Organizer: Google
Date : 28 feb 2009 Bangalore
Venue Details
Google India Pvt. Ltd
No. 3, RMZ Infinity – Tower E
Old Madras Road
3rd, 4th, and 5th Floors
Bangalore, 560 016
India
Phone: +91 80 67218000
For registration : http://www.indiasearchmasters.com/index.php
More details: http://ambatisreedhar.wordpress.com
Thanks
Sreedhar Ambati
The Bangalore Astronomical Society plans to kickstart it’s new year (and the International Year of Astronomy too (IYA 2009)) with a star party under the skies @ Coorg (koDagu) this January.
While Jan 24th and 25th also happen to be closest to the new moon, Coorg as a place holds value of interest for things well beyond astronomy (For the adventure crazy, nature crazy amongst you).
The routine sky gazing, constellation tracing, deep sky observing apart, we also intend that this session be a productive brainstorming session for us, as to take astronomy to all the bangaloreans, with much spirit and enthusiasm in this year of astronomy, than ever before.
Logistics
* We intend to arrange a Tempo Traveller or a Swaraj Mazda for those amongst us who are looking to travel together, depending on the number of total registrants.
* We expect charges: For transport and stay (mandatory) to account to Rs 1000 + 500 = Rs 1500 approximately. Please note that this is approximate and might vary either way depending upon the final signup count)
* Please feel free to inform your friends, et al
* Please feel free to join our event broadcast list: Click here
* Please sign up first (Click the link below), and subsequently get in touch with us ASAP to render your payments to your closest BAS representative
Savvy? Please sign up asap!
When January 23rd, 2009 10:30 PM through January 25th, 2009 9:15 PM
Location
Guest House Dorms
Bagamandala, Coorg, KA
India
Contact Mobile: 09448451121
Mobile: 09980505003
Email: info@bas.org.in
A Yahoo! Hack Day in India (Bangalore)
When?
14th February ’09 – 15th February ’09.
Where?
The Taj Residency, Bangalore
You didn’t think being in Bangalore once was enough for the Open Hack Day, did you?
We’re back and we’re ready to see what creative hacks the Indian developer community can come up with.
What?
We’ll be inviting 200-300 developers to attend this FREE event, which will begin with hack-related presentations from some of the Web’s most respected developers. We’ll then dive into 24 hours of hacking on a very nice collection of tools, APIs, and data, and end with awards from the sponsors plus bragging rights until the end of eternity or the next Hack Day, whichever comes first.
Naturally, we plan to provide physical and mental sustenance throughout the event. Continue to read and register
You’re invited to join us for the MEDIANAMA Meetup in Bangalore at the Casa del Sol on the 8th of Jan (Thursday, Tomorrow)…It’s a lovely little cafe on the 3rd Floor of Devatha Plaza that looks like a beach shack and is almost as breezy; the chilled beer helps.
We’re hoping to see participation from Internet and Mobile startups, search engine co’s, Venture Capitalists, content providers, aggregators and distributors, analysts and consultants, media companies, technology firms and just people enthusiastic about the digital media space…
* Please Note: This is a meet up and everyone is expected to pay for whatever they order, themselves.
Date: 8th Jan (Thurdsay)
Time: 7:15 PM – 9:30 PM
Venue: Bangalore at the Casa del Sol
RSVP
Nikhil Pahwa: nikhil AT medianama DOT com / +919810310053
http://medianamabangaloremeetup.eventbrite.com/
On January 16 2009, Bangalore will see its second edition of Ignite Bangalore at ThoughtWorks Bangalore. Any topic that you think is interesting is welcome (no sales pitches or a product demos). If you are interested in speaking, email me (rmathew@thoughtworks.com) your topic.
The event is free, so if you’re interested in meeting people, learning something new and sharing their passions, RSVP to me via email.
Event URL: http://ignitebangalore2.blogspot.com
From : Friday, January 09, 2009 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 6:00 PM (GMT+0530)
NIMHANS Convention Center, Bangalore India
The Agenda comprises keynote addresses, live demos of new products, panel discussions, technology tutorials, research presentations, investor meets and an open space (called the Demo pit) where 40 of the best products from start ups and industry will showcase.
