Open Source Events

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.

MySQL Road Show India 2008, Feb 18, 19, 20, and 21

MySQL AB is pleased to announce that our representatives are meeting with customers and partner candidates during the week of Feb 18 in 4 cities in India. The previous Road Show was held in Nov 2007. We are happy to report that many people have joined us and the seminars in 3 cities were very successful. This time, we are back to conduct more informative sessions in more cities!

Users, Customers and Resellers interested in MySQL products are encouraged to attend. Exclusive seminars and networking events where you can explore the benefits of MySQL Enterprise are now available. Admission fee is free if pre-registered.

Schedule:

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Location: Chennai
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Date: Monday, February 18, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: Madras I at Le Royal Meridien Chennai
1 GST Road, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 600 016 Tel : +91 44 2231 4343 http://www.leroyalmeridien-chennai.com/

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Location: Bangalore
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Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: Event Hall at Evoma
# 14 Bhattrahalli, Old Madras Road, KR Puram, Bangalore 560049
Tel: +91 80 4190 3529
http://www.evoma.com

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Location: Hyderabad
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Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: The Indian Grill at The Kakatiya, Hyderabad 3-3-1187, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016
Tel: +91 40 23400132
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1119

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Location: Mumbai
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Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 13:30-16:30 (Seating begins at 13:00) Admission fee: Free, if pre-registered.
Venue: Circular Hall at Centre For Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management Technology Street, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai-76
Tel: +91 22 25714796
http://cettm.mtnl.in/website.php?x=6

Topics covered:
* Introduction to MySQL in APAC Strategy/Status
* MySQL Dual Licensing Explanation
* Partner Introduction
* MySQL Roadmap
* State of MySQL community
* Introduction to MySQL Enterprise
* MySQL Enterprise Demo
* MySQL HA solutions
* Deep Technical Q&A with David Axmark
* Networking

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with Co-founder and Vice President of MySQL David Axmark, Director of Architecture for MySQL Brian Aker, and other MySQL representatives. Seats are limited. Register now!!

To register and get detail information, please visit:
http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/events/mysql-in-feb08.html

LinuxAsia has transformed, it is now known as Open Source Week.  Therefore, LinuxAsia 2008 will be a multi-city event, with The TechTrack (conference) planned for Bangalore and New Delhi, to be held from 11 February to 15 February 2008. Along with that, there will be a CTOSummit in Bangalore, one CXOSummit each in Mumbai and New Delhi, and ManageIT Expo each in Bangalore and New Delhi.

Commercial Event. More Details at www.linuxasia.net