Hi all,

The Free Software Cell of FISAT Engineering College (Angamaly,Cochin,Kerala), FFSC is organizing a national level FOSS Conference "ICE-FOSS '10" on April 19th,20th and 21st 2010.

About FISAT

Federal Institute of Science And Technology (FISAT) is a ISO 9001:2000 certified private self financing Engineering College in the city of Cochin, Kerala. The College has always been a centre of excellence and believes in not just producing graduates of technology but in producing valuable professionals who can contribute to the community.Within a short span of 7
years the college has become one of the most sought after engineering colleges.

About FFSC

Fisat Free Software Cell established in 2006 under the Computer science Department of FISAT and is one of the most active Student Cells in the College. It stands for a person's right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. FFSC undertakes various open source related projects and Dakshina - A high performance Cluster Computer was one such
project. We also conduct regular classes on Linux, Web Design and development. FFSC activities also include Conducting linux install fests, seminars and conferences.

Following are the events which we are planning to conduct:

Talks:

•        FOSS,GNU & Ethics
•        FOSS and cyber security
  
•        GIT Version Control Systems
•        Free software in education and Beyond

Workshops

• Kernel Programming  
• Qt Workshop (and Maemo Basics)
• Python and SciPy

Open Discussions

•  Localization and Malayalam Community
• Open Source for the differently-abled (Focusing on Visually Challenged)

Kindly note the change in dates of the event.