$FreeBSD$ FOSDEM 2017 https://fosdem.org/2017/ 2017 02 04 2017 02 05 Belgium Brussels Free University of Brussels, Solbosch Campus FOSDEM is an event centered on free and open-source software development. As with many other communities, the BSDs feature an alloted room for giving talks at the event. See schedule on the FOSDEM website for the talks held in the BSD Developer room. The FreeBSD Foundation will also be present to share information about the project. AsiaBSDCon 2017 https://2017.asiabsdcon.org/ 2017 03 09 2017 03 12 Japan Tokyo Tokyo University of Science AsiaBSDCon is a conference for users and developers on BSD based systems. The conference is for anyone developing, deploying and using systems based on &os;, 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. BSDCan 2017 https://www.bsdcan.org/2017/ 2017 06 07 2017 06 10 Canada Ottawa University of Ottawa 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. FreeBSD Day Armenia https://www.facebook.com/events/113662152573216/?active_tab=about 2017 06 19 2017 06 19 Armenia Yerevan IBM Innovative Solution & Technologies Center Celebrate FreeBSD Day in Yerevan. Install FreeBSD, learn more about it, grab some stickers, and more. Essen Hackathon 2017 https://wiki.freebsd.org/DevSummit/201707 2017 07 07 2017 07 09 Germany Essen Linuxhotel Villa Vogelsang A weekend hackathon at the Linuxhotel in Essen, Germany. a great opportunity to fix bugs, commit code, tinker with devices, discuss new ideas, try out new things, and improve FreeBSD. 2017 Cambridge Devsummit (BSDCam) https://wiki.freebsd.org/DevSummit/201708 2017 08 02 2017 08 04 United Kingdom Cambridge University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory An unconference style developer summit with a focus on interactive topics and sessions that reflect the interests of the attendees. The Cambridge devsummit is a slightly longer three-day event without associated conference, letting us hold more extended working groups, brainstorming sessions, and hacking on topics over several days. Past significant focuses have included virtualisation, network performance, sandboxing, tracing/debugging, packages and package security, teaching, non-x86 architectures such as ARM/MIPS/RISC-V, and testing. vBSDcon 2017 http://www.vbsdcon.com 2017 09 08 2017 09 09 United States Reston, Virginia Hyatt Regency Reston 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. EuroBSDcon 2017 https://2017.eurobsdcon.org 2017 09 21 2017 09 24 France Paris Espace Saint Martin 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. EuroBSDcon gives the exceptional opportunity to learn about the latest news from the BSD world, witness contemporary deployment case studies, and meet personally other users and companies using BSD oriented technologies. EuroBSDcon is also a boiler plate for ideas, discussions and information exchange, which often turn into programming projects. The conference has always attracted active programmers, administrators and aspiring students, as well as IT companies at large, which found the conference a convenient and quality training option for its staff. We firmly believe that high profile education is vital to the future of technology, and hence greatly welcome students and young people to this regular meeting. BSDTW 2017 https://bsdtw.org 2017 11 11 2017 11 12 Taiwan Taipei Beitou Resort BSDTW is a conference that aims to bring out more BSD developers and development all across Asia, drawing speakers both locally and from the entire world. We will gather in Taipei, Taiwan for a mix of developer and user-focused presentations, food, and activities.