BSDCan - North America’s Largest BSD Conference

Come join us at the 20th Anniversary BSDCan!

BSDCan is the definitive BSD event in North America and welcomes BSD Unix developers, administrators, and users of every level of experience. Get direct access to the friendly people who make the Internet run smoothly and developer your favorite modern products and services. Whether you are shy or outgoing, we welcome you!

2025 Dates

Tutorials: June 11-12, 2025
Conference: June 13-14, 2025

Location

University of Ottawa, in the Desmarais (DMS) building, 55 Laurier Ave. East - see the map for location.

The University of Ottawa strives to be barrier-free and scent-free.

Schedule

The 2025 schedule features a who’s who in the BSD Unix community.

Streaming

These are the links for the various streams.

There will be social events before, during, and after the conference and we offer tours of Ottawa’s best attractions for spouses, partners, and other travelers who aren’t there for kernels and file systems.

Call for Papers

The Call for Papers was issued on 1st Dec 2024 and closed on 12 Feb 2025 Please subscribe to our mailing list announcements.

Closing Auction

Of course we will have the world-famous BSDCan closing auction.

Announcements

Please subscribe to the announcement mailing list to be kept informed of changes. To subscribe, please follow the instructions at https://lists.bsdcan.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcan-announce.

Volunteers

If you want to volunteer at BSDCan, please join the volunteers mailing list. We will be sending specific requests for help before the conference.

Masks & public health

Updated 2023-10-30

Nobody likes masks. We don’t enjoy BSDCan looking like a scene out of the latest Michael Crichton thriller.

However, BSDCan is about community, a community protects its most vulnerable members, and we have many vulnerable members. So, we are requiring that attendees wear masks (details below).

Finding a mask that fits your face snugly and comfortably before arriving in Ottawa can make wearing a mask during the conference much less aggravating.

BSDCan DOES require to you wear a mask: - in the conference venues (except for food/drink, see below), - that is well-fitted, and worn properly, covering both mouth and nose, - and that meets international medical and/or scientific standards:

• meets N95, KN95, KF94, FFP2, PM2.5, or equivalent, and

• no exhalation vent. - …that’s it.

BSDCan does NOT require to you wear a mask:

outdoors
outside the conference venues
during the closing social event (which is well-ventilated and open to the outside)
while you are the speaker/presenter
for the brief moment required to take a drink
while you are actively eating, if you are appropriately spaced out from other attendees

If you have questions about this policy, please contact us before booking flights and hotels. If you are unable to wear a mask, we deeply regret excluding you this year. We hope you can participate remotely via the streaming options.