<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><br>Hi all,<br><br>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.<b><br><br>About FISAT<br></b><br>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<br>
years the college has become one of the most sought after engineering colleges.<br><b><br>About FFSC<br></b><br>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<br>
project. We also conduct regular classes on Linux, Web Design and
development. FFSC activities also include Conducting linux install
fests, seminars and conferences.<br><br>Following are the events which we are planning to conduct:<br>
<br>Talks:<br><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"> FOSS,GNU & Ethics</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"> FOSS and cyber security<br></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"> GIT Version Control Systems</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"> Free software in education and Beyond</li></ul>Workshops<br><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Kernel Programming </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Qt Workshop (and Maemo Basics)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Python and SciPy</li></ul>Open Discussions<br><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"> Localization and Malayalam Community</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Open Source for the differently-abled (Focusing on Visually Challenged)</li>
</ul>Kindly note the change in dates of the event.<br><br></span>