Editing BCB6 Sessions Categorized

== Sessions at Barcamp Bangalore 6 ==

'''Please add your sessions to the orginal '''[[BCB6_Sessions | sessions page ]]'''.'''

This categorized list is not a reinvention of the collectives idea. Its simply there to make it easier to find sessions/people you are likely to find interesting.

== BUSINESS ==
* '''Show me the Money(Mobile Advertising)''', Lalit Bhise [http://www.mobisy.com mobisy.com]
** Current state of Mobile Advertising(SMS, Bluetooth, Wap pages)
** How much is user context really worth and how to address it (Will user allow advertising apps to access her private data?)
** What works best on Mobile
** Anything else that comes to your mind.
** email me : lalit AT mobisy.com

* '''Building the Product right? Or Building the right product?''', Ashish Sinha [http://www.pluggd.in pluGGd.in]
** Lets talk about Product strategy and Go-To-Market strategy. Anything specific you want me to talk about, email me : ashish AT pluGGd.in

* '''Building a product vs. building a company''' ''Jyotsna Pattabiraman'' ''(jpattabi AT gmail dot com)''
** If you build it will they come ? 9 out of 10 startups fail, maybe because they believe that building an innovative product is synonymous with building a great business. Let's discuss case studies and talk about how *you* can avoid this pitfall.

* '''I'll Kill the next guy who says we need marketing on a shoestring budget"''', by Altius Consulting  [http://www.altiusconsults.com]Session leader - Rashmi V.  
** Marketing 101 for startups.

* '''Hamburgers, Donuts and Social Media Marketing''',   Ashwin Ramesh [http://www.organicapex.com OrganicApex]

* '''SEO isn't just about meta tags''',   Mani Karthik [http://www.organicapex.com OrganicApex]

*'''Social Media Marketing''' Aditi Gupta [aditigupta AT iimahd DOT ernet DOT in]
** Lets do a collaborative session on SMM. Its a big thing now. I am sure lot of SMM gang will be present at BCB 6. Am really enthu about this and @nishu from twitter has agreed to collaborate. I hope more people come in. Confirm Participation / interest on twitter.com/aDeSe

* '''SEO, Universal Search Optimization,How Search Engines Work, How small Businesses can Make use of these Free Services''',   Suresh Babu [http://searchenginedetails.com site]
**If there are enough audience, I will be happy to discuss all about SEO, Podcasting, Optimizing for Universal Search, Hot to Optimize your Blog, Audio, Video, Shopping Cart, Local etc. Feel free to email if you have questions to suresh941 at g mail dot com.

* '''Designing your Logo in 20 mins''', Aashish Solanki [http://www.netbramha.com Blog]
** There quite a few people wanting to design a logo for their startups or blogs. This will be a quick session on how to quickly design a great logo in flat 20 mins with due importance on colours, shapes and brand of the logo. Hope to have fun! And yeah, it's free! ;)
*** Will join you in this, if you dont mind, Abhishek Thakkar
*** You are most welcome abhishek. Do mail me soon so that we can get started.

* '''Incubate at the IIMA''' Aditi Gupta [aditigupta AT iimahd DOT ernet DOT in]
A little session introducing the incubation centre at the premier institute of India and the CIIE's initiatives.

* '''Startup Weekend''', Uma Shankar Ladha, umeshladha [at] gmail [dot] com
** [http://startupweekend.com] 
** Can we try something similar to this on BCB6?

*'''Using Project Management Body of Knowledge(PMBOK(R)) of Project Management Institute, USA to build Ecosystem Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaboratively''', Balarama K. Varanasi, PMP balaramakv@yahoo.com
**This session explains how Virtual Technology Incubator can be built collaboratively as Experiential Learning Projects of Volunteers receiving training based on PMBOK(R) of PMI, USA offered by PSPI. 
**This innovation empowers about 1600 engineering colleges and about 400 management colleges in India, which don't provide any support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 
**It also explains how the throughput and quality of Services offered by the Incubators of Premiere Institutions of India can be improved significantly through effective usage of global standards in Project/Program Management.
**It also explains how the collaborative spirit of Wiki and BarCamp can be taken to next levels where Entrepreneurship Enthusiasts collaborate to build the Ecosystem and compete in its effective usage.
**This model also supports Innovation and Leadership within organizations
**This theme won awards twice in events of PMI Chapters in India. 
**PSPI offers free promotional (2-3 hour) seminar on Concurrent Program Management to colleges and corporates.

