Osmosis is MindTree's way of celebrating technology. We do this by showcasing achievements & innovations, collaboration through discussions, knowledge exchange and contests.
Event details
| Date |
Saturday 13th December 2008 |
| Time |
Registration starts @ 9.00 am onwards. unconference sessions start @ 10.00 am |
| Location & Venue |
MindTree Ltd. Global Village, RVCE Post, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka India. (directions/map below) |
| Phone |
Contact Ujjwal Grover (+91-92410-89130) or Shahnawaz Khan (+91-98801-28701) for assistance in reaching to the venue |
| Landmark |
MindTree’s West Campus is located to the left of Mysore Road just before RVCE Engineering College |
What is Osmosis?
Osmosis, started in 2005, is into it's 4th edition this year and has achieved great success in its first two editions in all aspects - scope, size, content quality, participation and excellence. You can find more details about Osmosis 2007 here. Like Osmosis 2007, this years Osmosis unconference is open to external participants.
Open to external participation
Keeping in line with the inclusive, participative & self organized spirit of Osmosis, MindTree has decided to open up participation in the Osmosis unconference to the vibrant unconference community in India. This will enable sharing, learning & cross pollination of ideas and also spread the culture of 'unconferences', 'barcamps' to mainstream corporate India. This would also enable us to share our experiences with the world on how social & emergent concepts like unconferences can be weaved into the corporate culture and what adaptation, if any, is required in the unconference concept to make it work within an organization.
In the true spirit of an unconference, all campers are welcome to take sessions and speak on topics that they want to, apart from attending whichever sessions you want to. At the Osmosis unconference, there will be NO distinction between external participants & MindTree Minds (MindTree Employees)
If you want to propose a topic, add it in the Proposed Sessions section. If you are planning to present at the Osmosis unconference, also register yourself at the Campers section in addition to entering the relevant details in the Proposed Sessions section.
Map/Directions
Osmosis unconference will be held at MindTree's West Campus in Bangalore, sprawled over a 140-acre lush setting. The address is:
MindTree Ltd. Global Village, RVCE Post, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka India.
You can view the location in the map here
How to register?
This page is a Wiki page, which can be edited by anyone.
So, you can just edit this page and do the following:
* Add your name to the Campers' list ... This is the complete list of attendees
* Add a session to the Proposed Sessions list ... In case you would like to give a session on some topic
* Suggest a topic to the Discussion Topics ...
* Suggest what we can provide you with, apart from what we are already providing
* Add your name to the Bloggers list if you will blog about Osmosis
Instructions to do the above:
At the top of this page you will find a link called "Edit Page", click on it
You can then create an account and log in.
Once logged in, you will be able to edit the text you are reading right now.
Edit the Camper's list or add a topic for discussion
Drop in an email to Ujjwal Grover or Shahnawaz Khan if you are facing issues with editing this wiki (Messages like: Oops! It looks like PBwiki has the hiccups. There was an internal server error .... ) and would like to participate in Osmosis
Participants (aka Campers)
please add your name below if you plan on attending the osmosis unconference. NOTE: Do carry an ID proof to the venue.
This is to ensure that only Campers who register here on this wiki attend the event
Proposed Sessions
In the true spirit of an unconference, all campers are welcome to take sessions and speak on topics that they want to. In keeping with the technology focused nature of Osmosis, it is recommended that the suggested topics for the unconference be technology related (techno-business sessions are fine).
| S.No |
Title |
Speaker |
| 1 |
Web Services: To do or Not To do |
Shashikant Kanji Soni |
| 2 |
Is our current software & frameworks ready for multi-core concurrency ? |
Amit Modak |
| 3 |
Virtualization - Is it real ? |
Amit Modak |
| 4 |
Generational Diversity @ Work Place |
Shahnawaz Khan |
| 5 |
Using Technology to facilitate credit for the poor |
Rajnish Sinha |
To give you an idea of how things were last year, here are just 12 of the 48 sessions that took place in osmosis 2007
| S.No |
Title |
Speaker |
| 1 |
Genetic Programming: Can we use it for developing software like they have done it for circuits in evolvable hardware? |
Manikantan H |
| 2 |
jumpstart Open Social -- use existing networks for your benefit |
Ujjwal Singh Grover |
| 3 |
User Experience Delivery |
Afshan Kirmani |
| 4 |
Innovation -- What's in it for me? |
Prakasan Kappoth |
| 5 |
The secret behind high performance websites |
Shahnawaz Khan |
| 6 |
Google's Android |
Puneet Mehta |
| 7 |
I and my Project Manager |
Prasad G S K |
| 8 |
Are we losing Indian tradition because of globalization? |
Ramadurai R |
| 9 |
Self Deception |
Sajana V |
| 10 |
what are the qualities a person need to have to become a great leader? |
Naveen Garg |
| 11 |
Manufacturing visioning the Factory of the Future – Manless Factory |
Arun Nooli |
| 12 |
Telecommuting - Technologies that can make it work |
Jayesh Kapoor |
and here's the sessions wiki board.
More pictures via flickr.
Are you going to blog Osmosis 2008? Share your links here.
Ujjwal Grover http://ujjwalgrover.blogspot.com
Kenney Jacob http://www.kenneyjacob.com
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag osmosis08, osmosis-blr, osmosis-mindtree for content related to this event
Some blogs on Osmosis 2007
Shahnawaz Khan http://shahnawazkhan.wordpress.com/
Ujjwal Grover http://ujjwalgrover.blogspot.com
Prakasan http://www.trizit.blogspot.com/
An External Participant http://generally.wordpress.com/2007/12/18/mindtree-osmosis-2007-an-external-view/
Suresh http://iduvejeevana.blogspot.com/2007/12/osmosis-celebrating-innovation-mindtree.html
Balaji http://labsji.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/filmcampin-mindtree-osmosis-unconference-adaptations-to-watch/
Kenney Jacob http://www.kenneyjacob.com/2008/11/26/osmosis-unconference-at-mindtree/
There would be music/jamming sessions during lunch & evening. Campers are welcome to join in :)
