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Fedora Past Events - India, Asia, and Australia (India/APJ) : 2009
FY10 Q1 (March 2009 - May 2009)
| Date | Event | Location | Owner | Description | Estimated Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 12-14, 2009 | OSIDays 2009 | Chennai Trade Center Chennai, India | Balaji Gurudass | Introduction to Fedora, Prominent Features of Fedora and How to contribute to Fedora | >200 |
| March 21 | Free Software Embedded/Hardware workshop | Government Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India | ShakthiKannan | Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems, Electronic Design Automation tools with Free Software, Fedora Electronic Lab | >100 |
| March 25, 2009 | Document Freedom Day | IlugCalInfo, Kolkata (will update) | A.Mani | Documentation Tools, Semi Install Fest | >75 |
| March 23 - March 29 | LUGM OpenWeek | MIT, Manipal, India | AnkurSinha | Introduction to Open source, Install fest F10 etc. See : LUG-Manipal Open Week Event report:: OpenWeek report Photos | >100 |
| March 28-29, 2009 | UMS Labuan LAMP Training (featuring Fedora) | Malaysia University of Sabah, Labuan International Campus, Malaysia | Wariola | A basic training on Fedora Linux and deploying the LAMP stack. Participant also been taught how to setup Joomla and phpMyAdmin | 20 |
| April 2009 | WBUT FEST | WBUT, Kolkata, India | rabikumar | Technical Fest on open source. | >100 |
| April 9, 2009 | Fedora Interactive Know How Session | NIT Durgapur, India | RangeenBasuRoyChowdhury | Follow up session to an install fest | 50 |
| April 11, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 10 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| April 18, 2009 | Fedora Workshop | Kalyani Government Engineering College, India | Rohit Gupta | Workshop on administrating fedora, install Applications and use them | 100-150 |
| April 25, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 10 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| April 24-26, 2009 | Enigma:Annual TECH of KITE-SOM | Kautilya Institute of Technology & Engineering, Jaipur | Udit Sharma | Workshop on FOSS & Fedora Install Fest FOSS-nigma WebPage for more details | >100 |
FY10 Q2 (June 2009 - August 2009)
| Date | Event | Location | Owner | Description | Estimated Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2009 | Fedora/Free Software Workshop | ACE Engineering College, Ankushapur, Ghatkesar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India | ShakthiKannan | shakthimaan.com/downloads.html, i-want-to-do-project.tell-me-wat-2-do-Fedora, Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems, Packaging Red hot, Paneer (butter) Masala | >150 | |
| July 18-19, 2009 | GNUtsav | Agartala, Tripura, India | ShakthiKannan | shakthimaan.com/downloads.html, i-want-to-do-project.tell-me-wat-2-do-Fedora, Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems, Packaging Red hot, Paneer (butter) Masala | >150 | |
| May 31-June 3, 2009 | MSC Open Source Convention 2009 and Fedora Activity Day | Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Anuar Shahriman Izhar Firdaus | A .MY government conference for developers, communities, and public sector. Aims in increasing involvement in Open Source by going deep in the technology and initiating local communities. | >600 | |
| June 6, 2009 | Fedora 11 Release Party | Manila, Philippines | Magie Engels Herson | >100 | ||
| June 6, 2009 | Fedora 11 Release Event | Kolkata, India | A.Mani | >15 | ||
| June 7, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 10 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 | |
| June 3, 2009 | Manipur Fedora 11 Release Event | Manipur Central University, Imphal, Manipur | Rishikesh Sharma | Fedora 11 Release event and Installation Fest 2009 | >200 | |
| June 11/12, 2009 | Introducing FOSS & Fedora 11 install fest | Wilgamuwa, Sri Lanka | Danishka Navin | Introducing FOSS to school schildren and Fedora 11 install fest | >100 | |
| June 12, 2009 | Fedora 11 Release Event | Hanoi, Vietnam | Truong Anh Tuan | See details on iWay website | >40 | |
| June 21, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 | |
| June 29/30, 2009 | Fedora 11 release + teachers training | Galle, Sri Lanka | Danishka Navin | Fedora 11 launch and Fedora Edu Spin and hand on training | 100 | |
| July 5, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 | |
| July 18-19, 2009 | NIT Agartala GNU/Linux Fest & Fedora 11 Release Party | NIT Agartala, Agartala, India | Aveek Sen | Linux & FOSS fest- installation fest, talks & workshops over 2 days see NIT Agartala GLUG] | >1000 over the 2 days | |
| July 19, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 | |
| August 2, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 | |
| August 10, 2009 | Introduction to FOSS, Linux and Fedora | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India | Debjit,Aditya | Blog Entry | >100 | |
| August 11, 2009 | Fedora Install Fest | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India | Debjit ,Aditya | Blog Entry | >100 | |
| August 16, 2009 | Understanding Fedora : General usage and advance topics | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India | Debjit,Aditya | Blog Entry | >70 | |
