Join us for the May 2023 FreeBSD Developer Summit, co-located with BSDCan 2023, which will take place in Ottawa, Canada. The two-day event takes place May 17-18,2023 and will consist of developer discussion session, vendor talks and working groups. The fee to attend is $75 and you must register through the BSDCan 2023 Registration System.

Our annual Ottawa developer summit would not be possible without the generous support of sponsors.

 

 

BSDCan provides logistical support, including organizing rooms for the event and for developers to stay in. BSDCan also covers board and travel for BSDCan speakers. FreeBSD developers can help support the summit by speaking at BSDCan. You can also help support BSDCan and the developer summit by encouraging people to attend the conference, and especially to attend tutorials. Please note: The FreeBSD Developer Summit will abide by the BSDCan masking requirements.

Many of the developer summit attendees hang out on #devsummit on EFnet during the summit (as well as BSDCan itself).

The main developer summit sessions are being live streamed via the DMS 1160 room on the BSDCan web site and on YouTube.

Recording is turned off during breaks and the live stream will appear to hang. If the stream appears to be broken, check the schedule.

The Call for Working Group proposals is now open. Proposals are due March 15, 2023. More information can be found here

The FreeBSD developer summit will take place on May 17-18, 2023. Many developers will arrive on the night of the 16th and meet for dinner and drinks before things kick off. Most developers will stay on through BSDCan to give and attend talks. It is an excellent conference–a good FreeBSD developer showing has countless benefits, not least the opportunity to tell the world what we're doing.

You may be interested in this helpful map of the UoO campus.

Working group sessions will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. A two-day hackathon covering various projects will be held in parallel on Wednesday and Thursday. All rooms other than the hacking lounge will have AV equipment.

The Desmarais Building (DMS) is located northwest of the Residence building on Laurier Avenue.

Please arrive by 8:45am for the morning sessions so that we can get started around 9:00am. Attendees will be able to pick up badges and T-shirts from 8:00am to 9:00am at DMS 1160 on Wednesday and Thursday.

The bottom floor lounge in the U90 Residence Hall will be used as the hacker lounge in the evenings.

The dinner on Wednesday evening will also be in this room.

/* Note: In order to attend a working group meeting you MUST contact the working group organizer and be approved to attend. The goal is to keep each working group small and focused. */

Lunch will be served in DMS 1160 on both Wednesday and Thursday.

May 17th (Wednesday)

May 18th (Thursday)

These sessions are intended to get developers with common areas of interest or specific projects in mind together for collaboration and hacking. They might involve prepared presentations, structured code reading, or a notebook-assisted whiteboard session. /* Advance preparation for such events is critical so everyone comes to the table with the right reading done so you can get to the meat of the matter. */

The bottom floor lounge (L140) in the U90 Residence hall will be used as a general hacking space on both Wednesday and Thursday. Attendees are welcome to head to this room at any time during the summit. Attendees can add entries to the table below to coordinate working on a specific topic.

In order to attend, you must register in advance; this allows us to size rooms, order food, and provide beverages. We appreciate your cooperation in letting us know your plans well in advance of the event. Non-committers must be sponsored by a committer in order to attend.

(Please keep sorted alphabetically by last name.)

Please keep this list alphabetized by attendee last name.

Please note any meal requests above in the relevant attendee list in addition to this table.

As this event is colocated with BSDCan 2023, all information on the BSDCan web page applies. Here are some suggestions that may make planning easier:

Remember that you must separately register for BSDCan (even if you are a BSDCan speaker); visit the BSDCan web page for details.

Bus line 97 from Airport to Bayshore & Bells Corners. Runs about 3-4 times per hour. Bus-stop is right in front of the Airport building at the far right. Exit the right-most doors, cross the lanes of traffic to the first walkway, turn right and walk approximately 15m (50'). Get on the #97 bus, and take it to the end of the route at Hurdman Station. Transfer there to either the O-Line 1 (if it's operating) or the R-1 Bus Replacement Service, and get off at uOttawa station.

Tickets: can be bought at the “Info” desk in the Airport building, to the left of the entrances or in the ticket machine near the Southern exit. Paper tickets for bus fare has been retired. Instead a per ride fee is in place that is $3.75. See this page for additional information.

A number of vendors sell eSIMs for Canada on line (most seem to be selling eSIMs from foreign vendors such as Three HK).

Rideau Centre is a short walk from the University of Ottawa Campus. There's a large number of shops (brand shops and independent) where you can get a SIM Card. In general you'll have to pay for the SIM-card separately (ca. 10CAD) plus the plan you want.

Information on prior Developer Summits is available from the DevSummit page.

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