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FreeBSD Developer Summits
See also How to organize a DevSummit
See also Hackathon
FreeBSD developer summits, “devsummits”, are usually held immediately before or after BSD-oriented conferences. Note, please see VideoProductionAndPublishing for tips on capturing quality video recordings of technical sessions and making them available to the broader developer community that can not attend in person. Video streaming for BSD related events is available for free from ScaleEngine.com, contact AllanJude.
Current/Upcoming Developer and Vendor Summits
/* the most current devsummit first */ /* Please create new pages as sub-pages of DevSummit */
| Year | Wiki page | Associated Event | Where | When |
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| 2023 | ||||
| Oslo Hackathon 2023 | Independent | Oslo, Norway | Oct 4-6, 2023 |
Past Developer Summits
/* most recent devsummit first */ /* Please create new pages as sub-pages of DevSummit */
| Year | Wiki page | Associated Event | Where | When |
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| 2023 | ||||
| EuroBSDcon 2023 Developer Summit | EuroBSDcon | Coimbra, Portugal | Sept 14-15, 2023 | |
| BSDCan 2023 Developer Summit | BSDCan | Ottawa, Canada | May 17-18, 2023 | |
| AsiaBSDCon 2023 Developer Summit | AsiaBSDCon | Tokyo, Japan | March 30-31, 2023 | |
| 2022 | ||||
| November 2022 Vendor Summit | Virtual | November 3-4, 2022 | ||
| October 2022 Aberdeen Hackathon | Aberdeen, Scotland | October 5-8, 2022 | ||
| EuroBSDcon 2022 Developer Summit | EuroBSDcon | Vienna, Austria | September 15-16, 2022 | |
| June 2022 Developer Summit | Virtual | June 16-17, 2022 | ||
| 2021 | ||||
| November 2021 Vendor Summit | Virtual | November 18-19, 2021 | ||
| June 2021 Developer Summit | Virtual | June 9-11, 2021 | ||
| 2020 | ||||
| November 2020 Vendor Summit | Virtual | November 11-13, 2020 | ||
| September Devsummit | EuroBSDcon | Vienna, Austria | |
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| June DevSummit | BSDCan | Ottawa, Canada | |
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| March DevSummit | AsiaBSDCon | Tokyo, Japan | |
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| January/February DevSummit | FOSDEM | Brussels, Belgium | 31st January 2020 | |
| 2019 | ||||
| October Vendor and Developer Summit | Santa Clara, CA, USA | October 11-12 2019 | ||
| September DevSummit | EuroBSDcon | Lillehammer, Norway | 19-20 September 2019 | |
| September Hackathon | vBSDCon | Reston, Virginia, USA | 5 September 2019 | |
| June DevSummit | n/a | Berlin, Germany | 15th-16th June 2019 | |
| June Hackathon | n/a | Vienna, Austria | 8th-9th June 2019 | |
| May Hackathon | n/a | Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada | 20th-22nd May 2019 | |
| May DevSummit | BSDCan | Ottawa, Canada | 15-16th, May 2019 | |
| April Hackathon | n/a | Aberdeen, Scotland | 17-19th, April 2019 | |
| April DevSummit | FOSS-north | Gothenburg, Sweden | April 7, 2019 | |
| March DevSummit | AsiaBSDcon 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | Mar. 21-22, 2019 | |
| February DevSummit | FOSDEM 2019 | Brussels, Belgium | Feb. 1st, 2019 | |
| 2018 | ||||
| October - Notes | MeetBSD | Santa Clara, USA | 18 October 2018 | |
| September | EuroBSDCon | Bucharest, Romania | 20-21 September 2018 | |
| August | BSDCam | Cambridge, UK | 15-17 August 2018 | |
| August | Linuxhotel Hackathon | Essen, Germany | 10-12 August 2018 | |
| June | BSDcan 2018 | Ottawa, Canada | 6-7 June 2018 | |
| March | AsiaBSDcon 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | March 8-9, 2018 | |
| February | FOSDEM | Brussels, Belgium | February 2nd, 2018 | |
| 2017 | ||||
| November | Vendor Summit | Los Gatos, CA, USA | 2-3 November 2017 | |
| September | EuroBSDcon 2017 | Paris, France | 21-22 September 2017 | |
| September | vBSDCon | Reston, Virginia, USA | 7 September 2017 | |
| August | BSDCam | Cambridge, UK | 2-4 August 2017 | |
| July | Essen, Germany | 7-9 July 2017 | ||
| June | BSDcan 2017 | Ottawa, Canada | 7-8 June 2017 | |
| March | AsiaBSDcon 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 9-10 March 2017 | |
| February | USENIX FAST '17 | Santa Clara, California | 27 February 2017 | |
