FreeBSD Developer Summits

There are several kinds of formal FreeBSD in-person meetings.

FreeBSD Developer Summits, "devsummits", are usually held immediately before or after BSD-oriented conferences. They are open to developers and cover a wide range of FreeBSD topics. There are both formal talks and informal focus groups. For more details, see How to organize a DevSummit.
FreeBSD Vendor Summits are held from time to time. They are open to developers but are focused on technical details. Formal talks are the main focus here.
From time to time various groups host Hackathons, which generally do not have formal talks and focus more on collaboration.

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

Year	Wiki page	Associated Event	Where	When
2024	FreeBSD Summit		San Jose, CA	November 7-8, 2024

Past Developer and Vendor Summits

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Year	Wiki page	Associated Event	Where	When
2024
	EuroBSDcon FreeBSD Developer Summit	EuroBSDcon	Dublin, Ireland	September 19-20, 2024
	May FreeBSD Developer Summit	BSDCan	Ottawa, Canada	May 29-30, 2024
	AsiaBSDCon 2024 Developer Summit	AsiaBSDCon	Taipei, Taiwan	March 21-22, 2024
2023
	2023 Vendor Summit	-	San Jose, California	Nov 2-3, 2023
	Oslo Hackathon 2023	Independent	Oslo, Norway	Oct 4-6, 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	September 17-18, 2020
	June DevSummit	BSDCan	Ottawa, Canada	June 3-4, 2020
	March DevSummit	AsiaBSDCon	Tokyo, Japan	March 19-20, 2020
	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	BSD Day 2010	Budapest, Hungary	November 20
	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
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
2001	Jun	USENIX ATC 2001	Boston, MA, USA	June 29-30

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