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