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FreeBSD Events

Please send details of any FreeBSD related events or events that are of interest for FreeBSD users which are not listed here to freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org.

Countries and regions displayed in dark red on the map below are hosting upcoming FreeBSD-related events. Countries that have hosted FreeBSD-related events in the past show up in yellow or orange, with darker colors representing a larger number of previous events.

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Current/Upcoming Events:

March 2024

  • AsiaBSDCon 2024, Chientan Youth Activity Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    21 March, 2024 - 24 March, 2024
    AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.

June 2024

  • BSDCan 2024, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    29 May, 2024 - 01 June, 2024
    A four day BSD conference held in Ottawa, Canada. BSDCan hosts talks and tutorials on a range of topics based around the BSD family of operating systems.

September 2024

  • EuroBSDcon 2024, TBA, Dublin, Ireland
    19 September, 2024 - 22 September, 2024
    EuroBSDcon is the European annual technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects.

Past Events:

February 2024

  • FOSDEM 2024, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
    03 February, 2024 - 04 February, 2024
    Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.

November 2023

  • November 2023 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, NetApp Campus, San Jose, CA, United States
    02 November, 2023 - 03 November, 2023
    Mark your calendars! The November 2023 FreeBSD Vendor Summit will take place November 2-3, 2023 at the NetApp Campus in San Jose, CA. The Vendor Summit will feature a single track of talks on both days.

October 2023

  • Hackathon 202310, Modirum, Oslo, Norway
    04 October, 2023 - 06 October, 2023
    A FreeBSD hackathon will be held in Oslo on the 4th, 5th and 6th of October 2023. Modirum MDPay has kindly offered to host us in their offices in Oslo.

September 2023

  • EuroBSDcon 2023, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
    14 September, 2023 - 17 September, 2023
    EuroBSDcon is the European annual technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects.

May 2023

  • BSDCan 2023, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    17 May, 2023 - 20 May, 2023
    A four day BSD conference held in Ottawa, Canada. BSDCan hosts talks and tutorials on a range of topics based around the BSD family of operating systems.

April 2023

  • AsiaBSDCon 2023, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
    30 March, 2023 - 02 April, 2023
    AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems based on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Darwin and MacOS X. AsiaBSDCon is a technical conference and aims to collect the best technical papers and presentations available to ensure that the latest developments in our open source community are shared with the widest possible audience.

March 2023

  • Google Summer of Code, FreeBSD Office Hours – YouTube, ,
    22 March, 2023 - 22 March, 2023
    On Wednesday March 22 at 17:00 UTC, we will share information about contributing to FreeBSD through Google Summer of Code.

February 2023

  • FOSDEM 2023, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
    04 February, 2023 - 05 February, 2023
    Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. In 2023, after 2 years of online events, they will gather in Brussels again. Be sure to stop by the FreeBSD stand and BSD devroom to get the latest on FreeBSD.

December 2022

November 2022

  • November 2022 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, Online, ,
    03 November, 2022 - 04 November, 2022
    Join us for the online November 2022FreeBSD Vendor Summit. The event will consist of virtual, half day sessions, taking place November 3-4, 2022. It’s free to attend, but we ask that you register with the eventbrite system to gain access to the meeting room and separate hallway track. The vendor summit is sponsored by the FreeBSD Foundation.

October 2022

  • Aberdeen Hackathon 2022, 57 North Hacklab, Aberdeen, Scotland
    08 October, 2022 - 08 October, 2022
    A FreeBSD Hackathon will take place in Aberdeen, Scotland from the 5th of October to the 8th of October 2022. The hackathon will be hosted by 57 North Hacklab.

September 2022

  • EuroBSDcon 2022, The Freihaus Campus of Vienna's Technical University, Vienna, Austria
    15 September, 2022 - 18 September, 2022
    EuroBSDcon is the European annual technical conference gathering users and developers working on and with 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) based operating systems family and related projects.

June 2022

  • June 2022 FreeBSD Developer Summit, Online, ,
    16 June, 2022 - 17 June, 2022
    Join us for the online June 2022 FreeBSD Developer Summit. The event will consist of virtual, half day sessions, taking place June 16-17, 2022. It is free to attend, but we ask that you register with the conference system to gain access to the meeting room (more information to come). In addition to developer discussion sessions, we will also have vendor talks.

  • BSDCan 2022, Online, ,
    01 June, 2022 - 04 June, 2022
    A four day BSD conference held online. BSDCan hosts talks and tutorials on a range of topics based around the BSD family of operating systems.

March 2022

  • Google Summer of Code, FreeBSD Office Hours – YouTube, ,
    16 March, 2022 - 16 March, 2022
    The then upcoming Google Summer of Code, and how mentees could become involved.

February 2022

  • How to Track FreeBSD Using Git, Part 2 – Warner Losh, FreeBSD Fridays – YouTube, ,
    11 February, 2022 - 11 February, 2022
    A primer on how to track FreeBSD using Git. The basics of obtaining and compiling FreeBSD, then more advanced topics – including managing local changes, and how to contribute those changes to the FreeBSD Project.

  • FOSDEM 2022, Online, ,
    05 February, 2022 - 06 February, 2022
    Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. In 2022, they will gather online. Be sure to stop by the FreeBSD stand and BSD devroom to get the latest on FreeBSD.

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Last modified on: January 26, 2021 by Sergio Carlavilla Delgado