sponsorships. No registration necessary.
                   1058: 
                   1059: There was a special developer's room reserved for BSD licensed operating
                   1060: systems and their talks, and a NetBSD booth where you can talk to
                   1061: developers or get NetBSD goodies.
                   1062: 
                   1063: Please see [this
                   1064: announcement](http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2012-November/004276.html)
                   1065: for details.
                   1066: 
1.8       wiki     1067: ### `Dec 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1068: 
                   1069: *Dec. 8, 2012, [Fukuoka Jyouhou
                   1070: Senmon-gakkou](http://www.kcs-f.ac.jp/index.html) , Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1071: 
                   1072: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1073: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1074: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1075: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                   1076: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1077: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                   1078: 
1.8       wiki     1079: ### `Nov 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Aizu
1.2       wiki     1080: 
                   1081: *Nov. 3, 2012, [The University of
                   1082: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-index.html) , Aizu, Japan*
                   1083: 
                   1084: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1085: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1086: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1087: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                   1088: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1089: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/))
                   1090: 
1.8       wiki     1091: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita/Fall
1.2       wiki     1092: 
                   1093: *Oct. 27, 2012, Sophia hall , Oita, Japan*
                   1094: 
                   1095: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1096: Oita/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita-fall/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1097: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1098: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                   1099: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1100: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                   1101: 
1.8       wiki     1102: ### `Oct 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki     1103: 
                   1104: *Oct. 20, 2012, [Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin
                   1105: University](http://www.hkg.ac.jp/html/about/access.html) , Hiroshima,
                   1106: Japan*
                   1107: 
                   1108: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1109: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1110: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1111: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [four NetBSD/x68k
                   1112: machines](http://twitpic.com/b6hyt7) including
                   1113: [X68030](http://twitpic.com/b6h7bz)+[Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/b6i5j1),
                   1114: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/b6h0gl),
                   1115: [X68060](http://twitpic.com/b6hw05)
                   1116: ([X68030+060turbo](http://twitpic.com/b67l7a)), [X68000
                   1117: PRO](http://twitpic.com/b6gs48) with [Xellent30
                   1118: accellerator](http://movapic.com/pic/201210201011355081fa47b2a4f)
                   1119: [booted via recently added netboot](http://twitpic.com/b6gqeb), and
                   1120: [XM6i X68030 Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on [Mac OS X with a real X68000
                   1121: keyboard via USB converter](http://twitpic.com/b6i2qa). There were also
                   1122: presentations ["Competitive development of XM6i and NetBSD/x68k" by
                   1123: isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012hi/) and ["NetBSD 6.0 New features
                   1124: found at OSC booth" by
                   1125: tsutsui@](http://www.slideshare.net/tsutsuii/osc-netbsd-60). [The event
                   1126: summary is available on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/392778).
                   1127: 
1.8       wiki     1128: ### `Oct 2012` - EuroBSDCon 2012, Warsaw, Poland
1.2       wiki     1129: 
                   1130: *Oct. 18-21, 2012, Warsaw, Poland*
                   1131: 
                   1132: [EuroBSDcon](http://2012.EuroBSDCon.org) is the European annual
                   1133: technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with
                   1134: 4.4BSD based operating systems family and related projects.
                   1135: 
                   1136: EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about latest news
                   1137: from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and
                   1138: meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented
                   1139: technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions
                   1140: and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects.
                   1141: 
                   1142: The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators
                   1143: and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the
                   1144: conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We
                   1145: firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of
                   1146: technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this
                   1147: regular meeting.
                   1148: 
1.8       wiki     1149: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1150: 
                   1151: *Sep. 22, 2012, [Okinawa Convention
                   1152: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1153: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1154: 
                   1155: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1156: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1157: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1158: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many gadgets demonstration (
                   1159: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1160: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/)).
                   1161: 
1.8       wiki     1162: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1163: 
                   1164: *Sep. 7-8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1165: 
                   1166: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1167: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was a NetBSD
                   1168: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1169: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with NetBSD gadget demonstrations(
                   1170: [NetBSD/Openblocks A6 by
                   1171: kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686373), [NetBSD/Openblocks
                   1172: 266,600 by kiyohara@](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4687681),
                   1173: [NetBSD/Raspberry Pi](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689247),
                   1174: [NetBSD/KOBO and
                   1175: NetBSD/netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4688202), [mikutter on
                   1176: WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4689261), [linkstation and
                   1177: USL-5P](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686571), [KAME
                   1178: Project](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4686706) ) and BSD BOF. [more
                   1179: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/369471).
                   1180: 
1.8       wiki     1181: ### `Nov 2012` - Kansai OpenSource 2012
1.2       wiki     1182: 
                   1183: *Nov. 9-10, 2012, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                   1184: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1185: 
                   1186: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2012](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                   1187: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1188: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1189: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations { WZero3
                   1190: NetBSD/evbarm, ZAURUS NetBSD/zaurus, [XM6i
                   1191: NetBSD/X68k](http://twitpic.com/bbvayo) } and BSDBOF (). [More reports
                   1192: on Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/404573).
                   1193: 
1.8       wiki     1194: ### `Sep 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1195: 
                   1196: *Sep. 1, 2012, [MATSUE
                   1197: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1198: 
                   1199: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1200: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1201: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1202: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1203: demonstrations (
                   1204: [NetBSD/hpcarm,i386](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4678623), ). [more
                   1205: details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/365753).
                   1206: 
1.8       wiki     1207: ### `Aug 2012` - XenSummit North America 2012
1.2       wiki     1208: 
                   1209: *Aug. 27-28, 2012, [Sheraton Hotel &
                   1210: Marina](http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=127),
                   1211: San Diego, California, USA*
                   1212: 
                   1213: [XenSummit](http://xen.org/xensummit/xs12na_talks/xensummit.html) is the
                   1214: leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in
                   1215: North America. The event provides collaboration and education for the
                   1216: Xen® community. There was a talk on NetBSD (and FreeBSD) on Xen roadmap
                   1217: on day one of the conference.
                   1218: 
1.8       wiki     1219: ### `Aug 2012` - FrOSCon 2012
1.2       wiki     1220: 
                   1221: *Aug. 25-26, 2012, [Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg](http://h-brs.de/), Sankt
                   1222: Augustin, Germany*
                   1223: 
                   1224: The [FrOSCon](http://www.froscon.de/en) (Free And Open Source
                   1225: Conference) is one of the largest Open Source conferences in Germany.
                   1226: 
1.8       wiki     1227: ### `Aug 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1228: 
                   1229: *Aug. 3-4, 2012, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1230: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1231: 
                   1232: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1233: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1234: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1235: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1236: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1237: [OMRON LUNA](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634623), [OMRON LUNA
                   1238: II](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634629), [NetBSD/hpcarm (SHARP
                   1239: WZERO3)](http://movapic.com/pic/20120803100715501b24433284c), [Gainer
                   1240: with squeak](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634639), [Making plans for
                   1241: SHARP,X68K on
                   1242: XM6i,ZAURUS,Netwalker](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634777), [ZAURUS
                   1243: cluster](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4634992), [the mikutter
                   1244: Chronicles](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636177), [NetBSD install
                   1245: service center](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4636374), [RetroBSD on
                   1246: PIC32](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4635032) ) and [NetBSD luna68k
                   1247: updates presetation by
                   1248: tsutsuii](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2012kyoto/NetBSD-luna68k-updates.html)
                   1249: [more details on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/350035).
                   1250: 
1.8       wiki     1251: ### `Jul 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1252: 
                   1253: *Jul 14, 2012, [Tohoku Computer
                   1254: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1255: 
                   1256: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1257: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1258: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1259: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1260: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1261: Netwalker](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1262: 
1.8       wiki     1263: ### `Jul 2012` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1264: 
                   1265: *Jul 7, 2012, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1266: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1267: Japan*
                   1268: 
                   1269: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 14th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1270: 2012](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting14.html.en)
                   1271: for meeting information.
                   1272: 
1.8       wiki     1273: ### `Jun 2012` - 17th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1274: 
                   1275: *June 14 - 17, 2012, [17th NetBSD
                   1276: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1277: 
                   1278: The 17th NetBSD hackathon focuses on getting NetBSD 6 BETA2 ready for
                   1279: the first release candidate. Our goal is fixing all the bugs that need
                   1280: fixing to get NetBSD-current ready for the creation of the NetBSD 6.0
                   1281: release branch.
                   1282: 
1.8       wiki     1283: ### `Jun 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1284: 
                   1285: *Jun. 16, 2012, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1286: 
                   1287: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1288: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1289: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1290: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/)
                   1291: with [Building NetBSD on
                   1292: Win7+Cygwin](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565220),
                   1293: [NetBSD/Armadillo-9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565161), [Processing
                   1294: on NetBSD](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565033), [NetBSD/IBM
                   1295: PalmTop110](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565193), [NetBSD/X68k on
                   1296: XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565208), [mikutter on NetBSD/WZERO3
                   1297: and NetBSD/Zaurus](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565158), [NetBSD and
                   1298: mikutter goods](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565027), [Geiger
                   1299: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4565528), [Making install-image
                   1300: Presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12do/NetBSD-cross-liveimage.html)
                   1301: by tsutsui@. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/318806).
                   1302: 
1.8       wiki     1303: ### May 2012 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     1304: 
                   1305: *May 23-26, 2012, Berlin, Germany.*
                   1306: 
                   1307: LinuxTag 2012 opened its doors from May 23 to May 26, 2012, at the
                   1308: Berlin Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event
                   1309: featured talks about Open Source and there was be a NetBSD booth on the
                   1310: exhibition fair where you could get advocacy material, talk to users and
                   1311: developers or buy NetBSD T-Shirts.
                   1312: 
                   1313: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2012/en.html) for
                   1314: more information.
                   1315: 
1.8       wiki     1316: ### `May 2012` - BSDCan 2012
1.2       wiki     1317: 
                   1318: *May 11-12, 2012, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1319: 
                   1320: [BSDCan 2012](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was a BSD conference held in
                   1321: Ottawa, Canada, for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating
                   1322: systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic
                   1323: formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to
                   1324: advanced developers. BSDCan 2012 was held on 11-12 May 2012 at
                   1325: University of Ottawa, and will be preceded by two days of Tutorials on
                   1326: 9-10 May 2012. There were related events (of a social nature, for the
                   1327: most part) on the day before and after the conference.
                   1328: 
1.8       wiki     1329: ### `May 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1330: 
                   1331: *May. 12, 2012, [Nagoya International
                   1332: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1333: Japan*
                   1334: 
                   1335: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1336: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1337: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1338: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users' Group
                   1339: (NBUG)](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration
                   1340: [BSD booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511413) ( [Twitter time line
                   1341: on NetBSD/dreamcast visual
                   1342: memory](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4512178) ([slide and
                   1343: paper](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/vm/index.html)),
                   1344: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [W-ZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [Enjoy NetBSD
                   1345: on EeePC NetBook with OpenOffice and
                   1346: Mikutter](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/),
                   1347: [mikutter mug and seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4511548) ) and
                   1348: NBUG BOF. [more detail on togetter](http://togetter.com/li/302311).
                   1349: 
1.8       wiki     1350: ### `May 2012` - Central European BSD-Day 2012 Vienna
1.2       wiki     1351: 
                   1352: The [Central European BSD-Day](http://bsdday.eu/2012) took place at the
                   1353: University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria, on saturday, may 5th.
                   1354: 
1.8       wiki     1355: ### `Apr 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Iwate
1.2       wiki     1356: 
                   1357: *Apr. 21, 2012, Iwate, Japan*
                   1358: 
                   1359: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1360: Iwate](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-iwate/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1361: booth](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472557) staffed by members of the
                   1362: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with many {
                   1363: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4472584),
                   1364: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1365: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) } gadget
                   1366: demonstrations.
                   1367: 
1.8       wiki     1368: ### `Mar 2012` - AsiaBSDCon 2012
1.2       wiki     1369: 
                   1370: *Mar 22-25, 2012, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1371: 
                   1372: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2012.asiabsdcon.org/) was a conference for users and
                   1373: developers on BSD based systems. The conference was for anyone
                   1374: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1375: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon was a technical
                   1376: conference and aimed to collect the best technical papers and
                   1377: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1378: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1379: 
1.8       wiki     1380: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Ehime
1.2       wiki     1381: 
                   1382: *Mar. 24, 2012, Ehime, Japan*
                   1383: 
                   1384: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1385: Ehime](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-ehime/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1386: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1387: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [NetBSD/x68k by
                   1388: isaki@](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/NetBSD/osc12eh/page1.html),
                   1389: [XM6i by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2012eh/page1.html), [NetBSD
                   1390: port history by
                   1391: tsutsui@](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc12eh/NetBSD-port-history.html),
                   1392: [zaurus and WZERO3](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422214), [evbarm and
                   1393: shark](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422260),
                   1394: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422589), [XM6i on
                   1395: mac](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4422798), gadget demonstrations
                   1396: [[ustream live
                   1397: archive](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/japan-netbsd-users-group-meeting)].
                   1398: 
1.8       wiki     1399: ### `Mar 2012` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012
1.2       wiki     1400: 
                   1401: *Mar. 17-18, 2012, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   1402: 
                   1403: The "Chemnitz Linux Days" was a conference that deals with Linux, but
                   1404: also with free and open source software in general. Being an event vor
                   1405: novices and experts as well, there were a NetBSD booth and related
                   1406: talks.
                   1407: 
                   1408: See the [website](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2012/) for more
                   1409: information.
                   1410: 
1.8       wiki     1411: ### `Mar 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1412: 
                   1413: *Mar. 16-17, 2012, Tokyo, Japan*
                   1414: 
                   1415: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1416: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-spring/), there was be a NetBSD
                   1417: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1418: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) with [teokure live
                   1419: image(NetBSD5.1.2/i386,amd64+Firefox+mikutter)](http://teokurebsd.org/),
                   1420: [WZero3 live
                   1421: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/hpcarm)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/wzero3/),
                   1422: [Zaurus live
                   1423: image(NetBSD6.0BETA/zaurus)](http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/tsutsui/zaurus/),
                   1424: [Translate NetBSD man with
                   1425: po4a](http://www.slideshare.net/master_q/netbsd-man-osc2012),
                   1426: [Jornada680](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407584),
                   1427: [Jornada720](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407590), [Zaurus
                   1428: 760,860](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407593), [WZero3 with
                   1429: pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4407661),
                   1430: [OpenBlocks](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408049),
                   1431: [ZBOXNANO-VD01](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409584), [Lemote yeeloong
                   1432: 8089b evbmips64](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409939), [mikutter
                   1433: seal](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4408149), NetBSD [gadget
                   1434: demonstrations](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/4409260).
                   1435: 
1.8       wiki     1436: ### `Feb 2012` - Open Source Conference 2012 Oita
1.2       wiki     1437: 
                   1438: *Feb. 11, 2012, Oita, Japan*
                   1439: 
                   1440: At the [Open Source Conference 2012
                   1441: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2012-oita/), there was a [NetBSD
                   1442: booth](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111050584f35c982a782a), staffed by
                   1443: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/)
                   1444: with hpcsh { [Persona
                   1445: 30](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111116074f35cf677a48b), [Jornada
                   1446: 680](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111105064f35ccd26f35f), [Jornada
                   1447: 690](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111036504f35c6323d7f3)}, hpcarm {
                   1448: [Jornada 720](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111107354f35cd67daedf),
                   1449: [WS007SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111039044f35c6b854249),
                   1450: [WS011SH](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111103074f35cc5b6ea81)}, hpcmips
                   1451: { [MCR520](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111124414f35d169430c3),
                   1452: [Z50](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111048154f35c8dfba12d)}, zaurus {
                   1453: [SLC-860+mikutter](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111112154f35ce7f6db5a)},
                   1454: i386 { [aspire
                   1455: one](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111121424f35d0b649525)}, x68k {
                   1456: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111204074f35daa7e639a),
                   1457: [XM6i](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111207584f35db8ea62fa)}, amd64 {[pen
                   1458: tablet with NetBSD](http://movapic.com/pic/201202110957324f35bcfcaa63d),
                   1459: [teokure live image](http://teokurebsd.org/) },
                   1460: [Xnp2](http://movapic.com/pic/201202111234014f35e1a946be8),
                   1461: [NetBSD/mikutter seal](http://yfrog.com/esrv5bej) gadget demonstrations
                   1462: and brand new [NetBSD 5.1.2
                   1463: presentation](http://www.NetBSD.org/releases/formal-5/NetBSD-5.1.2.html).
                   1464: 
1.8       wiki     1465: ### `Feb 2012` - FOSDEM 2012
1.2       wiki     1466: 
                   1467: *Feb. 4-5, 2012, Brussels, Belgium*
                   1468: 
                   1469: [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2012/) is the biggest free and
                   1470: non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to
                   1471: provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. No registration
                   1472: necessary.
                   1473: 
                   1474: There was a NetBSD booth and a special developer's room reserved for BSD
                   1475: licensed operating systems and their talks. Please see [the
                   1476: announcement](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2011/11/28/msg000374.html)
                   1477: for details.
                   1478: 
1.8       wiki     1479: ### `Dec 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1480: 
                   1481: *Dec. 3, 2011, [CHIKUSHI
                   1482: JOGAKUEN](http://www-new.chikushi-u.ac.jp/english/about/index.html#Where),
                   1483: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1484: 
                   1485: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1486: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1487: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1488: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1489: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh(Jornada 680)](http://twitpic.com/7nhic7),
                   1490: [arm(WZERO3)](http://twitpic.com/7nhfzq) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1491: [Xen4 live USB -teokure- memory](http://twitpic.com/7nhl97).
                   1492: 
1.8       wiki     1493: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1494: 
                   1495: *Nov. 19-20, 2011, [MEISEI
                   1496: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1497: 
                   1498: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1499: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1500: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1501: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1502: demonstrations { [Teokure-Live Image
                   1503: amd64](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/netbsd/liveimage/) (Thinkpad
                   1504: X201, X61), [acorn26](../ports/acorn26/) ([BBC
                   1505: A3000](http://movapic.com/pic/201111201146094ec869f10e10e)),
                   1506: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) (WS003SH, WS007SH, WS011SH, WS020SH, Jornada
                   1507: 710), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/) (IBM Z50, MobileGear 530) ,
                   1508: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) (Persona HPW30PA), [i386](../ports/i386/) (Acer
                   1509: Aspire One with [pkgsrc/net/mikutter](http://mikutter.hachune.net/)),
                   1510: [X68k](../ports/x68k/) ([XM6i](http://www.xm6i.org/)),
                   1511: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/)
                   1512: ([SL-C700[NEW]](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/steleto/20101201), SL-C750,
                   1513: SL-C1000, SL-C3200), } and BSD BOF ([Ustream
                   1514: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201) ).
                   1515: 
1.8       wiki     1516: ### `Nov 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1517: 
                   1518: *Nov. 12, 2011, [MATSUE
                   1519: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1520: 
                   1521: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1522: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1523: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1524: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadget
                   1525: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1526: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1527: 
1.8       wiki     1528: ### `Nov 2011` - Kansai OpenSource 2011
1.2       wiki     1529: 
                   1530: *Nov. 11-12, 2011, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITM
                   1531: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1532: 
                   1533: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2011](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were two BSD
                   1534: booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1535: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1536: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/). with many gadget demonstrations {
                   1537: [dreamcast with fishing contoller](../ports/dreamcast/),
                   1538: [Hewlett-Packard 9000/700](../ports/hp700/),
                   1539: [Luna-II](../ports/luna68k/), [hpcarm and WZero3](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1540: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), pf firewall
                   1541: demonstration with OpenBSD/landisk(USL-5Px2) } and BSDBOF ([Why
                   1542: enigmatic machines by
                   1543: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/kof2011/Why-enigmatic-machines.html),
                   1544: pkgsrc by obache, [[Ustream
                   1545: Recorded](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18441201)]). [More reports on
                   1546: Togetter](http://togetter.com/li/213724).
                   1547: 
1.8       wiki     1548: ### `Nov 2011` - bsd\_day(2011)
1.2       wiki     1549: 
                   1550: *Nov. 5, 2011, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia*
                   1551: 
                   1552: The purpose of this one-day event is to gather Central European
                   1553: developers of today's open-source BSD systems, popularize their work,
                   1554: and provide an interface for real-life communication. There are no
                   1555: formalities, no papers, and no registration or participation fee,
                   1556: however the invited developers are encouraged to give a talk on their
                   1557: favorite BSD-related topic, then have a beer with the other folks around
                   1558: :-) The language of this event is English, and the goal is to motivate
                   1559: potential future developers and users, especially undergraduate
                   1560: university students to work with BSD systems.
                   1561: 
                   1562: There is an additional schedule for participants and their guests on the
                   1563: day prior to (November 4th) and after (November 6th) the main event.
                   1564: 
                   1565: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1566: [](http://www.bsdday.eu/2011/).
1.2       wiki     1567: 
1.8       wiki     1568: ### `Nov 2011` - BSDday Argentina 2011
1.2       wiki     1569: 
                   1570: *Nov. 5, 2011, Buenos Aires City, Argentina*
                   1571: 
                   1572: BSDday Argentina is a conference for users, sysadmins and developers of
                   1573: BSD software and based systems. The conference is for anyone developing,
                   1574: deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
                   1575: DragonFlyBSD and others \*BSD. BSDday Argentina is a technical
                   1576: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1577: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1578: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1579: 
                   1580: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1581: [](http://www.bsdday.org.ar/).
1.2       wiki     1582: 
1.8       wiki     1583: ### `Oct 2011` - EuroBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1584: 
                   1585: *Oct. 6-9, 2011, Maarssen, Netherlands*
                   1586: 
                   1587: EuroBSDcon is the European technical conference for people working on
                   1588: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. EuroBSDcon
                   1589: 2011 is the 10th EuroBSDcon and will take place in (in the center of)
                   1590: The Netherlands 6 - 9 October 2011 at Meeting Plaza, Maarssen, The
                   1591: Netherlands.
                   1592: 
                   1593: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1594: [](http://2011.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1595: 
1.8       wiki     1596: ### `Oct 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hiroshima
1.2       wiki     1597: 
                   1598: *Oct. 1, 2011, [Prefectual University of
                   1599: Hiroshima](http://www.pu-hiroshima.ac.jp/05_campus/08_access/index.html)
                   1600: , Hiroshima, Japan*
                   1601: 
                   1602: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1603: Hiroshima](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-hiroshima/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1604: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1605: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1606: demonstration ( [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) (
                   1607: [X68030+Neptune-X+NE2000](http://twitpic.com/6tuiik),
                   1608: [X68030+Nereid](http://twitpic.com/6tvkzo),
                   1609: [X68060(X68030+060turbo)](http://twitpic.com/6tu7p2)), [XM6i X68030
                   1610: Emulator](http://xm6i.org/) on
                   1611: ([NetBSD/i386](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011105024e86754e2efbb), [Mac
                   1612: OS X](http://movapic.com/pic/201110011101544e8674925d26a)), [WZero
                   1613: 3](../ports/hpcarm) ([WS011SH](http://twitpic.com/6tyvva)),
                   1614: [Zaurus](../ports/zaurus) ([SL-C1000](http://twitpic.com/6tzg2z))) and
                   1615: [XM6i presentation by isaki@](http://xm6i.org/event/osc2011hi/),
                   1616: ["Teokure Live Image" and mikutter presentation by
                   1617: tsutsui](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11hi/Teokure-Live-Image.html),
                   1618: [event summary](http://togetter.com/li/195551).
