BSDCan 2013 | Ottawa, Canada | May 17–18, 2013

Since 2004, BSDCan has been providing a great atmosphere for users and developers of BSD operating systems. BSDCan 2013 is our 10th anniversary, and we're celebrating with another great set of talks and tutorials. The social aspect of collaboration is not lost upon us. There will be frequent opportunities for you to meet and talk to others doing similar work. Great working relationships always come out of BSDCan.

No Starch author, Michael W. Lucas, will be speaking on the principles behind DNSSec. Be sure to catch his talk, Theory, Troubleshooting, and Deployment with BIND, Wed, May 15 (9 - 3 pm).

Cherry Creek School District Scratch Day Event | Denver, CO | May 18, 2013

Cherry Creek School District will host a Scratch Day Event on Sat, May 18 (8 - 3pm). This will be a day for kids and their parents to get to know others in the Scratch community. Come participate in workshops for beginner Scratchers, see the show-and tell for Scratchers who want to share their work, and join the ad hoc gatherings where Scratchers work on projects and design challenges together.

Registration for the event begins April 12, 2013.

FCW 2013 | San Jose, CA | June 24–28, 2013

The 2103 USENIX Federated Conferences Week (FCW '13) combines new and established conferences and workshops on hot topics into a packed week of research, trends, and community interaction, making it easier than ever to stay a step ahead. By attending FCW '13, you'll get cost-effective learning and the information and connections to keep your career on track. Don't miss out on this opportunity to create the conference experience that meets your unique needs.

Register by June 3 and save. Additional discounts are available!

HotCloud 2013 | San Jose, CA | June 25–26, 2013

The 5th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '13) provides a forum for both academics and practitioners to share their experience, leverage each other's perspectives, and identify new/emerging "hot" trends in this important area. The program includes Keynote Addresses from Adrian Cockcroft, Netflix, and Mike Dahlin, The University of Texas at Austin; as well as 21 paper presentations on virtualization, networking and bandwidth, I/O, security, reliability, and much more.

WiAC 2013 | San Jose, CA | June 26–27, 2013

At WiAC '13, the 2013 Women in Advanced Computing Summit, we will continue to bring technical women together to discuss some of the challenges women face in the professional computing world. The program includes a Keynote Address by Allison Randal, Eigenstate, Inc.; a panel offering “How I Got There” stories and lessons; Invited Talks from Beth Andres Beck, TripAdvisor; Nadyne Richmond, VMware; and much more.

USENIX ATC 2013 | San Jose, CA | June 26–28, 2013

The 2013 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC '13) will again bring together leading systems researchers for cutting-edge systems research and unlimited opportunities to gain insight into a variety of must-know subjects, and includes over 30 long and short papers on key topics such as virtual machine implementation and performance, mobile and small application development, and much more.