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One Week. Multiple Events. Open Source India Week (OSIW) is essentially a collection of FOSS-related events that will be conducted across India within the 3rd week of February 2008. Here’s an outline of various events planned. Some are in still in pipeline. The CTOSummit Inspired by the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) held annually in the US, this one-day summit will attempt to motivate Indian IT firms to take a more serious look at open source tools, technologies, and business models. Being held at India's Sillicon Valley, the CTOSummit will have a dual agenda: Enable IT firms to reduce costs and improve quality by leveraging open source tools and technologies Motivate IT firms (and entrepreneurs) to adopt open source practices and business models   The CXOSummit A summit where top IT decision makers from the government, enterprise, academia and SME sectors gather to share best practices related to Linux and open source. Most of the talking here is done by the customers, thus creating a platform for the yet-to-try open source prospects to get a realistic picture of challenges and opportunities that open source presents. This year, 'Virtualisation' is going to be an important ingredient in CXOSummit talks. To be held at two cities: Mumbai (13th Feb '08) and New Delhi (15th Feb '08) An exclusive 'by-invitation-only' event OSIW Expo A showcase for Linux & Open Source solutions available in India. The Expo will be held at B'lore (11th-12th Feb '08) at the Nehru Science Centre, IISc. The entry to the Expo will be FREE! FOSS India Awards 2008 The first awards instituted to recognise and reward FOSS projects developed by Indians. The registration for the awards has already begun. Twenty winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, most likely to be held on 12th February '08 at IISc Bangalore. The TechZone This is the umbrella event under which all technical talks will be held. This event itself, is, what the entire LinuxAsia used to be about. Highest number of footfalls, maximum number of speakers, the who's who of the FOSS world, the newbies, they all get together here. The TechZones are being held at Bangalore (11th-12th Feb '08) at the IISc, and at New Delhi (14th-15th Feb '08) at the Pragati Maidan There will be multiple tracks in the TechZone, which may vary between the two cities The Keynotes This is where you get to hear international luminaries like Brian Behlendorf, Klaus Knopper speak. They will share international trends, highlight key technologies and excite and motivate you to contribute and innovate. As part of OSIW's commitment to give back to the community, there is no fees for attending the keynote sessions. But registration is done in advance! Since keynotes form the primary ingredient of the TechZones, they will be held at Bangalore and New Delhi. Software Development Talks The goal of this track is: "Update software developers with the latest trends, technologies and best practices in the open source world". Many of our speakers who will deliver keynotes, speak in this track too. Majority of the seats will be released on no cost-basis through a referential email campaign. This track will surely be held at Bangalore. Whether it is to be held at Delhi too, will be confirmed. IT Implementation Talks We are witnessing an acceleration in implementation of open source across India. And thus, the goal of this track, which is, "Equip IT implementers with latest open source solutions and best practices" gains paramount significance. Expect the who's who to talk in this track too. Virtualisation will be a key ingredient in these talks. This track will be held both at Bangalore (11th-12th Feb '08) and New Delhi (14th-15th Feb, '08) Majority of the seats will be released on no cost-basis through a referential email campaign. ‘FOSS-led Technopreneurship’ Talks A first-of-its kind initiative that will aim to educate the FOSS community on how they can become entrepreneurs. Issues related to funding, things VCs look for, etc will be discussed here. ‘FOSS-on-mobiles’ Talks A track targeted primarily at techies who're involved in software development for mobile devices. A first of its kind initiative, and if formalised, will most likely be held at Bangalore.