                   1619: 
1.8       wiki     1620: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1621: 
                   1622: *Sep. 10, 2011, [Okinawa Convention
                   1623: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1624: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1625: 
                   1626: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1627: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1628: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1629: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1630: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1631: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and PCBSD9.0
                   1632: presentation by Jun YAMASHIRO.
                   1633: 
1.8       wiki     1634: ### `Sep 2011` - Open Source Small Conference 2011 Aizu
1.2       wiki     1635: 
                   1636: *Sep. 3, 2011, [University of
                   1637: Aizu](http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/e-intro/e-facilities/e-campusmap.html) ,
                   1638: Fukushima, Japan*
                   1639: 
                   1640: At the [Open Source Small Conference 2011
                   1641: Aizu](http://www.ospn.jp/ossc-aizu/) , there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   1642: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1643: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1644: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1645: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1646: 
1.8       wiki     1647: ### `Aug 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1648: 
                   1649: *Aug. 20, 2011, [Nagoya International
                   1650: Center](http://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/e/about-us/access-hours), Nagoya,
                   1651: Japan*
                   1652: 
                   1653: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1654: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1655: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1656: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1657: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There was a gadget demonstration (
                   1658: [Presentation Software using only wscons with Dreamcast Fishing
                   1659: Controller](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3923999),
                   1660: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1661: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [Amiga
                   1662: 1200](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924333), [SONY NEWS
                   1663: 3460](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924343), [Geiger
                   1664: counter](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3924354) ).
                   1665: 
1.8       wiki     1666: ### `Aug 2011` - 15th NetBSD Hackathon
1.2       wiki     1667: 
                   1668: *Aug. 10 - 15, 2011, [15th NetBSD
                   1669: Hackathon](http://wiki.NetBSD.org/hackathon)*
                   1670: 
                   1671: The 15th NetBSD hackathon focused on documentation. Please see the Wiki
                   1672: page at the URL mentioned above for details and progress.
                   1673: 
1.8       wiki     1674: ### `Jul 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kyoto
1.2       wiki     1675: 
                   1676: *Jul. 15-16, 2011, [KYOTO RESEARCH
                   1677: PARK](http://www.krp.co.jp/english/access/index.html), Kyoto, Japan*
                   1678: 
                   1679: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1680: Kansai@Kyoto](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kyoto/) , there was a [NetBSD
                   1681: booth](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/index.html)
                   1682: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1683: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1684: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1685: [Sun3/80](http://twitpic.com/5rcp11), [SONY NEWS
                   1686: NWS-1750](http://twitpic.com/5rcrjj), [OMRON LUNA
                   1687: SX-9100/DT](http://twitpic.com/5rcuqb), [Workstation book
                   1688: colab.](http://twitpic.com/5rd4td), [SHARP WZERO3](../ports/hpcarm/), [4
                   1689: BSD variants (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD) on
                   1690: NetBSD/xen](http://twitpic.com/5rl3n7), [Wsdisplay Presentation tool on
                   1691: NetBSD/hpcmips](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812933),
                   1692: [USL5P+OpenBSD4.9](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3813423), [Compiling
                   1693: process Visualizer like teen spirit called Captain
                   1694: Nadeshiko](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3812608), [Some like a BSD
                   1695: Statue Joystick](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/3809140) driven by
                   1696: [Gainer+Squeak](http://www.yengawa.com/squeak_gainer) ) and [NetBSD/m68k
                   1697: will never die!
                   1698: presentation](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kyoto/NetBSD-m68k-will-never-die.html)
                   1699: and
                   1700: [commit](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/07/16/msg024675.html)
                   1701: by tsutsui.
                   1702: 
1.8       wiki     1703: ### `Jul 2011` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1704: 
                   1705: *Jul 9, 2011, [VLSI Design and Education Center University of
                   1706: Tokyo](http://www.vdec.u-tokyo.ac.jp/English/contact.html), Tokyo,
                   1707: Japan*
                   1708: 
                   1709: See [Japan NetBSD Users Group 13th annual Meeting and BoF
                   1710: 2011](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting13.html.en)
                   1711: for meeting information. NetBSD BOF with 36 attendances and 153 ustream
                   1712: clients: pkgsrc updates by obache, jp.NetBSD.org servers by
                   1713: mef,NetBSD/[Psion netBook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook)
                   1714: by kiyohara, AC Tap with USB controlled power meter by Kubota, Power
                   1715: consumption and bcbench by jun, Capture Power consumption meter with
                   1716: OpenCV by mita@FreeBSD, Build [Facebook page for Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1717: Group](http://www.facebook.com/NetBSD.jp), 6.0 - here today by soda, PGP
                   1718: keysign party by soda.
                   1719: 
1.8       wiki     1720: ### `Jun 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1721: 
                   1722: *Jun. 11, 2011, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1723: 
                   1724: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1725: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1726: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1727: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   1728: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with BeagleBoard, MSP430 LaunchPad,
                   1729: JMBadgeBoard, Processing on NetBSD and many hpc{
                   1730: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1731: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } .
                   1732: 
1.8       wiki     1733: ### `May 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Sendai
1.2       wiki     1734: 
                   1735: *May 21, 2011, [Tohoku Computer
                   1736: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   1737: 
                   1738: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1739: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1740: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1741: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1742: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   1743: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1744: 
1.8       wiki     1745: ### `May 2011` - BSDCan 2011
1.2       wiki     1746: 
                   1747: *May 13-14, 2011, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   1748: 
                   1749: [BSDCan 2011](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2011 at the
                   1750: University of Ottawa. It was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   1751: May 2011.
                   1752: 
1.8       wiki     1753: ### `Apr 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     1754: 
                   1755: *Apr. 16, 2011, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   1756: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   1757: 
                   1758: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1759: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1760: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1761: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   1762: EtherNEC , and NetBSD bus\_space
                   1763: API](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc2011kobe/NetBSD-EtherNEC.html)
                   1764: presentation by tsutsui, contao presentation by taca, and [ATARI
                   1765: TT030](../ports/atari/), [SHARP X68030](../ports/x68k/),
                   1766: [cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1767: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1768: [zaurus](../ports/zaurus/) gadgets demonstration.
                   1769: 
1.8       wiki     1770: ### `Mar 2011` - AsiaBSDCon 2011
1.2       wiki     1771: 
                   1772: *Mar 19-20, 2011, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   1773: 
                   1774: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2011.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   1775: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   1776: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   1777: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   1778: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   1779: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   1780: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   1781: 
1.8       wiki     1782: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Oita
1.2       wiki     1783: 
                   1784: *Mar. 19, 2011, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   1785: Oita, Japan*
                   1786: 
                   1787: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1788: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-oita/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1789: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1790: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1791: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1792: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   1793: 
1.8       wiki     1794: ### `Mar 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     1795: 
                   1796: *Mar. 4-5, 2011, [Wasseda University,Nishiwaseda
                   1797: Campus](http://www.waseda.jp/eng/campus/map03.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1798: 
                   1799: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1800: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   1801: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1802: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1803: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1804: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1805: 
1.8       wiki     1806: ### `Feb 2011` - FOSDEM 2011 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     1807: 
                   1808: *Feb. 5-6, 2011, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), Brussels,
                   1809: Belgium*
                   1810: 
                   1811: At the [FOSDEM 2011 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2011/), there was
                   1812: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   1813: 
                   1814: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk "Lua in BSD"
                   1815: in the BSD devroom
                   1816: 
1.8       wiki     1817: ### `Feb 2011` - Open Source Conference 2011 Kagawa
1.2       wiki     1818: 
                   1819: *Feb. 5, 2011, [Sunport Hall
                   1820: Takamatsu](http://www.sunport-hall.jp/shisetu/access.htm), Kagawa,
                   1821: Japan*
                   1822: 
                   1823: At the [Open Source Conference 2011
                   1824: Kagawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2011-kagawa/), there was a NetBSD booth
                   1825: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1826: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [many
                   1827: hp](http://twitpic.com/3xoh1i){ [hp300](../ports/hp300/),
                   1828: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1829: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [NetBSD/hp300 and
                   1830: wscons](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/osc11kg/netbsd-hp300.html)
                   1831: presentation by tsutsui ([Event driven Commit
                   1832: Log](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/02/06/msg018165.html)).
                   1833: 
1.8       wiki     1834: ### `Dec 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     1835: 
                   1836: *Dec. 11, 2010, [Fukuoka Institute of
                   1837: Technology](http://www.fit.ac.jp/EN/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   1838: 
                   1839: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1840: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1841: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1842: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1843: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1844: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   1845: 
1.8       wiki     1846: ### `Nov 2010` - Journées Méditéranéennes du Logiciel Libre in Sophia-Antipolis.
1.2       wiki     1847: 
                   1848: *November 26-27, 2010, Sophia-Antipolis, France.*
                   1849: 
1.8       wiki     1850: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Journées Méditéranéennes du
1.2       wiki     1851: Logiciel Libre](http://jm2l.linux-azur.org). Friday afternoon was
                   1852: generally more enterprise oriented, while Saturday was more end-users
                   1853: focused.
                   1854: 
1.8       wiki     1855: ### `Nov 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Shimane
1.2       wiki     1856: 
                   1857: *Nov 27, 2010, [MATSUE
                   1858: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   1859: 
                   1860: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1861: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1862: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1863: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There was gadget
                   1864: demonstrations ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1865: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1866: 
1.8       wiki     1867: ### `Nov 2010` - NYCBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1868: 
                   1869: *November 12-14, 2010, Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA*
                   1870: 
                   1871: [The New York City BSD Conference
                   1872: (NYCBSDCon)](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2010/) is the main technical
                   1873: conference on the US East Coast for the BSD community to get together to
                   1874: share and gain knowledge, to network with like-minded people, and to
                   1875: have fun. This event was organized by members of the New York City \*BSD
                   1876: Users Group (NYC\*BUG).
                   1877: 
1.8       wiki     1878: ### `Nov 2010` - Kansai OpenSource 2010
1.2       wiki     1879: 
                   1880: *Nov. 5-6, 2010, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   1881: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   1882: 
                   1883: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2010](http://www.k-of.jp/), there were three
                   1884: BSD booths staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1885: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) , [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1886: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) and [NAKAMURA
                   1887: Kazushi](http://www.kobe1995.jp/) with [NEC
                   1888: Express5800(arc)](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898351) , [64bit
                   1889: 20years {NEC Express5800(amd64), SONY NEWS NWS-5000(newsmips), Sun
                   1890: Ultra60(sun4u), Sun Ultra10(sun4u), HP
                   1891: ML115(amd64)}](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899650), Xen Dom0 on
                   1892: NetBSD and DomU (NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD),
                   1893: OpenBSD/landisk(Firewall Redundancy with CARP and pfsync),
                   1894: OpenBSD/zaurus, WZero3(hpcarm), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1895: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [NetBSD
                   1896: straps](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2898808) gadgets demonstration and
                   1897: BSDBOF (soda-san got [Japanese OSS Contributor
                   1898: Award](http://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html), so let me
                   1899: introduce [raiders of the lost ARC
                   1900: tech](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899062) and [talkin' bout a
                   1901: revolution with soda-san](http://movapic.com/ebijun/pic/2899023) by
                   1902: tsutsui)
                   1903: 
1.8       wiki     1904: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Niigata
1.2       wiki     1905: 
                   1906: *Oct. 23, 2010, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan*
                   1907: 
                   1908: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1909: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-niigata/) , there was a BSD booth
                   1910: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1911: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   1912: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was a gadgets demonstration (
                   1913: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1914: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   1915: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   1916: 
1.8       wiki     1917: ### `Oct 2010` - EuroBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     1918: 
                   1919: *Oct. 8-10, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   1920: 
                   1921: EuroBSDcon 2010, the european technical conference for people working on
                   1922: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Oct 8-10th 2010 in
                   1923: Karlsruhe, Germany. The two day conference program (October 9 - 10) was
                   1924: preceeded by a tutorial day (Oct 8).
                   1925: 
                   1926: For more information please visit the website
1.8       wiki     1927: [](http://2010.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     1928: 
1.8       wiki     1929: ### `Oct 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     1930: 
                   1931: *Oct. 2, 2010, [Okinawa Convention
                   1932: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   1933: Okinawa, Japan*
                   1934: 
                   1935: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1936: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1937: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1938: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many gadgets
                   1939: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   1940: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1941: 
1.8       wiki     1942: ### `Sep 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     1943: 
                   1944: *Sep. 10-11, 2010, [MEISEI
                   1945: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   1946: 
                   1947: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1948: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1949: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1950: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   1951: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   1952: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   1953: [NetBSD/x68k](../ports/x68k/) on [XM6i X68000
                   1954: emulator](http://www.pastel-flower.jp/~isaki/xm6i/).
                   1955: 
1.8       wiki     1956: ### `Aug 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     1957: 
                   1958: *Aug. 7, 2010, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   1959: 
                   1960: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1961: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1962: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1963: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   1964: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   1965: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1966: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   1967: 
1.8       wiki     1968: ### `Jul 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai
1.2       wiki     1969: 
                   1970: *Jul. 9-10, 2010, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   1971: 
                   1972: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   1973: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kyoto/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   1974: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   1975: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   1976: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There were gadgets demonstration (
                   1977: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   1978: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), ).
                   1979: 
1.8       wiki     1980: ### `Jul 2010` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     1981: 
                   1982: *Jul 3, 2010, [The University of
                   1983: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   1984: Japan*
                   1985: 
                   1986: See [this
                   1987: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting12.html.en)
                   1988: for meeting information.
                   1989: 
                   1990: NetBSD BOF with 44 attendances and 55 ustream clients: OpenBlockS600 by
                   1991: kiyohara, [STAR81xx/91xx](http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/bof/index1.html) by
                   1992: Ryo SHIMIZU, [NetBSD goes POSIX.1-2008 and
                   1993: C1X](http://www.hi-matic.org/BOF/BOF.pdf) by tnozaki, YUREX by noztos,
                   1994: AsiaBSDCon by hrs, pkgsrc updates by obache.
                   1995: 
1.8       wiki     1996: ### `Jun 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     1997: 
                   1998: *Jun. 26, 2010, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   1999: 
                   2000: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   2001: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2002: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2003: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   2004: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9 +
                   2005: VT220J, NetBSD/sparc on Sparcstation IPX, NetBSD/i386 on ThinkPad X200s
                   2006: (VMWarePlayer) and ThinkPad X24, FreeNAS on ThinkPad X200s
                   2007: (VMWarePlayer), NetBSD/landisk on USL-5P, NetBSD/evbppc on kuro-box,
                   2008: NetBSD/evbmips-el on BBR-4MG, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2009: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/),WZero3 with AM/FM Radio }
                   2010: 
1.8       wiki     2011: ### `Jun 2010` - LinuxTag 2010
1.2       wiki     2012: 
                   2013: *June 9-12, 2010, Berlin, Germany*
                   2014: 
                   2015: [LinuxTag 2010](http://www.linuxtag.org/2010/), one of Europe's largest
                   2016: Open Source Expo, took place from June 9th through 12th, 2010, in
                   2017: Berlin, Germany. The NetBSD Project was being represented by volunteers
                   2018: in a shared BSD booth.
                   2019: 
                   2020: If you are interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
                   2021: questions, please contact Thomas Kaepernick (mast\_1(at)gmx.net).
                   2022: 
1.8       wiki     2023: ### `May 2010` - pkgsrcCon 2010 Basel, Switzerland
1.2       wiki     2024: 
                   2025: *May. 28 -30, 2010, [Departement Informatik, University of
                   2026: Basel](http://www.pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/2010/), Basel, Switzerland*
                   2027: 
1.8       wiki     2028: ### `May 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Sendai
1.2       wiki     2029: 
                   2030: *May. 22, 2010, [Tohoku Computer
                   2031: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   2032: 
                   2033: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   2034: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2035: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2036: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2037: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm and
                   2038: WZero3(WS011SH)](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2039: 
1.8       wiki     2040: ### `May 2010` - Rencontres Bretonnes du Logiciel Libre in Rennes
1.2       wiki     2041: 
                   2042: *May 15-16, 2010, Rennes, France.*
                   2043: 
                   2044: NetBSD was present for the 2nd time at the [Rencontres Bretonnes du
                   2045: Logiciel Libre](http://www.rbll.info)
                   2046: 
1.8       wiki     2047: ### `May 2010` - BSDCan 2010
1.2       wiki     2048: 
                   2049: *May 13-14, 2010, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   2050: 
                   2051: [BSDCan 2010](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 13-14 May 2010 at the
                   2052: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 11-12
                   2053: May 2010.
                   2054: 
1.8       wiki     2055: ### `Mar 2010` - AsiaBSDCon 2010
1.2       wiki     2056: 
                   2057: *Mar 11-14, 2010, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   2058: 
                   2059: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2060: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2061: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2062: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2063: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2064: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2065: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2066: 
                   2067: A NetBSD BOF was held on March 12, 2010 14:00-16:30
                   2068: 
1.8       wiki     2069: ### `Mar 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Kansai@Kobe
1.2       wiki     2070: 
                   2071: *Mar. 13, 2010, [Kobe Industrial Promotion
                   2072: Center](http://www.kobe-ipc.or.jp/access/), Kobe, Japan*
                   2073: 
                   2074: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   2075: Kansai@Kobe](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-kobe/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2076: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2077: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [ATARI TT030 +
                   2078: SMC\_TT](../ports/atari/) ([Demonstration animation GIF for
                   2079: TT030](http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/tsutsui/smc_tt/SMC_TT-OSC2010Kobe.gif))
                   2080: , cobalt, many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2081: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2082: 
1.8       wiki     2083: ### `Feb 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2084: 
                   2085: *Feb. 26-27, 2010, [MEISEI
                   2086: UNIVERSITY](http://www.meisei-u.ac.jp/english/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2087: 
                   2088: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   2089: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2090: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2091: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with tadpole(sparc) and
                   2092: many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2093: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2094: 
1.8       wiki     2095: ### `Feb 2010` - Hackathon, February 2010
1.2       wiki     2096: 
                   2097: *Feb. 19-22, 2010,
                   2098: [Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html)*
                   2099: 
                   2100: The [February 2010
                   2101: Hackathon](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/hackathon.html) was focusing
                   2102: on closing as many bugs and PRs as possible.
                   2103: 
1.8       wiki     2104: ### `Feb 2010` - FOSDEM 2010 Brussels, Belgium
1.2       wiki     2105: 
                   2106: *Feb. 6-7, 2010, [FOSDEM](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/), Brussels,
                   2107: Belgium*
                   2108: 
                   2109: At the [FOSDEM 2010 Conference](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) , there was
                   2110: a joint BSD booth staffed by NetBSD and FreeBSD developers and users.
                   2111: 
                   2112: [Marc Balmer](http://www.vnode.ch/) (mbalmer@) gave a talk [Because the
                   2113: License Matters: BSD as the Foundation for Commercial Point of Sale
                   2114: Applications](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/events/bsd_license) in
                   2115: the [BSD devroom](http://www.fosdem.org/2010/schedule/tracks/bsd).
                   2116: 
1.8       wiki     2117: ### `Jan 2010` - Open Source Conference 2010 Oita
1.2       wiki     2118: 
                   2119: *Jan. 23, 2010, [i-ness](http://www.pref.oita.jp/13040/index.html),
                   2120: Oita, Japan*
                   2121: 
                   2122: At the [Open Source Conference 2010
                   2123: Oita](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2010-oita/) , there was be a NetBSD booth
                   2124: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2125: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2126: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2127: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstrations.
                   2128: 
1.8       wiki     2129: ### `Dec 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2130: 
                   2131: *Dec. 5, 2009, [Kyushu Sangyo
                   2132: University](http://www.kyusan-u.ac.jp/E/index.html), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2133: 
                   2134: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2135: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2136: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2137: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2138: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2139: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2140: 
1.8       wiki     2141: ### `Nov 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kochi
1.2       wiki     2142: 
                   2143: *Nov. 14, 2009, [Kochi City Culture-Plaze
                   2144: Cul-Port.](http://www.bunkaplaza.or.jp/access/index.html), Kochi, Japan*
                   2145: 
                   2146: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2147: Kochi](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kochi/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2148: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2149: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   2150: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), gadgets
                   2151: demonstration.
                   2152: 
1.8       wiki     2153: ### `Nov 2009` - OpenRheinRuhr 2009
1.2       wiki     2154: 
                   2155: *Nov. 7-8, 2009, Saalbau, Bottrop, Germany*
                   2156: 
                   2157: A new event in the middle of Europe with a huge audience and an
                   2158: impressive list of exhibitors. NetBSD had a booth as well as the other
                   2159: major BSDs.
                   2160: 
                   2161: For more information about OpenRheinRuhr visit the website
1.8       wiki     2162: [](http://www.openrheinruhr.de/) .
1.2       wiki     2163: 
1.8       wiki     2164: ### `Nov 2009` - Kansai OpenSource 2009
1.2       wiki     2165: 
                   2166: *Nov. 6-7, 2009, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2167: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2168: 
                   2169: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2009](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2170: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2171: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2172: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with IIJ SEIL/X1(evbmips64), IIJ
                   2173: SEIL/B1(evbarm), NSLU2(evbarm), dreamcast+ISA bus+IDE DiskDrive
                   2174: extension, tadpole(sparc), USL-5P+USB LCD(landisk), Link
                   2175: Station(sandpoint), MacLC475upgrade(mac68k),
                   2176: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2177: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), BSD daemon statue gadgets demonstration and
                   2178: BSDBOF (EuroBSDCon2009 report by msaitoh).
                   2179: 
1.8       wiki     2180: ### `Oct 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2181: 
                   2182: *Oct. 30-31, 2009, [Nihon Kogakuin College 12th
                   2183: build.](http://www.neec.ac.jp/access/kmt.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2184: 
                   2185: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2186: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2187: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2188: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [USB-LCD driver for
                   2189: NetBSD](http://www.naobsd.org/udl/) on
                   2190: [USL-5P](http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/usl-5p/index.htm) and
                   2191: [LS-S250L](http://buffalo.jp/products/catalog/storage/ls-sl/),
                   2192: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2193: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [tadpole GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) gadgets
                   2194: demonstration and BSD BOF.
