• DevSummit
• 202506

FreeBSD Developer Summit, June 11-12, 2025

This two-day summit will be co-located with the 21st Annual BSDCan, which will run until June 14, 2025, in Ottawa, Canada. The summit will include developer discussion sessions, vendor talks, and working groups. Registration will open in early March. Please feel free to add yourself and anyone else wishing to attend to the lists below. Note that the developer summit is open to everyone and (unlike some previous years) no invitation is required; but non-developers may not have write access to the wiki.

Call for Proposals

Similar to previous years, each day will consist of presentations in the morning and working group sessions in the afternoon. Working groups should contain a small number of people (<= 30) focused on a particular topic whose output is a specific plan. Topics should be narrow in focus as broad topics result in a large group that rarely produces concise, usable output. Each working group will need a chairperson to drive the group and will have a room with A/V equipment, tables, chairs, etc. A group can either meet for a single session (roughly 1.5-2 hours) or for two sessions (3-4 hours total).

Some possible working group topics include:

• Bug Busting and Triage
• Network Performance
• FreeBSD on Laptops (Graphics / Wireless)
• Fault Management
• Ports and Packaging Infrastructure (sub-packages, kmod packages)
• Development Tools (lldb, valgrind)
• Pre-commit Testing and CI

• Low-idle Power Management & Hibernation

• Using Lua in the Base System

We are now looking for proposals for working groups. Each proposal must include the following:

• A chairperson who will be responsible for making this group work. A chair may delegate work to other folks, but one person should have the final say rather than a committee.
• A single paragraph abstract giving a brief overview of what the working group session will cover and what goals you wish to achieve.
• A possible guest list to identify individuals known to be interested and working on the topic. The proposal should also include a list of individuals that you feel must be present for the group to be a success.
• An agenda with specific topics that the session will cover.

In addition, each working group chairperson will be responsible for recruiting one or more scribes (note takers) to be present during the group and for using these notes to generate a written summary of the group that will be published on hackers@ after the summit is completed.

These proposals should be sent to devsummit@freebsd.org by April 15, 2025. Getting proposals in earlier would be ideal.

We are also looking for proposals for a small number of presentations. Presentations normally run about 45 minutes leaving additional time for any Q&A. Talk proposals should include a title, speaker, and brief abstract and also be sent to devsummit@FreeBSD.org.

Sponsors

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

Live Streaming

The Developer Summit will be streamed on YouTube.

Schedule

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

The bottom floor lounge in the U90 Residence Hall will be used as the hacker lounge in the evenings and for dinner on Wednesday evening.

University of Ottowa campus map

Schedule

Detailed Schedule

TBA

Attendees

Developer Attendees

Guest Attendees