From:	 Atul Chitnis <achitnis@exocore.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Linux Bangalore/2001
Date:	 Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:24:44 +0530 (IST)


Linux Bangalore/2001
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India's first standalone, national level Linux event takes place on 
December 10-12 at Bangalore, India.

What is it?
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Linux Bangalore/2001 is a three day conference on understanding and using 
Linux technologies. This conference aims to cover a large number of areas 
that include core Linux technologies, Open Source, Embedded Systems and 
other allied technologies.

Target Audience
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The primary audience for this event will be the core (or potential) 
Linux-using community of developers (/dev), system administrators (/adm), 
users (/usr), new-comers (/new) and CxO/Managers/Decision makers (/cxo).

Content
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Each track will include introductory, technical, how-to and tutorial 
sessions, catering to "newbies" (people new to Linux) to "gurus" (people 
who know Linux in and out).

New technologies and their implementation/application under Linux will be 
discussed as well, making this a technology conference to remember.

In addition to this, we also intend to provide assistance to new users and 
more information to technology enthusiasts.

The event is for three days, with multiple tracks and with six sessions 
every day from 10 am to 5 pm, plus Birds-of-Feather (BoF) sessions at the 
end of the day. There will be an estimated 70 talks. In addition we plan 
to hold separate workshops, tutorials, case studies and demonstrations.

Speakers for this event will be drawn from the Indian Linux community, as 
well as the IT industry.

Entry F(r)ee
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We have decided to make entry free for all. We feel that it is the present 
student community that is going to drive the phenomenal growth of Linux in 
the days to come and it would be doing injustice if they find the event 
costs prohibitive.

At the same time, we see no need to make employees run to their managers 
to get budget approval just so that they can attend this event. As long as 
you can get an approval for $0/Rs.0 from your company, you can attend!

Venue
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This event will be organized between December 10 and 12, 2001 at the J. N. 
Tata auditorium at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, 
India.

(For those of you who have never been to Bangalore (or India for that 
matter) - weather-wise, this is a great time to be there!)

Where can I find out more?
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http://linux-bangalore.org/2001 is the official web site for this event. 
From there, you can join the dedicated mailing list, check out speaker and 
talk listings, register yourself as a delegate for the conference and 
(hopefully!) even offer to give a talk yourself!

For more information, please write to lb2001 at linux-bangalore dot org.