Conference Program

The following is the conference program for Linux Asia 2004. We hope you are looking forward to the conference as much as we are!

Session Abstracts

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Program Highlights

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11th February, 2004

Keynotes Enterprise Entrepreneurs Social Technology 09:30 to 10:00 INAUGURATION Welcome Address by Mr Ramesh Chopra Managing Director, EFY Group Introduction to special guests and attendees Lamp lighting ceremony by Dr Inder Singh, Brian Behlendorf, Dr M.G.K. Menon, P. Regunathan 10:00 to 11:00 Embedded Linux: Headed for World Domination Linux and the Indian Enterprise Is Open Source ready for primetime Free Software for Government & Education Tech Talk A Free Software Project on the Inside SIRTAJ SINGH KANG Founding Member KDE Dr INDER SINGH CEO, LynuxWorks Chairman, ELC (US) SANDEEP MENON Linux Business Manager, ASEAN/SA, IBM India BRIAN BEHLENDORF Founder, CollabNet & Apache Guru (US) SUSEELA TITUS Head (IT) Keltron Tech Workshops KN01 EN01 ER01 SC01 11:00 to 12:00 Open Source for developing economies Linux Adoption Roadmap Networking with the Gurus "Linux" Dr M.G.K. MENON Chairman & Director Board of IITs MANISH SRIVASTAVA SETLabs, Infosys MARY ANN FISHER Linux Program Executive, IBM (US) KN02 EN02 ER02 SC02 12:00 to 13:00 POWER LUNCH Information Management Challenges and Linux in Storage Startup opportunities in embedded Linux eGovernance Initiatives using Linux P.K. GUPTA Director Strategic Development, Legato Dr INDER SINGH CEO, LynuxWorks Chairman, ELC (US) SATINDER GROVER Senior Director, E-Business Oracle India EN03 ER03 SC03 13:00 to 14:00 The Unseen Linux POWER LUNCH POWER LUNCH POWER LUNCH ANAND RAO LADI Director, Technologies MindTree KN03 14:00 to 15:00 Open Source as a Humanist Endeavor Microsoft Windows and Linux side by side Considerations and Process For Integration Of Linux In An Enterprise Open Source Adoption in eGovernance BRIAN BEHLENDORF Founder, CollabNet & Apache Guru (US) Mr JANAKIRAM Developer Evangelist Microsoft RAJEEV KAMATH Project Executive, Linux Division, IBM (US) SACHIN DABIR Head of Enterprise Sales, Red Hat India KN04 EN04 ER04 SC04 15:00 to 16:00 Linux in e-Governance Mission Critical Computing with Linux Making Money with Open Source Services Critical Factors in driving Open Source Adoption MARY ANN FISHER Linux Program Executive, IBM (US) G.M. SHENOY Senior Vice President, NSE.IT AMIT BABARIA Director of Sales Cignex (US) ASHISH KHUSHU General Manager, Strategic Business Development Sun Microsystems India KN05 EN05 ER05 SC05 16:00 to 17:00 PANEL: Is Linux Ready for the Desktop? Linux and OSS - The Enteprise Impact Entrepreneur Networking Session The Inexpensive PC Moderator: ROBIN MILLER AMIT BHORASKAR Head Alliances, Red Hat India SANJEEV GUPTA eSys (Singapore) KN06 EN06 ER06 SC06

