OSScamp returns to Chandigarh within 6 months for a splendid show on April 10th, 2010, at Chitkara Educational Trust, Chandigarh. Organized by the will and initiative of two 14 year old school kids, OSScamp Chandigarh has also received a good response from the tech community in Chandigarh and promises to be a grand FOSS event in the city. OSScamps are India's premier FOSS Unconference - an informal/casual event where the emphasis is put on participative and collaborative knowledge sharing over the traditional one-way sharing model. Tweetups are meetups of local twitter users, who come together to network with each other and discuss the world around them. The event schedule is as follows: OSScamp Chandigarh April 2010 April 10, 2010 10AM to 6PM - OSScamp 6.30Pm to 8.30 PM - Tweetup Chandigarh Chitkara Educational Trust Saraswati Kendra, Sector 25D, Chandigarh

  • 10.00: Introduction to OSScamps and FOSS
  • 11.00: Start of Sessions; half hour each
  • 01.30: Break for Lunch
  • 02.00: Resume Sessions
  • 05.00: Start Open House Networking/Activity/Interactions
  • 06.00 Wind Up OSScamp
  • 06.30: Start Tweetup
  • 08.30: Wind Up Tweetup

A wide range of sessions have been listed for the camp, with a special emphasis on running and contributing to FOSS Projects. There is also an unpanel on InfraTalk and a couple of Social Sandboxes on FOSS Projects and the Cult of Geek. Another aspect being focused on is Databases with Sessions on MySQL, NoSQL, and YQL. Facebook API, Twitter API, Moodle, Mashups, RIA are other topics worth highlighting. I am also going to participate at the Chandigarh camp and talk about Gaming in the FOSS Domain. In this half hour talk, I will highlight some popular FOSS Libraries and API that are used for developing games and showcase some games that use them. Keeping up with our initiative to support and facilitate Open Source in and around India, we have been glad to support OSScamp Chandigarh. We are proud Kit sponsors for OSScamp Chandigarh April 2010 and I have been working with the team in pullin gup a grand show at Chandigarh. Be there to experience the fun and dynamism of Open Source. The poster for the event: OSScamp Chandigarh April 2010 Poster You are invited to participate at the camp and give talks as well. Do register at the OSScamp Website and register a talk. We need your help and support to more promote the event, please write blog posts about the event - what do you expect from this OSScamp Chandigarh, tweet about us, talk about us, make some noise. The hashtag for the camp is #osscamp. We are also doing "Spot the Posters" contest. If you spot the OSScamp Poster in Chandigarh somewhere, take a picture of it and put it on twitpic to win some random prizes. Nice surprises are in store for whoever does it. See you there! Kinshuk