Open Source Events

OSScamp Delhi September 2008 is the latest avatar of the community-driven Unconferences organised by the OSScamp Delhi Community. This time, the event is being organised as an umbrella unconference by the OSScamp Community and the Linux Users Group, IIT Delhi.

The venue is Block 6, Lecture Theatre 2, IIT Delhi.

Talks will include, amongst others:
RAD, Drupal, Typo3, Ruby on Rails, Shell Programming, Blender, Computational Neuroscience, OpenStreetMap, GPS, Project Eduvid, Revolution Unconference, Open Source Concepts, Empowerment through Internet, Sahana Disaster Management System, Operating System Concetps, Real Life Applications of Open Source, etc.

Web 2.0 Expo was launched to connect the builders of the web with the brightest minds, hottest ideas, and most valuable tools - and with each other. New York has long been where the world’s biggest industries go online, and as Web 2.0 grows up and gets serious, the time is right to convene the East Coast web communities under the umbrella of the next generation web. It’s time to come together to learn, share and network. And it’s time to celebrate the size, power, and innovation of the East Coast web industry.

Schedule Snapshot

• Tuesday, September 16: Workshops
• Wednesday, September 17: Keynotes, Sessions, and Expo Hall
• Thursday, September 18: Keynotes, Sessions, and Expo Hall
• Friday, September 19: Keynotes and Sessions

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Mukt.in 2008 is a FOSS Unconference that targets students and FOSS Newbies. This time it is being organised on August 1,2,3 at the Computer Science Dept, Osmania Univeristy, Hyderabad

Sessions: here | Details: here | Register: here

OSCON is the crossroads of all things open source, bringing together the best, brightest, and most interesting people to explore what’s new, and to champion the cause of open principles and open source adoption across the computing industry. We are going to OSCON 2008. See us there!

OSCON 2008 is happening July 21-25 in Portland, Oregon. Join over 2,500 open source developers, hackers, experts, IT managers, and users at OSCON 2008. This year’s convention will include 40 tutorials that go deep into open source technology and over 400 sessions focusing on Administration, Business, Databases, Emerging Topics, Java, Linux, Mobile, People, Perl, PHP, Programming, Python, Ruby, Security, Web Applications, and much more.

New to this year’s OSCON is the Open Mobile Exchange, a one-day event devoted to exploring the nexus of where mobile meets business, technology, the Web, and open source.

Now celebrating its tenth year, OSCON is a vibrant meeting ground for the open source community to inspire, debate, make deals, motivate, and connect face to face. OSCON 2008 will feature the key players and issues influencing open source today, and explore the greatest potential for open source tomorrow.
(source: http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/home)

Sun India and OSSCube are organising a MySQL Camp on July 29th 2008 in the City of Bangalore. Kaj Arno, VP (Community Relations), MySQL, will be the star attraction at the meetup. During his visit in India, Kaj is specifically discussing how Sun’s acquisition of MySQL is going to change the world’s most popular open source database.
The venue for the camp is:

Hi-Tech Seminar Hall,
DES Block (Dept of Electrical Science)
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Near MS Ramaiah hospital
MSR Nagar, Bangalore - 560054

The timings for the camp are 4PM to 7PM, July 29th, 2008.

The Scheduled talks include:

1. MySQL - The community, The Product, The Company by Kaj Arno
   An overview of all things MySQL, from a combined technical and business perspective. A short history of MySQL, the company, the product. What the MySQL Community is, and how MySQL works with it. How MySQL is being integrated into Sun.(60 minutes)
2. How to Contribute Code to MySQL by Thava Alagu
   A discussion on How the community can contribute code to the MySQL DB Project.(30 minutes)
3. Performance Optimisation in Enterprise Application by Sonali Minocha
   A discussion on how performance optimisation can be carried out using MySQL for Enterprise Applications. (30 minutes)

If you would like to present a talk at the camp please email a proposal for your talk to kinshuk at osscube dot com.

Registere here: osscube.com/mysql/camp.php

OSScamp Bengaluru Mobile! 2008, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, July 19th 2008
OSScamp Bengaluru Mobile! 2008 is an unconference focusing on Open Source in Mobiles Domain. It is a platform for discussing Open Source implementation in telecommunications domain. In this single day event, open source campers will come together to discuss FOSS and Telecommunications. OSScamp Banglore Mobile! 2008 is being sponsored by ICCBN.
Participate and register at: Camp Wiki.
More Info at: OSScamp.in.

On Saturday, June 28 2008.

This will be a hands on Introduction to Agile workshop that will benefit, a agile newbie as much as an agile practitioner. The workshop will give you a background of agile practices and expose you to SCRUM + XP the two leading agile methods being practiced worldwide.

The Workshop format is interactive and the workshop will aim to equip the participants with enough knowledge to get them started on their agile journey. We are also planning an informal lunch and networking session for the agile community.

This is a first in series community workshops from agilencr, we are subsequently planning for similar workshops themed “Agile for Developers”, “Agile for ToolSmiths”, “Agile for Project Managers” etc. More details: http://agilencr.wikidot.com/events

The OSSCamp Community announces the OSSCamp Delhi Summer Edition, an open source unconference scheduled for June 21st 2008 at Indian Social Institute, Lodi Road, New Delhi.

The OSSCamps Community is organizing OSSCamp Delhi Summer Edition in the city of New Delhi on June 21st, 2008. For the first time in India, an unconference is being organized as a platform for highlighting and promoting FOSS projects from India, while keeping up the tradition of organizing a range of constituent camps such as Drupal Camp, MySQL Camp, Web 2.0 Camp, etc.

Around 100 Campers are expected to camp at OSSCamp Delhi Summer Edition. Most of these are professionals from the IT industry with active contribution to the Open Source community. Some are Designers, Artists, Lawyers, etc. who understand the implications of FOSS for future and are adopting to the philosophy of Open Source. The event is filled with voluntary sessions on FOSS Technologies and Projects, and is acting as a platform to showcase one’s new development using Open Source tools and technology, while also fostering new idea.

OSSCamps are not-for-profit community events, relying solely on the sponsors to cover the cost of the event.

About OSSCamps
OSSCamps is one of the India’s biggest open source communities. Organized on the lines of Bar Camps, OSSCamps are intense events with discussions, demos, and interactions with the participants. OSSCamps are a collective of constituent camps organized by independent communities. It is a platform for the communities to come together and collaborate on open source technologies and tools.

More Information
For more details, please visit: www.osscamp.in
If you plan on attending the event, please register at: www.osscamp.in/index.php/OSSCamp_Delhi_Summer_Edition