The largest #BSD technical conference in North America, established 2004. Come join us yearly in May for two days of tutorials + a two day conference. Past talk recordings are at https://youtube.com/@BsdcanOrg
(visit https://lists.bsdcan.org/mailman/listinfo/ to sign up for announcements or join the volunteers mailing list)
Safe travels everyone! There have been various delays and surprises, but we'll see you when you get here!
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2 weeks until BSDCan 2026!
Get some poutine. Get some shawarma. Put it down with some Canadian beer.
While at it, attend some talks!
For instance, "Geographically fault-tolerant SSH on OpenBSD" by Rob Keizer where you'll learn to keep ssh alive when things go south.
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-Geographically-fault-tolerant-SSH.html
Register here: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html
Are you an OpenBSD user and afraid you won't be able to use it while blind?
Come to the "OpenBSD and Temporary Blindness" talk given by Sean Howard:
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-OpenBSD-and-Temporary.html
Only at BSDCan 2026!
We are pleased to announce that the Karels family is sponsoring a permanent Mike Karels Travel Fund to reduce barriers to attending BSDCan.
The 2026 Mike Karels Travel Fund grant is a reimbursement of $500 USD to three attendees for whom a little help makes the difference between attending and not attending, in exchange for a post-event blog post.
Anyone can apply but we specifically welcome members of any under-represented groups.
To qualify you must:
• Be prompt in your communication, due to tight deadlines
• Make your own travel and accommodations arrangements, and register for the conference
• Be willing to write a post about your experiences at BSDCan for our Blog
To apply, email [email protected] with:
• Your name
• If you have attended BSDCan before
• If you have already registered for BSDCan 2026
• If you are comfortable having your name recognized as a grant recipient
• What you hope to learn or achieve at BSDCan
• What other financial support you are receiving for BSDCan
• What under-represented demographic(s) you represent, if any
2026 Travel Grant Application Deadline: May 26th
Approval date: May 29th
We are pleased to announce the permanent #BSDCan Mike Karels Travel Fund grant which for 2026 will be three $500 USD grants to people who need a little help attending. Anyone can apply but we specifically welcome members of any under-represented groups.
https://blog.bsdcan.org/2026/05/20/announcing-the-mike-karels-memorial-travel-fund
We are also pleased to announce that we received and accepted three travel accommodation grants today!
If it's not obvious, we REALLY want to enable first-time and under-represented attendees.
Would you like to learn how to design user interfaces in the shell?
No Problem! We have a tutorial for that: "Introduction to TUI Programming using bsddialog" given by Benedict Reuschling
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-Introduction-to-TUI.html
Register here: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html
Announcing #BSDCan 2026 Travel Grants
Deadline: Friday the 19th!
To encourage and enable more first-time and returning attendees at BSDCan 2026, this year’s travel grant is a free room for up to five nights in a shared-bathroom private suite at the 90U residences.
Full details:
https://blog.bsdcan.org/2026/05/14/announcing-bsdcan-2026-travel-grants