12th February, 2004

Keynotes Enterprise Entrepreneurs Social Technology 10:00 to 11:00 Local Wealth: OpenOffice.org Making Enterprise Linux Ready How to Pick a Winning Open Source Project Beyond Open Source Software Tech Workshops Dr LOUIS SUAREZ-POTTS Community Manager, OpenOffice.org (US) L. GOPALAKRISHNAN CTO, Oracle India DANESE COOPER Chief Open Source Evangelist, Sun Microsystems (US) ROBERT ADKINS President, Technetra (US) KN07 EN07 ER07 SC07 11:00 to 12:00 Defining the Next Wave in Linux/OSS CollabNet, a Case Study in Building a Business with Open Source Successful IT Businesses Based on OSS Why Developing Countries Need OSS HARISH PILLAY Chief Technology Architect, Red Hat Asia BRIAN BEHLENDORF Founder, CollabNet & Apache Guru (US) JAVED TAPIA Director, Red Hat India RISHAB AIYER GHOSH Program Leader, MERIT/Infonomics (Netherlands) KN08 EN08 ER08 SC08 12:00 to 13:00 POWER LUNCH The Java Desktop System Case Study: OpenOffice.org Open Source: A Panacea for e-Governance ANIL VALLURI Director, Systems Engineering Sun Microsystems Dr LOUIS SUAREZ-POTTS Community Manager, OpenOffice.org (US) SIVARAMA KRISHNAN Pricewaterhouse Coopers EN09 ER09 SC09 13:00 to 14:00 Linux Centre of Excellence POWER LUNCH POWER LUNCH POWER LUNCH Dr APPARAO Chief Consultant, R&D, Cognizant KN09 14:00 to 15:00 Oracle on Linux: Foundation for the Enterprise Grid Power of Four Architectures Licensing Made Easy Security in Linux Dr JAMSHED PATEL Sr Director, Linux Program Office, Oracle (US) Dr SUNIL SAXENA Principal Engineer, Intel (US) ROBERT ADKINS President, Technetra (US) Dr SARAT CHANDRA BABU Centre Head CDAC Hyderabad KN10 EN10 ER10 SC10 15:00 to 16:00 What India Needs to Know about Open Source Right Cost Solutions for the Enterprise Successful Open Source Online Businesses Migration to OSS for E-Gov projects DANESE COOPER Chief Open Source Evangelist Sun Microsystems (US) PUNIT JAIN VP, Sales & Mktg, Newgen ROBIN MILLER Chief Editor, OSDN (US) P. REGUNATHAN Principal Secretary IT, Delhi Government KN11 EN11 ER11 SC11 16:00 to 17:00 The South African Open Source Framework How ISPs can save money through OSS Software Utilities & Open Source Business Models What India does wrong with free software Dr MCKAY MOTSHABI GM, R&D, State IT Agency (South Africa) Dr AJAY DATA CEO, Data Infosys Dr GAUTAM SHROFF Head, Enterprise and Architecture, TCS AJAY SHAH Consultant Ministry of Finance KN12 EN12 ER12 SC12 17:00 to 18:00 PANEL: Show me the Money! Use of OSS in building Web Applications Seven Steps to Software Samadhi Implementation of Unicode Porting For Marathi in Maharashtra state government Moderator: ROBERT ADKINS MUNWAR SHARIFF CTO Cignex (US) NIYAM BHUSHAN Technology Columnist JITENDRA SHAH VJTI KN19 EN19 ER19 SC19

13th February, 2004

Keynotes Enterprise Entrepreneurs Social Technology 10:00 to 11:00 Join the Linux Generation Moving into the Mainstream - Open Source and Business Economics of Creating Wealth Using OSS OSS as Platforms for Research Tech Workshops Dr SUNIL SAXENA Principal Engineer, Intel (US) DANESE COOPER Chief Open Source Evangelist Sun Microsystems (US) RISHAB AIYER GHOSH Program Leader, MERIT/Infonomics (Netherlands) Dr P. GOPALAKRISHNAN Director, IBM India Research Lab KN13 EN13 ER13 SC13 11:00 to 12:00 India and Open Source Mono: An Open Source .NET Plaftorm Make Money. Save Money. CDAC's OSS Initiatives Dr RAMAKRISHNAN Executive Director, CDAC S. VASUDEV Director, Software Engineering, Novell ALOLITA SHARMA CEO, Technetra (US) M. SASIKUMAR KBCS & ETU Divisions, CDAC KN14 EN14 ER14 SC14 12:00 to 13:00 PANEL: Is NO Policy a Good Policy? Sharing implementation experiences Technology Business Incubation Open Office – The Perfect Tool (and localisation) Moderator: NIYAM BHUSHAN KAUSHIK CHANDRA CTO, Global Technology Solutions, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Dr A.K. SENGUPTA Managing Director, FITT Dr LOUIS SUAREZ-POTTS Community Manager, OpenOffice.org KN15 EN15 ER15 SC15 13:00 to 14:00   POWER LUNCH POWER LUNCH POWER LUNCH 14:00 to 15:00   Open Source Enterprise Software Architecture Linux and the Desktop World Low Cost Localised Computing PANKAJ BHATT Principal Consultant TCS SANGHYUN PARK Hancom Linux (Korea) SANKARSHAN MUKHOPADHYAY Member, Ankur Bangla Project EN16 ER16 SC16 15:00 to 16:00   Dynamic Content Distribution Legal Issues and OSS Indian Language Desktop RAKESH SINGH & PRAKASH KHEMANI NetScaler, Bangalore PAVAN DUGGAL Advocate, Supreme Court of India SATYAKAM GOSWAMI Technical Lead, Linux Group, Solidcore Systems EN17 ER17 SC17 16:00 to 17:00   OSS Technologies For Enterprise Encore Simputer: An Open Source platform for mobile and embedded applications Guerrilla-Warfare for Gyaan V.R. GOVINDARAJAN, CTO & VAIDHY MAYILRANGAM, Principal Architect, Aztec Software (US) RAVI DESIRAJU CEO Encore Technologies NIYAM BHUSHAN Technology Columnist EN18 ER18 SC18 17:00 to 17:30   Advantages of OSS in Enterprise Linux & Entrepreneurs OSS in promoting PC usage in the middle strata in India M.K. SRIKANT & PANKAJ JAIN Integra Micro Systems SUDHIR GANDOTRA Kalculate O.P. GOEL Technology Director NIC   EN20 ER20 SC20