| August 16, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 | |
| August 23, 2009 | Introduction to fedora,Fedora electric lab and fedora 11 release party | Thanjavur,Tamilnadu ,India | Pankaj, Anurag Jain, Sanjeev Gopinath V | SASTRA University,Thanjavur,Tamilnadu ,India | >150 | |
| August 27, 2009 | Introducing fedora as Powerful OS for students | Government Engineering College, Modasa, India | Zaid Chauhan | "Modas City" | "Government Engineering College, Modasa" | >200 |
| August 30, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
FY10 Q3 (September 2009 - November 2009)
| Date | Event | Location | Owner | Description | Estimated Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 3-4, 2009
September 10-11, 2009 September 17-18, 2009 |
Pre-Scheduled visits to the Different Universities & Campuses, to give them on hand support and help , for the Fedora and Open Source OS | Rawalpindi, Islamabad (Pakistan) | Skyscanner4u | A tour to introduce the Fedora in Pakistan | >500 |
| September 6, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| September 10 - 12, 2009 | Linux Poison : An event on GNU/Linux, Free And Open Source Technologies, at SRM University. | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | Salvadesswaran, Ramadass, Shiv Deepak |
10 Sep: Linux Lingo : A Workshop On GNU/Linux Fedora; 11 Sep: Linu(X)Box : LAN Gaming on GNU/Linux Platform; 12 Sep: Python: The Man Eater: A Workshop On Python Basics [1] |
~500 |
| September 15, 2009 | Software Freedom Day | CSI Auditorium, Kolkata | A. Mani | [2]. | >60 |
| September 19, 2009 | Software Freedom Day 2009 | National Computer Center, Quezon City, Philippines | Heherson Pagcaliwagan, Magie Antonio, Engels Antonio | See event page. | >400 |
| September 20, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| October 4, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| October 18, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| October 23-25, 2009 | FOSS.my 2009 | Asia Pacific Institute of Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), Malaysia | MohdIzharFirdaus, SyamsulAnuar | Community FOSS conference in Malaysia. Event planning page : Events/FOSS.my_2009 | >300
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| October 28-31, 2009 | FOSS GN'09 | Enginering College Bikaner,Bikaner Rajasthan | Jaideep Khandelwal | [3]. | >300
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| November 1, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| November 15, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 11 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| November 25, 2009 | Fedora 12 Install Fest and Distribution | Jaipur,India | Acedip | Fedora 12 release party and installation for my college students only in the campus organized by CS Department skit | <80 |
| November 28, 2009 | Fedora 12 Install Fest and Distribution | Jaipur,India | Acedip | Fedora 12 install and presentations on contributing to fedoraproject and foss participation SBCET | >150 |
| November 29, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | Dramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
FY10 Q4 (December 2009 - February 2010)
| Date | Event | Location | Owner | Description | Estimated Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan' 26 to Feb 7, 2010 | Free Software, Books and Courses Stall | Kolkata Book Fair, IOTA | A Mani | Fedora Media Distribution and Trouble Shooting by Ambassadors | >>5000 |
| December 26, 2009 | Fedora, Free Software workshop | MS University, Vadodara, Gujarat India | Shakthimaan | Fedora sub-projects, Hands-on workshop on git, Fedora packaging | 100
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| December 1-5, 2009 | Foss.in | India | SusmitShannigrahi, RahulSundaram, KushalDas | foss_in_2009 | large |
| December 7-11, 2009 | UP Engineering Week | University of the Philippines - Diliman, College of Engineering | Heherson Pagcaliwagan | please see the event page | >200 |
| December 13, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| December 27, 2009 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| January 10, 2010 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| January 24, 2010 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| February 07, 2010 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| February 10-14, 2010 | BASIS SoftExpo 2010 | Bangladesh | Mahay Alam Khan | More than 200 exhibitors and over 300,000 visitors and delegates are expected to participate and attend this 5 day long exposition. We've arranged a stall there and will demonstrate, install Fedora12, LiveUSB Station and distribute DVD, Stickers, Flyers - as far as we can afford. | large |
| February 19, 2010 | IIUM FOSSDay | International Islamic University Malaysia | IzharFirdaus | - | ?? |
| February 19-20, 2010 | GNUnify 2010 | Pune, India | - | Gnunify_2010 | - |
| February 21, 2010 | Akihabara Fedora 12 Distribution | Tokyo, Japan | David Ramsey | see Akihabara "Electric City" | >100 |
| February 25, 2010 | Asian University, Dhaka Fedora 12 Release Party | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Mahay Alam Khan | The University wants a release party, I guess it would be distribution party | >100 |