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NLLGG-bijeenkomst december 2008
http://www.nllgg.nl/bijeenkomst_20081213
2008
12
13
2008
12
13
the Netherlands
Utrecht
Utrecht
Liefland college
The "Nederlandse Linux Gebruikers Groep" (NLLGG)
organisation is arranging a national community day in Utrecht
focussing on BSD. Robert Watson, Hans vd Looy, Marten Vijn,
Wim Vandeputte and Remko Lodder will do presentations for the
Linux community.
MeetBSD California 2008
http://meetbsd.com/
2008
11
15
2008
11
16
USA
California
Mountain View
Googleplex
meetBSD was started in Krakow, Poland in 2004 and
strong turnout and highly regarded technical presentations have
allowed it to continue each year since then. meetBSD is a
conference devoted to the BSD operating systems with a strong
emphasis towards FreeBSD. meetBSD 2007 was held in Warsaw,
Poland and will continue this year in Mountain View, California.
This year marks the first meetBSD held in California, so join us
to celebrate FreeBSD's 15th Anniversary!
Ticino Informatica 2008
2008
10
22
2008
10
25
Switzerland
Lugano
Palazzo dei Congressi
FreeBSD and The FreeBSD Foundation
Stand A13 Presented by OEMS Sagl
EuroBSDCon 2008
http://2008.eurobsdcon.org/
2008
10
18
2008
10
19
France
Strasbourg
University of Strasbourg
The seventh annual European BSD Conference. It is
oriented to developers and users of all BSD flavors, including
FreeBSD of course. A variety of full and half-day tutorials will
precede the conference.
NYCBSDCon 2008
http://www.nycbsdcon.org/
2008
10
11
2008
10
12
USA
New York City
Columbia University
The New York City *BSD Conference (NYCBSDCon) 2008
will be held at Columbia University in Manhattan. NYCBSDCon is
the main technical conference on the East Coast for the BSD
community to get together to share and gain knowledge, to
network with like-minded people, and to have fun. This event is
organized by members of the New York City *BSD Users Group
(NYC*BUG).
OpenExpo 2008
http://www.openexpo.ch/
2008
9
24
2008
9
25
Switzerland
Zurich
The goal of OpenExpo is the promotion of Open Source
software in the business environment. Among many others, there
will be a FreeBSD booth.
COSCUP 2008 - Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters
http://coscup.org/2008/
2008
8
23
2008
8
24
Taiwan (ROC)
Taipei
International Conference Hall, Institute of Applied Mechanics,
National Taiwan University
COSCUP 2008 is the 3rd incarnation of the series,
and becomes the biggest annual open source community party in Taiwan.
Several FreeBSD contributions will be presenting on FreeBSD topics.
FrOSCon 2008
http://www.froscon.org/
2008
8
23
2008
8
24
Germany
Sankt Augustin
Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Grantham-Allee 20
FrOSCon is a two day conference on Free Software
and Open Source, taking place in Sankt Augustin near the cities
of Bonn and Cologne. The conference revolves around a rich schedule
of talks, highlighting current topics in Free Software and Open
Source.
O'Reilly Open Source Conference 2008
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/home
2008
7
21
2008
7
25
USA
Portland, Oregon
Oregon Convention Center
The annual O'Reilly Open Source Conference will again
have a FreeBSD booth this year. Matt Olander, Dru Lavigne, and
others will help spread the word about FreeBSD.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/430248/
9th Libre Software Meeting
http://2008.rmll.info/?lang=en
2008
7
1
2008
7
5
France
Mont-de-Marsan
Multiple Locations
The Libre Software Meeting has occurred each year
since July 2000. This year there will again be a FreeBSD boot
camp to introduce new users to the Operating System.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/685886/
LinuxTag 2008
http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/
2008
5
28
2008
5
31
Germany
Berlin
Messe Berlin
LinuxTag is Europe's largest event about Free
Software, Linux and Open Source. This year there will be the
traditional FreeBSD booth and several BSD talks. It will also be
possible to take the BSDA certification exam there on Friday May
30.
BSDCan 2008
http://www.bsdcan.org/2008/
2008
5
16
2008
5
17
Canada
Ottawa
University of Ottawa
BSDCan is a developers conference with a strong focus
on emerging technologies, research projects, and works in
progress. It also features Userland infrastructure projects and
invites contributions from both free software developers and those
from commercial vendors.
BSDCon Barcelona 2008
http://bcn.bsdcon.net/
2008
4
19
2008
4
20
Spain
Barcelona
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
BSDCon Barcelona is a conference on all BSD-based operating
systems. Submissions can be on any topic, as long as they are somehow
connected to BSD. There is room for all kinds of topics ranging from
documentation to kernel-programming and using systems for various
tasks.
OSDC.tw 2008 - Open Source Developers' Conference in Taiwan
http://osdc.tw/
2008
4
12
2008
4
13
Taiwan (ROC)
Taipei
School Of Continuing Education Chinese Culture University
OSDC.tw is a major conference for open source developers and
contributions. The subject of OSDC.tw 2008 is the
"Innovation and Implementation". Several FreeBSD
developers and contributions will be presenting on FreeBSD topics.
Linux-Infotag 2008
http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2008/
2008
3
29
2008
3
29
Germany
Augsburg
FH Augsburg
The Augsburger Linux-Infotag offers two parallel
tracks of talks to show the capabilities of free and open source
software. There will be several talks about FreeBSD as well
as a FreeBSD booth.
AsiaBSDCon 2008
http://2008.asiabsdcon.org/
2008
3
27
2008
3
30
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 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.
Unigroup FreeBSD7 Launch Meeting
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
2008
3
13
2008
3
13
USA
New York
Alliance for Downtown NY Conference Facility
UNIGROUP of New York presents FreeBSD 7, the latest
release of the FreeBSD Operating System. George Neville-Neil, a
member of the FreeBSD Project will give a presentation of the
main features and significant improvements in the latest release
as well as talk about the FreeBSD project and how the operating
system is developed. The presentation will be followed by a
question and answer period.
Linuxtage Chemnitz 2008
http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2008/info/
2008
3
1
2008
3
2
Germany
Chemnitz
Technical University Chemnitz
Linuxtage Chemnitz is a two day event on Linux and Free
Software in general. There will be workshops, talks and room for various
projects to present themselves. FreeBSD will be present with a booth as
well as several talks.
SCALE: Southern California Linux Expo 2008
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/
2008
2
9
2008
2
10
USA
California
Los Angeles
The Westin Los Angeles Airport
There will be a FreeBSD presence at the sixth
Southern California Linux Expo in February. Matt Olander will
be representing the project.
FOSDEM 2008
http://www.fosdem.org/2008/
2008
2
23
2008
2
24
Belgium
Brussels
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
A 2-day event to promote the widespread use of Free and
Open Source software. There will be a joined BSD and PostgreSQL
developer room. Several FreeBSD developers will be present with
Core Team member Robert Watson giving the opening talk on one of
the conference days.
Solutions Linux 2008
http://www.solutionslinux.fr/
2008
1
29
2008
1
31
France
Paris
CNIT
La Defense
A 3 day event to promote GNU/Linux and Open Source software.
French FreeBSD User Group
will be present in the Association Village to promote FreeBSD
of course !