This year, Open Source Ascol Circle(OSAC) and Department of CSIT(Computer Science and Information Technology) Amrit Campus, affiliated to Tribhuvan University, are celebrating SFD 2018 Kathmandu collaboratively with the slogan “Open Source for multi-disciplinary integration”. The main event will occur on 15th September 2018 at Theatre Hall, Amrit Campus, Lainchaur, KTM. We have planned this event to be beneficial for people from different sectors closely related to Information Technology. The goal is to encourage its integration in different sectors. This event will have an exhibition, stalls, interactive games, speeches from renowned figures on open source and panel discussion on “The Business Framework on Free and Open Source Software(FOSS): its morality and Practicality”.

Program Summary

* '''Date''': 15th September 2018

* '''Time''': 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

* '''Venue''': Amrit Science Campus, Lainchaur, Kathmandu

* '''Theme''': Open Source for multi-disciplinary integration


== Sponsors ==

1. [[http://makuracreations.com|Makura Creations]]

2. NIIT Computer Learning Center

3. [[http://newsummit.edu.np| New Summit College]]

4.[[https://swastikcollege.edu.np| Swastik College]]


== Celebrating Partners ==

1. [[http://wiki.fossnepal.org|FOSS Nepal]]

2. [[http://wiki.mozilla-nepal.org|Mozilla Nepal]]

3. [[http://www.kathmandulivinglabs.org/|Kathmandu Living Labs]]

4. [[http://ytsnepal.org|Youth Thinkers' Society]]

5. [[http://oknp.org/|Open Knowledge Nepal]]

6. [[http://www.gbgktm.org|Google Business Group (GBG) Kathmandu]]

7. [[http://csitentrance.com| CSIT Entrance]]

8. [[https://www.rubynepal.org/| Ruby Nepal]]

9. [[http://csitan.org.np| CSIT Association of Nepal]]

10. [[https://www.r-nepal.org| R User Group Nepal]]


== Speakers ==

1. '''Rob Savoye'''

2. Suvash Khadka

3. Subham Ghimire

4. Saurav Bhattarai

5. Ravi Bhattarai

== Event HashTags ==

1. #SFD2018

2. #SFD2018NP

3. #SFD2018KTM

4. #SFD2018ASCOL

5. #SFD2018OSAC 

== Schedule ==

'''10:00 AM''' - Registration | Swag Distribution | Project Stall Visit | Gaming

'''11:00 AM''' - Opening Ceremony | Speaker Sessions

'''12:30 PM''' - Community Gathering and Networking

'''12:30 PM''' - Open Street Map Workshop '''(On different Hall)'''

'''01:30 PM''' - Lunch and Refreshments

'''01:30 PM''' - Data Analysis Workshop '''(On different Hall)'''

'''02:00 PM''' - Panel Discussion ("The business framework of Open Source: it's Morality and Practicality")

'''03:00 PM''' - Closing Ceremony


== Working Teams ==

* '''SFD Finance Team''' | Lead by Shishir Ghimire / Sandip Basnet

* '''SFD Artworks Team''' | Lead by Nirmal Rijal / Rupesh Sunwar / Bishal Chapagain/ Shishir Ghimire

* '''SFD College Co-ordination''' | Lead by Shishir Ghimire / Bikram Karki / Nirmal Rijal

* '''SFD Administration and Communication Team''' | Lead by Rameshwor Dhakal / Sandip Basnet  

* '''SFD Logistics/Resources Team''' | Lead by Kreetika Paudel / Aayush Poudel / Pramila Chapagain

* '''SFD Media Team''' | Lead by All

* '''SFD Social Media Team''' | Lead by Chiranjibi Shrestha / Pramila Chapagain / Kreetika Paudel

* '''SFD Technical Session/Panel Team''' | Lead by Nirmal Rijal  / Sandip Basnet /  

* '''SFD Event Co-ordination Team''' | Lead by All

* '''SFD Volunteer Co-ordination Team''' 


== Organizers and Volunteers ==
Asmita Paudel

Kreetika Paudel

Pramila Chapagain

Nirmal Rijal

Shisir Ghimire

Chiranjibi Shrestha

Sambhav Bhurtel

Niraj Maharjan

Chiranjibi Pandey

Roshan Gautam

Rameshwor Dhakal

Bishal Chapagain

Bikram Karki

Aayush Poudel

Dikpal Khatri Chhetry

Satish Kandel

Sujan Shrestha

Sailen Maharjan

Suman Shrestha

Sandip Basnet



== College Representatives ==

''' Pralhad Rijal''' - Asian School of Management and Technology

''' Surya Raj Bista ''' - Texas Int'l College

''' Gaurav Adhikari ''' - Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus

''' Om Prakash Thakur ''' - Swastik College

''' Rajeev Kumar Yadav ''' - St.Lawrence College

''' Susmasagar Bhattarai ''' - Sagarmatha College of Science and Technology

''' Pheku Raut Kurmi ''' - Sunway Int'l Business School

''' Anish Khanal ''' - Himalaya College of Engineering

''' Diwash Subedi ''' - Nagarjuna College of IT

''' Rachana Basnet''' - Kathford Int'l College

''' Bikash Aryal ''' - New Summit College

''' Aleezaa Dhakal ''' - Madan Bhandari College


== Blogs Coverage ==

1. https://techlekh.com/software-freedom-day-2018/

==SFD 2018 Kathmandu Nepal==

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