Dear Member of Linux Community,

IIT Mumbai brings to you leading international Open Source Gurus at the prestigious IIT Mumbai campus on September 12th, 2005. The LINUXAsia team is working with Dr Phatak (Head of Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology) and his team, to put together an evening where you can capture the wisdom and insights of the global technology leaders in a moderated town-hall format.

Listen, Interact and Network with the leading experts of open source. Get invited to this exclusive meeting with Michael Tiemann of Red Hat, Inventor of GNU C++, David Axmark, Co-Founder of MySQL, the world's most popular database, and Danese Cooper, a leading guru of open source licenses and trends in developing nations.

In addition, this evening promises a you an opportunity to interact with other IT project managers, decision makers and software engineers--the cream of the Mumbai-Pune tech community.

The entry is FREE. But, due to limited seats, registrations will be screened. To ensure your entry, you are requested to register yourself immediately at http://www.linuxasia2005.com/evening_with_the_gurus/ Confirmations will be sent to invited attendees only.

Details of the entire programme are listed below. See you in Mumbai on September 12th!

With best wishes,

Atul Goel On behalf of the LinuxAsia Team RSVP: 09899533663

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An Evening With the Gurus of Open Source ---------------------------------------- Venue: Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Date: Monday, September 12, 2005 Time: 5pm to 8pm Host: KReSIT, IIT, Mumbai

Program* ======= Time Details 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration and Networking

6:00 pm - 6:15 pm Welcome Address by Dr. Deepak Phatak Nilekani Chair Professor, Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology IIT Mumbai

6:15 pm - 6:45 pm Keynote Address by Michael Tiemann Vice President, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat, President, Open Source Initiative (OSI)

6:45 pm - 7:45 pm Panel Discussion: The Future of Open Source Panel Participants: Michael Tiemann (President, OSI, VP, Red Hat) David Axmark (Co-Founder, MySQL) Danese Cooper (Open Source Diva, Treasurer, OSI)

7:45 pm - 8:00 pm Open Q&A with the Gurus of Open Source

* Program is subject to change at any time.

Remember attendance to this event is free, but by invitation only. So register early!

Pre-registration is required to be considered for invitation. Seating is limited so please hurry.

Register at http://www.linuxasia2005.com/evening_with_the_gurus/ ============================================================================