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