Annotation of wikisrc/events.mdwn, revision 1.9

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

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