Jan 9th and 10th : Keynotes between 9 – 9.45 am and 2.30 – 3.15 pm : features talks on topics such as the Industry-Startup Co-innovation initiative launched by the HeadStart Foundation, Green Computing, Roadmap to Indian technology giants in the global arena, Investment opportunities and trends for 2009, speakers include Dr Chandrakant Patel, Fellow, HP Ecosystem Lab, Ashish Gupta, Partner, Helion Ventures and more
Jan 9th – Consumer Product demos on Stage [9.50 am - 11 am ] : Companies selected from nominations received to HeadStart 2009
Jan 9th – Innovation in Consumer Services [11:15 am - 12:15 noon] Mobile VAS business models, Convergence between traditional & new media, New global and local consumer services strategies, includes speakers such as Harish Gandhi, Executive Director, Canaan Partners, Rajesh Sawhney, CEO, Reliance Entertainment, Amit Dayal, VP, Yahoo and more
Jan 9th – Entrepreneur RoundTable [12:15 am - 1:15 pm] VC funding challenges, Building businesses without VC, Shift from Enterprise to Consumer services, Exit strategies, includes speakers such as Jay Pullur, CEO, Pramati, Sanjay Swamy, CEO, MChek, Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, Directi, Sujai Karampuri, CEO, Sloka Telecom, K Srinivasan, CEO, Amagi
Jan 9th – Innovation in action : Interactions with the Demo pit [3.15 pm - 4.30 pm] Interactions on products in mobile, online, entertainment, telecom and healthcare segments and products, includes speakers such as Navin Kulkarni, Business Development Director, Philips, Vishy Poosala, Head of Bell Labs India, Alcatel Lucent, Alok Mittal, Partner, Canaan Partners and more
Jan 9th – Investor networking and Press meet [5.00 pm - 6.00 pm] In the Demo pit and Lounge area
Jan 10th – Enterprise Product demos on Stage [9.50 am - 11 am ] : Companies selected from nominations received to HeadStart 2009
Jan 10th – Software-as-a-Service delivered from Clouds [11.15 am - 12.15 noon] Changing service delivery models with SaaS and Clouds, includes speakers such as Ramesh Loganathan, Managing Director, Progress Software India, Kiran Datar, Managing Director, Cisco-Webex, Arvin Babu, Partner, Greylock Ventures and more
Jan 10th – The Big Opportunities [12.15 pm - 1.15 pm] Talks on innovations and opportunities in Social enterprise, Clean tech and Social media, with speakers such as K Ramakrishna, Founder of Rangde.org and Vice President, Technology, IFMR Trust, an affiliate of ICICI Foundation (talking on social enterprises) and more
Jan 10th – Innovation in action : Interactions with the Demo pit [3.15 pm - 4.30 pm] Innovations in consumer products, industrial automation, retail and supply chain, includes speakers such as Karthee Madaswamy, Qualcomm Ventures, Harsha Angeri, Head Strategy & New Initiatives, Honeywell and more
Jan 10th – Investor panel : Investment trends, opportunities and challenges for 2009 [5.00 pm - 6.00 pm] includes speakers such as RJ Sridhar, Partner, Jafco Asia, Rajesh Srivatsa, Partner, Ojas Ventures, IDG Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Varsha Tagare, Intel Capital and Aravind M, Artiman Ventures
Jan 9th, 10th : Technology tutorials [ 10 am – 5 pm ] – Cloud computing delivered by Google, Infosys, IBM, SAP Labs, Rediff, Microsoft; Virtualization delivered by HP Labs; Mobility delivered by Infosys; Search and Social platforms delivered by Yahoo, Google and Infosys.
After its resounding successes in its past four editions, Proto.in is back on 23 & 24 january at bangalore to further strengthen its position as India’s premier start-up event. Proto.in has built a reputation of being the one event the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem looks forward to, across the length and breadth of India. Having witnessed successful past editions in Delhi and Chennai and gearing up for the next one in Bangalore, Ravi Narayan, Managing Director of Mentor Partners, and an advisor to proto.in, believes “proto.in is poised to become a nationwide phenomenon.”
Proto.in – A Binding force within the Start-up Community
Over the last four editions, proto.in has showcased over 75 startups of whom many have leveraged the platform to close funding, develop new business opportunities, create media traction and even connect with potential hires.And as Alok Mittal, one of most successful internet entrepreneurs and a leading venture capitalist in india, says “Proto.in has emerged as an integral part of the Indian startup ecosystem.”
