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|| Hotel Abad Plaza||VANTAGE POINT|| 150||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||INNER CIRCLE|| 50||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||IMPERIAL ROOM|| 40||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||GARDEN COURT 1|| 20||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||GARDEN COURT 2|| 20||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||RENDEZVOUS|| 20||
|| Hotel Abad Atrium||THE EVENT|| 35||
|| Hotel Abad Atrium||FORUM|| 15||
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|| Hotel Abad Plaza||GRAND BALL ROOM || 350|| Talk room 1 ||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||VANTAGE POINT|| 150|| Talk room 2 ||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||INNER CIRCLE|| 50|| Talk room 3 ||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||IMPERIAL ROOM|| 40|| BoF room 1 ||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||GARDEN COURT 1|| 20|| BoF room 2 ||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||GARDEN COURT 2|| 20|| BoF room 3 ||
|| Hotel Abad Plaza||RENDEZVOUS|| 20|| Video team room ||
|| Hotel Abad Atrium||THE EVENT|| 35|| Venue hack lab ||
|| Hotel Abad Atrium||FORUM|| 15|| Front desk ||
|| Hotel Imperial Regency||Vantage Point|| 500|| Noisy hack lab ||
|| Hotel Imperial Regency||Regal Hall || 200|| Silent hacklab ||
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DebConf 2021 bid for India

DebConf 2021 bid for India

This page contains the bid information for ?DebConf 2021 in India. See CheckList.

Motivation Behind the bid

India has a diverse community of Debian users and developers distributed all over the country. The Indian Debian community has been looking forward to hosting a DebConf in India for a while now. We placed our first informal bid for a DebConf in India at DebConf Taiwan in 2018. Coming forward, we are bidding for DebConf 2021.

Why India ?

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India is the country with the second largest population in the world. It is geographically, linguistically and culturally a very diverse country. We have always played various important roles in world history, being the birthplace of zero the number, yoga, chess and more. In India we believe in the philosophy of "Unity in diversity", we're a country that believes in understanding and accepting each other's differences and working together for a better future. 'Atithi Devo Bhava' is a common household Sanskrit mantra that translates to "be one for whom the guest is God", which says a lot about the hospitality of the Indian People. Although it has some of the biggest cities in the world, much of it is in Rural and there are some incredible sites to be discovered all the time. The geographical diversity of India is world-famous. In the North, we have the Himalayas and many mountainous regions and to the South, we have many beaches, there are deserts in the west and a lot of tribal cultures thrive in the east.

Among the various travel-oriented reasons for India, we want to bring to your attention the various Free and Open Source Software Communities which are present in various parts of India and are diverse in terms of Technology. There are many Libre Software User groups [LUGs] all over India.

Diverse Open Source Communities

There are many free and open source communities in India. This is a good chance to introduce them to the global community of Debian.

Some of the free and open source communities in India are listed below:

  • Free Software Community of India (FSCI)
  • Indian Linux Users Group-Delhi (ILUG-D)
  • Swathanthra Malayalam Computing (SMC)
  • Free Software Movement Karnataka (FSMK)
  • Swecha
  • ?PyDelhi

  • Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG)
  • Durgapur Linux Users Group (dgplug)
  • Villupuram GLUG
  • ?LinuxChix India

  • Mozilla India
  • ?PyLadies

  • Women Who Go
  • Rails Girls
  • ILUG Goa
  • ILUG Bombay
  • ILUG Chennai
  • FSUG Thrissur
  • FSUG Thiruvananthapuram
  • ILUG Cochin

and the list is too big to be included here. Various other open source communities are also present and can be found on fsug.in

Debian Events

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We have an active Debian community here organizing big and small events throughout the year, from Mini-?DebConfs, ?DebUtsavs, Debian Release Parties to Packaging Workshops we have all types of events.

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https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBuster https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyStretch https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyWheezy

Regular, Local, and Large Open Source Conference Experience

We have hosted many other conferences in Different regions around India. Some of the most prominent one's being.

  • Fedora Users and Developers Conference 2015 and 2011 in Pune
  • Gnome Asia Conference in 2016 Delhi.
  • ?PyCon India hosted each year in different cities having a large footfall.

  • And various other conferences keep happening

Local Team

Name/nick

Debian/Free Software experience

DebConf experience

Event Organizing Experience

Sruthi Chandran

Debian Developer

Attended DebConf19. Involved in DebConf activities as part of Front Desk team.

Involved in organizing big and small Free Software and Debian events through out India. ?DebUtsav Kochi, ?DebUtsav Goa were two recent events.

Pirate Praveen

Debian Developer

Involved in organizing big and small Free Software and Debian events through out India since 2005. Part of organizing teams for almost all Mini-?DebConfs and ?DebUtsavs in India.

Balasankar "Balu" C

Debian Developer

Experience in organizing a number of Free Software and Debian events in Kerala. Was one of the main people behind ?DebUtsav Kochi

Abhijith PA

Debian Developer

Part of organizing team of ?DebUtsav Kochi and ?DebUtsav Goa

Utkarsh Gupta

Debian Developer

Attended DebConf19. Was part of Content Team and Bursary Team

Organizing team of ?DebUtsav Delhi

Raju Devidas

Active Debian contributor for many years

Attended DebConf18 and DebConf19

Organizing team of Mini-DebConf Pune and ?DebUtsav Delhi

Andrew Lee

Debian Developer

Attended multiple ?DebConfs.