                   2195: 
1.8       wiki     2196: ### `Sep 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2197: 
                   2198: *Sep. 26, 2009, [Okinawa Convention
                   2199: Center](http://www.oki-conven.jp/en/modules/tinyd7/page/page1.html) ,
                   2200: Okinawa, Japan*
                   2201: 
                   2202: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2203: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2204: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2205: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets
                   2206: demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2207: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2208: 
1.8       wiki     2209: ### `Sep 2009` - EuroBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2210: 
                   2211: *Sep. 18-20, 2009, University of Cambridge, England..*
                   2212: 
                   2213: EuroBSDcon 2009, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2214: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on Sept 19-20th 2009
                   2215: at the University of Cambridge, England. One day of Tutorials preceded
                   2216: the conference on Sept 18th.
                   2217: 
                   2218: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2009 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2219: [](http://2009.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2220: 
1.8       wiki     2221: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2222: 
                   2223: *Aug. 22, 2009, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2224: 
                   2225: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2226: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2227: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2228: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2229: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2230: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2231: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2232: 
1.8       wiki     2233: ### `Aug 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2234: 
                   2235: *Aug. 1, 2009, Niigata University of International and Information
                   2236: Studies, Niigata, Japan*
                   2237: 
                   2238: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2239: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2240: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2241: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Echigo BSD Users
                   2242: Group](http://www.ebug.jp/) . There was gadgets demonstration (
                   2243: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2244: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) and [FuguIta - OpenBSD LiveCD with 1seg
                   2245: tuner](http://kaw.ath.cx/openbsd/index.php?en%2FLiveCD). ).
                   2246: 
1.8       wiki     2247: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Kansai
1.2       wiki     2248: 
                   2249: *Jul. 10-11, 2009, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2250: 
                   2251: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2252: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2253: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2254: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2255: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) . There was gadgets power consumption
                   2256: demonstration ( [Atari TT030](../ports/atari/), [BeBox (stop at
                   2257: bootloader:need S3 Video Card)](../ports/bebox/), [MSI Wind Notebook and
                   2258: VAIO Type P](../ports/amd64/), [cobalt QUBE2 and Cache RAQ2 with
                   2259: Zope](../ports/cobalt/), [gumstix music player sings OpenBSD
                   2260: song](../ports/evbarm/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2261: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2262: [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2263: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [DragonFlyBSD with
                   2264: hammer](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/), [IBM
                   2265: PReP](../ports/prep/), CPU Load average x 16 LED Meterboard with
                   2266: libFT245, bc benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy
                   2267: efficiency graph with all BSD machines. ).
                   2268: 
1.8       wiki     2269: ### `Jul 2009` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2270: 
                   2271: *Jul 4, 2009, [The University of
                   2272: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2273: Japan*
                   2274: 
                   2275: See [this
                   2276: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting11.html.en)
                   2277: for meeting information.
                   2278: 
                   2279: BOF with 39 attendances: pkgsrc updates, workarounds for VAIO Type P,
                   2280: AsiaBSDCon reports, eXecute In Place (XIP), gumstix, IA64 , SheevaPlug,
                   2281: USB Wireless LAN drivers, NetBSD - Now, 6.0 and Future, PGP key sign
                   2282: party.
                   2283: 
1.8       wiki     2284: ### `Jul 2009` - Open Source World 2009
1.2       wiki     2285: 
                   2286: *Jul. 1-2, 2009, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2287: 
                   2288: At the [Open Source World 2009](http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/osw/2009/) ,
                   2289: there was a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2290: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There was gadgets power
                   2291: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2292: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ) and [tadpole
                   2293: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/).
                   2294: 
1.8       wiki     2295: ### `Jun 2009` - LinuxTag 2009
1.2       wiki     2296: 
                   2297: *June 24-27 2009, Berlin, Germany*
                   2298: 
                   2299: The annual [LinuxTag](http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/en.html) conference
                   2300: took place from 24th until 27th of June 2009 at the Berlin fairground
                   2301: under the radio tower. NetBSD was sharing a booth with the other BSD
                   2302: systems at the exhibition.
                   2303: 
1.8       wiki     2304: ### `Jun 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2305: 
                   2306: *Jun. 20, 2009, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2307: 
                   2308: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2309: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2310: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2311: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Northern land BSD
                   2312: Users Group](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with many hpc{
                   2313: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2314: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } , [NetBSD/evbmips on
                   2315: BBR-4MG](../ports/evbmips/), Twitter ticker monitor on 78K0 board via
                   2316: USB Serial, [NetBSD/evbarm on Armadillo-9](../ports/evbarm/) with
                   2317: VT-220J, [NetBSD/sparc on SparcStation Classic](../ports/sparc/),
                   2318: [NetBSD/evbarm on BeagleBoard (working in progress,not boot
                   2319: yet)](../ports/evbarm/).
                   2320: 
1.8       wiki     2321: ### `May 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Shimane
1.2       wiki     2322: 
                   2323: *May 16, 2009, [MATSUE
                   2324: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2325: 
                   2326: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2327: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2328: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2329: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2330: demonstrations ( [SONY VAIO type P](../ports/i386/),
                   2331: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2332: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2333: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/) ).
                   2334: 
1.8       wiki     2335: ### `May 2009` - BSDCan 2009
1.2       wiki     2336: 
                   2337: *May 8-9, 2009, Ottawa, Canada.*
                   2338: 
                   2339: [BSDCan 2009](http://www.bsdcan.org/) was held on 8-9 May 2009 at the
                   2340: University of Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of tutorials on 6-7
                   2341: May 2009.
                   2342: 
1.8       wiki     2343: ### `Mar 2009` - CeBIT 2009
1.2       wiki     2344: 
                   2345: *March 3-8, 2009, Hannover, Germany*
                   2346: 
                   2347: The NetBSD project had a joint booth with the FreeBSD project at
                   2348: [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/), the large b2b trade fair held in
                   2349: Hannover, Germany.
                   2350: 
1.8       wiki     2351: ### `Mar 2009` - AsiaBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2352: 
                   2353: *Mar 12-15, 2009, Tokyo University of Science,Tokyo, Japan*
                   2354: 
                   2355: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2356: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2357: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2358: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2359: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2360: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2361: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2362: [Antti Kantee:Environmental Independance:BSD Kernel TCP/IP in
                   2363: Userspace](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A)
                   2364: ([Report](http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2009/03/30/asiabsdcon4/index.html)),
                   2365: and [NetBSD
                   2366: BoF](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-jp/2009/02/15/msg000018.html)
                   2367: was held on Mar 13,2009 17:30-19:00. [AsiaBSDCon 2009
                   2368: papers](http://2009.asiabsdcon.org/live/) and
                   2369: [presentations](http://www.youtube.com/bsdconferences) are available.
                   2370: 
1.8       wiki     2371: ### `Feb 2009` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     2372: 
                   2373: *Feb 20-22, 2009, Los Angeles, CA*
                   2374: 
1.8       wiki     2375: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2376: 7x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 7th annual Southern California
                   2377: Linux Expo, which took place February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los
                   2378: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2379: 
1.8       wiki     2380: ### `Feb 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2381: 
                   2382: *Feb. 20-21, 2009, [Japan Electronics
                   2383: College](http://www.jec.ac.jp/access/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2384: 
                   2385: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2386: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2387: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2388: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [VAIO type
                   2389: P](http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/P1/) with NetBSD, [tadpole
                   2390: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/) and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2391: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2392: 
1.8       wiki     2393: ### `Feb 2009` - FOSDEM 2009
1.2       wiki     2394: 
                   2395: NetBSD was present at FOSDEM on Feb 7-8 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
                   2396: FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for
                   2397: the community.
                   2398: 
1.8       wiki     2399: ### `Feb 2009` - DCBSDCon 2009
1.2       wiki     2400: 
                   2401: *Feb. 5-6, 2009, Washington, D.C.*
                   2402: 
1.8       wiki     2403: For information, visit [](http://www.dcbsdcon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2404: 
1.8       wiki     2405: ### `Jan 2009` - Open Source Conference 2009 Sendai
1.2       wiki     2406: 
                   2407: *Jan. 24, 2009, [Tohoku Computer
                   2408: College](http://www.jc-21.ac.jp/map/index.shtml), Sendai, Japan*
                   2409: 
                   2410: At the [Open Source Conference 2009
                   2411: Sendai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2009-sendai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2412: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2413: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2414: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2415: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2416: 
1.8       wiki     2417: ### `Dec 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2418: 
                   2419: *Dec. 13, 2008, [Humanities and Social Sciences Center,Fukuoka
                   2420: University](http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/unv_gide/access/cmps_map1.html),
                   2421: Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2422: 
                   2423: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2424: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2425: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2426: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2427: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2428: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets and USB Camera demonstration.
                   2429: 
1.8       wiki     2430: ### `Nov 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2431: 
                   2432: *Nov. 29, 2008, [Okinawa Industory Support
                   2433: Center](http://www.okinawa-sangyoushien.co.jp/), Okinawa, Japan*
                   2434: 
                   2435: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2436: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2437: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2438: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2439: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2440: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2441: 
1.8       wiki     2442: ### `Nov 2008` - meetBSD California '08
1.2       wiki     2443: 
                   2444: *Nov. 15-16, 2008, Mountain View, California*
                   2445: 
1.8       wiki     2446: For information, visit [](http://www.meetbsd.com/).
1.2       wiki     2447: 
1.8       wiki     2448: ### `Nov 2008` - Kansai OpenSource 2008
1.2       wiki     2449: 
                   2450: *Nov. 7-8, 2008, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2451: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2452: 
                   2453: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2008](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2454: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2455: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Kansai \*BSD Users
                   2456: Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/) with [tadpole
                   2457: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [Linkstation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2458: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2459: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2460: [LC475](../ports/mac68k/),
                   2461: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html),
                   2462: [DragonFlyBSD](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/), [Servo motor realtime
                   2463: control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html) gadgets
                   2464: demonstration and BSDBOF.
                   2465: 
1.8       wiki     2466: ### `Oct 2008` - EuroBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2467: 
                   2468: *Oct. 18-19, 2008, Strasbourg, France*
                   2469: 
                   2470: EuroBSDcon 2008, the european technical conference for people working on
                   2471: and with 4.4BSD based operating systems, was held on October 18-19th
                   2472: 2008 at the University of Strasbourg in France. Two days of Tutorials
                   2473: preceded the conference on Oct. 16-17th.
                   2474: 
                   2475: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2008 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2476: [](http://2008.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2477: 
1.8       wiki     2478: ### `Oct 2008` - NetBSD developers summit @ NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2479: 
                   2480: *Oct 10, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2481: 
                   2482: A NetBSD developer's summit was held on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The
                   2483: event was sponsored by and leads up to that year's NYCBSDCon and took
                   2484: place at Columbia University on the island of Manhattan in New York
                   2485: City, NY, USA. The event was *open to the public*.
                   2486: 
1.8       wiki     2487: ### `Oct 2008` - NYCBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2488: 
                   2489: *Oct 11-12, 2008, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA*
                   2490: 
                   2491: The third BSD Conference organized by the [NYC BSD User
                   2492: Group](http://www.nycbug.org) took place in New York City on October
                   2493: 11th and 12th, 2008.
                   2494: 
                   2495: More information about NYCBSDCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2496: [](http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2497: 
                   2498: Coinciding with the conference was the 12th NetBSD Hackathon being held.
                   2499: 
1.8       wiki     2500: ### `Oct 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2501: 
                   2502: *Oct. 3-4, 2008, [Ota City Industrial
                   2503: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2504: 
                   2505: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2506: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2507: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2508: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [tadpole
                   2509: GX3:sparc](../ports/sparc/), [LinkStation:sandpoint](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2510: [PCBSD on Xen](../ports/xen/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2511: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/) gadgets
                   2512: demonstration and BSD BOF(OpenBSD,NetBSD, [76th IETF
                   2513: Hiroshima](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080804-IETF-e.html),
                   2514: [Itojun Service
                   2515: Award](http://www.wide.ad.jp/news/press/20080912-itojun-fund-j.html) ).
                   2516: 
1.8       wiki     2517: ### `Sep 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Shimane
1.2       wiki     2518: 
                   2519: *Sep. 12-13, 2008, [MATSUE
                   2520: TERRSA](http://www.sanbg.com/terrsa/e/index.html), Shimane, Japan*
                   2521: 
                   2522: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2523: Shimane](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-shimane/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2524: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2525: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). There were gadget
                   2526: demonstrations ( [dynabook/SS:amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2527: [Armadillo9:evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2528: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2529: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2530: [SL-C3200:zaurus](../ports/zaurus/),
                   2531: [LaVie/G:OpenSolaris](http://www.solaris.com/), and
                   2532: [chumby](http://www.chumby.com/) ).
                   2533: 
1.8       wiki     2534: ### `Aug 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Nagoya
1.2       wiki     2535: 
                   2536: *Aug. 9, 2008, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan*
                   2537: 
                   2538: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2539: Nagoya](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagoya/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2540: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2541: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2542: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadget demonstrations (
                   2543: [RaQ2:cobalt](../ports/cobalt/), [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2544: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2545: [HP712/80:hp700](../ports/hp700/),
                   2546: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.openbsd.org/zaurus.html), [Speecys Robot:
                   2547: NetBSD/sh3](http://www.speecys.com/), [samtk](http://www.samtk.org/) ).
                   2548: 
1.8       wiki     2549: ### `Jul 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2550: 
                   2551: *Jul. 18-19, 2008, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2552: 
                   2553: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2554: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2555: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2556: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) . There were gadgets power
                   2557: consumption demonstration ( [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/),
                   2558: [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/), [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2559: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [SGI O2](../ports/sgimips/) ), Miku Hatsune
                   2560: paper doll with Six servo moters controlled by USB audio, libFT245 with
                   2561: USB, BeBox, Squeak on hpcmips, OneSeg TV recording with hpcmips, bc
                   2562: benchmark time x electricity consumption = energy efficiency graph with
                   2563: all BSD machines.
                   2564: 
1.8       wiki     2565: ### `Jul 2008` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2566: 
                   2567: *Jul 5, 2008, [The University of
                   2568: Tokyo](http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_04_03_j.html), Tokyo,
                   2569: Japan*
                   2570: 
                   2571: BOF with 52 attendances: NetBSD/sparc64 SMP, NetBSD/BBR-4MG
                   2572: evbmips(ADM5120), NetBSD/DLX - CPU implementation on FPGA, OpenRoads -
                   2573: Open Robot Operation And Design Specification, AsiaBSDCon2009, pkgsrc
                   2574: update, KURO-BOX/PRO MB88F5182, Toolchain and "mknative", EeePC, NetBSD
                   2575: - Now, 5.0 and Future, PGP key sign party.
                   2576: 
1.8       wiki     2577: ### `Jun 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2578: 
                   2579: *Jun. 28, 2008, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2580: 
                   2581: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2582: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2583: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2584: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2585: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2586: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, VT-220J, USL-5P with 3
                   2587: one-seg TV tuners, NetBSD/BBR-4MG .
                   2588: 
1.8       wiki     2589: ### `Jun 2008` - pkgsrcCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2590: 
                   2591: *Jun 13-15, 2008, Technical University of Berlin*
                   2592: 
                   2593: The fifth annual pkgsrcCon convened in Berlin, Germany on June 13 to 15,
                   2594: 2008. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the
                   2595: [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2596: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2597: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2598: pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   2599: 
                   2600: More information about pkgsrcCon 2008 is available at
1.8       wiki     2601: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2602: 
1.8       wiki     2603: ### `May 2008` - BSDCan 2008
1.2       wiki     2604: 
                   2605: *May 16-17, 2008, University of Ottawa, Canada*
                   2606: 
                   2607: BSDCan is a BSD conference held in Ottawa, for people working on and
                   2608: with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers
                   2609: have found a formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme
                   2610: novices to advanced developers.
                   2611: 
                   2612: For more information about BSDCan 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2613: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2008/).
1.2       wiki     2614: 
1.8       wiki     2615: ### `Apr 2008` - BSDCon Barcelona 2008
1.2       wiki     2616: 
1.8       wiki     2617: *Apr 19-20, 2008, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
1.2       wiki     2618: Spain*
                   2619: 
                   2620: For more information about BSDCon Barcelona '08 visit
1.8       wiki     2621: [](http://bcn.bsdcon.net/).
1.2       wiki     2622: 
1.8       wiki     2623: ### `Apr 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Nagaoka
1.2       wiki     2624: 
                   2625: *Apr. 12, 2008, [Nagaoka University of
                   2626: Technology.](http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/j/), Niigata, Japan*
                   2627: 
                   2628: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2629: Nagaoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-nagaoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2630: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2631: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2632: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2633: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, NetBSD/Playstation3,
                   2634: USB OneSeg TV tuner (DUS-01).
                   2635: 
1.8       wiki     2636: ### `Mar 2008` - Frühjahrsfachgespräch (FFG) of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     2637: 
                   2638: *March 11-14, 2008, University of Munich, Germany*
                   2639: 
                   2640: The FFG is an annual meeting for professional users of Unix, networking
                   2641: technologies and IT security.
                   2642: 
                   2643: For more information about FFG 2008 visit
1.8       wiki     2644: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2008/)
1.2       wiki     2645: 
1.8       wiki     2646: ### `Mar 2008` - AsiaBSDCon 2008
1.2       wiki     2647: 
                   2648: *Mar 27-30, 2008, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2649: 
                   2650: [AsiaBSDCon](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/) is a conference for users and
                   2651: developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone
                   2652: developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD,
                   2653: OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical
                   2654: conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and
                   2655: presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our
                   2656: open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.
                   2657: AsiaBSDCon2008 was held with over 170 attendances. [[Paper/Slide
                   2658: List](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/papers/index.html),
                   2659: [photographs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/photo/0327/index.html)]
                   2660: 
                   2661: [NetBSD Discussion:](http://www.NetBSD.org/~uebayasi/abc2008bof.txt)
                   2662: Cherry G.Mathew:NetBSD/ia64, Hiroki Doshita and Masahiko Yasuoka: [npppd
                   2663: and pipex](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/), Toshiaki Nozawa [Speecys
                   2664: Corp.](http://www.speecys.com/) :NetBSD/Robots, Masao Uebayashi:MIPS N32
                   2665: ABI support and OCTEON on [SEIL/X](http://www.seil.jp/download/eng/).
                   2666: 
                   2667: Paper Session (NetBSD-related content): Christoph Badura: [Gaols:
                   2668: Implementing Jails Under the kauth
                   2669: Framework](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P3A), Antti Kantee:
                   2670: [Send and Recieve of File System Protocols: Userspace Approach With
                   2671: puffs](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P4B), Kristaps
                   2672: Džonsons: [Logical Resource Isolation in the NetBSD
                   2673: Kernel](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P5A) [detail:
                   2674: [mult](http://mult.bsd.lv/)] , Alistair Crooks: [A Portable iSCSI
1.8       wiki     2675: Initiator](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P6A), Jörg
1.2       wiki     2676: Sonnenberger and Jared D.McNeill: [Sleeping Beauty - NetBSD on Modern
                   2677: Laptops](http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html#P9A)
                   2678: [[Presentation](./presentations/)] .
                   2679: 
                   2680: Mini Talk: M.Warner Losh: FreeBSD/mips, Alistair Crooks: Three roadmaps
                   2681: for NetBSD development through 5.0 and 6.0 - this will cover storage,
                   2682: networking and virtualisation.
1.8       wiki     2683: ### `Feb 2008` - Open Source Conference 2008 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2684: 
                   2685: *Feb. 29-Mar. 1, 2008, [Japan Electronics
                   2686: College.](http://www.jec.ac.jp/college/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2687: 
                   2688: At the [Open Source Conference 2008
                   2689: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2008-spring/) , there was a NetBSD
                   2690: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2691: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2692: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2693: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) [NetBSD/i386 on Asus
                   2694: EeePC](../ports/i386/netbook.html) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2695: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2696: 
1.8       wiki     2697: ### `Feb 2008` - FOSDEM 2008
1.2       wiki     2698: 
                   2699: *Feb 23-24, 2008, Brussels, Belgium*
                   2700: 
                   2701: NetBSD has had a booth at the FOSDEM on Feb 23-24 2008 in Brussels,
                   2702: Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the
                   2703: community for the community. The NetBSD booth was manned by Thomas
1.8       wiki     2704: Reisky <doppelhertz@bsdgroup.de>.
1.2       wiki     2705: 
1.8       wiki     2706: ### `Feb 2008` - SCALE 6x
1.2       wiki     2707: 
                   2708: *Feb. 9-10, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   2709: 
1.8       wiki     2710: The NetBSD project was represented by A.KML and A.DAVID at [SCALE
                   2711: 6x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 6th annual Southern California
                   2712: Linux Expo, which took place February 9-10, 2008 at The Westin Los
                   2713: Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California.
1.2       wiki     2714: 
1.8       wiki     2715: ### `Dec 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Fukuoka
1.2       wiki     2716: 
                   2717: *Dec. 8, 2007, [ASC BUILD.](http://www.kma.ne.jp/asc/), Fukuoka, Japan*
                   2718: 
                   2719: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2720: Fukuoka](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fukuoka/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2721: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2722: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2723: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2724: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2725: 
1.8       wiki     2726: ### `Nov 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     2727: 
                   2728: *Nov. 17, 2007, [Okiden Fureai
                   2729: Hall](http://www.okiden.co.jp/corporate/branch/naha.html), Okinawa,
                   2730: Japan*
                   2731: 
                   2732: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2733: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-okinawa/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2734: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2735: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2736: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2737: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2738: 
1.8       wiki     2739: ### Nov 2007 - come2linux: Linux-days Essen 2007
1.2       wiki     2740: 
                   2741: *November 10-11th 2007, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany*
                   2742: 
                   2743: NetBSD was present at *come2linux*, the Linux-days Essen 2007. There was
                   2744: a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part was manned by Stefan Klose, Julian
                   2745: Suschlik and Karsten Kruse.
                   2746: 
1.8       wiki     2747: ### `Nov 2007` - Kansai OpenSource 2007
1.2       wiki     2748: 
                   2749: *Nov. 9-10, 2007, [Asia and Pacific Trade Center ITC
                   2750: Building](http://www.atc-co.com/), Osaka, Japan*
                   2751: 
                   2752: At the [Kansai OpenSource 2007](http://www.k-of.jp/), there was a NetBSD
                   2753: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2754: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with [Mac LCIII+475
                   2755: upgrade](../ports/mac68k/), [iBook](../ports/macppc/) with [Servo motor
                   2756: realtime control via USB audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html),
                   2757: [Zaurus C3200](../ports/zaurus/), many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2758: [sh](../ports/hpcsh/), [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2759: 
1.8       wiki     2760: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Niigata
1.2       wiki     2761: 
                   2762: *Oct. 27, 2007, [NIIGATA TERRSA](http://www.n-terrsa.jp/access/),
                   2763: Niigata, Japan*
                   2764: 
                   2765: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2766: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2767: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2768: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2769: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2770: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   2771: 
1.8       wiki     2772: ### `Oct 2007` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     2773: 
                   2774: NetBSD was present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall B2, booth 110-2) at
                   2775: the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in Munich,
                   2776: Germany, from October 23rd to 26th. The booth is sponsored and organized
                   2777: by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/).
