Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:50:53 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: vendors@FreeBSD.org Subject: BSDCan 2026 Developer Summit Message-ID: <896562af-55ff-4581-b105-cd67b14b306a@FreeBSD.org>
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We are happy to announce that there will be a developer summit at
BSDCan 2026. As with previous summits at BSDCan we are planning for a
two day summit overlapping with BSDCan's tutorial days on Wednesday,
June 17th and Thursday, June 18th. Similar to previous years, each
day will consist of presentations in the morning and working group
sessions in the afternoon.
We are now soliciting proposals for both presentations and working
groups.
Presentations normally run about 45 minutes leaving additional time
for any Q&A. Presentations will be given in-person in a room with an
HDMI projector and microphones. Presentations will also be recorded
and streamed to the FreeBSD Meetings channel on YouTube. Presentation
proposals must include a title, speaker, and brief abstract.
Working groups contain a small number of people (<= 30) focused on a
particular topic whose output is a specific plan. Topics should be
narrow in focus as broad topics result in a large group that rarely
produces concise, usable output. Each working group will need a
chairperson to drive the group and will have a room with A/V
equipment, tables, chairs, etc. A group can either meet for a single
session (roughly 1.5-2 hours) or for two sessions (3-4 hours total).
Some possible working group topics include:
- Bug Busting and Triage
- Network Performance
- FreeBSD on Laptops (Graphics / Wireless)
- Fault Management
- Ports and Packaging Infrastructure (sub-packages, kmod packages)
- Development Tools (lldb, valgrind)
- Pre-commit Testing and CI
- Low-idle Power Management & Hibernation
- Using Lua in the Base System
Working group proposals must include the following:
- A chairperson who will be responsible for making this group work. A
chair may delegate work to other folks, but one person should have
the final say rather than a committee.
- A single paragraph abstract giving a brief overview of what the
working group session will cover and what goals you wish to achieve.
- A possible guest list to identify individuals known to be interested
and working on the topic. The proposal should also include a list
of individuals that you feel must be present for the group to be a
success.
- An agenda with specific topics that the session will cover.
In addition, each working group chairperson will be responsible for
recruiting one or more scribes (note takers) to be present during the
group and for using these notes to generate a written summary of the
group that will be published on hackers@ after the summit is
completed.
Proposals for both presentations and working groups should be sent to
devsummit@FreeBSD.org by March 25, 2026.
We look forward to your proposals. If you have any questions, feel
free to send them to devsummit@FreeBSD.org.
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John Baldwin
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