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FreeBSD Developer and Vendor Summit, November 2-3, 2015
This page describes the November 2015 FreeBSD Developer and Vendor Summit, taking place in Sunnyvale, California. This is a by-invitation event. FreeBSD committers are welcome to register themselves using this wiki; non-committers need to contact gnn@freebsd.org to attend.
The information on this page is subject to change; please check back for updates.
Costs and Registration
All attendees MUST register by October 17th. Developers with write access to the Wiki may register themselves below. Those without write access should email gnn@freebsd.org to be added to the attendee list.
There may be a cost to attend the summit, the budget is being worked out presently.
Sponsors
NetApp has donated the space and facilities for the summit.
FreeBSD Foundation is covering food and beverage.
Location
The Vendor Summit will be held at NetApp's Campus in Sunnyvale.
Building 7 1345 Crossman Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94089
NOTE Attendees should tell the receptionist at the building that they are attending the FreeBSD Vendor Summit. You do NOT need to sign in or get a badge. You will be directed to the room where the summit is being held.
Schedule
The FreeBSD vendor summit takes place on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2014.
Detailed Schedule
Please arrive by 8:45am for the morning sessions so that we can get started around 9:00am. Attendees can pick up badges throughout the day.
| November 2 | Topic | Leader/Speaker | Slides |
| 09:00-10:00 | Setup / Badges | ||
| 10:00-10:15 | Introductions | Everyone | |
| 10:15-11:00 | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Persistent Memory | Jim Harris | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Building a Distributed Hypervisor on FreeBSD | Michael Berman | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Transport Protocol Rototilling | GeorgeNevilleNeil | |
| 14:45-15:00 | Foundation Update | Deb Goodkin | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break | ||
| 15:15-16:00 |
| November 3 | Topic | Leader/Speaker | Slides |
| 10:00-11:00 | Have/Need/Want | GeorgeNevilleNeil | |
| 11:00-12:00 | “ | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Maintaining Your Tree | BennoRice | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Finally: Intel VTune for FreeBSD (w/ demo) | Ashish Gupta | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break | ||
| 15:15-16:00 | ARMv8 Update (w/Demo) | EdMaste | |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Attendees
In order to attend, you must register in advance; this allows us to size rooms, order food, provide beverages, and make dinner reservations. We appreciate your cooperation in letting us know your plans well in advance of the event.
Developer Attendees
(Please keep sorted alphabetically by last name.)
| Dates Attending | ||||
| Developer | Username | 2nd Nov | 3rd Nov | Notes |
| DougAmbrisko | ambrisko | yes | yes | |
| GavinAtkinson | gavin | yes | yes | not yet certain |
| JohnBaldwin | jhb | yes | yes | |
| GlenBarber | gjb | yes | yes | Arrive Nov 1, AVP→DTW→SFO, Depart Nov 8, SFO→DTW→AVP |
| SeanBruno | sbruno | yes | yes | Local |
| AdrianChadd | adrian | yes | yes | |
| BrooksDavis | brooks | yes | yes | Arrive Nov 1, depart Nov 9 |
| BryanDrewery | bdrewery | yes | yes | |
| SimonGerraty | sjg | yes | yes | Local |
| DaichiGoto | daichi | yes | yes | |
| JustinHibbits | jhibbits | yes | yes | |
| AllanJude | allanjude | yes | yes | Arrive Nov 1 YYZ→SFO, depart Nov 4 SFO→YYZ |
| PatrickKelsey | pkelsey | yes | yes | |
| ScottLong | scottl | yes | yes | |
| WarnerLosh | imp | yes | yes | |
| EdMaste | emaste | yes | yes | |
| KirkMcKusick | mckusick | yes | yes | |
| ConradMeyer | cem | yes | yes | |
| MarcelMoolenaar | marcel | yes | yes | |
| NeelNatu | neel | yes | yes | |
| GeorgeNevilleNeil | gnn | yes | yes | |
| DavidOBrien | obrien | yes | yes | local |
| JimHarris | jimharris | yes | yes | |
| Navdeep Parhar | np | yes | yes | |
| Alfred Perlstein | alfred | yes | yes | |
| MarkPeek | mp | yes | yes | |
| Benno Rice | benno | yes | yes | |
| CraigRodrigues | rodrigc | yes | yes | |
| HirokiSato | hrs | yes | yes | Arr. Oct.31 NH172 NRT-SJC, stay in Extended Stay America, Dep. Nov.4 NH171 SJC-NRT |
| RandallStewart | rrs | yes | yes | TBD |
| David C Somayajulu | davidcs | yes | yes | TBD |
| DevinTeske | dteske | yes | yes | Local |
| OleksandrTymoshenko | gonzo | yes | yes | Local |
| PeterWemm | peter | yes | yes | |
| GlebKurtsov | gleb | yes | yes | |
Guest Attendees
Please keep this list alphabetized by attendee last name.
