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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><b>2<sup>nd</sup> Call for Participation</b></font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><b>NCOSS-09: National Conference on Open Source Software </b></font></font> </p> <p style="margin: 0.07in 0.17in 0.04in 0.2in;" align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><b>May 25 - 26, 2009, Navi Mumbai, India.</b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Organized by</b></font></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0.18in; margin-top: 0.07in; margin-bottom: 0.04in;" align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mumbai</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0.18in; margin-top: 0.07in; margin-bottom: 0.04in;" align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Supported by </b></font></font> </p> <p style="margin-right: 0.18in; margin-top: 0.07in; margin-bottom: 0.04in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">IEEE Computer Society, Mumbai and Chennai chapters & </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-right: 0.18in; margin-top: 0.07in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">CSI, Div II on Software & SIG-OSS</font></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0.18in; margin-bottom: 0.2in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Media Partner</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0.18in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Linux For You</font></font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The
National Conference on Open Source Software is intended to act as a
forum for promoting adoption of open source softwares and solutions in
different areas, by sharing experiences in solution selection,
customization/adaptation, etc. Over 110 papers were submitted to the
conference from all over India. After a rigorous international
refereeing process, 25 papers have been selected, which will be
presented during the conference. </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><u>Conference Programme</u> :</b></font></font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Pre-Conference Tutorials </b></i>(on May 24, 2009) which include</font></font></p>
<ul><ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Adopting Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using Open Source Software</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">How to build your extensions for Open Office</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">MySQL cluster & high availability</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Customize your Moodle [Learning Management System]</font></font></p>
</li></ul></ul> </li></ul> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><a name="1213a28735e193ef_121391a5c63d4b7e_:26h"></a> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">More information on these tutorials can be found at <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/Tutorials" target="_blank">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/Tutorials</a></font></font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Paper Presentation</b></i> in areas including</font></font></p> <ul><ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e-Learning</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Collaboration Technology</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">e-Commerce</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Enterprise Applications</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Indian Language Computing and Localization</font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Knowledge Management</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Other domains</font></font></p> </li></ul></ul> </li></ul> <p style="margin-left: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Visit this link for more information on selected papers of the conference <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/SelectedPapers" target="_blank">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/SelectedPapers</a></font></font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Invited Talks</b></i></font></font></p> <ul><ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Keynote address by Prof. C. R. Muthukrishnan, Advisor TCS and Ex-Director IIT Madras</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Invited talk by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran (Developer of Mayavi), IIT Bombay</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Invited talk by Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, NIC <i>(to be confirmed)</i></font></font></p> </li></ul></ul> </li></ul> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Panel Discussion</b></i></font></font></p> <ul><ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="justify"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">A panel discussion on - <b>'</b><i><b>Circumventing barriers to FOSS adoption'</b></i></font></font></p>
</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">More information on invited talks and panel discussion will be updated at <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/TalksDiscussion" target="_blank">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/TalksDiscussion</a></font></font></p>
</ul> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Some <i><b>live demos of FOSS applications</b></i> like </font></font> </p> <ul>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Vanilla - Open Source Business Intelligence software</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Indic script rendering in PDF using jasper reports</font></font></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Self Help MIS for SHGs/NGOs </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and more . . .</font></font></p> </li></ul></ul> </li></ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>Programme Committee</b></u> <b>:</b></font></font></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Ramakrishnan S., C-DAC, Pune (Chair) </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Chakravarti A. K, DIT, Delhi </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Zia Saquib, C-DAC, Mumbai </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Sasikumar M, C-DAC, Mumbai </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Sivakumar G, IIT, Mumbai </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Venkatesh Hariharan, RedHat, Mumbai </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Mohan H R, The Hindu, Chennai </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rishab Aiyer Gosh,UNU-MERIT, Netherlands </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Krishnan C N, AU-KBC, Chennai </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Gora Mohanty, Sarai, Delhi </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rajagopal M R, C-DAC, Chennai</font></font></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Dravida Seetharam, IBM, Bangalore </font></font> </p> <p style="margin-left: 0.31in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Nagarjuna G, HBCSE, Mumbai </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>Demo Hall</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:</b></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NCOSS-09,
announces DEMO HALL for show-casing open source applications. The aim
is to provide a platform for people to demonstrate their open source
works/tools. Irrespective of whether you have a paper at the
conference, you can use this opportunity to showcase your work.</font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">All those participating in the demo hall must register for the conference. You would just have to fillup the following <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/files/conferences/2/ApplicationforDemoSession.rtf" target="_blank">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/files/conferences/2/ApplicationforDemoSession.rtf</a> and mail it to <a href="mailto:ncoss@cdacmumbai.in" target="_blank">ncoss@cdacmumbai.in</a> asap. </font></font><strong><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Now limited slots are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. So apply early...</b></i></font></font></span></font></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">For more details visit <a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/DemoHall/" target="_blank">http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/oss/OSS09/pages/view/DemoHall</a></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><u>Registration Fees</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">:</span></b></font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br> </p> <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> <col width="85"> <col width="85"> <col width="85"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><br> </p> </td> <td width="33%">
<p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Conference</b></font></font></p> </td> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Tutorial</b></font></font></p>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Not-for-profit/ educational institutions</b></font></font></p> </td>
<td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rs. 2200/-</font></font></p> </td> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rs. 700/-</font></font></p>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Industry</b></font></font></p> </td> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rs. 3500/-</font></font></p> </td> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rs. 1000/-</font></font></p>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Student</b></font></font></p> </td> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rs. 1100/-</font></font></p> </td> <td width="33%"> <p align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Rs. 500/-</font></font></p>
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">( Registration form and more details on website )</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Limited seats available, register early !</b></i></font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>Contact</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:</b></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>(For more details and registration)</i> <br>NCOSS-09 Secretariat,</font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">C-DAC Mumbai, Raintree Marg, Near Bharati Vidyapeeth,</font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Opp. Kharghar Railway Station, Sector 7, CBD Belapur, </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Navi Mumbai - 400 614, INDIA.</font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><br>
E-mail : </font></font></font><a href="mailto:ncoss@cdacmumbai.in?subject=Participation%20details%20and/or%20Registration%20for%20NCOSS%202009" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">ncoss@cdacmumbai.in</font></font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><br>
Phone : +91-22-27565303<br>Fax : +91-22-27560004<br>Website : </font></font></font><a href="http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in/" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>http://ncoss.cdacmumbai.in</u></font></font></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><br> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Warm regards,</font></font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left">
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">NCOSS Team.</font></font></p> </div>
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