For those who are unfamiliar BSDCan is a BSD Conference held in Ottawa, Canada typically during the second week of May. This year’s conference will run from May 13th & 14th and is preceded by two days of conferences on the 11th & 12th. As this year’s conference approaches the organizers have published a list of events. The schedule of events and speakers is available as a color coded web table or down loadable in various formats including iCal, xCal and even XML.
The conference has continued it’s steady growth and the list of speakers this year is formidable. The following is a short list of examples;
| Speaker | Subject |
|---|---|
| Colin Percival | Everything you need to know about cryptography in 1 hour |
| Kris Moore | PC-SYSINSTALL |
| Roman Divácký | ClangBSD |
| Warner Losh | Enhanced compatibility through device mapping |
| Scott Ullrich | pfSense 2.0 Tutorial |
| Craig Rodrigues | jbuild – next generation build tool for FreeBSD |
If you are able to attend BSDCan you should as it is fast becoming one of the largest BSD conferences worldwide.