The last edition of Proto.in at India’s capital city played host to the 15 most exciting startups in the country amidst an audience that included the most prominent venture capital firms and angel investors to the who’s who in the technology and media circles. Amit Somani, Head of Mobile Products for Google APAC and a distinguished delegate at the last edition, believes that proto.in will be known as one of the pioneers for helping technology entrepreneurs get started in India in years to come.
The last event also saw a slew of new activities that churned out the most innovative ideas amidst a bunch of hyper enthusiastic entrepreneurs. Guess what, its only going to get better (and wackier) this edition.
What’s Special this proto.in?
Apart from the most anticipated Proto.in showcase of india’s top 15 product startups, the fifth edition of proto.in is breaking new ground by letting the audience experiment with entrepreneurship, through a set of globally unique activities for a technology conference under our exciting new initiative – Proto.in Labs.
Proto.in Labs will play host to a set of activities that will engage the crowd like no other indian conference has attempted before. Here’s a sneak peak into the exciting set of activities you’ll experience as an audience in this edition of proto.in:
Shotgun Startups – Teams of technologists, programmers, designers, and product architects compete with each other to build a product in 24 hours, and get them voted by the audience at Proto.in, with one emerging as the winner.
Pitchcamp! – The first pitch that you make, be it an investor, partner, employee or client about what you do, makes all the difference to that first impression. Pitchcamp will be a workshop for startups to help them sculpt their pitch that will sell every time.
Innovation Jam – Ideation is a simpler process. With the success of the process that started last time, at this proto.in, here’s a chance for the entire audience to participate, in chipping and brewing fresh ideas off of their head. If you have a creative block, this will ensure that its flushed out.
Proto.in Conversations – we are not alone. We are a community of entrepreneurs and some of us have tread this path before us, and have valuable experience to share. Listen from fellow entrepreneurs and get that dose of reality driven into yourself on everything from funding to hiring.
Startup Job board – Sometimes, old school works. If you are a startup and looking for people, put up a post. If you are a professional and looking for a job in an exciting startup, take a card and give them a call. Make it happen, when the entrepreneurial energy is flowing all around you.
Be There!
Add to that, an invite only dinner and a startup mixer on both nights to network and meet others in the space.Make no mistake, Proto.in 5th edition is ‘THE’ place to be, if you want to spruce up your entrepreneurship journey.
Startup nominations are closing on December 16. Hurry up!
Event registration opens on December 15.
Date: 11/19/2008 – 11/19/2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: IBM Bangalore – India
Description:
6:00pm – 6:15pm Networking/Introductions
6:15pm – 6:30pm Welcome address by Host: David H. Tai, Director, IBM
6:30pm – 7:45pm Talk: “Social Software based Knowledge Management” by Ashok Krish,
Head, TCS Innovation Lab – Web 2.0
7:45pm – 8:00pm Wrapup & conclusion
Talk Description
Conventional Knowledge Management systems in enterprises have very poor adoption rates. In a lot of cases, they have, more often that not, devolved into large, hard-to-manage repositories of documents with little or no abilities to filter good from bad content. We will explore the reasons for the failure of traditional Enterprise KM and suggest an alternative model based on the adoption of KM patterns from consumer Web 2.0 trends, specifically the use of Social software as a KM catalyst. A case study based on the adoption and success of social platforms in the authors’ own organization is presented to justify the suggested KM model.
Speaker Background
Ashok Krish is the head of the TCS Web 2.0 Innovation labs and has over 9 years of experience in TCS. Prior to heading the lab, he was a J2EE Solution Architect for several large TCS customers in the financial services space and comes with a background in SOA and Enterprise architecture. His passion for social computing eventually drove him towards the TCS R&D space where he now focusses on building TCS capabilities in the Web 2.0 space. His current area of R&D is in Enterprise Web 2.0, specifically in the area of KM 2.0 and enterprise collaboration platforms using Web 2.0 tools inside the enterprise.
