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What?
FOSS Camp GN-09 is Open Source’s first foray into Rajasthan and we are proud to be the torch-bearers. The
FOSS Workshop is a new kind of technology 'unconference'- organized by us, for attendees. It's an open,
welcoming, once-a-year event for geeks to hang out with wifi and smash their brains together. It's about
love and geekery and having a focal point for great ideas.
.We’ll be talking about various Open Source technologies that’ll kindle the geek within you.
.Organize night-stays and hack-fests where students will be given a quick-fire sprint session with various
technologies
. Google Summer of Code meetup and talks : you’ll learn how Google Summer of Code experience can be a
headstart into the Open Source movement.
Bring
Laptop (if you have one)
Pen Drives/thumb drive (if you have one: for transferring presentations, demo code, etc)
Ideas and demos for the Day 3 unconference
Provided
We'll do our best to provide:
Internet via LAN/WiFi (Network Configuration) and Power
Snacks
Projector, White Boards
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FOSS Workshop GN-09
Day one talks
Why Open source?
Inaugration and opening address
Humanitarian FOSS: The Sahana effort
• Niyam • Google SoC • Shreekant
Getting started WebDev Drupal
•Manu Dixit &
Bhushan scholars Bohra Paras Kuhad
•What makes us •How Sahana •Making a
choose Open helped people professional
Source during Tsunami website within
20 minutes
•Why FOSS is
must for •Open Source for •The making of
engineers? the good of the Morse contest
people during
Sakshama.
•2:00-2:30PM •2:30- 3:00PM
•3:15PM-3:45PM •3:45PM-5:15PM
Theater screening of the movies: Elephants Dream and AntiTrust
Midnight Showtime
11:30PM-1:30AM
* Seats for the movie are limited. Priority will be given to the Day 1 attendees.
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Day two talks
Getting Started with Multi-touch
Hackers, Linux and the IRC
Joomla : How I made sakshama.org
• Skbohra • Anirudh Sharma • JD Khandelwal
•Getting to know the •How Open Source aids
power of Joomla while •Why and how to begin
the modern natural with Linux?
designing websites user interfaces.
•How to tap the power
of IRC.
•2:15PM-3:00PM •4:15PM-5:00PM
•3:15- 4:00PM
Fedora Installfest
*Fedora Installfest shall run parallel to Day 2 talks
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The Drupal hackfest invites
you to get dive deep into Web 2.0.
You’ll learn how to set-up
professional websites, web-services
within minutes. In advance session we’ll
delve deep into the plugin programming
D r u p a l Hack.fest & G a m i n g S e s s i o n
for Drupal.
This is a hands-on session, everyone will
be working with his/her laptop in the
network we provide. If you don’t carry a
laptop, please inform us in time so that
arrangements can be made
In this midnight gaming fest, you’ll
compete head-on with 50-60
students playing a Linux based
game. The top scorers will
compete in the final round to take
away the laurels.
For best hackfest experience you’re encouraged
to carry your own Laptops.
Though Internet connection and a PC will be
provided for those who wish to depend on us :-)
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Google Summer of Code and Unconference
•GSoC students brainstorming •You'll be encouraged to present
experience
The Google Summer of Code
The Unconference
session a brief talk about a technology
you love.
•How 100 people at remote
locations work on one project
•Informal talks about various
•How GSoC can be your foray technolgies
into Open Source development
•2:15PM-3:30PM •4:15PM-5:00PM
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M u l t i t o u c h Hackfest
Today Human Computer interaction has
moved beyond traditional mouse and
keyboard setup.
In this midnight hands-on session, we’ll
do our best to acquaint attendees with
Multitouch hardware and software.
Sahana is a Free and Open Source
Disaster Management system. It is a web
based collaboration tool that addresses
the common coordination problems
during a disaster from finding missing
people, managing aid, managing
volunteers, tracking camps effectively
between Government groups, the civil
society (NGOs) and the victims
Sahana
themselves.
In this sprint session you’ll learn to install
Sahana, communicate worldwide, and
make nifty plugins
For best hackfest experience you’re encouraged
to carry your own Laptops.
Though Internet connection and a PC will be
provided for those who wish to depend on us :-)
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CALL FOR SPONSORSHIP
FOSS Workshop GN-09 is expected to host about 500-600 technical students from various engineering/
technology schools in India.
Since this is a free for all workshops, we expect your support in order to making this event a success.
We off your brand an exposure to your brand through
1. The logo printed on the FOSS T-Shirt back
2. Exclusive FOSS banners and posters
3. Publicity through the www.sakshama.org website
4. Brand endorsing via one of your marketing executives and our volunteers
FRONT BACK
For detailed sponsorship packages and negotiation. Contact
1. Anirudh Sharma - +91.9785639669
2. Shreekant Bohra- +91.9414494559
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