'''Freedom in Computer Technology'''
IOTA[1], a society under the Dept of IT, Govt. Of West Bengal is organising a convention on "Freedom in Computer Technology".[2] There will be eminent speakers[3] here. Also there will be people from corporate and universities.
Ambassadors of Fedora (specially Susmit Shannigrahi) have managed to secure a booth for Fedora.
Also it gives the ambassadors from Eastern India the opportunity to
meet up. (Unoffcially though).
Programme of the event
26th December 2008
15:00 Presentation by the Winners of ODF Olympiad 15:45 INAUGURATION Session Chair - Prof. P.N. Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University Welcome Address by Prof. Sankar Sen, President, Institute for Open Technology and Applications Address by the Chief Guest - Mr. Partha De, Hon'ble MIC, Dept. of School Education, Govt. of West Bengal Prize Distribution to the Winners of ODF Olympiad Inaugural Address by Dr. Richard M. Stallman, Founder, Free Software Foundation (This Session is Open to all)
27th December 2008
09:30 - 10:00 REGISTRATION 10:00 - 11:45 SESSION 1: Freedom in Software - A Social Movement Session Chair - Dr. Subimal Sen, Chairman, Higher Education Council Speakers - Prof. Debesh Das, Hon'ble MIC, Dept. of IT, Govt. of West Bengal
Dr. Gatot Hari Priowirjanto, Director, SEAMEO SEAMOLEC
Mr. Sitaram Yechuri, Hon'ble MP of Rajyasabha
11:45 - 12:00 TEA BREAK 12:00 - 13:30 SESSION 2: The Legal Aspects of FOSS Session Chair - Prof. Subrata Pal, Vice Chancellor, Burdwan University Speakers - Mr. Shamnad Basheer, National University of Juridical Sciences
Mr. Prabir Purakayastha, Delhi Science Forum
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK 14:30 - 17:00 SESSION 3: Free and Open Source Software - Business Models Session Chair - Prof. N.R. Banerjee, Vice Chancellor, BESU Speakers - Mr. Jayjit Bhattacharya, Sun Microsystems
Mr. Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Red Hat
Mr. Prakash Advani, Canonical India
Mr. Boby Jacob, Novell
Mr. Ashis Gautam, IBM
Concludes With Tea
28th December 2008
10:00 - 11:45 SESSION 4: Free and Open Source Software - Technology Issues Session Chair - Prof. Manoj Mitra, Dean, FET, Jadavpur University Speakers - Mr. Krishnakant Mane, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, TIFR
Mr. Colin Charles, MySQL
Dr. Sandeep Shukla, Virginia Tech.
11:45 - 12:00 TEA BREAK 12:00 - 14:00 SESSION 5: Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Development Session Chair - Prof. Siddhartha Dutta, Pro VC, Jadavpur University Speakers - Mr. M. R. Rajagopalan, CDAC, Chennai
Mr. Siddharth, Principal Secretary, Dept. of IT, Govt. of West Bengal
Mr. G. Nagarjuna, FSF, India
Mr. Kiran Chandra, FSF, India
Prof. Jitendra Shah, Consultant (IT), Mumbai
Mr. Anwar Sadath, Department of General Education, Government of Kerala
14:00 - 15:00 LUNCH BREAK 15:00 - 17:00 VALEDICTORY SESSION Session Chair - Prof. Ashok R. Thakur, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal State University
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List of the things required in the booth of Fedora is followed.
1. Scissor 2 2. Blade 1 pack 3. Adhesive tape (thick) 1 roll 4. Marker pen (black + blue+red+green) 5. Pen (6) 6. Hook to hang banners 7. Board pin 8. Plastic Container 9. Nilon rope 20ft. 10. Ethernet cable 4x2mts. 11. Switch (8 port linksys) 12. Notebook one big. 13. Stapler (1 + pin 1) 14. Fevi quick (5) 15. Fevi stick (2) 16. Live CD iso. (4. gnome + kde) 17. Blank paper. 18. Fedora 10 DVDs 19. Banners and booklets.
note: required prize for these things will be updated soon.
[1] http://iotawb.org/
[2] http://iotawb.org/fctprog.html
[3]http://iotawb.org/program.html