DebConf18 local organizer

Kannan VM

Free Software enthusiast and Debian contributor

Involved in organizing multiple Free Software, Wikipedia and Debian events in Kerala

Kiran S Kunjumon

Free Software enthusiast and Debian contributor

Part of organizing team of ?DebUtsav Kochi

Ambady

Free Software enthusiast and Debian contributor

Involved in organizing multiple Free Software, Wikipedia and Debian events in Kerala

Suman

Free Software enthusiast and Debian contributor

Anupa Ann Joseph

Free Software enthusiast

Was involved in organizing women hackathons through out colleges in Kerala

Akhil Varkey

Admin of fasttrack.debian.net

Involved in organizing multiple Free Software and Debian events in Kerala

Ranjith Siji

Free Software enthusiast

Involved in organizing multiple Free Software, Wikipedia and Debian events in Kerala

Tanmay, Manas, Samyak, Sakshi, Minto, Rakesh, Mangesh, Pranav, Kartik, Tarun, Siji, Balram, Syam, Joice ….. the list long.

Where in India

How to reach ?

  • Geographically, India is centrally located between East Asia, West Asia and Europe. This allows India to be easily accessible for a lot of people. India could be easily reached by air transport. Although International airports are present in many cities across India. The four major airports are Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi and the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airports are some of the best airports in the world.

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Cochin International Airport, Cochin (IATA: COK, ICAO: VOCI) is an international airport serving the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Located at Nedumbassery, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the city, Cochin International Airport is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala. It is also the fourth busiest airport in India in terms of international traffic and eighth busiest overall.

Visas, Customs and Entering the Country

Conference visa is generally issued to attend conferences/ seminars/ workshops. Duration of visa sought may allow for tourism/ sightseeing in India in addition to attending the conference, etc.

Please note the validity of the visa is effective from the date of issue.

  • e-Visa. Citizens of most of the countries will be able to apply the e-Visa. Please view the FAQ of the e-Visa page.

Food

Kerala is famous for a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items. Kerala has food options for all kind of food preferences - vegan, vegetarian, non-vegetarian, gluten-free, lactose-free etc.

Kerala Fish Fry Quail Egg Roast Fish Molee

Chicken Biriyani Prawns Curry Porotta Beef

Kerala Sadya - Veg&Glutenfree Idli - Vegan&Glutenfree Dosa - Veg&Glutenfree

Venue

Hotel Abad Plaza & Nearby Hotels

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  • Website (main venue) - https://www.abadhotels.com/

  • Location - MG Road, Kochi
  • Transport - Airport to venue is around 22 kms. Well connected with metro/bus.

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Hotel

Hall name

Capacity (PAX)

Purpose

Hotel Abad Plaza

GRAND BALL ROOM

350

Talk room 1

Hotel Abad Plaza

VANTAGE POINT

150

Talk room 2

Hotel Abad Plaza

INNER CIRCLE

50

Talk room 3

Hotel Abad Plaza

IMPERIAL ROOM

40

BoF room 1

Hotel Abad Plaza

GARDEN COURT 1

20

BoF room 2

Hotel Abad Plaza

GARDEN COURT 2

20

BoF room 3

Hotel Abad Plaza

RENDEZVOUS

20

Video team room

Hotel Abad Atrium

THE EVENT

35

Venue hack lab

Hotel Abad Atrium

FORUM

15

Front desk

Hotel Imperial Regency

Vantage Point

500

Noisy hack lab

Hotel Imperial Regency

Regal Hall

200

Silent hacklab

Hotel Imperial Regency

OVAL DESK

30

Hotel Imperial Regency

The Imperial Insignia

1000

Hotel Abad Metro

SUMMIT

60

ibis Kochi City Centre Hotel

Meeting Room 1

30

ibis Kochi City Centre Hotel

Meeting Room 2

50

Hotel Span International

Hall

70

ibis Kochi City Centre Hotel

Meeting Room 2

50

Hotel Span International

Board Room

15

Hotel Pearl Palace

Hall

200

Venues

An interactive map can be found at http://debconf.fosscommunity.in/

  • Advantages - Good location, near city centre, very near metro station, near Centre Square mall.
  • Downsides - Not one campus event as it will be spread across 2 or more hotels.
  • Photos -

Costs

  • Accommodation - 3250 INR (twin sharing)
  • Conference Hall - 600 INR per person including lunch (number of persons or 40% of capacity, whichever is higher, will be considered)
  • Dinner - 500 INR
  • Estimated total cost - approx 51,00,000 INR (71,400 USD)

DebCamp

  • Accommodation cost (assuming 50 sponsored people) - 25 twin sharing rooms x 3250 INR x 7 days = 5,68,750 INR
  • Conference Hall + lunch - 40% of (150 pax hall + 50 pax hall) x 7 = 80 x 600 INR x 7 = 3,36,000 INR
  • Dinner - 50 x 500 x 7 = 1,75,000 INR

DebConf

  • Accommodation cost (assuming 150 sponsored people) - 75 twin sharing rooms x 3250 INR x 7 days = 17,06,250 INR
  • Conference Hall + lunch - approx 14,00,000 INR
  • Dinner - 150 x 500 INR x 7 = 5,25,000 INR
  • Conference Dinner (assuming 300 participants) - 300 x 1500 INR = 4,50,000 INR

Power

  • Most common sockets found in India are Type D. Type C sockets (for low-power utensils) and Type M sockets (for heavy-duty equipments, power plug) are also used. Check link for details.

  • Voltage/Frequency specification is 230V/50Hz.

Contact Details

* IRC Channel: #debian-in on OFTC

* IRC Contact: libregeekingkid on oftc

* Matrix: #debconfindia:poddery.com

See Also

?Category:DebConf20 bids ?Category:DebConf21 bids