We are excited to announce the Call for Presentations for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom. Link to the the [official CfP](https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fosdem27/) This Devroom aims to provide a dedicated space for presentations covering four projects that share roots, code and philosophy: - The BSD family of OSes and all derived projects : - [NetBSD](https://www.netbsd.org/) - [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/) - [OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/) - [illumos](https://www.illumos.org/), the successor to OpenSolaris, and its various distributions such as OpenIndiana, OmniOS, SmartOS/Triton, and Tribblix - [OpenZFS](https://openzfs.org/wiki/Main_Page), the open-source continuation of ZFS, the filesystem originally developed by Sun, open-sourced in OpenSolaris, and integrated into FreeBSD and NetBSD - [bhyve](https://bhyve.org/), the BSD hypervisor, available in FreeBSD and illumos ## Key dates - Submission deadline: 7 December 2026, Brussels time - Announcement of selected talks: 15 December 2026 - Conference dates: 30 & 31 January 2027 - BSD devroom date: Saturday 30 January 2027, afternoon (second half) ## Desirable topics We aim to host talks covering one or more of these topics: BSD and illumos operating systems, bhyve hypervisor, OpenZFS. The talks can cover the following subjects: - internal hacker discussion - real-world examples - presentations about new and shiny features - community discussion or presentations ## Submit a talk The Pretalx system is now open for submissions. Visit the [FOSDEM 2027 Pretalx](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2027/cfp) website. Your submission must include the following information: - The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed alongside ~500 talks from other projects) - Select "BSD" as the track - Select "Talk" event type - A short abstract of one paragraph - A longer description if you wish to do so - Links to related websites / blogs / ... You can also consult the list of talks given in [2026](https://archive.fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/bsd-illumos-bhyve-openzfs/). ## Practical ### General details - The default duration for talks is from 15 to 30 minutes including discussion. - If you plan to register your proposal in several tracks to increase your chances, _don't_! **Register your talk once, in the most appropriate track**. If the BSD devroom is not your first choice, just let us know, and give us a chance to save you a slot in case of rejection by the primary track. ### For accepted talks - You will receive an email to tell you that we accept your proposal - Expect additional emails with more instructions ## Contact Us - Follow us on Mastodon: [@fosdembsd](https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@fosdembsd) - By Email: - Rodrigo Osorio: [rodrigo@FreeBSD.org](mailto:rodrigo@FreeBSD.org) - Benny Siegert: [bsiegert@NetBSD.org](mailto:bsiegert@NetBSD.org) ## About FOSDEM FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration. - FOSDEM [website](https://fosdem.org/2027/) - FOSDEM [code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2027/practical/conduct/)