October 28, 2025

The FreeBSD Foundation is excited to welcome the community to the 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, taking place November 6–7, 2025 at NetApp Headquarters in San Jose, California.

The Vendor Summit is a collaborative event that brings together organizations deploying FreeBSD in production and the developers building the operating system. It provides a valuable forum to share operational insights, address technical challenges, and shape future development priorities that support commercial use cases.

This year’s program includes:

  • Keynote: “Operationalizing AI for Engineering at NetApp” – Jerome Roussin & Chris Archibald, NetApp
  • Keynote: “Why Karios.ai Matters” by Ian Evan
  • New in 15.0 Demo – John Baldwin (FreeBSD Project) & Ed Maste (FreeBSD Foundation)
  • 15.0-RELEASE and pkgbase – Colin Percival (FreeBSD Project)
  • FreeBSD/CHERI: Bringing Memory Safety to FreeBSD –Brooks Davis (Capabilities Limited)
  • A talk from Michael Winser (Alpha-Omega)
  • Panel: Emerging Security Trends and Their Impact on FreeBSD

— and more!

Along with:

  • Technical deep dives and roadmap discussions
  • Opportunities to highlight product and platform requirements
  • Open conversations between industry engineers and FreeBSD project contributors
  • Networking with organizations who rely on FreeBSD in mission-critical environments

The Vendor Summit plays an important role in ensuring that FreeBSD continues to evolve in ways that meet the needs of companies deploying it at scale.

Registration & Participation

Registration is required to attend and space is limited.

Event Registration (Eventbrite):
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-2025-freebsd-vendor-summit-registration-1763651331609

Event overview:
 https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/event-calendar/fall-2025-freebsd-summit/

Whether you are a long-time user or newly exploring FreeBSD for your infrastructure, we invite you to join the discussion and help influence the future direction of the operating system.

We look forward to seeing many of you next week and to another productive summit of innovation and collaboration across the FreeBSD ecosystem.

Thank you to NetApp for hosting the summit.