| February | FOSDEM 2017 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 February 2017 | |
| 2016 | ||||
| November | MeetBSD 2016 | Berkeley, USA | 10 November 2016 | |
| September | OpenZFS 2016 | San Francisco, USA | 26-27 September 2016 | |
| September | EuroBSDcon 2016 | Belgrade, Serbia | 22-23 September 2016 | |
| Aug | BSDCam 2016 | Cambridge, UK | 15–17 August 2016 | |
| June | BSDCan 2016 | Ottawa, Canada | 8-9 June 2016 | |
| April | Linuxhotel BSD Hackathon | Essen, Germany | April 22-24, 2016 | |
| March | AsiaBSDcon 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 10-11 March 2016 | |
| Feb Storage | FAST '16 | Santa Clara, California, USA | February 22nd, 2016 | |
| Jan | FOSDEM | Brussels, Belgium | January 30, 2016 | |
| 2015 | ||||
| Nov & Vendor | None | Sunnyvale, California, USA | November 2-3 | |
| Oct | EuroBSDCon 2015 | Stockholm, Sweden | October 1-2 | |
| Sep | VBSDCon 2015 | Reston, Virginia, USA | September 11 | |
| Aug | None | Cambridge, UK | August 17–19 | |
| Jul | Linuxhotel BSD Hackathon | Essen, Germany | July 24-26 | |
| Jun | BSDCan 2015 | Ottawa, Canada | June 10-12 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | March 12-13 | |
| 2014 | ||||
| Nov & Vendor | MeetBSD 2014 | San Jose, CA USA | November 3-4 | |
| Sep | EuroBSDcon 2014 | Sofia, Bulgaria | September 25-26 | |
| Jul | None | Cambridge, UK | July 9-12 | |
| May | BSDCan 2014 | Ottawa, Canada | May 13-15 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | March 13-14 | |
| 2013 | ||||
| Nov | Vendor Summit | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | November 7 | |
| Sep | EuroBSDcon 2013 | St. Julian's, Malta | September 26-27 | |
| Aug | None | Cambridge, UK | August 24-28 | |
| May | BSDCan 2013 | Ottawa, Canada | May 15-16 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | March 14-15 | |
| 2012 | ||||
| Nov | Vendor Summit | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | November 8 | |
| Nov | MeetBSD CA 2012 | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | November 2 | |
| Oct | EuroBSDcon 2012 | Warsaw, Poland | October 18-20 | |
| Aug | None | Cambridge, UK | August 28/29 - September 1 | |
| May | BSDCan 2012 | Ottawa, Canada | May 9-10 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2012 | Tokyo, Japan | March 22-23 | |
| 2011 | ||||
| Nov | Vendor Summit | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | November 3-4 | |
| Oct | EuroBSDcon 2011 | Maarssen, The Netherlands | October 6-7 | |
| May | BSDCan 2011 | Ottawa, Canada | May 11-12 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | March 17-18 | |
| 2010 | ||||
| Nov | MeetBSD 2010 | Mountainview, CA | November 4 | |
| Oct | EuroBSDCon 2010 | Karlsruhe, Germany | October 7-8 | |
| May | BSDCan 2010 | Ottawa, Canada | May 11-12 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | March 11-14 | |
| 2009 | ||||
| Sep | EuroBSDCon 2009 | Cambridge, UK | September 17-18 | |
| May | BSDCan 2009 | Ottawa, Canada | May 6-7 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | March 12-13 | |
| 2008 | ||||
| Nov | meetBSD California 2008 | Mountain View, California | November 17-18 | |
| Oct | EuroBSDCon 2008 | Strasbourg, FR | October 16-17 | |
| Aug | None | Cambridge, UK | August 15-18 | |
| May | BSDCan 2008 | Ottawa, Canada | May 14-15 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | March 27-28 | |
| 2007 | ||||
| Sep | EuroBSDCon 2007 | Denmark | September 17-18 | |
| May | BSDCan 2007 | Ottawa, Canada | May 16-17 | |
| Mar | AsiaBSDCon 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | March 9 | |
| 2006 | ||||
| Nov | EuroBSDCon 2006 | Milan, Italy | November 9 | |
| May | BSDCan 2006 | Ottawa, Canada | May 10-11 | |
| 2005 | ||||
| Nov | EuroBSDCon 2005 | Basel, Switzerland | November 24-25 | |
| May | BSDCan 2005 | Ottawa, Canada | May 11-12 | |
| 2004 | ||||
| Oct | EuroBSDCon 2004 | Karlsruhe, Germany | October 29 | |
| Jun | USENIX ATC 2004 | Boston, MA, USA | June 29-30 | |
| 2003 | ||||
| Jun | USENIX ATC 2003 | San Antonio, TX, USA | June 10-11 | |
| 2002 | ||||
| Jun | USENIX ATC 2002 | Monterey, CA, USA | June 11-12 | |
| Feb | BSDCon 2002 | San Francisco, CA, USA | February 15 | |
| 2001 | ||||
| Jun | USENIX ATC 2001 | Boston, MA, USA | June 29-30 |