FOSS Nepal

FOSS Nepal Community is a team of volunteers who believe in the usage of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). The primary objective of the community is to promote, develop and diversify the usage of Free/Open Source Software in Nepal. To raise awareness among general public, government bodies, private sector, civil society, educational institutions and media for expanding the scope of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) via Free and Open Source Software. Follow the link below for more details.

SFD Celebrations 2015 by FOSS Nepal

Theme

Software Freedom to promote Entrepreneurship

Objective

To explore the possibilities and uses of open source technology in IT industry and to get closer to Open Communities in Nepal.

Venue

Nepal Engineers' Association, Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Start Time: 10:00 End Time: 17:00

Key Activities

• Talk shows of representative from different IT Companies
• Round Table Community Discussion and Future Planning
• Stalls From Various Open Communities
• साटासाट TB (Share Terabytes of data)
• Open Sketch
• Open Ideas

Participants

• Entrepreneurs
• Students
• Hackers
• Developers
• Engineers
• Enthusiasts
• IT Company representatives
• Open Communities

• Speakers from different IT companies

• Linne ha, Katie Sanders, Supheakmungkol Sarin, Saroj Dhakal from Google
• Basanta Shrestha from Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) (www.olenepal.org)
• Nirab Pudasaini from Open Street Map Nepal (OSM Nepal, Kathmandu Living Labs) (kathmandulivinglabs.org)
• Manish Modi, an Entrepreneur from Janaki Technology (janakitech.com)
• Punit Jajodia from ‘Adhuro’, a startup company (www.adhuro.com)

Celebrating Partners

• Open Knowledge Nepal
• Mozilla Nepal
• Wikipedia Nepal
• Open Street Map (OSM) Nepal
• Google Developer Group (GDG) Kathmandu
• Google Business Group (GBG) Kathmandu
• DN-PHP Developer Nepal
• DN-Python Developer Nepal
• DN-KTMJS
• DN-Ruby Developer Nepal
• Chitwanix
• Wordpress Nepal
• KUSOC
• Robotics Association Nepal

Some links regarding SFD2015 Celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SFD15Nepal

https://spandanpradhan.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/software-freedom-day-2015/

http://techlekh.com/2015/09/21/software-freedom-day-2015-media-coverage/

http://blog.sparrowsms.com/2015/09/software-freedom-day-on-september-19.html

https://twitter.com/fossnp

Hash tag: #SFD2015NP #FOSSNepal

For More details: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Software_Freedom_Day_2015

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