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Announcing OSScamp Pilani March 2010

Posted Wed, 03/03/2010 - 8:37pm by kinshuksunil

Students of BITS Pinali are organizing the next OSScamp. The open source unconference is scheduled between March 12-14, along with TEDx Pilani. The organizers are seeking active participation by the community and the industry to create a successful event and spread awareness for open source in the Pilani region.

Schedule

March 12:

  • 08pm - 10pm: Social Sandbox: Open Source, Unconferences, India
  • 10pm - 12am: Sessions and Talks (4 Slots Available)
  • 12am - 02am: FOSS Hackathon

March 13:

  • Daytime: TEDx Pilani
  • 04pm - 06pm: Install Fest
  • 08pm - 10pm: Sessions & Talks (4 Slots Available)
  • 10pm - 12am: Games Fest
  • 12am - 02am: Social Sandbox: Using FOSS

March 14:

  • 11am - 01pm: FOSS Projects Demonstrations

Besides this, a special FOSS Den will be open during the daytime for people to visit and learn more about FOSS. The FOSS Den will be an open exhibition hall for FOSS Projects. There will be video presentations on comparisons between open source and proprietary softwares and chart displays in the room. Volunteers will be there to present these to the visitors.

The organizers will also work out a mechanism for participants of OSScamps to attend TEDx Pilani as well.

Travelling to Pilani

Best Ways to Travel Pilani:

  • From Delhi (about 6 Hrs by Bus)
  • From Jaipur (about 6 Hrs by Bus)

Unlike other towns, Pilani is not accessible by rail. The nearest rail stations are Chirawa (16 km) and Loharu (25 km). Jaipur is 220 km from Pilani and Delhi is 210 km and well connected by road.

Accommodation at Pilani

Accommodation is available in BITS Pilani Guest House for particpants (coming from outside Pilani) on a First-Come-First-Serve Basis. Only 15 slots are available. Please contact Aastha on the number mentioned to make necessary arrangements.

Support Required

The organizers need help in the organisation of this OSScamp in the following ways:

  • participation at the event
  • promote the event by spreading the word about the event - tweet, blog posts, social networks - use the hashtag #osscamp
  • suggest/connect with foss projects so that they can set up displays at the FOSS Den (expo) and promote themselves
  • contribute linux installation media and goodies for the event

Contact

  • Aastha Mehta - +91 99506 76030
  • Ninad Pundalik - +91 99835 26855
  • Kinshuk Sunil - +91 99100 24895

More Details

 

Delhi's First Creative Commons Salon on Feb 28th at Sarai

Posted Tue, 16/02/2010 - 12:22pm by kinshuksunil

CC Salons are global, informal events focused on building a community of artists, developers, and creators of all kinds around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology. The first event took place in San Francisco in 2006 with the idea to replicate in other locations internationally. Since then salons have sprung up in cities around Whether you're familiar with Creative Commons or are brand new to the concepts behind it, we encourage you to check out a salon near you.

Come and be a part of Delhi’s First Creative Common Salon on February 28th at Sarai, CSDS. The event’s objective is to start the social collective of artists, developers and creators around the Creative Commons Licenses and standards.

Creative Commons Salon Delhi

  • What: Creative Commons Salon, Delhi
  • When: Sunday, February 28, 2009 - 2 PM to 6.30 PM
  • Where: Sarai-CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi - 110054

SCHEDULE

  • 1.30 PM - Organiser’s Note + Introduction + Open House
  • 2.00 PM - Playback of Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig (Playback of 45 minute chat given by Mr. Lessig on February 25th 2009 with an additional 30 minutes of Q&A session)
  • 3.30 PM - Focussed Sessions on Software Freedom, Creative Commons and Licenses
  • 5.00 PM - Open House + Networking Sessions
  • 6.00 PM - Roadmap for future CC Salons Delhi.
  • 6.30 PM - Concluding Note

EXPECTED PARTICIPATION
A lot of content creators and thought leaders such as artists and conceptualizers are expected to participate at Creative Commons Salon Delhi. Also, an important chunk of the audience will be developers and from the technical domain.

Contact
Kinshuk Sunil (+91 99100 24895)
Mohak Prince (+91 98686 69175)

Updated Event Details: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Delhi_Salon

OSScamp Delhi January 2010

Posted Thu, 04/02/2010 - 4:23pm by akash rawat

In a series of community-driven unconferences targeted specifically at promoting FOSS implementation and development in India, OSScamp organized its first meet of the year at Amity School Of Engg. and Technology. OSScamp is India's largest unconference on open source. They bring together the best brains and the most passionate technologists and enthusiasts under one roof and create a platform for sharing best practices, experiences, and knowledge. OSScamp Delhi January 2010 saw 120 participants come together to celebrate technology.