                   2778: 
1.8       wiki     2779: ### `Oct 2007` - First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems
1.2       wiki     2780: 
                   2781: *Oct. 19-20, 2007, Sultanahmet Campus Marmara University, Istanbul,
                   2782: Turkey*
                   2783: 
                   2784: BSDConTR was the first conference on BSD systems in Turkey. The
                   2785: conference was organized in full cooperation with EnderUNIX Software
                   2786: Development team, which is largely known as its ongoing support for BSD
                   2787: systems in Turkey, and its open source projects and Marmara University.
                   2788: 
1.8       wiki     2789: More information on BSDConTR at [](http://www.bsdcontr.org/)
1.2       wiki     2790: 
1.8       wiki     2791: ### `Oct 2007` - Brandenburger Linux-Infotag
1.2       wiki     2792: 
                   2793: The Brandenburg Linux-Infotag was held on Oct 20th 2007 at the FH
                   2794: Brandenburg, Germany. The NetBSD project was represented with an own
                   2795: booth, and Stefan Schumacher was there to answer questions. For more
                   2796: information, see the [event's
                   2797: homepage](http://www.linuxinfotag-brb.de/).
                   2798: 
1.8       wiki     2799: ### `Oct 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     2800: 
                   2801: *Oct. 5-6, 2007, [Ota City Industrial
                   2802: Plaza](http://www.pio-ota.jp/english/access.html), Tokyo, Japan*
                   2803: 
                   2804: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2805: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-fall/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2806: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2807: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with
                   2808: [X68030](../ports/x68k/) with [Nereid](http://xps.jp/), many hpc{
                   2809: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2810: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and [IPv6 and Security
                   2811: Presentation by
                   2812: itojun](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-200710-ospn-tokyo/mgp00001.html).
                   2813: 
1.8       wiki     2814: ### `Sep 2007` - EuroBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2815: 
                   2816: *Sep. 14-15, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark*
                   2817: 
                   2818: The sixth annual European BSD Conference, EuroBSDCon 2007, was held on
                   2819: September 14-15th 2007 at Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark.
                   2820: Two days of Tutorials preceeded the Conference on Sep 12-13th.
                   2821: 
                   2822: For more information about EuroBSDCon 2007 visit the website
1.8       wiki     2823: [](http://2007.EuroBSDCon.org/).
1.2       wiki     2824: 
1.8       wiki     2825: ### Aug 2007 - Chaos Communications Camp 2007
1.2       wiki     2826: 
                   2827: The Chaos Communications Camp is the summer event of the Chaos Computer
                   2828: Club. It was held from August 8th to 12th at the Airport Museum
                   2829: Finowfurt near Berlin, Germany. See the event's
                   2830: [homepage](http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/) for more information.
                   2831: 
1.8       wiki     2832: ### `Jul 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Kansai
1.2       wiki     2833: 
                   2834: *Jul. 20-21, 2007, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan*
                   2835: 
                   2836: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2837: Kansai](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2838: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2839: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   2840: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). There were gadgets power
                   2841: consumption demonstration ( [amd64](../ports/amd64/),
                   2842: [alpha](../ports/alpha/), [evbarm](../ports/evbarm/),
                   2843: [hpcarm](../ports/hpcarm/), [hpcmips](../ports/hpcmips/),
                   2844: [hpcsh](../ports/hpcsh/), [news68k](../ports/news68k/),
                   2845: [newsmips](../ports/newsmips/), [sandpoint](../ports/sandpoint/),
                   2846: [sgimips](../ports/sgimips/), [xen](../ports/xen/),
                   2847: [OpenBSD/zaurus](http://www.OpenBSD.org/zaurus.html) ) and [BSD
                   2848: BOF](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-kansai/modules/eguide/event.php?eid=52)
                   2849: ( [Servo motor realtime control via USB
                   2850: audio](http://rogiken.org/daemon/works.html), [Apache
                   2851: Geronimo](http://geronimo.apache.org/), [NetBSD and
                   2852: Java](http://www.yagoto-urayama.jp/~oshimaya/netbsd/netbsd-java/index.html)
                   2853: ).
                   2854: 
                   2855: [A report with some
                   2856: photos](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/2007/osc2007-kansai/index.html) is
                   2857: available.
                   2858: 
1.8       wiki     2859: ### Jul 2007 - Chaos Singularity (CoSin) 2007
1.2       wiki     2860: 
                   2861: *Jul. 6-8, 2007, Bremgarten AG, Switzerland*
                   2862: 
                   2863: The Chaos Singularity 2007 was an event organized by swiss groups which
                   2864: organizationally or by content are related to the CCC (Chaos Computer
                   2865: Club). This event took place from July 6th to 8th at the cultural center
                   2866: of Bremgarten ([KuZeB](http://www.kuzeb.ch)) in the canton of Aargau,
                   2867: Switzerland.
                   2868: 
                   2869: There was a BSD booth at the CoSin 2007, also representing NetBSD. A
                   2870: report was posted to the
                   2871: [regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/07/09/0000.html)
                   2872: mailing list.
                   2873: 
1.8       wiki     2874: ### `Jul 2007` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     2875: 
                   2876: *Jul 7, 2007, [The University of
                   2877: Tokyo](http://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/epage/public/map/e25-j.html), Tokyo,
                   2878: Japan*
                   2879: 
                   2880: See [this
                   2881: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting9.html) for
                   2882: meeting information. Talking about ColdFire,
                   2883: [MobileIPv6](https://op-ha.nautilus6.org/), [Type 0 Routing Header
                   2884: issue](http://www.kame.net/newsletter/20070502/index.html), update
                   2885: net80211 and Atheros, pkgsrc,
                   2886: [NetBSD/playstation3](http://www.ki.nu/hardware/.ps3/files/20070707/),
                   2887: [build status](ftp://ftp.ki.nu/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/map/index.html),
                   2888: automake to BSD make converter, NetBSD - Now, 4.0 and Future, PGP key
                   2889: sign party.
                   2890: 
1.8       wiki     2891: ### `Jun 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     2892: 
                   2893: *Jun. 30, 2007, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan*
                   2894: 
                   2895: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2896: Hokkaido](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-do/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   2897: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2898: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2899: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2900: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, Internet Radio Player
                   2901: on USL-5P, NetBSD/Armadillo-9.
                   2902: 
1.8       wiki     2903: ### May 2007 - Linuxtag Berlin
1.2       wiki     2904: 
                   2905: LinuxTag 2007 opened its doors from May 30 to June 2, 2007 at the Berlin
                   2906: Expo Center under the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany. The event featured
                   2907: many talks about Open Source, Linux and there was a [full
                   2908: BSD-track](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/conf/events/vp-freitag.html)
                   2909: at the
                   2910: [BSD-Day](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/de/community/workshops/bsd-day.html)
                   2911: this year, too. Besides the talks there was a large exhibition fair, and
                   2912: the NetBSD project was among the BSD projects, which had a joint booth.
                   2913: BSD talks included Hubert Feyrer's NetBSD status report.
                   2914: 
                   2915: See the [Linuxtag homepage](http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/) for more
                   2916: information.
                   2917: 
1.8       wiki     2918: ### `May 2007` - BSDCan 2007
1.2       wiki     2919: 
                   2920: *May 18-19, 2007, Ottawa, Canada*
                   2921: 
                   2922: In just three short years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has
                   2923: quickly established itself as the technical conference for people
                   2924: working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects.
                   2925: The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide
                   2926: range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers.
                   2927: 
                   2928: That year, BSDCan 2007 was held on 18-19 May 2007 at University of
                   2929: Ottawa, and was preceded by two days of Tutorials on 16-17 May 2007.
                   2930: 
                   2931: For more information about BSDCan 2007 visit
1.8       wiki     2932: [](http://www.BSDCan.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2933: 
1.8       wiki     2934: ### `Apr 2007` - pkgsrcCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2935: 
                   2936: *Apr. 27-29, 2007, Barcelona, Spain*
                   2937: 
                   2938: The fourth annual pkgsrcCon will convene in Barcelona, Spain on April 27
                   2939: to 29, 2007. pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on
                   2940: the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   2941: (pkgsrc)](http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/software/packages.html), focusing
                   2942: on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in
                   2943: pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers, contributors, and users are all
                   2944: welcome to attend.
                   2945: 
                   2946: More information about pkgsrcCon 2007 is available at
1.8       wiki     2947: [](http://www.pkgsrccon.org/2007/).
1.2       wiki     2948: 
1.8       wiki     2949: ### `Mar 2007` - Linux-Infotag Augsburg
1.2       wiki     2950: 
                   2951: *Mar 24, 2007, Augsburg, Germany*
                   2952: 
                   2953: There will be a joint BSD booth at the Linux Infotag in Augsburg,
                   2954: including presence of the NetBSD project. The event offers some small
                   2955: expo space, and two tracks of talks, one with beginners in mind, the
                   2956: other one for advanced users. See [the event's
                   2957: homepage](http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2007/) for more information.
                   2958: 
                   2959: P.S.: A report is available in [this
                   2960: mail](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/03/26/0000.html).
                   2961: 
1.8       wiki     2962: ### `Mar 2007` - Open Source Conference 2007 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     2963: 
                   2964: *Mar. 16-17, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2965: 
                   2966: At the [Open Source Conference 2007
                   2967: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2007-spring/), there will be a
                   2968: NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   2969: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   2970: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   2971: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration and
                   2972: [Speecys](http://www.speecys.com/) Robots.
                   2973: 
1.8       wiki     2974: ### `Mar 2007` - AsiaBSDCon 2007
1.2       wiki     2975: 
                   2976: *Mar. 8-11, 2007, Tokyo, Japan*
                   2977: 
                   2978: AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based
                   2979: systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using
                   2980: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, Darwin, and
                   2981: MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the
                   2982: best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the
                   2983: latest developments in our open source community are shared with the
                   2984: widest possible audience.
                   2985: 
                   2986: Please contact secretary@asiabsdcon.org if you have any questions. The
                   2987: AsiaBSDCon 2007 timetable is available at
1.8       wiki     2988: [](http://2007.asiabsdcon.org/timetable.html).
1.2       wiki     2989: 
1.8       wiki     2990: ### `Mar 2007` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
1.2       wiki     2991: 
                   2992: *Mar. 3-4, 2007, Chemnitz*
                   2993: 
                   2994: NetBSD will have a booth and related talks at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage
                   2995: (linux days) in Chemnitz, Germany. See
1.8       wiki     2996: [](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/) for more information. If you
                   2997: want to help out manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
                   2998: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> for further details.
1.2       wiki     2999: 
1.8       wiki     3000: ### `Feb 2007` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     3001: 
                   3002: *Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2007, Berlin, Germany*
                   3003: 
                   3004: The German Unix User Group will have it's annual spring talk
1.8       wiki     3005: (Frühjahrsfachgespräch) in Berlin this year. It will take place February
                   3006: 27-March 2, 2007, at the Freie Universität Berlin. There will be several
1.2       wiki     3007: talks about Unix and Unix-related topics, and one will be held by Stefan
                   3008: Schumacher on how to secure a NetBSD system using Systrace.
                   3009: 
                   3010: More information can be found at
1.8       wiki     3011: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/) and
                   3012: [](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2007/abstracts.html#3_7_1). The
                   3013: German language article can be found at:
                   3014: [](http://net-tex.dnsalias.org/~stefan/nt/netbsd/systrace.html).
1.2       wiki     3015: 
                   3016: Ignatios also
                   3017: [posted](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2007/03/27/0000.html)
                   3018: his [slides (german
                   3019: language!)](http://theory.cs.uni-bonn.de/~ignatios/erlgrey-guug-ffg-2007.pdf).
                   3020: 
1.8       wiki     3021: ### `Feb 2007` - FOSDEM 2007
1.2       wiki     3022: 
                   3023: *Feb 24-25, 2007, Brussels, Belgium*
                   3024: 
                   3025: on February 24 and 25, the Free and Open source Software Developers'
                   3026: European Meeting (FOSDEM) takes place again at the Free University of
                   3027: Brussels, Belgium.
                   3028: 
                   3029: There will be a joint \*BSD booth with flyers, CD's, T-shirts and other
                   3030: merchandising, and the Xen demo machine (now upgraded to NetBSD
                   3031: 4.0\_BETA2 with Xen 3.x). Furthermore there are a lot of interesting
                   3032: talks, development rooms, a key signing event, etcetera. More
1.8       wiki     3033: information is available on [](http://www.fosdem.org).
1.2       wiki     3034: 
1.8       wiki     3035: ### `Feb 2007` - SCALE 5x
1.2       wiki     3036: 
                   3037: *Feb. 10-11, 2007, Los Angeles, USA*
                   3038: 
                   3039: [SCALE 5x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 5th annual Southern
                   3040: California Linux Expo, took place February 10-11, 2007, at The Westin
                   3041: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project had a
1.8       wiki     3042: booth at this event; see the reports by
                   3043: [A.KML](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/11/0000.html)
                   3044: and
                   3045: [A.JSCHAUMA](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2007/02/12/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     3046: 
1.8       wiki     3047: ### `Dec 2006` - BSDCon Chile 2006
1.2       wiki     3048: 
                   3049: *December 9, 2006, Universidad Diego Portales - Santiago, Chile.*
                   3050: 
                   3051: This is the first BSD related conference held in Chile (Latin America).
                   3052: Our main objective is to provide a place for BSD developers, users and
                   3053: Sysadmins to meet in Chile to share and interchange ideas, experiences,
                   3054: knowledge and in addition to socialize to construct future links to
                   3055: expand knowledge of BSD systems.
                   3056: 
                   3057: The conference is for anyone developing, administrating and using
                   3058: systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin, MacOS X
                   3059: and Solaris.
                   3060: 
                   3061: For more information, please [visit the
                   3062: website](http://www.bsd.cl/index.php/BSDCon2006).
                   3063: 
1.8       wiki     3064: ### `Dec 2006` - OpenSource Conference 2006 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     3065: 
                   3066: *December 2, 2006, Okinawa Industry Support Center,Japan*
                   3067: 
                   3068: At the [OpenSource Conference 2006
                   3069: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   3070: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3071: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3072: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3073: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3074: 
1.8       wiki     3075: ### `Nov 2006` - Hackathon
1.2       wiki     3076: 
                   3077: NetBSD will run another hackathon, primarily dedicated to get -current
                   3078: ready for the 4.0 re-branch. See the [Hackathon
                   3079: page](../community/hackathon.html) for details.
                   3080: 
1.8       wiki     3081: ### `Nov 2006` - LinuxDay Dornbirn, Austria
1.2       wiki     3082: 
                   3083: NetBSD will be present as part of the OpenSource community at the
                   3084: [LinuxDay in Dornbirn](http://www.linuxday.at/), Austria, on November
1.8       wiki     3085: 18th. Please contact Raphael Langerhorst <raphael@raphael.g-system.at>
                   3086: if you have any questions or want to help out.
1.2       wiki     3087: 
1.8       wiki     3088: ### `Nov 2006` - EuroBSDCon Milan
1.2       wiki     3089: 
                   3090: EuroBSDCon 2006, the European BSD Conference will be held November 10th
                   3091: - 12th 2006 in Milan, Italy. The
                   3092: [schedule](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/schedule.php) is up now, and it has
                   3093: quite a bit of NetBSD-related content:
                   3094: 
                   3095: -   Anders "Ragge" Magnusson: How to set an internet2 Landspeed record
1.8       wiki     3096: -   Jörg Sonnenberger: pkg\_install
1.2       wiki     3097: -   Alistair Crooks: iSCSI - beyond the hype
                   3098: -   NetBSD Security Enhancements: Elad Efrat
                   3099: -   Emmanuel Dreyfus: What's new in NetBSD?
                   3100: -   Brian A. Seklecki: A Scalable Framework for Compact Flash Booting
                   3101:     NetBSD Network Appliances
                   3102: -   Antti Kantee & Johannes Helander: Implementing Lightweight Routing
                   3103:     for BSD TCP/IP
                   3104: 
                   3105: Registration is open now. Please [see the
                   3106: website](http://www.eurobsdcon.org/) for more details!
                   3107: 
1.8       wiki     3108: ### `Oct 2006` - NYCBSDCon 2006
1.2       wiki     3109: 
                   3110: *Oct. 28-29, 2006, New York, NY, USA*
                   3111: 
                   3112: Building on last year's success, the [New York City \*BSD User
                   3113: Group](http://www.nycbug.org/) is organizing [NYCBSDCon
                   3114: 2006](http://nycbsdcon.org/). The
                   3115: [schedule](http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule) shows some speakers talking
                   3116: about NetBSD-related topics.
                   3117: 
1.8       wiki     3118: ### `Oct 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Fall
1.2       wiki     3119: 
                   3120: *Oct. 28, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3121: 
                   3122: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   3123: Tokyo/Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-fall/), there will be a NetBSD
                   3124: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3125: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3126: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3127: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3128: 
1.8       wiki     3129: ### `Oct 2006` - Systems Munich
1.2       wiki     3130: 
                   3131: NetBSD will be present at the Open Source Pavillon (hall A3, booth
                   3132: A3.542) at the [Systems](http://www.systems-world.de/) Computer Fair in
                   3133: Munich, Germany, from October 23rd to 27th. The booth is sponsored and
                   3134: organized by [Computer- und Literaturverlag](http://www.cul.de/) - if
                   3135: you want to join us in manning the booth, please contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     3136: <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3137: 
                   3138: A report on the event is available
                   3139: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/30/0001.html).
                   3140: 
1.8       wiki     3141: ### `Sep 2006` - Ohio Linuxfest
1.2       wiki     3142: 
                   3143: *Sep. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio, USA*
                   3144: 
                   3145: There will be a NetBSD booth at the 2006 [Ohio
1.8       wiki     3146: Linuxfest](http://www.ohiolinux.org/) Conference and Expo. Contact A.JRF
                   3147: <jrf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at the
                   3148: booth.
1.2       wiki     3149: 
                   3150: A report of the event can be found
                   3151: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/10/17/0000.html).
                   3152: 
1.8       wiki     3153: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-days Essen 2006: come2linux
1.2       wiki     3154: 
                   3155: NetBSD will participate in the Linux-days in Essen, dubbed "come2linux".
                   3156: There will be a joint BSD booth, the NetBSD part will be manned by
1.8       wiki     3157: Menuhin Saitov <menuhin@web.de>, feel free to contact him about helping
                   3158: out at the booth or if you have any questions. A number of NetBSD CDs,
                   3159: NetBSD t-shirts etc. will be available at the booth, too.
1.2       wiki     3160: 
                   3161: The event takes place on September 9th and 10th 2006 at the Glaspavillon
                   3162: of the University of Duisburg-Essen. See
1.79      cnst     3163: <http://www.come2linux.org/> for more
1.2       wiki     3164: information.
                   3165: 
                   3166: A report on the event was [posted to the regional-de mailing
                   3167: list](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/09/16/0000.html).
                   3168: 
1.8       wiki     3169: ### `Sep 2006` - NetBSD at Linux-kongress Nuremberg 2006
1.2       wiki     3170: 
                   3171: There will be a NetBSD booth at the Linux-Kongress in Nuremberg on
                   3172: September 7th and 8th at the University of Applied Sciences
                   3173: (Fachhochschule) Nuernberg. See
1.79      cnst     3174: <http://www.linux-kongress.org/> for
1.2       wiki     3175: more information on the event, and contact Hubert Feyrer
1.8       wiki     3176: <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you have any questions or want to help out at
                   3177: the booth.
1.2       wiki     3178: 
1.8       wiki     3179: A.HUBERTF wrote a short
1.2       wiki     3180: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/09/09/0000.html)
                   3181: about the event.
                   3182: 
1.8       wiki     3183: ### `Jul 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3184: 
                   3185: *Jul. 15, 2006, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3186: 
                   3187: At the [Open Source Conference 2006 DO](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-do/)
                   3188: , there will be a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD
                   3189: Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3190: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3191: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3192: 
1.8       wiki     3193: ### `Jun 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 in Niigata
1.2       wiki     3194: 
                   3195: *Jun. 17, 2006, Niigata, Japan*
                   3196: 
                   3197: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   3198: Niigata](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006-niigata/) , there was a NetBSD booth
                   3199: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3200: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3201: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3202: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration with 150 attendances.
                   3203: 
1.8       wiki     3204: ### `Jun 2006` - Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3205: 
                   3206: *Jun 8, 2006, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3207: 
                   3208: [Interop 2006 Tokyo BSD
                   3209: BOF](https://ssl.medialive.jp/in2006fm/jp/seminar_BOF03.html) was held
                   3210: in [Interop 2006 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2006/) with 129
                   3211: attendances. BOF03. Room 201.
                   3212: 
                   3213: -   Asia BSD Con 2007 Call for Participation , George Neville-Neil /
                   3214:     FreeBSD Project
                   3215: -   FreeBSD: Suspend and Resume Circumstances, for Panasonic Let's Note
1.8       wiki     3216:     CF-R4, Norikatsu Shigemura /
                   3217:     Ensure Technology Ltd
                   3218:     .
                   3219: -   BSD Usergroup activity:
                   3220:     Echigo BSD Users Group
                   3221:     , T.Tamura@EBUG
                   3222: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3223: 
1.8       wiki     3224: \> See [program for
1.2       wiki     3225: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200606/msg00000.html).
                   3226: 
                   3227: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (238 clients),
                   3228: [xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (6 clients) ,
                   3229: [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (49 clients).
                   3230: 
1.8       wiki     3231: ### `May 2006` - BSDCan 2006
1.2       wiki     3232: 
                   3233: *May 12-13 2006, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3234: 
                   3235: In just two years, [BSDCan](http://www.bsdcan.org/), a BSD conference
                   3236: held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical
                   3237: conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems
                   3238: and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that
                   3239: appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced
                   3240: developers.
                   3241: 
                   3242: This year, BSDCan 2006 will be will be held on May 12-13 2006 at
                   3243: University of Ottawa, and some other related events will be passed
                   3244: during May 10-14th.
                   3245: 
                   3246: [Watch out](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/presentations.php) for the
                   3247: [NetBSD people](http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/speaker.php) on BSDCan 2006!
                   3248: 
1.8       wiki     3249: ### `May 2006` - pkgsrcCon 2006
1.2       wiki     3250: 
                   3251: *May 5-7, Paris, France*
                   3252: 
                   3253: The third pkgsrc conference will be held on May 5-7, 2006 in Paris,
                   3254: France. Universite Paris 7 - Denis Diderot is graciously hosting the
                   3255: conference on their campus.
                   3256: 
                   3257: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD
                   3258: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3259: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure.
