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BarCampMumbai - 2006

BarCampMumbai is in the series of Barcamps being organized around the world. BarCampDelhi on 4th March was the first Barcamp in Asia and was a thumping success. BarCamp wave is sweeping entire India and providing geeks and like-minded folks a unique platform to interact, share thoughts and enrich each other.

BarCampChennai on 8th and 9th April, BarCampHyderabad on 8th April witnessed some cool discussion happening on technologies that make web 2.0 and next generation internet. They have proved to be the potential launch pad for some exciting products and services coming out of Indian brains.

BarCampBangalore on 22nd April rocked.

Action continues at BarCampMumbai on 13th May, followed by BarCampPune scheduled for last week of May.

To be a part of BarCampMumbai

• Join the mailing list! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barcampmumbai/ and add your name to the list of participants.
• BarCampMumbai-IdeaPage
• How to add Your Name to the Wiki
• BarCampMumbai Sponsors

Latest Development

30-Apr-2006 BarCampMumbai gets its second sponsor - Geodesic Information Systems

26-Apr-2006 BarCampMumbai gets its first sponsor - PerSquareYard.com

BarCampMumbai Sponsors

This wiki is a living document. Feel free to edit it!

From barcamp.org:

BarCamp is an ad hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

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It is an interactive platform where all participants present, share, speak-up or at least be active listeners.

When

13th May 2006 (Saturday)- tentatively

Where

We are looking for a venue; please help us find one. The only criteria is ability to host 100-150 campers, easy accessability. Good if it is already wifi-enabled, else we will wifi it outselves, provided internet connectivity is available.

Why?

An opportunity to share and learn about interesting ideas, opportunity to meet and share your ideas, services or products with like-minded individuals.

Proposed Sessions

• "The Web 2.0 Paradigm: Design Principles for Smart Companies" - Rahul Gaitonde
• Mobile Applications: A FOSS Model - Shantanu Oak
• Mobile Computing: Thinking beyond the PC - Atul Chitnis
• How Bloggers Make Money -  Amit Agarwal
• Web 2.0 Valuations -  Ajay Sanghani, ITVidya.com : IT Knowledge, Networking and Opportunities 
• Creating Wealth on Blogging+Business Networks -  Ajay Sanghani, ITVidya.com : IT Knowledge, Networking and Opportunities 
• Building RIAs with Flex and OpenLaszlo: my experiences - Nirav Mehta (Magnet)
• The Common-ground Between Art and Technology: an artist's perspective -  Prayas Abhinav
• ASP.NET seems to cripple traditional web programmers II - Vikas Yadav
• TracBac - Design Collaboration Demo - Narain, 360 Degrees

Evening Entertainment

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