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* [[/Invitation|Invitation letter]]
* [[/Invitation|Invitation letter]]


Event website up and running see '''http://www.foss.nitc.ac.in/'''
* Event Website: '''http://www.fossmeet.in/nitc/'''


[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glugc Stay tuned...]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glugc Share your experiences...]
[[Image:NITC_FOSS_MEET_2007.jpg |thumb]]


==Highlights==
'''The Honorable Chief Minister of Kerala ''Shri V S Achuthanandan'' will be the chief guest'''


Wanna be a part of the organising team? Or Wanna volunteer? Give us a shout [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foss_meet_nitc here]
(''but unfortunately he couldnt due to ongoing budget session'')


The date for the FOSS Meet 07 has been fixed as '''March 2nd - 4th,2007'''.
The schedule is avialable [http://www.foss.nitc.ac.in/fossschedule/FOSSscheduleVersion3.4.pdf here]


[[Image:NITC_FOSS_MEET_2007.jpg |thumb]]
===Day 1===


==Highlights==
* FOSS in Professional Life By Atul Chitnis
The Honorable Chief Minister of Kerala Shri V S Achuthanandan will be the chief guest
* Unconference by [http://www.kiruba.com Kiruba Shankar]
* Hack the badge contest - [http://pramode-ce.livejournal.com/45508.html] [http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33494] Pramode CE
* Zope Component Architecture - Baiju M
* MySQL Storage Engine Architecture - Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan


(Subject to change)
===Day 2===
* Hack the badge contest - [http://pramode-ce.livejournal.com/45508.html] [http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33494]
* Internationalisation and Localisation (workshop/hands-on) - Praveen A
* Zope Component Architecture - Baiju M
* [http://shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/embedded-howto/ Alliance VLSI CAD tools HOWTO] - Shakthi Kannan
* Careers with GNU/Linux - Shakthi Kannan
* Embedded Systems by Aanjan
* Alliance VLSI CAD tools HOWTO - Shakthi Kannan
* How to choose open source cms - Vivek Khurana [[:Image:How_to_choose_open_source_cms.pdf| Slides (pdf)]]
* [http://shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/ Careers with GNU/Linux] - Shakthi Kannan
* OpenPCD demo/hacking - Kushal Das
* OpenPCD demo/hacking - Kushal Das
* RTAI (RealTime Application Interface for Linux) workshop - Sreejith N
* RTAI (RealTime Application Interface for Linux) workshop - Sreejith N
* Phoenix workshop - Pramod CE
* Phoenix workshop - Pramod CE
* From Seeds to Software: Culture of Copying - Anivar Aravind, GAIA
* From Seeds to Software: Culture of Copying - Anivar Aravind, GAIA
* Copyright & Cultural Production: Introduction to Open Content Licensing - Anivar Aravind, GAIA
* Internationalisation and Localisation (workshop/hands-on) - Praveen A
* Guide to start contributing to Free Software (workshop/hands-on)- Praveen A
* The wonderful world of read-write web - wikies (tutorial/hands-on ) - Hiran Venugopalan
* Free Software Graphics and Multimedia Designing Applications - Sreejith, SPACE Kerala
* Panel Discussion - Involving students in FOSS development (Praveen A, Pramod CE, Sreekanth, Hiran V, CK Raju, Shakthi Kannan, Aanjhan R)
* '''FOSS Projects Demo''' - ''Got an exciting FOSS project to show off? Tell us what you require and be there! You can reach us [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foss_meet_nitc here]''.
** Akshara Malayalam OCR - Antony FM, MES Kuttippuram
** Village Office Automation Software - Jinesh K.J, Mohd. Suhail Rehman, MES Kuttippuram
* Font development workshop - Hussain KH, MK Chandramohan, Suresh P
* Session on Dhvani Malayalam Text-to-speech engine - Santhosh Thottingal
* Session on Dhvani Malayalam Text-to-speech engine - Santhosh Thottingal
* Lets Play with the wiki (tutorial/hands-on ) - Hiran Venugopalan
* FOSS Business models By Atul Chitnis [http://atulchitnis.net/talks/nitc-biz.pdf Slides (pdf)]
===Day 3===
* Panel Discussion - Involving students in FOSS development (Pramod CE, Hiran V, Shakthi Kannan, Aanjhan R)
* Font development workshop - Hussain KH, Suresh P
* caching for web applications - Vivek Khurana [[:Image:Cahing_for_web_applications.pdf| Slides (pdf)]]
* [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/decorators-in-python/ Decorators in Python] - Parthan S R, NRCFOSS
* And a lot more...(''a free lunch from the great "A MESS"'')
==='''FOSS Projects Demo'''===
''Got an exciting FOSS project to show off? Tell us what you require and be there! You can reach us [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foss_meet_nitc here]''.
* Akshara Malayalam OCR - Antony FM, MES Kuttippuram
* Village Office Automation Software - Jinesh K.J, Mohd. Suhail Rehman, MES Kuttippuram


==Community Meetups==
==Community Meetups==
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* [http://hurd.in/bin/view/Hurd/FOSS_Meet_At_NITC_07 hurd.in]
* [http://hurd.in/bin/view/Hurd/FOSS_Meet_At_NITC_07 hurd.in]


==Blogs/Comments==
* [http://t3.dotgnu.info Gopal V]
[...] I've got fond memories of last year - preparing the slides at the last minute, walking about in that big campus, spending time at Calicut beach. We had a lot of fun and I mean, A LOT. And the conference is really good, the kids do use Fedora on the desktop in their labs. The XGL demos were a particular attraction last year.
** [http://t3.dotgnu.info/blog/conferences/no-foss-nitc.html No Calicut for me]
* [http://atulchitnis.net/ Atul Chitnis]
[...] NITC's FOSS event has grown in stature, and is quickly becoming one of the recognized FOSS events in India, along with Gnunify, Freedel and of course FOSS.IN.[...]
** [http://atulchitnis.net/diary/showentry/420  In Calicut this weekend]
* [http://pradeepto.livejournal.com/ Pradeepto]
[...]Today, I was supposed to leave for Calicut to attend FOSS.NITC which starts tomorrow. I should be in Netravati at the moment but I am not thanks to certain issues that cropped up in the morning and I realised that I can't go today :/, I immediately booked tomorrow's flight tickets to Calicut as I didn't want to miss the conference.[...]
** [http://pradeepto.livejournal.com/3192.html Good service is appreciated.]
* [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com Parthan]
[...] The organizers, students belonging to various branches in NITC, did a very nice job. This is their 3rd year of conducting the FOSS meet and they did show signs of maturity.[...]
** [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/first-day-of-talks-at-fossnitc/ First day of talks at FOSS.NITC]
** [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/fossnitc-field-report/ FOSS.NITC Field Report]
* [http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/?p=33 Aanjhan]
[...] It still amazes me “How in such a short span of time these NITC Folks have managed to make FOSS.NITC a nationwide Community event”. Keep it up guys.[...]
** [http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/?p=33 FOSS.NITC - Filled with Fun and Learning]
* Vivek Khurana
[...] I attended recently concluded foss.nitc in Calicut. Conducted in fluctuating weather of Kerla, foss.nitc was hosted inside beautiful NIT Calicut campus, few kilometers away from civilization. [...]
** [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi/14748 foss.nitc]
==Photos==
* [http://flickr.com/photos//tags/foss.nitc on flickr (tag - foss.nitc)]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/tuxmaniac/sets/72157594571226878/ Aanjhan]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/techno_freak/ Parthan]


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