February 9-11, 2005 : India Habitat Centre : New Delhi, India
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The conference covers Linux and open source trends, vision, technology, solutions, and industry analysis. Talks will be presented by leaders in the open source community from abroad and India.
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Linux Desktops and Distributions
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Inaugural Session
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| 09:45 - 10:15 | Inaugural Address: R. Dhamodaran, Country Executive, Software Group, IBM India |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Conference Keynote by Dr. Deepak Phatak, Chair Professor, School of Engineering, IIT Mumbai - "Open source -- An action agenda for developing economies" |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Tea/Coffee Networking Break |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Conference Keynote by Matthew Szulik, CEO, Red Hat US |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Conference Keynote by Juergen Geck, CTO, Novell SUSE US |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Conference Keynote by Shrikant Patil, Director, Solutions Group, Intel India - "Intel and Linux -- A stable value proposition and the platform of choice" |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | LinuxAsia CEO Lunch (by special invitation only) Lunch and networking with distinguished Industry leaders -- Matthew Szulik, Juergen Geck, Dr. Deepak Phatak and others. |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 - 16:00 | Session: Desktops & Applications |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Panel: Is Linux Ready for the Desktop? Panel Chairperson: John Kunju, Associate Editor, BenefIT Magazine Panelists: * David Axmark, Co-Founder, MySQL * Kate Johnson, VP, Services, Red Hat US * Ashit Panjwani, National Manager Alliances, Onward Novell * Louis Suarez-Potts, Community Manager, OpenOffice.org |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Open Source Community Development, Louis Suarez-Potts, OpenOffice.org |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Tea/Coffee Networking Break |
| 16:15 - 18:15 | Session: Distributions & Operating Systems |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Fedora Core, Satish Mohan, Engineering Head, Red Hat |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | The Future is Open, Danese Cooper, Member, Board of Directors, OSI |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Linux - The Universal OS, Prakash Advani, Linux Practice Head, Onward Novell |
| 18:00 - 18:45 | Panel: Is Linux Support Real? Panel Chairperson: Vibhor Kataria, Assistant Editor, BenefIT Magazine Panelists: * Danese Cooper, Member, Board of Directors, OSI * Barry Duplantis, Director, Global Support Services, Red Hat US * Ashish Gautam, Country Manager Linux, IBM India * Juergen Geck, CTO, Novell SUSE US * Shiva Ramani, CEO, SlashSupport Inc. |
| 19:00 onwards | Evening Networking and Entertainment Program Penguin Party, LFY Industry Awards, Cocktail Dinner |
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Linux in HPC, Grids, Storage and Security
Plus: IBM Power on Linux Day
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Session: High Performance Computing & Grids |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Special Address: Grid Computing, V.G. Sundar Ram, Head, Technology Solutions Group, Oracle India |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Linux in HPC @ C-DAC, Dr. N. Mohan Ram, C-DAC |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Blue Gene, Jyothi Satyanathan, IBM India |
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Tea/Coffee Networking Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Conference Keynote by Alok Ohrie, IBM India |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Conference Keynote by Dr. Sadagopan, Director, IIIT Bangalore |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Private IBM Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Session: Storage |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Chetan Kumar, IBM India |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Meeting the challenges of Data Protection in Linux Environments, Ashish Gupta, Sales Manager (India), BakBone |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Storage Area Networks with Linux, Manmohan Jain, Director, CA |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Panel: Linux in HPC Panel Chairperson: N. Seetharama Krishna, Business Division, C-DAC Pune Panelists: * Deepak Setty, Director, HPC Programs Office, Asia Pacific & Japan Operations, Intel * Jyothi Satyanathan, IBM India * V.G. Sundar Ram, Head, Technology Solutions Group, Oracle India |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee Networking Break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Session: Security |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Satish Mohan, Head Engineering, Red Hat India |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | T.M. Mani, IBM India |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Security Case Study, Vikas Munshi, Principal Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Panel: Storage in Linux -- Reality or Perception? Panel Chairperson: P.K. Gupta, Chairman, SNIA Panelists: * Ashish Gupta, Sales Manager (India), BakBone * Manmohan Jain, Director, CA * Chetan Kumar, IBM India * Satish Mohan, Red Hat India |
Friday, February 11, 2005
Linux on the Server, Data Management and Localisation
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:15 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Session: Server Applications |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Demystifying Linux, Rajeev Kamath, IBM US |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | The Power of Open Source, S. Satyamoorthy, Director, Asia-Pacific Region, JBoss |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Software Development Products for Linux, S. Mrithunjayan, Manager MSSD, Intel India |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Tea/Coffee Networking Break |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Conference Keynote by David Axmark, Co-Founder, MySQL |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Conference Keynote by Brian Behlendorf, Apache Guru |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Panel: The Server Planet Panel Chairperson: Rajeev Kamath, IBM US Panelists: * David Axmark, Co-Founder, MySQL * Brian Behlendorf, Apache, CollabNet * Mukesh Jha, Onward Novell * S. Satyamoorthy, Director, JBoss |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Session: Information Management |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Information Management on Linux -- Trends, Strategies and Case Studies, Rav Ahuja, DB2 Linux Group, IBM US |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Scalable and Rapid Application Development using Integrated Stacks, Mani Anantharaman, Senior Business Analyst, Cognizant |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Barriers to Open Source Adoption in the Enterprise, Sumit Sood, Virtusa |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Information Management Case Study, Gagan Singla, Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Tea/Coffee Networking Break |
| 15:30 - 18:00 | Session: ICT & Localisation |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | A Participatory Model for L10n, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, Red Hat India |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Going Deeper into the Countryside -- A Localisation Blueprint for India, J. Sandha, Jagriti e-Sewa |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Janabhaaraati Live CD, Prof. Jitendra Shah, C-DAC NCST |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Louis Suarez-Potts, Community Manager, OpenOffice.org |
| 16:50 - 18:00 | Panel: Can Localised Linux end the Digital Divide? Panel Chairperson: Abhijit Dutta, IBM India Panelists: * Prakash Advani, Linux Practice Head, Onward Novell * Danese Cooper, Member, Board of Directors, OSI * Louis Suarez-Potts, Community Manager, OpenOffice.org * Venky Hariharan, Head Engineering, Red Hat India * J. Sandha, CEO, Jagriti e-Sewa |
Workshops
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 13:30 - 17:30 | Building a 64-Bit Echo System Wednesday, February 9, 2005 |
| 09:30 - 17:30 | Migrating to Linux Made Easy Thursday, February 10, 2005 |
| 09:30 - 13:30 | Subversion - Software Version Control Done Right Friday, February 11, 2005 |
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