Ottawa FreeBSD Developer Summit, June 17-18, 2026
This two-day summit will be co-located with the 22nd Annual BSDCan, which will run until June 20, 2026, in Ottawa, Canada. The summit will include developer discussion sessions, vendor talks, and working groups. Registration is now open. 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.
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Sponsors
Our annual Ottawa developer summit would not have been possible without the generous support of sponsors.
Live Streaming
Stream Day 1: https://youtube.com/live/A6L_ErsheVM
Stream day 2: https://youtube.com/live/0H7FXntNSIw
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 Ottawa campus map
Schedule
Day |
Morning |
Lunch |
Afternoon |
Dinner |
Evening |
|
Wed 17th |
Presentations |
Sandwiches |
Working Groups |
Dinner |
Hacker Lounge |
|
Thu 18th |
Presentations |
Sandwiches |
Working Groups |
|
Hacker Lounge |
|
Fri 19th BSDCan |
BSDCan |
Hacker Lounge |
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Sat 20th BSDCan |
BSDCan |
Hacker Lounge |
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Sun 21st BSDCan |
Breakfast |
followed by tourist things |
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Detailed Schedule
June 17th (Wednesday) (UPDATED)
Location |
DMS 1160 |
08:00-09:00 |
Setup / Badges |
09:00-09:15 |
Opening Remarks |
09:15-10:15 |
LLM-driven kernel vulnerability research - Nicholas Carlini, Anthropic |
10:15-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-11:30 |
Michael Winser - Alpha Omega |
11:30-12:30 |
Lunch |
12:45-13:45 |
Building A Better BSD Through Time - Vince Milum, Jr - Slides |
13:45-14:00 |
Break |
14:00-15:00 |
FreeBSD Foundation Update - Deb Goodkin, Joe Mingrone, Ed Maste Slides |
15:00-15:15 |
Break |
15:15-16:00 |
Srcmgr Update - Mark Johnston and John Baldwin |
16:00-16:15 |
Break |
16:15-17:00 |
FreeBSD by the Fire with John Baldwin - moderated by Benedict Reuschling |
17:00-18:00 |
Free Time |
18:00-20:00 |
Pizza Dinner at the Hacker Lounge in U90 |
June 18 (Thursday)
Location |
DMS 1160 |
08:00-09:00 |
Setup / Breakfast / Badges |
09:00-10:00 |
We Don't Have to Be Afraid of the Cloud - Colin Percival and Gordon Tetlow |
10:00-10:30 |
Break |
10:30-12:00 |
Have Need Want Part 1 HackMD |
12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00-13:15 |
Group Photo |
13:15-14:15 |
Have Need Want Part 2 |
14:15-14:30 |
Break |
14:30-15:15 |
Kernel Scheduler - Olivier Certner Slides |
15:15-15:30 |
Break |
15:30-16:15 |
What Should We Do in the Network Stack - Gleb Smirnoff |
16:15-16:30 |
Adding Extended Errors - Kirk McKusick |
16:30-16:45 |
16KB Pages for amd64 - Chuck Silvers (remote) |
16:45-16:50 |
Closing Remarks - John Baldwin |
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 the hacker lounge in the evenings, and for dinner on Wednesday evening.
Attendees
Developer Attendees
(Please keep alphanumerically sorted by login)
Developer |
Login |
17th |
18th |
BSDCan 19th |
BSDCan 20th |
T-Shirt Size |
Meal Requests |
allanjude |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
bcr |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
bnovkov |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
brooks |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
none |
|
|
db |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
Vegetarian |
|
dteske |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
dvl |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
No cheese |
|
emaste |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
cracauer |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
No cheese |
|
gordon |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
hrs |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
imp |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
|
|
jamie |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
none |
|
|
jfree |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
jhb |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
jhixson |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
Vegetarian |
|
jrm |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
kevans |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
2XL |
|
|
khorben |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
No peanuts |
|
kp |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
lwhsu |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
markj |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
mav |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
mckusick |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
obiwac |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
M |
|
|
olce |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
olivier |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
Vegetarian |
|
sjg |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
stevek |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
|
|
vishwin |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
Guest Attendees
(Please keep alphabetically sorted by last name)
Guest |
Affiliation |
17th |
18th |
BSDCan 19th |
BSDCan 20th |
T-Shirt Size |
Meal Requests |
Notes |
Evan Baldwin |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
Minsoo Choo |
FreeBSD Foundation |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
L |
|
|
Michael Dexter |
BSDCan |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
|
|
Mathias Eggers |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
|
|
Lukas Engelhardt |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
|
|
Deb Goodkin |
FreeBSD Foundation |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
S |
Vegetarian |
|
Peter Lei |
Netflix |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
|
|
Balaje Sankar T |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
XL |
|
Author of WSL for FreeBSD |