* '''The Death of Public Relations, [http://www.jonathandmello.com Jonathan D'mello],[http://www.pinstorm.com Naman Chakraborty] [http://www.pinstorm.com Pinstorm]'''
** A session on how traditional Public Relations(PR) is dying a slow, painless death.

* '''Effective Resource Utilization - First step to Innovation, Prakasan K [http://trizit.blogspot.com]

* ''' Corporate Unconference/Barcamps ''', Shahnawaz Khan
** Sharing my experiences of making the concepts of barcamps/unconferences work within the corporate environment.

* '''Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital Funding: What's best for your startup?''', [http://www.chillibreeze.com Vilasini Kumar and Dr. Nishi Viswanathan] [http://www.elinanetworks.com Prasanna K]
** We have launched this new website for writers (a bootstrapping venture) but would like a discussion on whether VC funding is for everyone. What are the pros and cons of Bootstrapping and VC funds? What about Angel investors? Which one to aim for and why?

*'''The Three Touchstones of Technology Products''' [http://www.onebigweb.com Harish] - Discussion (this could connect with Ashish's session on product mngt)
** The touchstones - Design, Engineering, Marketing
** Striking the right balance
** Influence on the personality of the company (Apple, Google, Microsoft)

* '''Selling to Enterprises and SMEs in India''' - [http://www.elinanetworks.com Prasanna K]
** Discuss the challenges of selling technology products to SMEs and Enterprises in India.
** Hope it doesn't turn into a bitching session :-)

* '''when is SaaS a bad idea?''', Aditya Mishra
** Picked up this after looking at talk ideas where SaaS is mentioned. Clearly its not one size fits all. I have some ideas where it doesn't and hope to discover a few more or be proven wrong.
** Interesting topic. Have a perspective on where it works bang on. Would like to see if i could improvise it. Sridhar Pabbisetty (psridharp AT gmail PUNKT com)

* '''Open discussion on Adsense - Prashanth HN. prashanth AT techbangalore.com [http://www.techbangalore.com Tech Bangalore]'''
**Implementing adsense without distracting the user, blending techniques.
**How to find best performing ads for your site
**Popular ad formats & placements
**Any Adsense alternatives for Indians? It will be great if any web startup using Adsense as revenue model joins the discussion.

* ''' Mobile Applications for India Market- Open discussion ''', Sunil Maheshwari (www.mangotechno.com)
** Open discussion on the actual requirement for usable applications for India/emerging market. Do we really need 100s of apps on our  tiny phone?


*''''''[http://www.kwippy.com kwippy]'''''', [http://kicksandkisses.com K.A.Anand], [http://mayank.name Mayank Dhingra], [http://dipankar.name Dipankar Sarkar]
** '''kwippy''' , WTF is it ?
** twitter is not Micro-blogging ....
** Run me cheap ... (we don't use petrol ;) )
** Usability is for old ppl ... or is it 
** This n much more, at ze kwippy presentation ... be there

* '''Social Networking + Commerce Do the Two Mix?''', Chandan Maruthi [http://freevideolectures.com site]
** A brainstorming session on SocioCommerce, how it can work and why it would be important.

*'''[http://www.lifeblob.com LifeBlob]''', Rakesh Rajan, Pranav Bhasin, Vishnu Sunderam [http://blog.lifeblob.com site]
** Introduction to '''LifeBlob''' with demo.

* '''Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu Gusty/Hardy''', Jayanth [http://amonks.in Blog]
** A simple guide to enhance your Ubuntu experience with Compiz(Beryl)

* '''How Social News Sites will Change the Way News is Distributed''', Azharuddin,Pavan Kumar, azharcs1.6[at]gmail[dot]com
** A discussion on how the Media is becoming more open with Users controlling the content rather than Corporations.

* '''Social networking. Is it really on?''', Sumit [http://www.commonfloor.com CommonFloor]
** Will talk about the future face of social networking sites in asian communities.

* '''One Life, A Million LiL Moments''', Arpit and Supriy, Friends of [http://www.lifeinlines.com LifeInLines]
** Record you life,one moment at a time anytime anywhere any media
** Stay connected with the LiL moments of your life and those of the ones near to you.

