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

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