                   3260: Developers, contributors, and users are all welcome to attend, and to
                   3261: share an excellent opportunity to gather and to discuss ideas
                   3262: face-to-face on how to improve pkgsrc.
                   3263: 
                   3264: For more information, including how to register, and how to submit a
                   3265: presentation proposal, please visit
1.79      cnst     3266: <http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/>.
1.2       wiki     3267: 
1.8       wiki     3268: ### `May 2006` - LinuxTag 2006
1.2       wiki     3269: 
                   3270: *May 3-6 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany*
                   3271: 
                   3272: NetBSD will have a booth at [LinuxTag 2006](http://www.linuxtag.org/),
                   3273: visit us at Hall 9, booth number 944. There will also be BSD talks and
                   3274: tutorials.
                   3275: 
                   3276: If you're interested in helping out at the NetBSD booth or have any
1.8       wiki     3277: questions, please contact Dennis Wecker <dennis@eperm.net>.
1.2       wiki     3278: 
1.8       wiki     3279: ### `Apr 2006` - Vintage Computer Festival Europe
1.2       wiki     3280: 
                   3281: *Apr 29th - May 1st, Munich, Germany*
                   3282: 
                   3283: The [Vintage Computer Festival Europe](http://www.vcfe.org/) is taking
1.8       wiki     3284: place from April 29th to May 1st in Munich, Germany. NetBSD's A.JKUNZ
                   3285: will demonstrate 2.11BSD on a PDP-11/73 and do some general NetBSD
                   3286: advocacy. If you're interested, please contact A.JKUNZ and/or visit the
                   3287: URL above.
1.2       wiki     3288: 
1.8       wiki     3289: ### `Apr 2006` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3290: 
                   3291: *Apr 16, 2006, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3292: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3293: 
                   3294: See [this
                   3295: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting8.html) for
                   3296: meeting information. Talking about NetBSD/pc98, GDB operation on Emacs,
                   3297: NetBSD/dreamcast maracas controller, NetBSD/kurobako, NetBSD/Armadillo,
                   3298: Codeblog.
                   3299: 
1.8       wiki     3300: ### `Apr 2006` - LinuxWorld-Boston 2006
1.2       wiki     3301: 
                   3302: *April 3-6, 2006, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3303: 
                   3304: This year the first of two LinuxWorld Conferences & Expo is going to
                   3305: take place in Boston, MA, USA at the beginning of April. The NetBSD
                   3306: Project might be represented with a [shared] booth there - if you are
                   3307: interested in helping out, please contact Brian Asemi (asemisldkfj at
                   3308: gmail.com).
                   3309: 
                   3310: For more information about this event see
1.8       wiki     3311: [](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/04/07/0000.html).
1.2       wiki     3312: 
1.8       wiki     3313: ### `Mar 2006` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2006
1.2       wiki     3314: 
                   3315: *March 4-5th 2006, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3316: 
                   3317: NetBSD will have a booth at the [Chemnitzer
                   3318: Linux-Tage](http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de), one of the largest Linux
                   3319: Cons in Germany.
                   3320: 
                   3321: Additionally, several NetBSD presentations and a workshop will be held:
                   3322: 
                   3323: -   Karl Uwe Lockhoff: Introduction into Unix, BSD and Co.
                   3324: -   Stefan Schumacher: Backup and Recovery in a NetBSD environment
                   3325: -   Dennis Wecker: Verified Exec in NetBSD
                   3326: -   Matthias Petermann: NetBSD Features
                   3327: -   Hubert Feyrer: NetBSD example installation in QEmu (Workshop)
                   3328: 
                   3329: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher \<stefan (at)
                   3330: net-tex.de\>.
                   3331: 
1.8       wiki     3332: ### `Mar 2006` - CeBIT 2006
1.2       wiki     3333: 
                   3334: *March 9-15 2006, Hannover, Germany*
                   3335: 
                   3336: The NetBSD project will have a booth at [CeBIT](http://www.cebit.de/),
                   3337: the large b2b-tradefair in Hannover, Germany, from March 12-15. The
                   3338: booth will be in Hall 5, number E 56 and will showcase NetBSD and Xen.
                   3339: 
1.8       wiki     3340: ### `Mar 2006` - Open Source Conference 2006 Tokyo/Spring
1.2       wiki     3341: 
                   3342: *Mar. 17-18, 2006, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3343: 
                   3344: At the [Open Source Conference 2006
                   3345: Tokyo/Spring](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2006/), there will be a NetBSD booth
                   3346: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3347: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3348: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3349: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3350: 
1.8       wiki     3351: ### `Mar 2006` - GUUG spring talk
1.2       wiki     3352: 
1.8       wiki     3353: *March 21-24th 2006, Osnabrück, Germany*
1.2       wiki     3354: 
                   3355: [German Unix User Group
1.8       wiki     3356: “Frühjahrsfachgespräch”](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/)
1.2       wiki     3357: (spring talk) will be passed during 21.-24.3.2006 in the [University of
1.8       wiki     3358: Osnabrück](http://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/).
1.2       wiki     3359: 
                   3360: There will be at least one NetBSD-related talk, on [backup
                   3361: strategies](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2006/abstracts.html#3_8_2).
                   3362: Interested parties are welcome to coordinate any BOF sessions or booth
                   3363: activities with Stefan Schumacher, see [his posting on
                   3364: regional-de](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/regional-de/2006/01/29/0000.html).
                   3365: 
1.8       wiki     3366: ### `Feb 2006` - FOSDEM 2006
1.2       wiki     3367: 
                   3368: *February 25/26th 2006, Brussels, Belgium*
                   3369: 
                   3370: The sixth [Free and Open source Software Developers' European
                   3371: Meeting](http://www.fosdem.org/) is a 2 days event, organized by
                   3372: volunteers, to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source
                   3373: software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels, Belgium FOSDEM
                   3374: meetings are recognised as the best Free and Open Source events in
                   3375: Europe.
                   3376: 
1.8       wiki     3377: A.PETER (<peter>) and A.GHEN (<ghen>) [will
1.2       wiki     3378: advocate](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/21/0000.html)
                   3379: the NetBSD project on this event. Hope to see you too!
                   3380: 
1.8       wiki     3381: Update: A.GHEN posted a [review of the
1.2       wiki     3382: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/26/0000.html).
                   3383: 
1.8       wiki     3384: ### `Feb 2006` - SCALE 4x
1.2       wiki     3385: 
                   3386: *February 11-12th 2006, Los Angeles, California*
                   3387: 
                   3388: [SCALE 4x](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/), the 4th annual Southern
                   3389: California Linux Expo, will take place February 11-12, 2006, at The
                   3390: Westin Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California. The NetBSD Project
1.8       wiki     3391: will have a booth at this event; please contact A.KML (<kml@NetBSD.org>)
                   3392: if you would like to help.
1.2       wiki     3393: 
                   3394: A report from Kevin Lahey is
                   3395: [available](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2006/02/14/0000.html).
                   3396: 
1.8       wiki     3397: ### `Dec 2005` - 22nd Chaos Communication Congress (22C3)
1.2       wiki     3398: 
                   3399: *December 27-30th 2005, Berlin, Germany*
                   3400: 
                   3401: [The 22nd Chaos Communication Congress
                   3402: (22C3)](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2005/) is a four-day conference on
                   3403: technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and
                   3404: workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to)
                   3405: information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and
                   3406: generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the
                   3407: discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
                   3408: 
1.8       wiki     3409: ### `Nov 2005` - OpenSource Conference 2005 Okinawa
1.2       wiki     3410: 
                   3411: *November 19, 2005, Okiden Fureai Hall,Japan*
                   3412: 
                   3413: At the [OpenSource Conference 2005
                   3414: Okinawa](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-okinawa/) , there will be a NetBSD
                   3415: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3416: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3417: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3418: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3419: 
1.8       wiki     3420: ### `Nov 2005` - EuroBSDCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3421: 
                   3422: *November 25th-27th 2005, Switzerland*
                   3423: 
                   3424: [EuroBSDCon 2005](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) will be held at the
                   3425: University of Basel, Switzerland on November 25th to 27th 2005. Check
                   3426: the [website](http://2005.eurobsdcon.org/) for official program,
                   3427: conference venue and registration. present.
                   3428: 
1.8       wiki     3429: ### `Oct 2005` - Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005
1.2       wiki     3430: 
                   3431: *October 29, 2005, Dresden, Germany*
                   3432: 
                   3433: The “Linux-Info-Tag Dresden 2005” will take place on October 29th, 2005,
                   3434: in Dresden, Germany. There will be a NetBSD booth presenting NetBSD to
                   3435: the public and showing its abilities on demo computers. Furthermore,
                   3436: there will be a lecture entitled “Introduction to NetBSD” by Karl Uwe
                   3437: Lockhoff.
                   3438: 
                   3439: For further information contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex
                   3440: [dot] de) and see the website of the event at
1.8       wiki     3441: [](http://www.linux-info-tag.de/).
1.2       wiki     3442: 
1.8       wiki     3443: ### `Oct 2005` - Systems 2005
1.2       wiki     3444: 
                   3445: *October 24th-28th, 2005, Munich, Germany*
                   3446: 
                   3447: There will be a BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
                   3448: Germany from October 24th to 28th 2005, where the BSD Projects (among
                   3449: others) will be presented.
                   3450: 
                   3451: People willing to help are welcome. It's also fine that you have only on
                   3452: one or more days time to participate at the Booth. There is also a
                   3453: sponsor which provides food and drinks during the event!
                   3454: 
1.8       wiki     3455: For more Information see [](http://www.systems.de/)
1.2       wiki     3456: 
                   3457: Please contact Daniel Ettle (dan at deam dot org) to help at the booth,
                   3458: especially showing NetBSD!
                   3459: 
1.8       wiki     3460: ### `Oct 2005` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2005
1.2       wiki     3461: 
                   3462: *October 28-October 29, 2005, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3463: 
                   3464: At the [KANSAI OpenSource 2005](http://k-of.jp/2005/kof.html) there was
                   3465: a NetBSD booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3466: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3467: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3468: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration, and [DreamCast with ISA
                   3469: BUS Expander](../ports/dreamcast/), [NEC EWS4800 with
                   3470: NetBSD](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/port-mips/2004/06/27/0000.html),
                   3471: [IO-DATA USL-5P
                   3472: (NetBSD/landisk)](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~aw9k-nnk/n/landisk.html).
                   3473: 
                   3474: At the \*BSD Meeting in Kansai 2005, There was a BoF about Secure
                   3475: Programing, embeded-NetBSD developers' Network, Devices and more about
                   3476: BSD, driven by [Kansai \*BSD Users Group](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/).
                   3477: 
1.8       wiki     3478: ### `Sep 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 Fall
1.2       wiki     3479: 
                   3480: *Sep. 17, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3481: 
                   3482: At the [Open Source Conference 2005
                   3483: Fall](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-fall/) there was a NetBSD booth staffed
                   3484: by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3485: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) with many hpc{
                   3486: [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3487: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) } gadgets demonstration.
                   3488: 
1.8       wiki     3489: ### `Sep 2005` - NYC BSD Con 2005
1.2       wiki     3490: 
                   3491: *September 17th 2005, New York City, NY, USA*
                   3492: 
                   3493: The [NYC BSD User Group](http://www.nycbug.org) organized the first [NYC
                   3494: BSD Conference](http://nycbsdcon.org/), a one day technical conference
                   3495: for developers, systems administrators and end-users of the BSD
                   3496: operating systems and related open source projects. Please see the
                   3497: [conference website](http://nycbsdcon.org/) for details.
                   3498: 
1.8       wiki     3499: ### `Sep 2005` - Computer-Bank-Office 2005
1.2       wiki     3500: 
                   3501: *September 7th-10th 2005, Odessa, Ukraine*
                   3502: 
                   3503: The NetBSD Project will be presented at 10th annual international
                   3504: exhibition of information technologies, [Computer-Bank-Office
                   3505: 2005](http://www.expo-odessa.com/exeb.phtml?id=47&lang=en), which will
                   3506: take place at Expocentre of Odessa Marine Terminal. All talks about
                   3507: NetBSD and pkgsrc systems are scheduled for Sep 8th. Anyone interested
                   3508: in support for and preparation of this event, please contact Mike M.
1.8       wiki     3509: Volokhov <mishka@NetBSD.org>. See also [his
1.2       wiki     3510: post](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/12/0000.html)
                   3511: on netbsd-advocacy.
                   3512: 
1.8       wiki     3513: ### `Sep 2005` - Portuguese NetBSD Users's Group meeting
1.2       wiki     3514: 
                   3515: *September 10th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal*
                   3516: 
                   3517: The [Portuguese NetBSD User Group](http://www.netbsd-pt.org/) second
                   3518: meeting will be held at [Parque das
1.8       wiki     3519: Nações](http://www.parquedasnacoes.pt/) (Vasco da Gama). Please see the
1.2       wiki     3520: group page for more information.
                   3521: 
1.8       wiki     3522: ### `Aug 2005` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3523: 
                   3524: *Aug 27, 2005, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3525: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3526: 
                   3527: See [this
                   3528: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting7.html) for
                   3529: meeting information.
                   3530: 
                   3531: A
                   3532: [presentation](http://www.haun.org/kent/tmp/20050827-NetBSD-audio-en.pdf)
                   3533: about the changes on the NetBSD audio framework is also available.
                   3534: 
1.8       wiki     3535: ### `Aug 2005` - BSDDAY São Paulo
1.2       wiki     3536: 
1.8       wiki     3537: *August 13th, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil*
1.2       wiki     3538: 
1.8       wiki     3539: The first [BSDDAY](http://www.bsdday.com.br/) in São Paulo, Brazil took
1.2       wiki     3540: place on August 13th, 2005. Presentations regarding the main BSD
                   3541: derivatives including, of course, NetBSD were given. Since the event is
                   3542: also meant to promote charity, the entrance fee was 2 Kilograms of
                   3543: non-perishable food, which were donated to a non-governmental
                   3544: organization.
                   3545: 
1.8       wiki     3546: ### `Aug 2005` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2005
1.2       wiki     3547: 
                   3548: *August 9-11th, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA*
                   3549: 
                   3550: [LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
                   3551: 2005](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO05A/) was held
                   3552: in San Francisco, California, USA from August 9th to 11th 2005. NetBSD
1.8       wiki     3553: had a booth in the ".org Pavilion", organized by A.RIZ <riz@NetBSD.org>.
                   3554: One of the main attractions here was the [NetBSD
                   3555: Toaster](http://www.embeddedarm.com/news/netbsd_toaster.htm), engineered
                   3556: by Technologic Systems. See A.RIZ's
1.2       wiki     3557: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/08/13/0000.html)
                   3558: for more details.
                   3559: 
1.8       wiki     3560: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD at “What the Hack” outdoor hacker conference
1.2       wiki     3561: 
                   3562: *July 28 - 31, 2005, Liempde, near Den Bosch, The Netherlands*
                   3563: 
                   3564: [What The Hack](http://www.whatthehack.org/) is an outdoor hacker
                   3565: conference/event taking place on a large event-campground in the south
                   3566: of The Netherlands from 28 until 31 July 2005. There will be a BSD
                   3567: village with at least three members of the NetBSD Project present. For
                   3568: more details about the \*BSD presence see Daniel Ettle's
                   3569: [message](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/07/04/0000.html)
                   3570: to the netbsd-advocacy mailinglist.
                   3571: 
1.8       wiki     3572: ### `Jul 2005` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2005
1.2       wiki     3573: 
                   3574: *July 23, 2005, [NADYA
                   3575: Park](http://www.u-net.city.nagoya.jp/t-index/nadia.htm) Nagoya, Japan*
                   3576: 
1.79      cnst     3577: <http://www.bsdcon.jp/> with 80 attendances.
1.2       wiki     3578: There had be a BSD booth staffed by members of the [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3579: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/). See more
                   3580: [Reports](http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/articles/2005/07/27/bsdcon/).
                   3581: 
1.8       wiki     3582: ### `Jul 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005 in Hokkaido
1.2       wiki     3583: 
                   3584: *Jul. 9, 2005, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3585: 
                   3586: At the Open Source Conference 2005 DO there had be a NetBSD booth
                   3587: staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3588: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
1.8       wiki     3589: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005-do/) with 250 attendances and 17 user
                   3590: groups.
1.2       wiki     3591: 
1.8       wiki     3592: ### `Jun 2005` - MeetBSD 2005
1.2       wiki     3593: 
1.8       wiki     3594: *June 17-19th, 2005, Kraków, Poland*
1.2       wiki     3595: 
1.8       wiki     3596: [MeetBSD 2005](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) will be held in Kraków, Poland,
1.2       wiki     3597: from June 17th to 19th 2005. Check the
                   3598: [website](http://2005.meetbsd.org/) for the official program conference
                   3599: venue and registration.
                   3600: 
1.8       wiki     3601: ### `Jun 2005` - Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3602: 
                   3603: *Jun 9, 2005, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3604: 
                   3605: [Interop 2005 Tokyo BSD
                   3606: BOF](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html)
                   3607: was held in [Interop 2005 Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/2005/) with 130
                   3608: attendances. BOF01. Room 302.
                   3609: 
1.8       wiki     3610: -   \*BSD Document Internationalization
                   3611: -   A Robot that runs on NetBSD
                   3612:     Live performance
                   3613: -   BSD Usergroup activity in Japan
                   3614: -   XCAST - Explicit Multi-Unicast
1.2       wiki     3615: 
                   3616: See [program for
                   3617: details](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/announce-ja/200506/msg00000.html).
                   3618: 
                   3619: The BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (277
                   3620: clients)/[xcast](http://www.xcast.jp/) (4 clients include [Univ. of
                   3621: Science Malaysia](http://nrg.cs.usm.my/), [Nagoya
                   3622: University](http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/), and [Nagoya \*BSD Users'
                   3623: Group](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/))/ [IRC](http://www.reicha.net/) (55
                   3624: 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)).
                   3625: 
1.8       wiki     3626: ### `May 2005` - BSDCan2005
1.2       wiki     3627: 
                   3628: *May 13th - May 14th, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3629: 
                   3630: [BSDCan 2005](http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/) was held on May 13-14 2005 at
                   3631: University of Ottawa. There were related events on the 12th and the 15th
                   3632: (of a social nature, for the most part).
                   3633: 
1.8       wiki     3634: ### `May 2005` - pkgsrcCon 2005
1.2       wiki     3635: 
                   3636: *May 6th - May 8th 2005, Prague, Czech Republic*
                   3637: 
                   3638: [pkgsrcCon 2005](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) was held in Prague,
                   3639: Czech Republic from May 6th until May 8th 2005. pkgsrcCon is a technical
                   3640: conference for people working on the [NetBSD Packages Collection
                   3641: (pkgsrc)](../docs/pkgsrc/), focusing on existing technologies, research
                   3642: projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. Developers,
                   3643: contributors, and users are all welcome to attend. You can view the
                   3644: [slides for this
                   3645: event](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/presentations.html) here.
                   3646: 
1.8       wiki     3647: See [](http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2005/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3648: 
1.8       wiki     3649: ### `Apr 2005` - Linux Fest Northwest 2005
1.2       wiki     3650: 
                   3651: LinuxFest Northwest is an annual conference providing many free lectures
                   3652: and booths covering the open source Unix community. The free event was
                   3653: held April 30th in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Lectures covering BSD
                   3654: topics and a BSD advocacy booth were available for the fourth year.
                   3655: Around 1000 people attended the past two years.
                   3656: 
                   3657: More information is at
1.79      cnst     3658: <http://linuxnorthwest.org/>. (If you can
1.2       wiki     3659: volunteer to help with NetBSD advocacy at LinuxFest, please see [this
                   3660: email](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/03/25/0000.html).)
                   3661: 
1.8       wiki     3662: ### `Apr 2005` - 2005 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     3663: 
                   3664: *April 10-15, 2005, Anaheim, California, USA*
                   3665: 
                   3666: USENIX is a place to present groundbreaking research and cutting-edge
                   3667: practices in a wide variety of technologies and environments. The 2005
                   3668: program included additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
                   3669: sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software. Join the community
                   3670: of programmers, developers, and systems professionals in sharing
                   3671: solutions and fresh ideas.
                   3672: 
1.8       wiki     3673: See [](http://www.usenix.org/usenix05/) for details.
1.2       wiki     3674: 
1.8       wiki     3675: ### `Mar 2005` - Open Source Conference 2005
1.2       wiki     3676: 
                   3677: *Mar. 25-26, 2005, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3678: 
                   3679: At the Open Source Conference 2005 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3680: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3681: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/). For more details see
1.8       wiki     3682: [](http://www.ospn.jp/osc2005/).
1.2       wiki     3683: 
1.8       wiki     3684: ### `Mar 2005` - CeBIT 2005
1.2       wiki     3685: 
                   3686: *March 10-16, 2005, Hannover, Germany*
                   3687: 
                   3688: The NetBSD Project was presented at the [CeBIT
                   3689: 2005](http://www.cebit.de/) trade show. A few pictures are available at
                   3690: [this URL](http://nuxi.homeunix.org/album/messen/cebit-2005/).
                   3691: 
1.8       wiki     3692: ### `Mar 2005` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005
1.2       wiki     3693: 
                   3694: NetBSD was present Mar 5th/6th 2005 in Chemnitz, Germany. We had a fine
                   3695: NetBSD booth at the Chemnitz Linuxdays Mar 5th/6th 2005, with lots of
                   3696: fun going on. Please check Hubert Feyrer's BLOG for all the details:
                   3697: 
1.8       wiki     3698: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 0 and 1
                   3699: -   Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2005 Day 2
1.2       wiki     3700: 
1.8       wiki     3701: ### `Feb 2005` - Spring Talks of the German Unix User Group
1.2       wiki     3702: 
                   3703: Feb 22nd to 25th 2005 in Munich, Germany. For some details on the event
                   3704: itself and some rumours & gossips see Hubert Feyrer's BLOG entries:
                   3705: 
1.8       wiki     3706: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 1
                   3707: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 2
                   3708: -   GUUG Spring Talk, Day 3
1.2       wiki     3709: 
1.8       wiki     3710: ### `Feb 2005` - Southern California Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     3711: 
                   3712: *Feb 12th -13th, 2005, Los Angeles, California*
                   3713: 
                   3714: NetBSD had a booth at the [Southern California Linux
                   3715: Expo](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/) at the LA Convention Center.
1.8       wiki     3716: NetBSD's presence in booth \#34 was organized by A.KML
                   3717: (<kml@NetBSD.org>). You can find an account of his experience
1.2       wiki     3718: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/02/14/0008.html)
                   3719: and [here](http://www.nomadlogic.org/~pete/scale.html); a picture of the
                   3720: NetBSD booth also was prominently displayed
1.8       wiki     3721: [](http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/images/pictures/scale3x_day1_6.jpg).