He is a classically trained violinist and self-taught rock guitarist apart from being a science-fiction and fantasy buff. He also blogs incessantly at krishashok.wordpress.com
David H. Tai is Director of IBM Asia Pacific Learning, Diversity, and Workforce Programs. He is responsible for an integrated talent management strategy for over 115,000 employees in Asia Pacific. He is an expert in learning design and development with a specialization in leadership development. In the past 20 years of his journey in the learning industry, he has had the opportunity to create IBM’s first Web based learning systems, IBM’s first e-learning solution: e-business Primer, IBM’s first Web based authoring tool, IBM’s first On Demand Learning solution in leadership development, IBM’s first 3D virtual learning game: SalesQuest, and IBM’s 1st e-mail based learning solution: Mailcast. With 2 patents and 2 copyrights under his belt, he is in the process of leading the IBM Asia Pacific team to create talent management models that will transform IBM as well as the industry.
Address for venue:
IBM India Pvt Ltd.,
Manyata Tech Park,
D- 3 Block, 3rd floor, room number: 308,
Nagawara Outer Ring Road,
Bangalore – 560 045
Directions to Meeting Venue:
Directions to get to Block D3 post entering the Manayata Tech Park gate:
(Route map is attached along)
1) Enter the main gate of Manyata Technology Park
2) Come down straight till the dead end and take left near Food Court
3) Once again take left turn @ dead end
4) Have to enter 2nd Gate for IBM D3 Block
5) You can park the vehicle immediate right to D3 Block Gate..
6) Please come to D3 Reception from there we will take you the conference
Hall
Security & Access inside the building:
1. Please enter the building and you will find a counter in the reception
area for registration
2. You can collect your visitor pass at this counter
3. There will be people waiting at the counter to escort you to the
conference hall
RSVP & Contact Person:
In order to streamline security clearance at the venue, please inform one of the contact persons below that you will be attending and give your name, title, and company name by Monday, November 17th.
1 )Name: Muthu Kumar Alagappan
Phone number: 9448944996
Email: muthukumar@in.ibm.com
If Muthu is not reachable, then:
2)Name: Sowmya Karnad
Number: 9845595777
email: sokarnad@in.ibm.com
SRC: Foss.In/2008 blog
Harald Welte, noted Linux kernel hacker (netfilter/iptables), GPL enforcer (gpl-violations.org), embedded Linux wizard (Openmoko) and techno-blogger, will be this year’s opening keynote speaker.
This may come as a surprise to some people – because FOSS.IN has the tradition of “a well known contributor, and must be Indian”. When we discussed possible names during a Team FOSS.IN meeting, Harald’s name came up unanimously!
Harald has been a fixture at every one of our annual events since 2003, and has been in India several times a year since then, sees more Bollywood movies than the average Indian each month, is a fan of Sharukh Khan, thrives on Indian food, and when asked by a passport officer why he comes to India so often, famously answered “Mera Dil Hai Hindustani!” (”My Heart is Indian”) – reflecting his close familiarity with Indian movies. 
Known for his awesome reverse-engineering skills, he likes to curl up with a good book – in his case more likely a heavy GSM protocol reference manual than a novel. His irc nick, “laforge”, betrays his Star Trek fan roots, but his server hostnames, such as ganesha, varuna, etc., give away where his heart really lies.
He will set the tone of our über-technical conference with his keynote: “How to do embedded Linux right”.
The November 2008 edition of Startup Saturday will take place as per the following schedule. Register
Schedule
* Date: November 18, 2008, Saturday
* Time: 10:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m
* Venue: North Pergola, NSRCEL, IIMB, Bannergatta Road, Bangalore.
It is very heartwarming to us that the concept of Startup Saturday has been appreciated by various stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We now have the event in four cities in India. Based on the various feed back we have had, we would like to take this concept to the next level by offering a central theme every month. This can enable all of us to focus our attention and provide a greater match between the entrepreneurs, experts and and the audience.
Agenda
Theme: Legal issues and Demo
1) Legal issues in a startup – Sharda Balaji, Novojuris
Sharda Balaji is the founder and director at NovoJuris. Novojuris provides legal services to
startups and entrepreneurs in the technology domain. She has been working with various corporate
houses in India in different spectrum of activities with rich and varied experience in different
facets of corporate affairs and legal functions.
2) Demo/Talk by Meera K, CitizenMatters.in – CitizenMatters
Citizen Matters is a Bangalore focused and citizen-oriented news publication. They publish in-depth
news, analysis, features, opinions, and information/event listings, covering city public affairs,
community and culture in Bangalore city. Citizen Matters is published by Oorvani Media, an
independent local media firm founded by Bangaloreans Subramaniam Vincent and Meera K.