FreeBSD Developer Summit, May, 2023

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. The registration system will open in April.

BSDCan

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.

IRC

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

Live Streaming

Many of the developer summit sessions will be live streamed. More information to come.

Call for Proposals

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

Schedule

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.

Schedule

Day

Morning

Lunch

Afternoon

Dinner

Evening

Tue 16th

Dinner and drinks (location TBA)

Wed 17th

Presentations

Sandwiches

Working Groups

Dinner

Hacker Lounge

Thu 18th

Presentations

Sandwiches

Working Groups

Hacker Lounge

Fri 19th BSDCan

BSDCan

Hacker Lounge

Sat 20th BSDCan

BSDCan

Hacker Lounge

Sun 21st BSDCan

Breakfast

followed by tourist things

Detailed Schedule

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.

Attendees

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.

Developer Attendees

(Please keep sorted alphabetically by last name.)

Developer

Login

17th

18th

BSDCan 19th

BSDCan 20th

T-Shirt Size

Meal Requests

Notes

JohnBaldwin

jhb

yes

yes

yes

yes

L

RenatoBotelho

garga

yes

yes

yes

yes

L

BradDavis

brd

yes

yes

yes

yes

L

BenedictReuschling

bcr

yes

yes

yes

yes

L

Please keep this list alphabetized by attendee last name.

Guest

Affiliation

Developer Host

17th

18th

BSDCan 19th

BSDCan 20th

T-Shirt Size

Meal Requests

Notes

Leon Dang

Netgate

garga

yes

yes

yes

yes

M

Meal Requests

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

Request

Qty

Vegetarian

0

Non-meat, like fish

0

Diabetic-friendly drinks (e.g. diet soda)

0

Vegan

0

Non-dairy

0

None

0

Travel Information

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:

Arrival date

16th May 2023

Departure date

21st May 2023

Travel method

If traveling from outside Ottawa, fly into Ottawa's international airport (YOW), possibly transferring in Toronto (YYZ). Air Canada partners with United Airlines, and has direct flights from many US cities and London Heathrow (LHR) as well as Frankfurt (FRA) into Ottawa.

Visas

Many attendees will be able to use the Visa Waiver program, but check before traveling. If you need a formal invitation letter (never hurts), let us know. Non-Canadian/US citizens who are visa-exempt need an Electronic Travel Authorization when flying into Canada.

Where to stay

Accommodations have been sorted for BSDCan. Go to the BSDCan Accommodations page. Please watch the expiration dates for the various rates and book as early as possible.

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

To/from Ottawa International

Public transport

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. 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.

Mobile SIM cards

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

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

Photos

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