OSScamp Chennai March 2009

OSScamp is a series of community-driven unconferences targeted specifically at promoting FOSS implementation and development in India. It 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.

Organised with OSI Tech Days 2009, OSScamp Chennai will see It professionals, Enthusiasts and Students come together to discuss and shape the future of open source in India.

Participate

  • Sign up for the Event! Remember you need to have an OSScamp Account first!
  • Add a talk at the Camp
  • Vote on Talks to help us schedule talks at teh camp!
  • Spread the word! Blog about us, tweet about us, sing about us. Tag us: osscamp or #osscamp. Get some shiny badges too!
  • Contribute by becoming a Volunteer to organise the camp, Contribute Graphics, Spread the Word, Get us Sponsors... help!

Venue

The venue for the camp is Chennai Trade Center. Chennai Trade Center The Chennai Trade Centre (CTC) is set up at a prime location in the Chennai metro at Nandambakkam, adjacent to St. Thomas Mount in an area of over2 5 acres of land with exhibition halls and support services. CTC has three halls – Hall No.1 (4,400 sq. mtrs), Hall No. 2 (1, 760 sq.mtrs.) and Hall No. 3 (4,400 sq.mtrs) with six meters height to display all merchandise including machinery. The Trade Centre is architecturally and technically designed to be a “state-of-the-art” Exhibition Complex. The Air – Conditioned halls, with no intermittent pillars or columns, are eminently suitable for multi-purpose use of organizing exhibitions, conferences, conventions and conducting other trade, commerce and industry-related events. All the halls are inter-linked and Hall No. 3 is connected with convention centre. More.

  • Time: 9:00am to 6:00pm
  • Date: March 13-14, 2009
  • Venue: Chennai Trade Center

Tracks

There are no set tracks at OSScamps. Campers are encouraged to discuss everything open source and the inter-dependecne and inter-operability of technologies. The camp will see participant-contributed talks ranging on a number of FOSS issues including:

  • hackathon: "RIA Widget Development using Adobe Flex", organised by Chipkidz
  • using various FOSS Tools for productivity and profit
  • how-tos on specific technologies
  • emerging FOSS tools and technologies
  • licensing and business issues
  • empowerment with FOSS
  • Freedom FTW!

John Smedley, Senior Architect, Ingres Corporation will also participate at the camp. Some of the topics he will cover include:

  • Eclipse Development Made Easy using Ingres CAFÉ
  • Why Open-standards is as important as Open-source?
  • What’s Enterprise Open-source?
  • Software Appliances

Focus Area

Promoting the implementation and indigenous development of FOSS Tools and Technologies.

The Buzz

With growing awareness on FOSS, Open Source spells a wise business choice for organisations and an emerging field of work for professionals. For students, open source means immense opportunities in the Future and for common man it means technology that is free and available. OSScamps promote open source implementation and development at all levels of technology. Participate at OSScamps to shape the future of Open Source in India.

Who Should Attend

Everyone and Any one interested in FOSS. Developers, Architects, Professionals, Students, Media people. Geeks and Enthusiasts.

Related - Chennai Tweetup

As a gesture of appreciation towards the advent of and increasing importance of social media tools like Twitter, we are proud to announce a Tweetup in Chennai where we hope to meet fellow twitter enthusiasts in person and share ideas on social media and open source and also try to explore the possibilities of the amalgamation of the two.

You want more? Apart from the networking opportunities and great platform to share ideas, there is also beer that's on the house! :-)

So, what are you still waiting for? Just get yourself registered for OSI Tech Days with "Twitter" as the promotion code. Oh yes, by registering yourself, you also get yourself a Silver Pass for OSI Tech Days.

  • Event : Tweetup, Chennai
  • Venue : Chennai Trade Center, Chennai
  • Date : March 12, 2009
  • Time : 1900hrs onwards

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