Bangalore DevDay 2010
Bangalore DevDay 2010 - Saturday, February 27, 2010
Summary
In collaboration with Mahiti, Mozilla is organizing an informal developer-oriented conference in Bangalore on February 27, 2010. The Mozilla DevDay will be an opportunity for developers, open source enthusiasts, and web aficionados who live in and around Bangalore, to meet Mozilla staff and learn about the Mozilla Project and its technologies.
The event is free and open to the general public. All sessions will be in english.
Schedule
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Welcome to MozCampBangalore, Introductions & Ice breakers | Mozilla Team |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Session 1: Mozilla Web Standards | Arun Ranganathan (Evangelist, Mozilla) |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Break | Coffee, tea, etc. |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Session 2: Mozilla Labs | Ragavan Srinivasan (Product Manager, Mozilla Labs) |
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Session 3: Mozilla Drumbeat | (Lucien Teo, Project Manager, Mozilla Drumbeat) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch | - |
| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM | Session 4: Mahiti / CIS chat - what Mahiti and CIS are doing (purely informational) | Sreekanth S Rameshaiah (Executive Director, Mahiti) |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM | Session 5: Mozilla Firefox 3.next | Seth Bindernagel (Director Localization, Mozilla), Ragavan Srinivasan (Product Manager, Mozilla Labs), & Arun Ranganathan (Evangelist, Mozilla) |
| 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Break | Coffee, tea, etc. |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Session 6: Mozilla Community Marketing | Vineel Reddy, Mozilla India Campus Reps |
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Session 7: Afternoon interactive hack session | Mozilla Team |
| 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Conclusion, Distributing Goodies, Sign-up for More Info... | Everyone! |
Mozilla Labs Hack session
In the afternoon, members of the Mozilla Labs will be hosting a Jetpack Code Session. It starts with getting to meet the Jetpack team, as well as some informal and hands-on lessons in learning to enhance the browser by creating your own jetpack.
IRC Channel
The IRC channel is #mozdevday on the Mozilla IRC server.
Registration
The DevDay is a free conference open to the general public. All interested participants are requested to register by following this link.
Venue
The Bangalore DevDay event will be held at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) - JRD Tata Auditorium. To plan your travel to the event, here is a map of the location.
Getting to and from the venue
The Institute of Applied Studies (NIAS) is located within the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus.
Directions from Sadashivnagar Police Station: At the junction for the Police Station, take a RIGHT TURN on to New BEL Road, the Police Station will be on your left. Go straight and reach M S R College Road , there you will see M S Ramaiah Medical College, it will be on the left. Pass through the gate and continue until the next gate, which will be for NIAS.
Directions from Hebbal: From Hebbal junction, take a LEFT TURN at the second signal (before BEL Circle). Go straight and reach M S R College Road , there you will see M S Ramaiah Medical College, it will be on the right. Pass through the gate and continue until the next gate, which will be for NIAS.
Food & Drink
The event will be catered by a local restaurant called "Halli Mane", which serves authentic vegetarian south Indian fare.
All food and drink is kindly being provided by the The Centre for Internet & Society.
For all MozDevDay participants using Twitter (or other social networking services), please use #mozdevday as the hashtag for your Tweets.
Tagging Pictures
If you plan to take pictures and upload them to the web, please tag them with mozdevday.
Contact persons
Any questions for Mozilla may be sent to any of the following:
- sethb at mozilla dot com
- arun at mozilla dot com
- ragavan at mozilla dot com
Questions for Mahiti may be sent to any of the following:
- sree at mahiti dot org
- sarabaptistebrown at mahiti dot org
- In case you need help on reaching the venue speak on this number:09008430777