OSScamp Delhi saw IT professionals, Enthusiasts and Students come together to discuss and shape the future of open source in India. It was a unique experience for everyone including the students, many of whom were novices to the area of Open Source.

The session began with a meticulous analysis of Open Source, what it means for us and an introduction to the OSScamp community by Kinshuk Sunil. It was enriching to discover the innumerable opportunities that Open Source provides to students. The session continued with a hands-on talk on Version control that included a demonstration of Git by Pratul Kalia. It was demystifying to learn that Git is a great way to implement version control in projects, big or small, much simpler and efficient as compared to SVN. Every session was followed by an open house discussion, where participants put forward their queries as well as suggestions.

P Sugathan, from IUAC, then took the participants along a crash course on deployment of Open Source in Science and Research. His presentation can be found at the OSScamp Slideshare group.

An interesting demonstration of building Facebook applications and ways to earn through it, by Anshu Verma, was a highlight of the unconference. Using FBML-Facebook Markup Language, and its objects was made easy through the interactive presentation.

Ravi Sagar and Pratul Kalia, then, talked about Drupal, which is a free and open source Content Management System written in PHP. It is an excellent platform for beginners to create their own visually appealing and interactive web sites. A special session was provided to introduce newbies to Drupal. This was an excellent way to spur everyone’s interest towards the new avenues of open source. Later on, Babul Gogoi talked about the various avenues and benefits of open source for NGOs and how, actually, open source is helping us shape the world around us.

The unconference saw numerous Social Sandboxes, where the students got an opportunity to interact with the industry participants and share their own ideas. The camp has provided us with the required encouragement and a blend of prospects to work upon.

All in all, the event was a major success for all participants and students where everyone discovered something novel. We hope to get a chance to organize many more such OSScamps in the future.

GNOME Asia Summit 2010 - Call for Host

Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 1:55pm by kinshuksunil

As part of the GNOME.Asia Summit Committee, I would like to post the Call for Host of the GNOME.Asia Summit 2010 here and let all the communities in Asia know that we are looking for potential host this year. Please find below the announcement and don’t hesitate to pass the message along!

Dear GNOME friends,
We are call for the host of GNOME.Asia Summit 2010 now !

GNOME.Asia Summit is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers Asian Conference. The event focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, and also covers applications and the development platform tools. It brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and businesses to discuss both the present technology and future developments.

GNOME.Asia Summit was held in Beijing, China during 2008 and in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam during 2009. We would like to continue finding new national locations as we spread GNOME throughout Asia, and we are looking for local organizers to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia committee will assist in the process, but there is a definitive need for inpiduals to be actively involved and committed to the planning and delivery of the event.

You can learn more about GNOME.Asia Summit at our official website: http://gnome.asia
The following two links are “must read items” for organizing the GNOME.Asia Summit: How to and Check list

If you are interested in hosting the summit please submit a formal proposal to the GNOME.Asia Committee at asia-summit-list [at] gnome.org. The deadline for proposals is 31st March 2010. You are encouraged to ask questions before writing the formal proposal.

GNOME.Asia is much like a few trees just planted and we want to grow a forest in Asia. We are looking for local organizers in any Asian country with the desire to take on and succeed in the challenges of organizing an excellent GNOME event. We know that you will need all the time you can get to prepare a proposal but we hope we have inspired you to get started.

We are looking forward to hear from you on or before 31st March 2010.

Sincerely,
GNOME.Asia Summit committee

 

From the original Post: GNOME.ASIA SUMMIT 2010 – CALL FOR HOST

OSScamp Delhi - January 2010

Posted Thu, 28/01/2010 - 12:32am by yadurajiv

The new year brings with it yet another OSScamp. Technology, discussions, networking, fun and more. The Students at Amity School of Engineering and Technology are playing host to this year's first OSScamp. The camp will be held at their Bijwasan(Palam Road) Campus on January 30 2010. You can find more details and register at: http://osscamp.in/event/osscamp-delhi-january-2010

Do take time out, participate and make the event successful - give a talk, hear others, interact and speak and have a great time networking with like minded individuals. Hope to see you there this weekend.

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