1.2       wiki     3722: 
1.8       wiki     3723: ### `Feb 2005` - Solutions Linux 2005
1.2       wiki     3724: 
                   3725: *Feb. 1-3, 2005, Paris, France*
                   3726: 
                   3727: NetBSD will have a booth at Solutions Linux 2005. We will be presenting
                   3728: both NetBSD and pkgsrc on various hardware and software platforms, while
                   3729: selling CDs and other merchandise. If you want to help, you can contact
1.8       wiki     3730: Quentin Garnier (<cube@cubidou.net>).
1.2       wiki     3731: 
1.8       wiki     3732: ### `Dec 2004` - 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21c3)
1.2       wiki     3733: 
                   3734: *Dec. 27 - 29, 2004, Berlin, Germany*
                   3735: 
                   3736: There will be a NetBSD booth at this year's [21st Chaos Communications
                   3737: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/), and you're welcome to drop
                   3738: by for hacking, drinking, fun and entertainment, giving talks, promoting
                   3739: NetBSD and your working areas, help man the NetBSD booth, etc. Please
                   3740: contact Stefan Schumacher (stefan [at] net-tex [dot] de) if you're
                   3741: interested in helping out. There are some [notes on the
                   3742: event](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/12/30/0000.html)
                   3743: available.
                   3744: 
1.8       wiki     3745: ### `Oct 2004` - EuroBSDCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3746: 
                   3747: *Oct. 29 - 31, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3748: 
                   3749: [EuroBSDCon 2004](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) took place in Karlsruhe,
                   3750: Germany. Check the [website](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/) for official
                   3751: program, conference venue and registration. A
                   3752: [schedule](http://2004.eurobsdcon.org/talkschedule.html) of the talks
                   3753: shows that there were a number of NetBSD developers present.
                   3754: 
                   3755: A brief report from the conference is available
                   3756: [here](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/11/02/0000.html).
                   3757: A longer review was published in the [USENIX ;login:
                   3758: magazine](http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2005-02/openpdfs/eurobsdcon.pdf).
                   3759: 
1.8       wiki     3760: ### `Oct 2004` - Systems 2004
1.2       wiki     3761: 
                   3762: *Oct. 18 - 22, 2004, Munich, Germany*
                   3763: 
1.8       wiki     3764: There will be a 40m² BSD booth at the Systems computer show in Munich,
1.2       wiki     3765: Germany from October 18th to 22nd 2004, where the NetBSD project (among
                   3766: others) will be presented. People willing to help are welcome; Daniel
                   3767: Ettle (dan at deam org) will act as a point of contact. See
1.8       wiki     3768: [](http://www.systems.de/) for more information on the exhibition.
1.2       wiki     3769: 
1.8       wiki     3770: ### `Oct 2004` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2004
1.2       wiki     3771: 
                   3772: *October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3773: 
1.8       wiki     3774: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3775: 
1.8       wiki     3776: ### `Oct 2004` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE-2004
1.2       wiki     3777: 
                   3778: *October 22-October 23, 2004, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   3779: 
1.8       wiki     3780: [](http://k-of.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3781: 
1.8       wiki     3782: ### `Sep 2004` - Open Source Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3783: 
                   3784: *Sep. 4, 2004, Tokyo, Japan*
                   3785: 
                   3786: At the Open Source Conference 2004 there was a NetBSD booth staffed by
                   3787: members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3788: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/).
                   3789: 
1.8       wiki     3790: ### `Sep 2004` - Swiss Unix Conference 2004
1.2       wiki     3791: 
                   3792: *Sep. 2 - 4, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland*
                   3793: 
                   3794: [SUCON '04](http://www.suug.ch/sucon/04/), the 2nd Swiss Unix
                   3795: Conference, will take place in Zurich, Switzerland. The NetBSD Project
                   3796: was represented by Hubert Feyrer, who will gave [a
                   3797: presentation](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/sucon-netbsd.pdf) at this
                   3798: conference.
                   3799: 
1.8       wiki     3800: ### `Aug 2004` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     3801: 
                   3802: *August 10 - 13, 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA*
                   3803: 
                   3804: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   3805: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   3806: administration. Visit [http://www.pugetsoun
                   3807: dtechnology.com/training/netbsd/](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/)
                   3808: for details.
                   3809: 
1.8       wiki     3810: ### `Aug 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3811: 
                   3812: *Aug. 2 - 5, 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA*
                   3813: 
                   3814: [LinuxWorld Conference and
                   3815: Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO04A) is going to
                   3816: take place in San Francisco, CA, USA at the beginning of August. The
                   3817: NetBSD Project might be represented with a booth there - if you are
1.8       wiki     3818: interested in helping out, please contact <regional-sfba@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     3819: 
1.8       wiki     3820: ### `Jul 2004` - Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004)
1.2       wiki     3821: 
                   3822: *Jul. 24, 2004, Sapporo Business Innovation Center, Sapporo, Japan*
                   3823: 
                   3824: At the Get into OpenSource Hokkaido 2004 (GODo2004), there was a NetBSD
                   3825: booth staffed by members of the [Japan NetBSD Users'
                   3826: Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/) and
                   3827: [NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/) with NetBSD/i386+IPv6 XCAST on VAIO
                   3828: GT, and many hpc{ [mips](../ports/hpcmips/), [sh](../ports/hpcsh/),
                   3829: [arm](../ports/hpcarm/) }
                   3830: 
1.8       wiki     3831: ### `Jun 2004` - NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3832: 
                   3833: *Jun 30, 2004, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   3834: 
1.8       wiki     3835: [](http://www.interop.jp/2004/)
1.2       wiki     3836: 
                   3837: [BOF
                   3838: information](http://www.re.soum.co.jp/%7Efukaumi/ml/netbsd/200406/msg00015.html)
                   3839: 
1.8       wiki     3840: Contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org> for more information.
1.2       wiki     3841: 
1.8       wiki     3842: ### `Jun 2004` - USENIX 2004
1.2       wiki     3843: 
                   3844: *June 27 - July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, USA*
                   3845: 
                   3846: [USENIX '04](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/), the USENIX Annual
                   3847: Technical Conference is going to take place in Boston, MA, USA at the
                   3848: end of June. The NetBSD Project will be represented by Alistair Crooks,
                   3849: who gives a talk on [The NetBSD Update
                   3850: System](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#netbsd_update),
                   3851: as well as Christos Zoulas, who will report on NetBSD during [The State
                   3852: of the BSD
                   3853: Projects](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs.html#bsd_projects),
                   3854: and finally by a number of NetBSD developers who will be attending the
                   3855: conference.
                   3856: 
1.8       wiki     3857: ### `Jun 2004` - Linuxtag 2004
1.2       wiki     3858: 
                   3859: *June 23 - 26, 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   3860: 
                   3861: [Linuxtag 2004](http://www.linuxtag.org/2004/index.html) is going to
                   3862: take place in Karlsruhe, Germany. The NetBSD Project will be represented
1.8       wiki     3863: with a booth - please contact <hubertf@NetBSD.org> if you are interested
                   3864: in helping out.
1.2       wiki     3865: 
1.8       wiki     3866: ### `May 2004` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     3867: 
                   3868: *May 22, 2004, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   3869: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   3870: 
                   3871: See [this
                   3872: page](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting6.html) for
                   3873: meeting information.
                   3874: 
1.8       wiki     3875: ### `May 2004` - BSDCan 2004
1.2       wiki     3876: 
                   3877: *May 13-16, 2004, Ottawa, Canada*
                   3878: 
                   3879: The first BSDCan was a tremendous success. With attendance matching
                   3880: BSDCon, and lower fees and accommodation costs, this looks likely to
                   3881: become a popular annual conference. BSD developer Speakers and attendees
                   3882: were numerous. BSDMall had NetBSD paraphanalia available for sale. See
                   3883: also the [BSDCan Website](http://www.bsdcan.org/), and some [photos from
                   3884: Daemonnews.](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/bsdcan_2004/)
                   3885: 
1.8       wiki     3886: ### `May 2004` - LinuxChix-Br II National Meeting
1.2       wiki     3887: 
                   3888: *May 1-2, 2004 Sao Paulo, Brazil*
                   3889: 
                   3890: At the [LinuxChix-Br National
                   3891: Meeting](http://www.linuxchix.org.br/node.php?id=87) there will be a
                   3892: presentation about pkgsrc and a NetBSD booth staffed by members of
                   3893: NetBSD-BR.
                   3894: 
1.8       wiki     3895: ### `Apr 2004` - pkgsrcCon 2004
1.2       wiki     3896: 
                   3897: *April 30 - May 2, 2004, Vienna, Austria*
                   3898: 
                   3899: pkgsrcCon is a technical conference for people working at the NetBSD
                   3900: Packages Collection (pkgsrc), focusing on existing technologies,
                   3901: research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure. For
                   3902: more information, including slides of the talks, please visit
1.79      cnst     3903: <http://www.pkgsrcCon.org/2004/>, and
1.2       wiki     3904: see Hubert Feyrer's report in the [DaemonNews
                   3905: Ezine](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200405/pkgsrcCon2004.html).
                   3906: 
1.8       wiki     3907: ### `Apr 2004` - Linuxfest Northwest 2004
1.2       wiki     3908: 
                   3909: *April 17, 2004, Bellingham, Washington, USA*
                   3910: 
                   3911: LFNW is a showcase for what Northwest Linux users are doing with open
                   3912: source software. Over 50 short (1 hour) presentations will be given
                   3913: throughout the day. Among them will be introductions to BSD and pkgsrc.
                   3914: There will be a BSD booth, occupied by two NetBSD developers and other
                   3915: BSD enthusiasts. Admission is free. Please see
1.79      cnst     3916: <http://www.linuxnorthwest.org/> and
1.2       wiki     3917: [this message to the netbsd-news
                   3918: mailinglist](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-news/2004/04/16/0000.html)
                   3919: for more information.
                   3920: 
1.8       wiki     3921: ### `Mar 2004` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch
1.2       wiki     3922: 
                   3923: *March 9-12, 2004, Bochum, Germany*
                   3924: 
                   3925: The NetBSD Project will in all likeliness be represented at this year's
                   3926: [GUUG
1.8       wiki     3927: Frühjahrsfachgespräche](http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2004/), a
1.2       wiki     3928: yearly congress for everybody interested in Unix(-like) Systems and
                   3929: System Administration organized by the [German Unix User
                   3930: Group](http://www.guug.de/).
                   3931: 
1.8       wiki     3932: ### `Mar 2004` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004
1.2       wiki     3933: 
                   3934: *March 6-7, 2004, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   3935: 
                   3936: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux-Tag 2004 in
                   3937: Chemnitz, Germany. In addition, there were three presentations:
                   3938: 
1.8       wiki     3939: -   \`\`
                   3940:     Cryptographic applications under NetBSD
                   3941:     '' by Stefan Schumacher
                   3942: -   \`\`
                   3943:     Introduction to NetBSD
                   3944:     '' by Karl Uwe Lockhoff
                   3945: -   \`\`
                   3946:     Software Installation under NetBSD, Linux & Solaris using pkgsrc
                   3947:     '' by Hubert Feyrer
1.2       wiki     3948: 
                   3949: Please see the
                   3950: [website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/allgemeines/) for
                   3951: details. Photos are available at [this
                   3952: website](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/6clt/), more photos can be
                   3953: found on the [Linux-Tag
                   3954: website](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/2004/media/bilder/).
                   3955: 
1.8       wiki     3956: ### `Feb 2004` - Solutions Linux 2004
1.2       wiki     3957: 
                   3958: *February 3-5, 2004, Paris, France*
                   3959: 
                   3960: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Solutions Linux
                   3961: 2004](http://www.solutionslinux.fr) conference and expo in Paris,
                   3962: France.
                   3963: 
1.8       wiki     3964: ### `Jan 2004` - LinuxWorld 2004
1.2       wiki     3965: 
                   3966: *January 20-23, 2004, New York, New York*
                   3967: 
                   3968: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2004
                   3969: took place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   3970: from January 20-23, 2004. While the NetBSD Project did not have their
                   3971: own booth this year, we were able to hand out some flyers and sell a few
                   3972: shirts through the [BSDMall](http://www.bsdmall.com) booth. See the
                   3973: [report](http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=4368) from
                   3974: the local user group ([NYCBUG](http://www.nycbug.org/)) for details.
                   3975: 
1.8       wiki     3976: ### `Dec 2003` - 20th Chaos Communication Congress (20c3)
1.2       wiki     3977: 
                   3978: *December 27th to 29th, 2003, Berlin, Germany*
                   3979: 
                   3980: The NetBSD Project was represented at the [20th Chaos Communication
                   3981: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2003/) (20c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   3982: from December 27th to 29th. See Hubert Feyrer's
                   3983: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/02/0002.html)
                   3984: for Details. If you're interested in the
                   3985: [Blinkenlights](http://www.blinkenlights.de/) project, one of 20c3's
                   3986: main attractions, you will find Lubomir Sedlacik's [post to the
                   3987: netbsd-advocacy](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2004/01/03/0000.html)
                   3988: MailingList useful.
                   3989: 
1.8       wiki     3990: ### `Dec 2003` - BSDCon Brasil 2003
1.2       wiki     3991: 
                   3992: *December 6 and 7, 2003, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (military
                   3993: institute of engineering - IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil*
                   3994: 
1.79      cnst     3995: See <http://bsdcon.myfreebsd.com.br> for
1.2       wiki     3996: details.
                   3997: 
1.8       wiki     3998: ### `Dec 2003` - BSD-Linux-Day 2003
1.2       wiki     3999: 
                   4000: *December 2, 2003, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   4001: 
1.79      cnst     4002: <http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day/>
1.2       wiki     4003: 
1.8       wiki     4004: ### `Nov 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     4005: 
                   4006: *November 18-21, 2003, Seattle, Washington area*
                   4007: 
                   4008: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   4009: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   4010: administration. See
1.79      cnst     4011: <http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/>
1.2       wiki     4012: for details.
                   4013: 
1.8       wiki     4014: ### `Oct 2003` - KANSAI-OPENSOURCE+FREEWARE-2003
1.2       wiki     4015: 
                   4016: *October 31-November 1, 2003, Osaka Sangyo Souzoukan, Japan*
                   4017: 
1.8       wiki     4018: [](http://k-of.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     4019: 
1.8       wiki     4020: ### `Oct 2003` - BSD-CONFERENCE-JAPAN 2003
1.2       wiki     4021: 
                   4022: *October 18, 2003, BIZ SHINJUKU, Japan*
                   4023: 
1.8       wiki     4024: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2003/)
1.2       wiki     4025: 
1.8       wiki     4026: ### `Oct 2003` - Linux-Kongress 2003
1.2       wiki     4027: 
1.8       wiki     4028: *October 14-16, 2003, Saarbrücken, Germany*
1.2       wiki     4029: 
1.8       wiki     4030: NetBSD will be present at the Linux-Kongress in Saarbrücken, Germany, an
1.2       wiki     4031: event mostly attended by Linux developers. Presenting NetBSD in this
                   4032: environment will give an interesting chance to compare open source
                   4033: operating systems on a highly skilled level. There will be a joint booth
                   4034: by all BSD projects offering CDs, DVDs, t-shirts and other devotionalia.
                   4035: See [this page](http://www.linux-kongress.org/2003/index.html) for more
                   4036: information.
                   4037: 
1.8       wiki     4038: ### `Sep 2003` - BSDCon 2003
1.2       wiki     4039: 
                   4040: *September 8-12, 2003, Marriott Hotel,San Mateo, California, USA*
                   4041: 
                   4042: Meet the movers and shakers of the BSD community, and learn how you can
                   4043: use BSD as part of your enterprise-grade solutions. For details, see
1.79      cnst     4044: <http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/cfp/>.
1.2       wiki     4045: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   4046: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org. A
                   4047: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/09/13/0000.html)
                   4048: is available online.
                   4049: 
1.8       wiki     4050: ### `Aug 2003` - Chaos Communication Camp 2003
1.2       wiki     4051: 
                   4052: *August 7-10, 2003, near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe).*
                   4053: 
                   4054: A lot of photos are available
                   4055: [online](http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/steschum/ccc03/index.html), as well
                   4056: as [some slides](advocacy/folienslide.pdf).
                   4057: 
1.8       wiki     4058: ### `Jul 2003` - Linuxtag Karlsruhe, Germany
1.2       wiki     4059: 
                   4060: *July 10-13, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   4061: 
                   4062: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Linuxtag Karlsruhe 2003,
                   4063: Germany](http://www.linuxtag.org/2003/en/index.html) from July 10ths to
                   4064: 13th in a booth together with other BSD-related projects.
                   4065: 
                   4066: The booth was organized by Hubert Feyrer, Bernd Sieker and Jaromir
                   4067: Dolecek. See the [full
                   4068: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0000.html)
                   4069: for details and pictures.
                   4070: 
1.8       wiki     4071: ### `Jul 2003` - Libre Software Meeting in Metz
1.2       wiki     4072: 
                   4073: *July 9-12, 2003, Metz, France*
1.79      cnst     4074: <http://www.rencontresmondiales.org/>
1.2       wiki     4075: 
                   4076: The NetBSD Project was represented at the LSM 2003 by Emmanuel Dreyfus
                   4077: and Gilbert Fernandes. A
                   4078: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/07/14/0002.html)
                   4079: of the meeting as well as some pictures are available online.
                   4080: 
1.8       wiki     4081: ### `Jul 2003` - NetWorld+Interop 2003 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     4082: 
                   4083: *July 2, 2003, Makuhari-Messe, Chiba, Japan, 18:30-20:00 JST*
                   4084: 
1.79      cnst     4085: <http://www.interop.jp/>
1.2       wiki     4086: 
1.8       wiki     4087: Call for Presentation: contact Jun Ebihara <jun@NetBSD.org>.
1.2       wiki     4088: 
1.8       wiki     4089: ### `Jun 2003` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting & NetBSD BOF
1.2       wiki     4090: 
                   4091: *Jun 28, 2003, [National Olympics Memorial Youth
                   4092: Center](http://nyc.niye.go.jp/e/), Tokyo, Japan*
                   4093: 
1.8       wiki     4094: ### `Jun 2003` - Open Source Meeting 2003 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4095: 
                   4096: *June 7-8, 2003, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4097: 
1.79      cnst     4098: <http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2003/>
1.2       wiki     4099: 
1.8       wiki     4100: ### `Jun 2003` - 2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4101: 
                   4102: *June 9-14, 2003, San Antonio, Texas, USA*
                   4103: 
                   4104: A six-day, multiple-track event which includes tutorials, technical
                   4105: sessions composed of refereed papers, invited talks, and
                   4106: Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. There will be a [Super BSD BOF
                   4107: Session](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/bofs.html). For details,
                   4108: see
1.79      cnst     4109: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/>.
1.2       wiki     4110: Contact name, address, phone, fax and/or e-mail: Conference Department,
                   4111: 510-528-8649, conference@usenix.org
                   4112: 
                   4113: Slides of Chris Demetriou's presentation are [available
                   4114: here](events/usenix2003/).
                   4115: 
1.8       wiki     4116: ### `May 2003` - BSDay 2003
1.2       wiki     4117: 
                   4118: *May 21, 2003, Warszawa-Miedzeszyn, Poland*
                   4119: 
                   4120: [AVET Information and Network Security](http://www.avet.com.pl/) are
                   4121: holding the [BSDay
                   4122: 2003](http://www.avet.com.pl/en/conferences/bsday/bsday.php) conference
                   4123: on May 21, 2003, the first event of its kind in Poland. See the web site
                   4124: for more information.
                   4125: 
1.8       wiki     4126: ### `May 2003` - BSDCon.it
1.2       wiki     4127: 
                   4128: *May 9-11, 2003, Padova, Italy*
                   4129: 
                   4130: As part of [Webbit '03](http://www.webb.it/),
                   4131: [BSDCon.it](http://www.bsdcon.it/) will be held from May 9th to may 11th
                   4132: in Padova, Italy. People interested in giving a talk on NetBSD should
1.8       wiki     4133: contact <ed@bsdcon.it>.
1.2       wiki     4134: 
1.8       wiki     4135: ### `Apr 2003` - DECUS Munich Symposium 2003
1.2       wiki     4136: 
                   4137: *April 8th-10th, 2003, Bonn, Germany* *(updated)*
                   4138: 
                   4139: There was a presentation about porting NetBSD to old hardware, and the
                   4140: different emulating systems that allow old software to run on new
                   4141: hardware, again with NetBSD as the host OS, and one about eletronic
                   4142: voting, using the procedure for the [election of the NetBSD Board of
                   4143: Directors](../changes/#board-elections2002) as an in-depth example.
                   4144: 
1.8       wiki     4145: ### `Apr 2003` - Magdeburg Linuxtag
1.2       wiki     4146: 
                   4147: *April 5th, 2003, Magdeburg, Germany*
                   4148: 
                   4149: There was a NetBSD booth and presentation at the Magdeburg Linuxtag in
                   4150: Magdeburg, Germany on April 5th 2003 at the University of Magdeburg,
1.79      cnst     4151: Germany. See <http://www.mdlug.de/> for more
1.8       wiki     4152: information. Contact Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> for information
                   4153: regarding representation of NetBSD at the event.
1.2       wiki     4154: 
1.8       wiki     4155: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD is ten years young and still going strong!
1.2       wiki     4156: 
                   4157: Several parties are being held in cities around the world to celebrate
                   4158: the tenth birthday of The NetBSD Project, March 21, 2003. Check out the
                   4159: [Events Gallery](events/) for more information.
                   4160: 
1.8       wiki     4161: ### `Mar 2003` - CeBIT 2003
1.2       wiki     4162: 
                   4163: *March 12-19, 2003, Hannover, Germany*
                   4164: 
                   4165: The [CeBIT 2003](http://www.cebit.de), the most widely known ICT trade
                   4166: fair world-wide, took place in Hannover, Germany from March 12-19, 2003.
                   4167: The NetBSD Project had a booth on Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday 13th,
                   4168: and there was a 30 minute presentation of the NetBSD Project. Bernd
                   4169: Sieker and Jaromir Dolocek manned the booth, see their
                   4170: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/03/20/0001.html).
                   4171: 
1.8       wiki     4172: ### `Mar 2003` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     4173: 
                   4174: *March 4-6, 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA area*
                   4175: 
                   4176: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   4177: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   4178: administration. See
1.79      cnst     4179: <http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/netbsd/>
1.2       wiki     4180: for details.
                   4181: 
1.8       wiki     4182: ### `Mar 2003` - Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
1.2       wiki     4183: 
                   4184: *March 1, 2003, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   4185: 
                   4186: NetBSD was represented with a booth at the [Chemnitzer Linux-Tag
                   4187: (CLT5)](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt5/). A summary of the
                   4188: events including several pictures is available online at
1.79      cnst     4189: <http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/clt5.html>.
