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| == [['''Freedom in Computer Technology''']] == | | == Kolkata == |
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| IOTA[1], a society under the Dept of IT, Govt. Of West Bengal is
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| organising a convention on "Freedom in Computer Technology".[2]
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| There will be eminent speakers[3] here. Also there will be people from
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| corporate and universities.
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| Ambassadors of Fedora (specially [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SusmitShannigrahi Susmit Shannigrahi]) have managed to secure a booth for Fedora.
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| Also it gives the ambassadors from Eastern India the opportunity to
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| meet up. (Unoffcially though).
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| '''
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| Programme of the event'''
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| ''
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| 26th December 2008''
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| 15:00 Presentation by the Winners of ODF Olympiad
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| 15:45 INAUGURATION
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| Session Chair - Prof. P.N. Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University
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| Welcome Address by Prof. Sankar Sen, President, Institute for Open Technology and Applications
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| Address by the Chief Guest - Mr. Partha De, Hon'ble MIC, Dept. of School Education, Govt. of West Bengal
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| Prize Distribution to the Winners of ODF Olympiad
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| Inaugural Address by Dr. Richard M. Stallman, Founder, Free Software Foundation
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| (This Session is Open to all)
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| ''
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| 27th December 2008''
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| 09:30 - 10:00 REGISTRATION
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| 10:00 - 11:45 SESSION 1: Freedom in Software - A Social Movement
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| Session Chair - Dr. Subimal Sen, Chairman, Higher Education Council
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| Speakers - Prof. Debesh Das, Hon'ble MIC, Dept. of IT, Govt. of West Bengal
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| Dr. Gatot Hari Priowirjanto, Director, SEAMEO SEAMOLEC
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| Mr. Sitaram Yechuri, Hon'ble MP of Rajyasabha
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| 11:45 - 12:00 TEA BREAK
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| 12:00 - 13:30 SESSION 2: The Legal Aspects of FOSS
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| Session Chair - Prof. Subrata Pal, Vice Chancellor, Burdwan University
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| Speakers - Mr. Shamnad Basheer, National University of Juridical Sciences
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| Mr. Prabir Purakayastha, Delhi Science Forum
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| 13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
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| 14:30 - 17:00 SESSION 3: Free and Open Source Software - Business Models
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| Session Chair - Prof. N.R. Banerjee, Vice Chancellor, BESU
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| Speakers - Mr. Jayjit Bhattacharya, Sun Microsystems
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| Mr. Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Red Hat
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| Mr. Prakash Advani, Canonical India
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| Mr. Boby Jacob, Novell
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| Mr. Ashis Gautam, IBM
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| Concludes With Tea
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| ''28th December 2008''
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| 10:00 - 11:45 SESSION 4: Free and Open Source Software - Technology Issues
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| Session Chair - Prof. Manoj Mitra, Dean, FET, Jadavpur University
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| Speakers - Mr. Krishnakant Mane, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, TIFR
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| Mr. Colin Charles, MySQL
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| Dr. Sandeep Shukla, Virginia Tech.
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| 11:45 - 12:00 TEA BREAK
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| 12:00 - 14:00 SESSION 5: Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Development
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| Session Chair - Prof. Siddhartha Dutta, Pro VC, Jadavpur University
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| Speakers - Mr. M. R. Rajagopalan, CDAC, Chennai
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| Mr. Siddharth, Principal Secretary, Dept. of IT, Govt. of West Bengal
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| Mr. G. Nagarjuna, FSF, India
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| Mr. Kiran Chandra, FSF, India
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| Prof. Jitendra Shah, Consultant (IT), Mumbai
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| Mr. Anwar Sadath, Department of General Education, Government of Kerala
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| 14:00 - 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
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| 15:00 - 17:00 VALEDICTORY SESSION
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| 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.
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| note: required prize for these things will be updated soon.
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| [1] http://iotawb.org/ | |
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| [2] http://iotawb.org/fctprog.html
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| [3]http://iotawb.org/program.html
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