Event Information

Join us for the May 2024 FreeBSD Developer Summit, co-located with BSDCan 2024, which will take place in Ottawa, Canada. The two-day event takes place May 29-30, 2024, consisting of developer discussion sessions, vendor talks, and working groups. The fee to attend is $125, and you must register using the BSDCan 2024 Registration System. Registration is now live!

Venue

The May 2024 FreeBSD Developer Summit will be held at the University of Ottawa, in the Desmarais (DMS) building, 55 Laurier Ave. East. (See Conference Map)

Travel Information

Travel Informration

Please follow the travel and accommodation information on the BSDCan website. 

NOTE: Rooms in Ottawa are filling up quickly due to a city-wide event. Please book your accommodation as soon as possible.  

Mask and Health Guidelines

The May 2024 FreeBSD Developer Summit will follow the same masking and health guidelines as BSDCan ’24. Please review before attending the Summit.

Schedule

The Developer Summit consists of 2 days of developer and vendor talks and working group sessions. It will be live-streamed (details to follow). As always, the schedule is subject to change. If you’d like to add yourself or your guests to the attendee list, please do so here.

Detailed Schedule

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Time
Event
Speaker
Location
8:00-9:00
Breakfast and Badge Pick Up
DMS 1160
9:00-9:10
Welcome
John Baldwin, Summit Organizing Committee
DMS 1160
9:10-10:15
FreeBSD Core Team Update
FreeBSD Core Team
DMS 1160
10:15-10:30
FreeBSD Foundation Update
Deb Goodkin, Ed Maste, Joseph Mingrone
DMS 1160
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
CI Work
Mark Johnston
DMS 1160
12:00-13:00
Lunch
DMS 1160
13:00-14:30
OCI Working Group
Doug Rabson
DMS 1160
14:30-15:00
Break
15:00-16:30
RISC-V
Mitchell Horne
DMS 1160
16:30-17:00
TBA
DMS 1160
18:00-20:00
Pizza Dinner
Hacker Lounge

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Time
Event
Speaker
Location
8:00-9:00
Breakfast and Badge Pick Up
DMS 1160
9:00-10:30
RE Working Group
Colin Percival, Gordon Tetlow
DMS 1160
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
Next Release Planning, Part 1
John Baldwin, Ed Maste
DMS 1160
12:00-13:15
Lunch
DMS 1160
13:15-13:30
Group Photo
13:30-15:00
Next Release Planning, Part 2
John Baldwin, Ed Maste
DMS 1160
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:15:00
Antithesis Deterministic Hypervisor
Alex Pshenichkin, Antithesis
DMS 1160
16:15-16:30
Closing
John Baldwin, Summit Organizing Committee
DMS 1160

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