1.2       wiki     4190: Presentations, including mp3s of the talks (in German!) are available
                   4191: from:
                   4192: 
1.8       wiki     4193: -   NetBSD - eine Einführung
                   4194:     [
                   4195:     mp3
                   4196:     ]
                   4197: -   NetBSD 1.6 - Neuigkeiten und Einsatz im Embedded-Umfeld
                   4198:     [
                   4199:     mp3
                   4200:     ]
                   4201: -   Der Regensburger Marathon-Cluster - eine Video-Rendering-Anwendung
                   4202:     mit NetBSD
                   4203:     [
                   4204:     mp3
                   4205:     ]
1.2       wiki     4206: 
1.8       wiki     4207: ### `Feb 2003` - Solutions Linux
1.2       wiki     4208: 
                   4209: *February 4-6, 2003, CNIT - Paris La Defense, France.*
                   4210: 
                   4211: The Solutions Linux conference and expo (formerly known as the Linux
                   4212: Expo Paris) held a NetBSD booth run by the
                   4213: [GCU-Squad](http://www.gcu-squad.org/) and the [French NetBSD Users
                   4214: Group](http://www.netbsd-fr.org/). A [report is available
                   4215: online.](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-users/2003/02/08/0010.html)
                   4216: 
1.8       wiki     4217: ### `Jan 2003` - Ottawa Open Source Weekend
1.2       wiki     4218: 
                   4219: *January 25th, 26th, 2003, Ottawa, Canada*
                   4220: 
                   4221: On 2003 January 25 and 26, a coalition of computer professionals,
                   4222: students, and volunteers will host an Open Source Weekend in Ottawa,
                   4223: Canada. The events will be spread across the city and throughout the
                   4224: weekend to showcase the dynamic world of open source software. The major
                   4225: activities will be the:
                   4226: 
                   4227: -   Linuxfest at the University of Ottawa (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   4228: -   Linuxfest at Carleton University (Sat. Jan. 25th)
                   4229: -   The Business of Open Source Software conference. (Sun. Jan. 26th)
                   4230: 
1.79      cnst     4231: For details, please see <http://www.osw.ca/>.
1.2       wiki     4232: 
1.8       wiki     4233: ### `Jan 2003` - LinuxWorld 2003
1.2       wiki     4234: 
                   4235: *January 21-24, 2003, New York, New York*
                   4236: 
                   4237: The [LinuxWorld Conference and Expo](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) 2003
                   4238: takes place in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City
                   4239: from January 21-24, 2003. See the
                   4240: [website](http://www.linuxworldexpo.com) for more details and a free
                   4241: registration for the expo. The NetBSD Project had a booth at LinuxWorld,
                   4242: a [short
                   4243: review](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2003/01/24/0000.html)
                   4244: and a [handful of pictures](http://www.NetBSD.org/~jschauma/lwe03/) are
                   4245: available online.
                   4246: 
1.8       wiki     4247: ### `Dec 2002` - 19th Chaos Communication Congress (19c3)
1.2       wiki     4248: 
                   4249: *December 17th to 29th, Berlin, Germany*
                   4250: 
                   4251: The NetBSD Project will be present at the [19th Chaos Communication
                   4252: Congress](http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/) (19c3) in Berlin, Germany,
                   4253: from December 27th to 29th.
                   4254: 
1.8       wiki     4255: ### `Dec 2002` - NetBSD System Administration training
1.2       wiki     4256: 
                   4257: *December 10-12, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA area*
                   4258: 
                   4259: [Puget Sound Technology](http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/) is
                   4260: teaching a hands-on class covering the fundamentals of NetBSD system
                   4261: administration.
                   4262: 
1.8       wiki     4263: ### `Dec 2002` - Internet Week 2002
1.2       wiki     4264: 
                   4265: *December 16-20, 2002, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan*
                   4266: 
                   4267: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) will organize a
                   4268: BSD BoF on December 18th, 18:00(JST) at this years Internet Week. The
                   4269: BoF was broadcasted via RealVideo (179 clients)/[xcast (3
                   4270: clients)](http://www.xcast.jp/)/IRC. See
1.79      cnst     4271: <http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2002/bof/bof04.htm>
1.2       wiki     4272: for details.
                   4273: 
1.8       wiki     4274: ### `Nov 2002` - KNF Congress 2002
1.2       wiki     4275: 
                   4276: *November 24, 2002, Nuremberg, Germany*
                   4277: 
                   4278: This years KNF Congress is under the motto "Linux in allen
                   4279: Lebenslagen???, ... und andere Fragen im Internet" ("Linux in all
                   4280: aspects of life??? ... and other questions on the Internet"). There will
                   4281: not only be Linux-oriented talks, but also a bit of talk about NetBSD,
                   4282: so this might be interesting for anyone in the area of
                   4283: Nuremberg/Germany. There will be a talk about NetBSD/dreamcast, a NetBSD
                   4284: booth and also some NetBSD-related prices in the Tombola.
                   4285: 
                   4286: The congress will take place Sunday Nov 24th, 10-18h at the
                   4287: Gemeinschaftshaus Langwasser, Glogauer Str. 50, 90473 Nuremberg,
                   4288: Germany. See
1.79      cnst     4289: <http://www.franken.de/kongress/index.html>
1.2       wiki     4290: for more information.
                   4291: 
1.8       wiki     4292: ### `Nov 2002` - BSD Conference Japan
1.2       wiki     4293: 
                   4294: *November 23, 2002, tsudahall Tokyo, Japan*
                   4295: 
1.8       wiki     4296: [](http://www.bsdcon.jp/2002/) with 172 attendances.
1.2       wiki     4297: 
1.8       wiki     4298: ### `Nov 2002` - BSDCon Europe 2002
1.2       wiki     4299: 
                   4300: *November 15-17, 2002, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
                   4301: 
1.79      cnst     4302: <http://2002.eurobsdcon.org/>. \`\`[Rumors,
1.2       wiki     4303: Gossips and Facts](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/eurobsdcon2002.html)''
                   4304: are available online thanks to Hubert Feyrer.
                   4305: 
1.8       wiki     4306: ### `Nov 2002` - LISA '02
1.2       wiki     4307: 
                   4308: *November 3-8, 2002, Philadelphia, PA*
                   4309: 
1.79      cnst     4310: <http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa02/>
1.2       wiki     4311: 
1.8       wiki     4312: ### `Nov 2002` - RISC OS S.E. Show
1.2       wiki     4313: 
                   4314: *November 2, 2002, Guildford, UK*
                   4315: 
                   4316: The Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group [RISC OS South-East
                   4317: Show](http://www.fillin.co.uk/seshow/), held in Guildford Technical
                   4318: College.
                   4319: 
1.8       wiki     4320: ### `Oct 2002` - Linuxdays 2002
1.2       wiki     4321: 
                   4322: *October 1-3, 2002, Luxembourg*
                   4323: 
                   4324: The NetBSD Project was present at the [Luxembourgh
                   4325: Linuxdays](http://www.linuxday.lu/), an Open Source and Free Software
                   4326: Conference and Expo held in, well, Luxembourg. Hubert Feyrer gave talks
                   4327: on [NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/nb2002-lu.pdf) and a [video
                   4328: rendering cluster done with
                   4329: NetBSD](http://www.feyrer.de/marathon-cluster/mc-slides.pdf). A
                   4330: [report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/10/08/0000.html)
                   4331: was sent to the netbsd-advocacy list, pictures and more information are
                   4332: available from [Hubert's
                   4333: website](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/#linuxday.lu).
                   4334: 
1.8       wiki     4335: ### `Sep 2002` - Linux-Kongress 2002
1.2       wiki     4336: 
                   4337: *September 4-6, 2002, Cologne, Germany*
                   4338: 
                   4339: The NetBSD Project will be present at [Linux-Kongress
                   4340: 2002](http://www.linux-kongress.org), the 9th International Linux System
                   4341: Technology Conference, held at the Physics Institutes of the University
                   4342: of Cologne, Germany. A report and pictures of the BSD-booth is available
                   4343: online.
                   4344: 
1.8       wiki     4345: ### `Aug 2002` - 11th USENIX Security Symposium
1.2       wiki     4346: 
                   4347: *August 5-9, 2002, San Francisco, CA*
                   4348: 
1.79      cnst     4349: <http://www.usenix.org/events/sec02/>
1.2       wiki     4350: 
1.8       wiki     4351: ### `Jul 2002` - NetBSD 1.5.3 release
1.2       wiki     4352: 
                   4353: *July 22, 2002*
                   4354: 
                   4355: [NetBSD 1.5.3](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html), a *[patch
                   4356: release](../releases/release-map.html)* improving stability, fixing bugs
                   4357: in, addressing security issues in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4358: 1.5.2](../releases/formal-1.5/), has been released with support for 20
                   4359: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.3 release
                   4360: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.3.html).
                   4361: 
1.8       wiki     4362: ### `Jul 2002` - NetWorld+Interop 2002 Tokyo BSD BOF
1.2       wiki     4363: 
                   4364: *July 3, 2002, Chiba, Japan*
                   4365: 
                   4366: http://www.interop.jp/syutten/report.html
                   4367: 
                   4368: [http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002\_BOF/](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/N+I2002_BOF/)
                   4369: , [BSD security update - BIND,
                   4370: OpenSSH](http://www.itojun.org/paper/itojun-interop2002-bsdbof/mgp00001.html).
                   4371: 
1.8       wiki     4372: ### `Jun 2002` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4373: 
                   4374: *June 9-14, 2002, Montery Conference Center Monterey, California, USA*
                   4375: 
1.79      cnst     4376: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/>.
1.2       wiki     4377: Slides of Christos Zoulas' presentation are [available
                   4378: here](events/usenix2002/).
                   4379: 
1.8       wiki     4380: ### `Jun 2002` - Open Source Meeting 2002 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4381: 
                   4382: *June 8-9, 2002, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4383: 
1.8       wiki     4384: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2002/)
1.2       wiki     4385: 
1.8       wiki     4386: ### `Jun 2002` - Linuxtag 2002 in Karlsruhe
1.2       wiki     4387: 
                   4388: *June 6-9, 2002, Karlsruhe, Germany*
                   4389: 
                   4390: [Linuxtag](http://www.linuxtag.de) had a BSD booth. A
                   4391: [report](http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/linuxtag-karlsruhe-2002.html) is
                   4392: available.
                   4393: 
1.8       wiki     4394: ### `May 2002` - Wakefield 2002, The Acorn RISC OS Show
1.2       wiki     4395: 
                   4396: *May 18-19, 2002, Wakefield, UK*
                   4397: 
1.79      cnst     4398: <http://www.wrocc.org.uk/show/2002/>
1.2       wiki     4399: 
1.8       wiki     4400: ### `May 2002` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4401: 
                   4402: *May 18, 2002, T-Zone Minami, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4403: 
1.79      cnst     4404: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting4.html>
1.2       wiki     4405: 
                   4406: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 60
                   4407: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 95 attendances, 210 clients via
                   4408: RealVideo. Talking about Zoularis, LCD System Status monitor, devsw
                   4409: again, presentation with less, citrus, ACPI, jp.netbsd servers, Upcoming
                   4410: 1.6 and current, sourceforge.jp, xcast6.
                   4411: 
1.8       wiki     4412: ### `May 2002` - Annual International Free Software Forum
1.2       wiki     4413: 
                   4414: *May 2-4, 2002, Porto Alegre- RS, Brazil*
                   4415: 
                   4416: The Annual International Free Software Forum will take place on this May
                   4417: 2th, 3th and 4th in Porto Alegre- RS , Brazil. Mainly in event about
                   4418: Linux Gnu's solutions, this year The BSD's Operating Systems will have a
                   4419: chance to prove their value.
                   4420: 
                   4421: The Session's Speakers are Edson Brandi (FreeBSD), Diego Linke (NetBSD)
                   4422: and Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira (OpenBSD) and they will focus in the
                   4423: general aspects of the systems: history, license, goods and bads,
                   4424: technical characteristics and philosophy.
                   4425: 
1.8       wiki     4426: ### `Mar 2002` - 4th Chemnitz Linuxday 2002
1.2       wiki     4427: 
                   4428: *March 9-10, 2002, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany*
                   4429: 
                   4430: [www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/](http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/linux/tag/lt4/)
                   4431: 
                   4432: Presentations included "Migration to IPv6" mentioning NetBSD as example,
                   4433: "\*BSD - Alternative to Linux" presenting BSDs and "BIND9 - Let's talk
                   4434: IPv6". There was also a (Net)BSD booth manned by Andre Nicklas, Hubert
                   4435: Feyrer, Karl Uwe Lockhoff. A [detailed
                   4436: report](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2002/03/11/0000.html)
                   4437: is available.
                   4438: 
1.8       wiki     4439: ### `Feb 2002` - GUUG Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2002
1.2       wiki     4440: 
                   4441: *February 27-March 1, 2002, Ruhr-Uni Bochum, Bochum, Germany*
                   4442: 
1.79      cnst     4443: <http://www.guug.de/veranstaltungen/ffg2002/index.html>
1.2       wiki     4444: 
                   4445: Presentations given during the spring meeting of the German Unix User
                   4446: Group (GUUG) included a report about NetBSD in 2002 and details about
                   4447: Rapid Deployment of IPv6 with 6to4, which covered NetBSD (among others).
                   4448: 
1.8       wiki     4449: ### `Feb 2002` - BSDCon 2002
1.2       wiki     4450: 
                   4451: *February 11-14, 2002, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, California,
                   4452: USA*
                   4453: 
1.79      cnst     4454: <http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/cfp/>
1.2       wiki     4455: 
1.8       wiki     4456: ### `Dec 2001` - Internet Week 2001
1.2       wiki     4457: 
                   4458: *December 3-7, 2001, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4459: 
1.79      cnst     4460: <http://internetweek.jp/>
1.2       wiki     4461: 
                   4462: At Internet Week 2001, there was a BSD BOF on December 6th.
                   4463: Additionally, December 7th was BSD/Linux Day.
                   4464: 
                   4465: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/event/iw2001/)
                   4466: on Dec 7 with 197 attendances, 392 clients via [RealVideo
                   4467: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,IRC chatting. Talking about The
                   4468: BSD System on 1FDD, Special talk and Presentation [Perry E.
                   4469: Metzger/Warner Losh], IPv6 DNS transfer Club,Catch up FreeBSD
                   4470: current,talking about free software community, [BSD users group meeting
                   4471: via IPv6 XCAST](http://www.mma.gr.jp/%7Etree/bsd-20011206/).
                   4472: 
                   4473: On Dec 8, there was a [BSD/Linux
                   4474: Day](http://www.jus.or.jp/events/bsd-linux-day2001/) session talking
                   4475: about BSD, Linux, Mail User Agents, Mail Transfer, Office Suite,
                   4476: Emulation.
                   4477: 
1.8       wiki     4478: ### `Nov 2001` - BSDCon Europe 2001
1.2       wiki     4479: 
                   4480: *November 9-11, 2001, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK*
                   4481: 
1.79      cnst     4482: <http://www.bsdconeurope.org/>
1.2       wiki     4483: 
1.8       wiki     4484: ### `Oct 2001` - RISC OS 2001 Show
1.2       wiki     4485: 
                   4486: *October 20-21, 2001, Berkshire, England*
                   4487: 
1.79      cnst     4488: <http://www.riscos2001.com/>
1.2       wiki     4489: 
                   4490: NetBSD had a stand at the [RISC OS 2001
                   4491: Show](http://www.riscos2001.com/). There was various NetBSD boxes on
                   4492: display and NetBSD 1.5.2 CDs for sale.
                   4493: 
1.8       wiki     4494: ### `Sep 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.2 release
1.2       wiki     4495: 
                   4496: *September 13, 2001*
                   4497: 
                   4498: NetBSD 1.5.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4499: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4500: 1.5.1](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4501: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.2 release
                   4502: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.2.html).
                   4503: 
1.8       wiki     4504: ### `Aug 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo
1.2       wiki     4505: 
                   4506: *August 26-30, 2001, San Francisco, CA*
                   4507: 
1.79      cnst     4508: <http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/>
1.2       wiki     4509: 
                   4510: The NetBSD Project had a booth at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo from
                   4511: August 28-30, 2001. Jason Thorpe has written a short [summary about the
                   4512: NetBSD booth at
                   4513: LinuxWorld](http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/netbsd-advocacy/2001/08/30/0000.html).
                   4514: Also at the booth was the debut of NetBSD running on a Playstation 2
                   4515: from Japan.
                   4516: 
1.8       wiki     4517: ### `Jul 2001` - NetBSD 1.5.1 release
1.2       wiki     4518: 
                   4519: *July 11, 2001*
                   4520: 
                   4521: NetBSD 1.5.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4522: stability, fixing bugs in, and adding some features to [NetBSD
                   4523: 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), was released with support for 21
                   4524: architectures. More information is available in the [1.5.1 release
                   4525: announcement](../releases/formal-1.5/NetBSD-1.5.1.html).
                   4526: 
1.8       wiki     4527: ### `Jun 2001` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4528: 
                   4529: *June 30, 2001, [ASCII Corporation](http://www.ascii.co.jp/info/),
                   4530: Tokyo, Japan*
                   4531: 
1.79      cnst     4532: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting3.html>
1.2       wiki     4533: 
                   4534: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting with 52
                   4535: attendances, and a NetBSD BoF with 102 attendances, 275 clients via
                   4536: RealVideo G2 broadcasting.
                   4537: 
                   4538: Talking about jp.NetBSD.org servers, NetBSD status updates after
                   4539: USENIX2001,Korea NetBSD User Group, www.NetBSD.org Logo, Chiba-BUG,
                   4540: Making plan for NetBSD Book in Japan, XCAST on NetBSD, The New
                   4541: Block/Character Device Switch Configration Framework, Life in PEACE, wdc
                   4542: MD driver for DC IDE-HD Interface on NetBSD/dreamcast, Get into
                   4543: Zoularis, PS2Linux for NetBSD, and special guest talking with Antti
                   4544: Kantee from Finland. Japan NetBSD Users' Group will have a special
                   4545: meeting on 54th IETF Yokohama, Japan.
                   4546: 
1.8       wiki     4547: ### `Jun 2001` - USENIX Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4548: 
                   4549: *June 25-30, 2001, Boston, MA*
                   4550: 
1.79      cnst     4551: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/>
1.2       wiki     4552: 
                   4553: NetBSD was well represented at [Usenix
                   4554: 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/), and we would like to
                   4555: thank everyone involved in the BSD BoF and the NetBSD booth.
                   4556: 
                   4557: The NetBSD Project had a presentation at the BSD BoF which was headed by
                   4558: [NetBSD Core Group](../people/core.html) members Christos Zoulas and
                   4559: Luke Mewburn. A list of highlights is available in Chuck Toporek's
                   4560: "[Greetings from the BSD Super
                   4561: BoF](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixchuck_0601.html)" article. The
1.80      cnst     4562: [slides from this talk](//www.netbsd.org/gallery/events/usenix2001/) are available.
1.2       wiki     4563: 
                   4564: Luke Mewburn was also a part of the scripting technical session; his
                   4565: presentation was entitled, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD
                   4566: rc.d System". In Ellen Siever's "[Usenix Technical Session
                   4567: Wrap-Up](http://unix.oreilly.com/news/usenixellen_0601.html)" article,
                   4568: she talks briefly about Luke's presentation. Luke's paper can be found
                   4569: at the [Usenix 2001](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/) web site,
                   4570: in both HTML and PDF formats, under [FREENIX Track Refereed
                   4571: Papers](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01/freenix01/mewburn.html)
                   4572: (requires USENIX membership). The paper may also be found in
                   4573: [PDF](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf) format at Luke's own
                   4574: web site.
                   4575: 
                   4576: Again, a thank you to all involved.
                   4577: 
1.8       wiki     4578: ### `Jun 2001` - Open Source Meeting 2001 in Nagoya University
1.2       wiki     4579: 
                   4580: *June 9-10, 2001, Nagoya, Japan*
                   4581: 
1.8       wiki     4582: [](http://tokai.opensource.jp/tsudoi/2001/)
1.2       wiki     4583: 
                   4584: On June 9-10th, 2001, several Bof about open source community in japan
                   4585: were held.100+150 persons attended in person.
                   4586: 
1.8       wiki     4587: ### `Jun 2001` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo, BSD BoF
1.2       wiki     4588: 
                   4589: *June 7 2001, Chiba, Japan*
                   4590: 
1.79      cnst     4591: <http://www.interop.jp/>
1.2       wiki     4592: 
                   4593: On June 7th, 2001, a BSD BoF was held as one of the night sessions at
                   4594: [NetWorld+Interop Tokyo](http://www.interop.jp/). Over 300 people
                   4595: attended in person, 50-100 people attended over IRC (volunteers typed
                   4596: the discussions to a couple of IRC channels), and 828 clients watched
                   4597: the discussion over RealVideo transmission. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
                   4598: wrote up a [summary of the BSD BoF at NetWorld+Interop
                   4599: Tokyo](events/interop-tokyo-2001.html).
                   4600: 
1.8       wiki     4601: ### `May 2001` - Wakefield 2001
1.2       wiki     4602: 
                   4603: *May 19-20, 2001, Wakefield, UK*
                   4604: 
                   4605: There was a NetBSD stand at the Wakefield Acorn / RiscOS show. The
                   4606: Wakefield show was more of an ARM biased show, so there was a
                   4607: [NetBSD/arm26](../ports/arm26/) and [NetBSD/arm32](../ports/arm32/)
                   4608: slant to the NetBSD stand. The stand featured machines running NetBSD,
                   4609: and CD-ROMS of the NetBSD system with some additional pre-built packages
                   4610: and a copy of the NetBSD web site on them. Also at the show Chris
                   4611: Gilbert gave a talk about NetBSD.
                   4612: 
1.8       wiki     4613: ### `Apr 2001` - Comdex Spring 2001
1.2       wiki     4614: 
                   4615: *April 2-5, 2001, Chicago, IL*
                   4616: 
1.79      cnst     4617: <http://www.comdex.com/>
1.2       wiki     4618: 
                   4619: NetBSD had a booth at [Comdex](http://www.comdex.com/) Spring 2001. A
                   4620: [short summary](events/comdex-spring-2001.html) of NetBSD at Comdex
                   4621: Spring is available.
                   4622: 
                   4623: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4624: 
1.8       wiki     4625: ### `Feb 2001` - Open Source Matsuri 2001 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4626: 
                   4627: *February 10-11, 2001, Tokyo, Japan*
                   4628: 
                   4629: [Japan NetBSD Users' Group](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/) had a
                   4630: [booth](http://www.voj.toda.saitama.jp/photo/OpenSource2001/) with SONY
                   4631: NEWS,Sun Ultra1,DEC VAX station,Sega DreamCast,Mac SE/30, Sharp
                   4632: X68030,Mac G4Qube,iBook,NEC MobileGearII,
                   4633: [PEACE](http://chiharu.hauN.ORG/peace/) and [umidi/utoro
                   4634: demo](http://utoro.imou.to/) with 7000 attendances. Held a Presentation
                   4635: & a tutorial about NetBSD by jun@NetBSD.org. [[Reports on
                   4636: jp.NetBSD.org](http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/event/20010210OSF/)]
                   4637: 
1.8       wiki     4638: ### `Jan 2001` - LinuxWorld Expo 2001
1.2       wiki     4639: 
                   4640: *January 30-February 2, 2001, New York City, USA*
                   4641: 
1.79      cnst     4642: <http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/>
1.2       wiki     4643: 
                   4644: The NetBSD Project shared a stand with [Wasabi
1.81      cnst     4645: Systems](http://web.archive.org/web/2002/http://www.wasabisystems.com/) at LinuxWorld Expo 2001. The
1.2       wiki     4646: stand had a variety of different platforms running NetBSD, 1.5 CDs, and
                   4647: other swag.
