FSF India, SPACE and the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, is organising a National Conference on Free Software and Education at Kozhikode (formerly Calicut) during September 10-12. Faculty members from some of the eminent institutes in India and abroad will speak on the need for using Free Software in education and demonstrate Free Software useful for science and engineering education. The inaugural session would be on 10th evening at the Tagore Centenary Hall, Kozhikode, and the main conference at the NIT campus. Further details are available at http://c11.space-kerala.org/fsinedu Depending on availability of funds we will try to provide travel support and accommodation to a few participants. Best Sasi -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com