| Dates Attending | ||||
| Guest | Affiliation | 2nd | 3rd | Notes |
| Curtis Anderson | Panasas | yes | yes | |
| Allison Berman | yes | yes | ||
| Michael Berman | TidalScale | yes | yes | |
| Mark Bloch | Mellanox | yes | yes | |
| Kevin Bowling | Limelight | yes | yes | |
| Alex Burlyga | Panasas | yes | yes | |
| Chris Busick | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Sean Chittenden | Groupon | yes | yes | |
| Dorr Clark | Citrix | yes | yes | |
| Erin Clark | iXSystems | yes | yes | |
| Noah Clemons | Intel | no | yes | |
| Todd Clauson | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Jeb Cramer | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Michael Dexter | ixSystems | yes | yes | |
| Leon Dang | Nahanni | yes | yes | |
| Sameer Deshpande | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Sekou Doumbouya | Groupon | yes | yes | |
| Jason Eggleston | Limelight | yes | yes | |
| Deb Goodkin | FreeBSD Foundation | yes | yes | |
| Shan Greer | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Anish Gupta | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Ashish Gupta | Intel | no | yes | |
| Ben Haga | Apple | yes | yes | |
| Steve Jacobson | Citrix | yes | yes | |
| Eric Joyner | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Shrikanth R Kamath | Juniper | yes | yes | |
| Hrishikesh Keremane | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Joe Kloss | Panasas | yes | yes | |
| Joseph Kong | Norse | yes | yes | |
| Ayaka Koshibe | ON.lab | yes | yes | |
| Johannes Lundberg | BrilliantService | yes | yes | |
| Kip Macy | Netflix | yes | yes | |
| Felix Marti | Chelsio | yes | yes | |
| David Meyer | Xinuos | yes | yes | |
| Rishabh Mittal | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Alireza Moshtaghi | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Laurent Nicolas | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Matt Olander | iX Systems | yes | yes | |
| Scott Pan | Xinuos | yes | yes | |
| Bob Peterson | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Mike Peterson | NetFlix | yes | yes | |
| Jeff Pieper | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Charles Piercey | TidalScale | yes | yes | |
| Ravi Pokala | Panasas | yes | yes | |
| Alex Rosenberg | Sony | yes | maybe | |
| Nithya Ruff | SanDisk | yes | yes | |
| Ahmed Samir | DigitalFyre | yes | yes | |
| John Savanyo | VMWare | yes | yes | |
| Phil Shafer | Juniper | yes | yes | |
| Vijay Singh | NetApp | yes | yes | |
| Arlie Stephens | Citrix | yes | yes | |
| Jim Thompson | Netgate | yes | yes | |
| Jason Wolfe | Limelight | yes | yes | |
| Thiagarajan Venkatasubramanian | Juniper | yes | yes | |
| Thyanna Voisine | Intel | yes | yes | |
| Harald Weppner | TidalScale | yes | yes | |
| Peter Wong | NetApp | yes | yes | |
Meal Requirements
| Requirement | Qty |
|---|---|
| Vegetarian | 1 |
| Diet drinks | 2 |
| Low carb | 1 |
| Meat, no lactose | 1 |
Travel Information
Hotels
For those who are traveling to the meeting you may want to check out one of these three hotels, which are located not far from the summit venue.