                   4648: 
1.8       wiki     4649: ### `Dec 2000` - Internet Week 2000
1.2       wiki     4650: 
                   4651: *December 18-21, 2000, Osaka, Japan*
                   4652: 
1.79      cnst     4653: <http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw2000/>
1.2       wiki     4654: 
                   4655: There was a [BSD BoF
                   4656: session](http://www.unixmagic.org/ml/netbsd/200012/msg00019.html) on Dec
                   4657: 19 with 160 attendances, 94 clients via [RealVideo
                   4658: G2](http://www.real.com) broadcasting,60 IRC realtime broadcasting
                   4659: clients. Talking about The BSD System on 1FDD, USB maniacs from across
                   4660: the [BSD magazine](http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/) editorial room,
                   4661: announce from BSDi Japan Office, Users groups in
                   4662: JP[[NoBUG](http://www.no.bug.gr.jp/), [OFUG](http://www.ofug.net/),
                   4663: [S\*BUG](http://www.bbsbrain.ne.jp/~sbug/),
                   4664: [K\*bug](http://www.kbug.gr.jp/), [NBUG](http://www.nagoya.bug.gr.jp/),
                   4665: [JNUG](http://www.NetBSD.org/community/groups.html#jnug), L\*BUG],
                   4666: little red [Daemon-kun](http://www.twin.ne.jp/~minamie/ost/) from The
                   4667: Open Source Toys Project, BSD goods present time,and more thinking about
                   4668: BSD activity in Japan.
                   4669: 
1.8       wiki     4670: ### `Dec 2000` - NetBSD 1.5 release
1.2       wiki     4671: 
                   4672: *December 6, 2000*
                   4673: 
                   4674: [NetBSD 1.5](../releases/formal-1.5/), the eighth [major
                   4675: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   4676: public.
                   4677: 
1.8       wiki     4678: ### `Dec 2000` - Usenix Systems Administration Conference (LISA)
1.2       wiki     4679: 
                   4680: *December 3-8, 2000, New Orleans, LA*
                   4681: 
1.79      cnst     4682: <http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa2000/>
1.2       wiki     4683: 
1.8       wiki     4684: ### `Nov 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.3 release
1.2       wiki     4685: 
                   4686: *November 25, 2000*
                   4687: 
                   4688: NetBSD 1.4.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4689: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4690: announced to the public.
                   4691: 
1.8       wiki     4692: ### `Nov 2000` - Comdex Fall 2000
1.2       wiki     4693: 
                   4694: *November 13-17 2000, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4695: 
1.79      cnst     4696: <http://www.comdex.com/>
1.2       wiki     4697: 
                   4698: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 2000. We demonstrated a
                   4699: full desktop system running on a Macintosh G4 cube, as well as other
                   4700: sundry bits. The cube also appeared on German 3Sat Neues.
                   4701: 
                   4702: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4703: Mission.
                   4704: 
1.8       wiki     4705: ### `Oct 2000` - Linux Expo Toronto 2000
1.2       wiki     4706: 
                   4707: *October 30-November 1 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4708: 
1.79      cnst     4709: <http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/>
1.2       wiki     4710: 
                   4711: The NetBSD Project had a booth at displaying NetBSD i386 and mac68k -
                   4712: T-shirts and 1.4.2 CDs were available. The i386 machine was running an
                   4713: automated demo which will soon be available in pkgsrc.
                   4714: 
                   4715: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission and
                   4716: David Maxwell.
                   4717: 
1.8       wiki     4718: ### `Oct 2000` - RISC OS 2000
1.2       wiki     4719: 
                   4720: *October 21-22 2000, Epsom, England*
                   4721: 
1.79      cnst     4722: <http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/riscos/>
1.2       wiki     4723: 
                   4724: A group of NetBSD enthusiasts were one of the exhibitors at RISC OS
                   4725: 2000. They had CD's, leaflets, and a mixture of hardware running NetBSD
                   4726: on display. David Brownlee wrote up a report about the [NetBSD stand at
                   4727: RISC OS 2000](events/riscos-2000.html).
                   4728: 
1.8       wiki     4729: ### `Oct 2000` - BSDCon 2000
1.2       wiki     4730: 
                   4731: *October 14-20 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4732: 
1.79      cnst     4733: <http://www.bsdcon.org/>
1.2       wiki     4734: 
                   4735: NetBSD had a table at this event, and there were a couple of talks
                   4736: spotlighting NetBSD.
                   4737: 
1.8       wiki     4738: Erik Berls <cyber@NetBSD.org> and Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org> gave a
                   4739: talk entitled "NetBSD: Platform for the Future". Slides are available at
                   4740: [](http://www.mewburn.net/luke/talks/bsdcon-2000/).
1.2       wiki     4741: 
                   4742: Also, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino gave a talk on NetBSD 1.5. A transcript
                   4743: is available at
1.8       wiki     4744: [](ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/itojun-bsdcon2000-netbsd15.ps.gz).
1.2       wiki     4745: 
1.8       wiki     4746: ### `Oct 2000` - Atlanta Linux Showcase
1.2       wiki     4747: 
                   4748: *October 12-14 2000, Atlanta, GA*
                   4749: 
1.79      cnst     4750: <http://www.linuxshowcase.org/>
1.2       wiki     4751: 
                   4752: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at this event, showcasing NetBSD on
                   4753: non-PC platforms (primarily the Mac G4 cube). Some unfortunate bugs were
                   4754: fixed onsite.
                   4755: 
                   4756: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4757: 
1.8       wiki     4758: ### `Aug 2000` - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
1.2       wiki     4759: 
                   4760: *August 14-17 2000, San Jose, CA*
                   4761: 
1.79      cnst     4762: <http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/>
1.2       wiki     4763: 
                   4764: There was a BSD BoF session on Wednesday August 16th. In the September
                   4765: 2000 issue, Daemon News published an
                   4766: [article](http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200009/linuxworld-2000.html) on
                   4767: the BSD presence at LinuxWorld 2000.
                   4768: 
1.8       wiki     4769: ### `Jul 2000` - O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000
1.2       wiki     4770: 
                   4771: *July 17-20, 2000, Monterey, CA*
                   4772: 
                   4773: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon2000/
                   4774: 
                   4775: NetBSD had a table at the O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2000.
                   4776: Also, there was a session called the "Future of the BSDs", presented by
                   4777: a group that included Charles Hannum from NetBSD.
                   4778: 
                   4779: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4780: 
1.8       wiki     4781: ### `Jul 2000` - Comdex Canada 2000
1.2       wiki     4782: 
                   4783: *July 12-14 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
                   4784: 
                   4785: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Canada 2000 at which T-shirts
                   4786: and 1.4.2 CDs were available. There are some photos of [the screen,
                   4787: showing the bktr display](../images/events/20000712-1.jpg), NetBSD
                   4788: developers [David Maxwell (left) and D'Arcy Cain
                   4789: (right)](../images/events/20000712-2.jpg), and helpers [Carol Cain, and
                   4790: Robert Waters](../images/events/20000712-3.jpg). We also have pictures
                   4791: of another [User Friendly visitor](../images/events/booth_puppy.jpg).
                   4792: 
                   4793: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall, The NetBSD
                   4794: Mission and David Maxwell.
                   4795: 
1.8       wiki     4796: ### `Jul 2000` - Japan NetBSD Users' Group meeting
1.2       wiki     4797: 
                   4798: *July 1 2000, Tokyo Japan*
                   4799: 
1.79      cnst     4800: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting2.html>
1.2       wiki     4801: 
                   4802: The Japan NetBSD Users' Group had their annual meeting, and a NetBSD BoF
                   4803: followed.
                   4804: 
1.8       wiki     4805: ### `Jun 2000` - LinuxTag 2000
1.2       wiki     4806: 
                   4807: *June 29-July 2 2000, Stuttgart, Germany*
                   4808: 
                   4809: http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/
                   4810: 
                   4811: A group of \*BSD enthusiasts organized a \*BSD booth at [LinuxTag
                   4812: 2000](http://www.linuxtag.org/2000/english/), which, among many other
                   4813: things, included a variety of boxes showcasing NetBSD. Christian
                   4814: Weisgerber has written a [summary](events/linuxtag-2000.html) about his
                   4815: experiences at LinuxTag 2000, as one both manning the \*BSD booth and
                   4816: giving a talk.
                   4817: 
1.8       wiki     4818: ### `Jun 2000` - Usenix Annual Technical Conference
1.2       wiki     4819: 
                   4820: *June 21-22 2000, San Diego, CA*
                   4821: 
1.79      cnst     4822: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/>
1.2       wiki     4823: 
                   4824: NetBSD had a presence at the [Usenix Annual Technical
                   4825: Conference](http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/) in 2000. Most
                   4826: notably, Charles Hannum gave a talk about NetBSD, William Studenmund
                   4827: gave a [technical session on
                   4828: DMFS](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/studenmund.html)
                   4829: (Data Migration File System) for NetBSD, Chuck Silvers gave a [technical
                   4830: session on
                   4831: UBC](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/silvers.html)
                   4832: (an efficient United I/O and Memory Caching Subsystem for NetBSD), and
                   4833: Jun-ichiro Hagino gave a [technical session on mbuf changes in
                   4834: KAME/\*BSD IPv6
                   4835: support](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix2000/freenix/hagino.html).
                   4836: There was also a BSD BoF which included people kicking around beach
                   4837: balls emblazoned with "NetBSD support: it's not hot air anymore" in
                   4838: reference to the launch of [Wasabi
1.81      cnst     4839: Systems](http://web.archive.org/web/2002/http://www.wasabisystems.com/).
1.2       wiki     4840: 
                   4841: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The Usenix Association and
                   4842: The NetBSD Mission.
                   4843: 
1.8       wiki     4844: ### `Jun 2000` - German Unix User Group spring '00 meeting
1.2       wiki     4845: 
                   4846: *June 14-16 2000, Cologne, Germany*
                   4847: 
1.79      cnst     4848: <http://www.guug.de/>
1.2       wiki     4849: 
                   4850: NetBSD was represented at the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   4851: Group](http://www.guug.de/). Ignatios Souvatzis gave a presentation
                   4852: about experiences with IPv6 using NetBSD.
                   4853: 
1.8       wiki     4854: ### `Jun 2000` - NetWorld+Interop Tokyo
1.2       wiki     4855: 
                   4856: *June 8 2000, Chiba, Japan*
                   4857: 
1.79      cnst     4858: <http://www.jp.NetBSD.org/ja/JP/ml/admin-ja/200005/msg00015.html>
1.2       wiki     4859: 
                   4860: A joint \*BSD users group BOF was held. Jordan Hubbard and Warner Losh
                   4861: (of FreeBSD) joined and gave us a talk. BOF session covering various
                   4862: \*BSD followed.
                   4863: 
1.8       wiki     4864: ### `Apr 2000` - Comdex Spring 2000
1.2       wiki     4865: 
                   4866: *April 17-20 2000, Chicago, IL*
                   4867: 
1.79      cnst     4868: <http://www.comdex.com/>
1.2       wiki     4869: 
                   4870: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4871: Mission.
                   4872: 
1.8       wiki     4873: ### `Apr 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4874: 
                   4875: *April 10-12 2000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada*
                   4876: 
1.79      cnst     4877: <http://www.linuxexpocanada.com/>
1.2       wiki     4878: 
                   4879: The NetBSD Project had a booth displaying NetBSD i386, hpcmips, and
                   4880: mmeye at this event in Montreal, Canada. T-shirts, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, and
                   4881: snapshot CDs were available.
                   4882: 
                   4883: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4884: 
1.8       wiki     4885: ### `Mar 2000` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     4886: 
                   4887: *March 29, 2000, Munich, Germany*
                   4888: 
1.79      cnst     4889: <http://www.decus.de/>
1.2       wiki     4890: 
                   4891: Ignatios Souvatzis talked about NetBSD news and experiences with IPv6 on
                   4892: NetBSD at the DECUS Munich Symposium in Bonn.
                   4893: 
1.8       wiki     4894: ### `Mar 2000` - NetBSD 1.4.2 release
1.2       wiki     4895: 
                   4896: *March 19, 2000*
                   4897: 
                   4898: NetBSD 1.4.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4899: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4900: announced to the public.
                   4901: 
1.8       wiki     4902: ### `Feb 2000` - Linux Expo
1.2       wiki     4903: 
                   4904: *February 1-3 2000, Paris, France*
                   4905: 
1.79      cnst     4906: <http://www.linuxexpoparis.com/>
1.2       wiki     4907: 
                   4908: There was a BSD BoF at the New York Linuxworld on Thursday, February
                   4909: 3rd.
                   4910: 
                   4911: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4912: 
1.8       wiki     4913: ### `Dec 1999` - Internet Week 1999
1.2       wiki     4914: 
                   4915: *December 18 1999, Yokohama, Japan*
                   4916: 
1.79      cnst     4917: <http://www.nic.ad.jp/iw99/>
1.2       wiki     4918: 
                   4919: There was a [BSD BoF session](http://www.jp.freebsd.org/event/iw99/) on
                   4920: Dec 18.
                   4921: 
1.8       wiki     4922: ### `Dec 1999` - The Bazaar
1.2       wiki     4923: 
                   4924: *December 14-16 1999, New York City, NY*
                   4925: 
                   4926: The NetBSD Project had two kiosks at "The Bazaar" in New York City at
                   4927: the Javits Center. We demoed NetBSD on several hardware platforms, and
                   4928: provided live video from the show floor via a [Brains, Inc. mmEye video
                   4929: server](http://www.brains.co.jp/).
                   4930: 
                   4931: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4932: 
1.8       wiki     4933: ### `Nov 1999` - Comdex Fall 1999
1.2       wiki     4934: 
                   4935: *November 15-19 1999, Las Vegas, NV*
                   4936: 
1.79      cnst     4937: <http://www.comdex.com/>
1.2       wiki     4938: 
                   4939: The NetBSD Project had a booth at Comdex Fall 1999. We had 1.4.1 CD
                   4940: sets, sample CDs, demo machines, and a few surprises.
                   4941: 
                   4942: Expenses for this event were underwritten by LinuxMall and The NetBSD
                   4943: Mission.
                   4944: 
1.8       wiki     4945: ### `Nov 1999` - Open Source Matsuri99 in Akihabara
1.2       wiki     4946: 
                   4947: *November 12-13, 1999, Akihabara, Tokyo*
                   4948: 
                   4949: Japan NetBSD Users' Group ran a booth at Open Source Matsuri'99 in
                   4950: Akihabara ("Matsuri" is Japanese word for "Festival"). We had demo
                   4951: machines and short Presentation with NetBSD/hpcmips.
                   4952: 
1.8       wiki     4953: ### `Oct 1999` - Atlanta Linux Showcase 1999
1.2       wiki     4954: 
                   4955: *October 14-16, 1999, Atlanta, GA*
                   4956: 
1.79      cnst     4957: <http://www.linuxshowcase.org/1999/>
1.2       wiki     4958: 
                   4959: The NetBSD Project ran a booth at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. 1.4.1 CD
                   4960: sets and T-shirts were on sale.
                   4961: 
                   4962: Expenses for this event were underwritten by The NetBSD Mission.
                   4963: 
1.8       wiki     4964: ### `Oct 1999` - BSD Social Event in Berlin
1.2       wiki     4965: 
                   4966: *October 9-10, 1999*
                   4967: 
1.8       wiki     4968: ### `Aug 1999` - NetBSD 1.4.1 release
1.2       wiki     4969: 
                   4970: *August 26, 1999*
                   4971: 
                   4972: NetBSD 1.4.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   4973: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), was
                   4974: announced to the public.
                   4975: 
1.8       wiki     4976: ### `Jul 1999` - Wizards of OS \#1
1.2       wiki     4977: 
                   4978: *July 16-17, 1999, Berlin, Germany*
                   4979: 
                   4980: Patrick M. Hausen talked about FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD at the Free
                   4981: Software Projects panel of the Wizards of OS conference.
                   4982: 
1.8       wiki     4983: ### `Jun 1999` - LinuxTag '99
1.2       wiki     4984: 
                   4985: *June 26-27, 1999, Kaiserslautern, Germany*
                   4986: 
1.79      cnst     4987: <http://www.linuxtag.org/1999/>
1.2       wiki     4988: 
                   4989: The NetBSD Project attended LinuxTag '99 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. We
                   4990: exhibited a NetBSD/arm32 system running on a DNARD, and demonstrated the
                   4991: package system.
                   4992: 
1.8       wiki     4993: ### `Jun 1999` - Usenix '99
1.2       wiki     4994: 
                   4995: *June 6-11, 1999, Monterey, CA*
                   4996: 
1.79      cnst     4997: <http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/>
1.2       wiki     4998: 
                   4999: The NetBSD foundation attended the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in
                   5000: Monterey, CA. There was a Birds of a Feather session on Tuesday 8, 8pm -
                   5001: 10pm, and an exhibition booth featuring many different platforms. There
                   5002: is also a [full report](events/usenix1999.html) available.
                   5003: 
1.8       wiki     5004: ### `Mar 1999` - German Unix User Group spring '99 meeting
1.2       wiki     5005: 
                   5006: *March 16-19, 1999, Germany*
                   5007: 
1.79      cnst     5008: <http://www.guug.de/>
1.2       wiki     5009: 
                   5010: During the spring meeting of the [German Unix User
                   5011: Group](http://www.guug.de/) (GUUG), NetBSD was mentioned in two talks
                   5012: held by [Dr. Alexandre
                   5013: Wennmacher](http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/geo/mitarbeiter/mitarb/aw.html).
                   5014: The first described security through file flags and the second was about
                   5015: checkpointing in userspace.
                   5016: 
                   5017: At the \*BSD BoF, Hubert Feyrer explained the changes made in the
                   5018: Packages System to what was taken from FreeBSD, Christoph Badura
                   5019: answered general NetBSD questions.
                   5020: 
1.8       wiki     5021: ### `May 1999` - NetBSD 1.4 release
1.2       wiki     5022: 
                   5023: *May 12, 1999*
                   5024: 
                   5025: [NetBSD 1.4](../releases/formal-1.4/), the seventh [major
                   5026: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   5027: public.
                   5028: 
1.8       wiki     5029: ### `Dec 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.3 release
1.2       wiki     5030: 
                   5031: *December 23, 1998*
                   5032: 
                   5033: NetBSD 1.3.3, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   5034: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   5035: announced to the public.
                   5036: 
1.8       wiki     5037: ### `Aug 1998` - Open Source Developer Day
1.2       wiki     5038: 
                   5039: *August 21, 1998, San Jose, CA*
                   5040: 
                   5041: The NetBSD Project was proud to be a partner with O'Reilly and
                   5042: Associates for its Open Source Developer Day, held at the Fairmont Hotel
                   5043: in San Jose, CA.
                   5044: 
1.8       wiki     5045: ### `Jun 1998` - Usenix freenix track
1.2       wiki     5046: 
                   5047: *June 15-19, 1998, New Orleans, LA*
                   5048: 
                   5049: [FREENIX](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/),
                   5050: the freely redistributable software track, was held at
                   5051: [Usenix](http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/).
                   5052: FREENIX was intended to be a showcase for the latest developments and
                   5053: interesting applications in freely redistributable software including
                   5054: NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, GNU and Samba.
                   5055: 
1.8       wiki     5056: ### `May 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.2 release
1.2       wiki     5057: 
                   5058: *May 29, 1998*
                   5059: 
                   5060: NetBSD 1.3.2, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   5061: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   5062: announced to the public.
                   5063: 
1.8       wiki     5064: ### `Apr 1998` - MTT '98 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     5065: 
                   5066: *April 25-26, 1998, Germany*
                   5067: 
                   5068: The Amiga1 user group held another MTT.
                   5069: 
1.8       wiki     5070: ### `Mar 1998` - NetBSD 1.3.1 release
1.2       wiki     5071: 
                   5072: *March 9, 1998*
                   5073: 
                   5074: NetBSD 1.3.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   5075: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.3/), was
                   5076: released.
                   5077: 
1.8       wiki     5078: ### `Jan 1998` - NetBSD 1.3 release
1.2       wiki     5079: 
                   5080: *January 4, 1998*
                   5081: 
                   5082: [NetBSD-1.3](../releases/formal-1.5/), the sixth [major
                   5083: release](../releases/release-map.html) of NetBSD, was announced to the
                   5084: public.
                   5085: 
1.8       wiki     5086: ### `May 1997` - NetBSD 1.2.1 release
1.2       wiki     5087: 
                   5088: *May 20, 1997*
                   5089: 
                   5090: NetBSD 1.2.1, a [patch release](../releases/release-map.html) improving
                   5091: stability and fixing bugs in [NetBSD-1.2](../releases/formal-1.2/), was
                   5092: announced to the public.
                   5093: 
1.8       wiki     5094: ### `Apr 1997` - MTT '97 "Magic Days Trier"
1.2       wiki     5095: 
                   5096: *April 19-20, 1997, Germany*
                   5097: 
                   5098: A NetBSD-1.2.1/Amiga preview, running on a DraCo and (after installing
1.8       wiki     5099: it live over ARCnet) on an Amiga 3000, was presented by Jürgen Schmitz
1.2       wiki     5100: and Ignatios Souvatzis at the MTT '97.
                   5101: 
1.8       wiki     5102: ### `Apr 1997` - DECUS Munich
1.2       wiki     5103: 
                   5104: *April 17, 1997, Bonn, Germany*
                   5105: 
                   5106: Ignatios Souvatzis presented a talk about *NetBSD on Digital Hardware*
                   5107: at the [DECUS Munich](http://www.decus.de/) Symposium in Bonn.
                   5108: 
1.8       wiki     5109: ### `Jan 1997` - Anaheim Usenix Birds of a Feather
1.2       wiki     5110: 
                   5111: *January 14, 1997, Anaheim, CA*
                   5112: 
                   5113: NetBSD hosted a Birds of a Feather at the Usenix conference which was
                   5114: held in Anaheim California. Christos Zoulas spoke about the current
                   5115: state, goals and future directions of the project, while Paul
                   5116: Kranenburg, Aaron Brown and Chris Demetriou answered questions about the
                   5117: sparc and the alpha ports respectively.

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