* '''Future of Professional Social Networking''', Vishwas Mudagal, Sandeep G of [http://www.jobeehive.com JobeeHive]
** Discussion on professional networking, its importance, needs and how is it evolving.
** What is JobeeHive's take on professional networking? 
** Recruitment 2.0 - hiring on web 2.0 sites. (Request all HR folks to participate)
** User generated information on employers on JobeeHive.com and discussion about its importance. 
** Sneak peek into [http://www.jobeehive.com JobeeHive].
** For more information, mail vishwas[at]jobeehive[dot]com

*''' Mobile Social Networking , Mobile Learning and Assessments and Location Based Services [http://www.mediasoftglobal.com]''' , Ratan, Murugavel, Naveen, Muthu - Mediasoft 
** Learn about: 
** Mobile Social Networking
** Mobile Learning and Assessments
** Location Based Services
** See demos of each and feel free to discuss mobile application related stuff

*'''Social engine vs Search engine''' [15-20 minutes]
** How to use the human intelligence in discovering the quality resources of the web. Rama Vadakattu [http://www.httpfuse.com   httpfuse.com]

*'''Open Social: Baby steps''': Shreyas Srinivasan and Shilpa Sequeira 
** Our experiences with building a basic open social app for RadioVeRVe (http://radioverve.com)
** Our session will be short after that we would like to discuss what other people have done with these apis.

* '''[http://www.ReviewGist.in ReviewGist.in]''', Nishant Soni
** Introduction and Demo

* '''TED Video: Kesava Reddy.M
** Let us discuss about the TED Videos
** Can you be precise about what exactly you want to discuss about TED videos....I started watching these recently and liked them a lot...[http://www.rrkandula.com Rakesh Reddy Kandula].

== TECHNOLOGY ==
* '''MySpace Developer Platform Architecture''', Chak Nanga [http://www.linkedin.com/in/chaknanga] of [http://www.myspace.com MySpace]
** High level overview of the MySpace Developer Platform
** How to build applications for MySpace and other OpenSocial containers
** In-depth look at OpenSocial implementation on the MySpace Developer Platform
** Security considerations and OAuth implementation

* '''Building High Performance and Scalable Websites''', Vinayak H [http://www.linkedin.com/in/VinayakH], Kapil Chhabra [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kapilchhabra] of [http://www.akamai.com Akamai]
** Discussion on FrontEnd and backend Engineering for building scalable websites.
** How to scale from 10 users to 10 million users ? 
** How to speed up content serving ? How to profile your webapp frontend for performance issues.
** How to scale the backend while keeping good availability and performance.

* '''PIG''', Shubham, Shravan, Abhishek
** PIG is the easiest way to use Hadoop[http://hadoop.apache.org/core/] (The open-source software platform that lets you process vast amounts of data in a distributed way.)
** Get to know more about PIG[http://incubator.apache.org/pig/] (open-source project in apache incubator)
** For more information or questions contact me at shubham[dot]chopra[at]yahoo[dawt]co.in

*'''Virtualization & Server Consolidation''', Mohammed Khan, Ali Asghar
**All you need to know about virtualization

* '''Asynchronous IO, Non blocking IO (NIO) and Multithreading Explained, [http://bhavin.directi.com Bhavin Turakhia], [http://www.directi.com Directi]'''
** A presentation that explains, in laymans terms, when should you use multi-threading, and how async and non-blocking IO can eliminate the need for multi-threading and provide greater performance

* '''Intenationalization (i18n) - Anand Chitipothu anandology [AT] gmail [DOT] com'''
** Challenges in building multi-lingual websites
** i18n in the indian context
** My Experience in building [http://demo.openlibrary.org/i18n Open Library i18n interface]

* '''Open VoIP Discussion''', Rajiv Poddar, [http://callgraph.in Call Graph] ,
** IANAL. Lots of confusion about VoIP in India. Lets try and clear up a few things.


* '''OO Design Fest, [http://agilefaqs.com/nareshjain.html Naresh Jain], [http://www.directi.com Directi]'''
** After a big success with the design fest last BarCamp, I would like to host another OO Design Fest with a different problem. This workshop will take 2-3 hours to flush out a design of a system from a problem description. We'll explore different approaches to designing a solution for a given problem statement. Like Test Driven Design, UML based design, Domain Driven Design, Data Modeling and so forth.

* '''The Next Big Thing,''' Lakshman Prasad [http://twitter.com/scorpion032]
** Discussion on emerging areas of technology and Web: Android, RIA, Django, Knol, ASUS EEE, et all.
** My perspective. Shallow coverage of each topic.

