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Date:      Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:37:52 +0000
From:      "Miller, Vincent (Rick)" <vmiller@verisign.com>
To:        "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-announce@freebsd.org" <freebsd-announce@freebsd.org>
Subject:   vBSDcon: September 11 - 13, 2015
Message-ID:  <D1E10D92.23E92%vmiller@verisign.com>

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Hi all,

vBSDcon is a technical conference for the various BSD communities that is h=
osted by Verisign for users and developers of BSD-based systems.  vBSDcon 2=
015 is being held in Reston, VA from September 11 - 13, 2015 at the Sherato=
n Reston hotel.  vBSDcon is an ideal event for systems and network administ=
rators, developers, and engineers with a focus on BSD-based technologies.  =
The early bird registration rate of $75.00 is available through August 13, =
2015 at vBSDcon.com.

The vBSDcon program is a single track conference with plenary talks and unc=
onference activities like Birds of A Feather sessions and Lightning Talks a=
nd, as a bonus, we are hosting The FreeBSD Foundation to operate a one-day =
FreeBSD Developer=92s Summit on September 11, 2015.  Speakers from across N=
orth America and Europe will cover the topics below during plenary sessions=
:

FreeBSD Virtualization Options by Michael Dexter
Made to Measure: Network Performance Analysis in FreeBSD by George Neville-=
Neil and JimThompson
What is EdgeBSD by Pierre Pronchery
Blacklist=92d: A NetBSD project by Christos Zoulas
getdns, A New Stub Resolver by Willem Toorop
Interesting Things You Didn=92t Know You Could Do With ZFS by Allan Jude
HardenedBSD Internals by Shawn Webb
Improving MemGuard support for UMA on FreeBSD by Chang-Hsien Tsai
Devio.us, the Free OpenBSD Shell Provider and Online BSD User Group: Techni=
cal and Social Lessons Learned from Half a Decade of Service by Brian Calla=
han and Bryce Chidester

vBSDcon provides space for a hacker lounge and doc sprint open to all BSD c=
ommunities including, but not limited to, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and mor=
e.  The space is unmoderated so you can setup in these spaces following the=
 conclusion of daily conference activities to accomplish work on your proje=
cts or documentation while away from the office.

We=92d like to give a big shout out to all of our sponsors up to this point=
 who have invested in you as a community...

Platinum Sponsor: XinuOS
Developer=92s Summit Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation
Gold Sponsor: Cisco Talos Security
Mid-Conference Social Sponsor: iXsystems, Inc
Tote Bag Sponsor: RootBSD
Silver Sponsor: Daemon Security

Sponsorship opportunities are still available.  Organizations interested in=
 support the event and community are encouraged to contact us at vBSDcon@ve=
risign.com.

--
Vincent (Rick) Miller
Systems Engineer
vmiller@verisign.com

t: 703-948-4395  m: 703-581-3068
12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA  20190

http://www.vbsdcon.com
http://www.verisigninc.com




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