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What? FOSS Camp GN-09 is Open Source’s first foray into Rajasthan and we are proud to be the torch-bearers. The FOSS Workshop is a new kind of technology 'unconference'- organized by us, for attendees. It's an open, welcoming, once-a-year event for geeks to hang out with wifi and smash their brains together. It's about love and geekery and having a focal point for great ideas. .We’ll be talking about various Open Source technologies that’ll kindle the geek within you. .Organize night-stays and hack-fests where students will be given a quick-fire sprint session with various technologies . Google Summer of Code meetup and talks : you’ll learn how Google Summer of Code experience can be a headstart into the Open Source movement.

Bring Laptop (if you have one) Pen Drives/thumb drive (if you have one: for transferring presentations, demo code, etc) Ideas and demos for the Day 3 unconference Provided We'll do our best to provide: Internet via LAN/WiFi (Network Configuration) and Power Snacks Projector, White Boards

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Midnight Showtime

•What makes us choose Open Source •Why FOSS is must for engineers?

•2:00-2:30PM

•2:30- 3:00PM

• Shreekant Bohra

•How Sahana helped people during Tsunami •Open Source for the good of the people

•3:15PM-3:45PM

Theater screening of the movies: Elephants Dream and AntiTrust 11:30PM-1:30AM

* Seats for the movie are limited. Priority will be given to the Day 1 attendees.

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Getting started WebDev Drupal

• Google SoC scholars

Humanitarian FOSS: The Sahana effort

• Niyam Bhushan

Why Open source?

Inaugration and opening address

Day one talks

FOSS Workshop GN-09

•Manu Dixit & Paras Kuhad

•Making a professional website within 20 minutes •The making of Morse contest during Sakshama. •3:45PM-5:15PM

Day two talks •How Open Source aids the modern natural user interfaces.

•3:15- 4:00PM

• JD Khandelwal

•Why and how to begin with Linux? •How to tap the power of IRC.

•4:15PM-5:00PM

Fedora Installfest

•2:15PM-3:00PM

• Anirudh Sharma

Hackers, Linux and the IRC

•Getting to know the power of Joomla while designing websites

Getting Started with Multi-touch

Joomla : How I made sakshama.org

• Skbohra

*Fedora Installfest shall run parallel to Day 2 talks

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The Drupal

hackfest invites

you to get dive deep into Web 2.0.

D r u p a l Hack.fest & G a m i n g S e s s i o n

You’ll learn how to set-up professional websites, web-services within minutes. In advance session we’ll delve deep into the plugin programming for Drupal. This is a hands-on session, everyone will be working with his/her laptop in the network we provide. If you don’t carry a laptop, please inform us in time so that arrangements can be made

In this midnight gaming fest, you’ll compete head-on with 50-60 students playing a Linux based

game. The top scorers will compete in the final round to take away the laurels.

For best hackfest experience you’re encouraged to carry your own Laptops. Though Internet connection and a PC will be provided for those who wish to depend on us :-)

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•How GSoC can be your foray into Open Source development

•2:15PM-3:30PM

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•You'll be encouraged to present a brief talk about a technology you love.

•Informal talks about various technolgies

•4:15PM-5:00PM

Google Summer of Code and Unconference

•How 100 people at remote locations work on one project

The Unconference

The Google Summer of Code experience

•GSoC students brainstorming session

M u l t i t o u c h Hackfest

Today Human Computer interaction has moved beyond traditional mouse and keyboard setup. In this midnight hands-on session, we’ll do our best to acquaint attendees with Multitouch hardware and software.

Sahana

Sahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management system. It is a web based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, tracking camps effectively between Government groups, the civil society (NGOs) and the victims themselves. In this sprint session you’ll learn to install Sahana, communicate worldwide, and make nifty plugins

For best hackfest experience you’re encouraged to carry your own Laptops. Though Internet connection and a PC will be provided for those who wish to depend on us :-)

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CALL FOR SPONSORSHIP FOSS Workshop GN-09 is expected to host about 500-600 technical students from various engineering/ technology schools in India. Since this is a free for all workshops, we expect your support in order to making this event a success. We off your brand an exposure to your brand through 1. 2. 3. 4.

The logo printed on the FOSS T-Shirt back Exclusive FOSS banners and posters Publicity through the www.sakshama.org website Brand endorsing via one of your marketing executives and our volunteers

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For detailed sponsorship packages and negotiation. Contact 1. Anirudh Sharma - +91.9785639669 2. Shreekant Bohra- +91.9414494559

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