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

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