FreeBSD Past Events
If you know of any FreeBSD related events, or events that are of interest for FreeBSD users, which are not listed here, please send details to www@FreeBSD.org, so they can be included.
Users with organisational software that understands the iCalendar format can subscribe to the FreeBSD events calendar which contains all of the events listed here.
Countries and regions displayed in dark red on the map below are hosting upcoming FreeBSD-related events. Countries that have hosted FreeBSD-related events in the past show up in yellow or orange, with darker colors representing a larger number of previous events.
Past Events:
December 2004
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21. Chaos Communication Congress, Berliner Congress Center, Berlin, Germany
27 - 29 December, 2004
The Chaos Communication Congress is a three-day conference on technology, society and utopia. FreeBSD will be present with a booth. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Christian Brueffer.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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Free Software Development and the FreeBSD Operating System, ODTU Culture and Congress Center, Ankara, Turkey
10 December, 2004
This conference is organized with the cooperation of the EnderUNIX Software Development Team and the Middle East Technical University Computer Center. The conference will be a one-day event and the official language for the conference is Turkish. For more information and a schedule of talks, please see the website.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
October 2004
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EuroBSDCon 2004, Queens Hotel Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
29 - 31 October, 2004
The third annual European BSD Conference. It is oriented to developers and users of all BSD flavors, including FreeBSD of course.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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BSDCon Japan 2004, Business Innovation Center Osaka, Osaka, Japan
23 October, 2004
BSD Conference Japan 2004, the third conference concerning *BSD in Japan, will be held in Osaka on October 23th, 2004. Furthermore, Kansai Open Source 2004 and Kansai Community Contest will be held in the same place also.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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Systems 2004, New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich, Germany
18 - 22 October, 2004
Systems is a trade fair for IT, media and communications. There will be a combined BSD booth. If you are interested in helping, please contact Daniel Ettle.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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Italian FreeBSD User Group (GUFI) Conference 2004, Milan, Italy
2 - 3 October, 2004
The Italian FreeBSD User Group (GUFI) Conference. Information available (in Italian) from the conference website.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
September 2004
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Linux Expo Shanghai, Shanghai, China
9 - 10 September, 2004
Linux Expo Shanghai is the biggest Linux/Open Source conference in Shanghai this summer. Murray Stokely and members of the FreeBSD China group will have a booth there both days.Photos by Murray Stokely, Yarshure, and Hylu (FreeBSD China) Slides from Murray Stokely's talk
Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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2nd Swiss Unix Conference, Zürich, Switzerland
2 - 4 September, 2004
SUCON is an emerging conference focused on topics related to the Unix operating system. Our goal is to bring together developers, system administrators and users in the field of Unix to foster projects, ideas and the knowledge of every individual. There will also be some speeches related to FreeBSD. If you want to join the FreeBSD booth, contact Josef El-Rayes.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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The AUUG'2004 Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia
1 - 3 September, 2004
AUUG'2004 is the annual technical conference of AUUG, the Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group. The conference will emphasise issues of identity and authentication on the Internet, along with issues of computer security and anonymity.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
June 2004
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2004 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 June - 2 July, 2004
The 2004 USENIX ATC will have FREENIX and general refereed paper session, along with new UseBSD Special Interest Group Sessions. There will not be a separate Usenix-sponsored BSDCon in the U.S. in 2004, so this is THE big conference of the year for BSD enthusiasts in the U.S.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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Linuxtag 2004, Kongresszentrum, Karlsruhe, Germany
23 - 26 June, 2004
The Linuxtag is one of Europe's biggest Linux and Open Source related tradeshows and conferences. As in previous years, FreeBSD will be present with a booth.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
May 2004
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Linuxwochen Wien, Museumsquartier, A-1070 Wien Museumsplatz 1, Vienna, Austria
26 - 29 May, 2004
Linuxwochen is an annual roadshow of open source conferences, which take place in all major cities in Austria. Vienna is the biggest event. There will be a FreeBSD speech and a booth by Josef El-Rayes.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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BSDCan, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
13 - 15 May, 2004
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 invite contribution from both free software developers and those from commercial vendors.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
March 2004
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Asia BSDCon 2004, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
12 - 15 March, 2004
The first BSDCon held in Asia, and sponsored by USENIX Association. Two days of tutorials will precede two days of technical sessions and a vendor exhibit.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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LinuxForum 2004, Symbion, Copenhagen, Denmark
5 - 6 March, 2004
Annual Danish Open Source conference. The Danish BSD user group BSD-DK will present the BSD's.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
February 2004
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Fosdem 2004, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
21 - 22 February, 2004
A 2 day event to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software. Among the projects present at the event will be Mozilla, KDE and, of course, FreeBSD.Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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Solutions Linux 2004, CNIT, Paris, France
3 - 5 February, 2004
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 !Social links: Flickr, Blog Search.
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