*'''Margo([[margoneem@gmail.com]])'''.
**I require a complete track on php and mysql from beginner to advance level. I donot who is going to speak and what topic but I am really interested in it to participate. If any folk is interested in either participate or as speaker, Add yourself here.
- Margo (I myself), margoneem@gmail.com, Bangalore, India

* '''Securing Windows XP in 15 minutes for FREE''', Akash Mahajan
**I will use freely available software to make your Windows XP safe. You will need a laptop running Windows XP for this session.
 
* '''Designing an Open source Blogging Application with plugin support''', 100rabh Minni, [http://the100rabh.blogspot.com Blog] 
**I want to create a blogging application which is cool enough to provide features to compete with Windows Live Writer and is available for all platforms. This will be a brainstorming session of sorts on how to do it.


* '''The RIA Story: Introduction to Rich Internet Applications''' [http://weblog.mrinalwadhwa.com Mrinal Wadhwa]

* '''The RIA Story: Building RIAs with Adobe Flex and Flash''' [http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/ Raghunath Rao], [http://flexgeek.wordpress.com/ Harish] 

* '''The RIA Story: Building RIAs with Microsoft Silverlight''' [http://www.thinkingms.com/pandurang/ Pandurang Nayak] 

* '''The RIA Story: Taking RIAs to the desktop with Adobe AIR''' [http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/ Raghunath Rao], [http://flexgeek.wordpress.com/ Harish] 

* '''The RIA Story: Taking RIAs to the desktop with Microsoft WPF''' [http://www.thinkingms.com/pandurang/ Pandurang Nayak] 

* '''The RIA Story: Technology agnostic principles of RIA Development (Discussion)''' [http://weblog.mrinalwadhwa.com Mrinal Wadhwa], 

[http://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/ Raghunath Rao], [http://flexgeek.wordpress.com/ Harish] , [http://www.thinkingms.com/pandurang/ Pandurang Nayak]

*'''RIA solution to Dynamic Querying and Report generation''' Rajeev Goel,Sirshendu Bhattacharya
** The session describes the architecture and approach for building a Flex – Java application that will support - Entity  modeling,Dynamic querying,Paged results view with download options, Widget creation, Report templating , Population definition and Report generation.
** This session is in response to a request for '''RIA and Business intelligence''' session. The session will focus on how RIA can be leveraged to empower the business user. It is intended to give useful insight to architects and designers on how to leverage the flexibility of RIA technologies and also some of the pitfalls.

* '''Maturity of RIA Technologies for building commercially deployable products : A Case Study''' - [http://bhas4.blogspot.com/ Bhaskara Kempaiah] & Rajesh Sheshadri
** Demo of a RIA product we have built
** Review of the available RIA technology options
** Learnings from our experience and Do's & Dont's.
** '''Take aways from the session''' - Good insights into leveraging RIA technologies based on our experience building Web 2.0 products.

* ''''''RIA designing and prototyping using Adobe Fireworks '''''' ,Sarthak, Arun, Eugene & Vishakha
**This demo will showcase the ease with which you can create a RIA or an AIR application. The design aspect will also be covered and a working prototype will also be demoed. See you all in the session !

* '''Developing with GWT''', [http://www.thejeshgn.com Thejesh GN]
** Developing web apps with Google Web toolkit.

* '''Introduction to Symfony php framework''', Abdul Munim Kazia and Jagtesh Chadha
**We will give a short talk about quickly developing php applications using the Symfony framework. Email me at munim2020@gmail.com

* '''Still thinking ... ''', Navjot Pawera
** Something related to web-standards or discreet criticism ... (suggestions welcome)



* ''''''Extending Adobe Fireworks using javascript'''''' ,Sarthak, Arun, Eugene & Vishakha
**This demo will showcase the ease with which you can extend the functionality of fireworks for specific needs, using a javascript scripting environment. This demo will walk you through the DOM(document object model) and demonstrate some useful extensions created by the fireworks developer community

* '''Automated Testing vs Manual Testing, [http://bhavin.directi.com Bhavin Turakhia], [http://www.directi.com Directi]'''
** A short presentation that explains how Automated Testing is less expensive, more useful, reusable, requires lesser effort, results in lower risks and provides significantly more benefits than manual testing

* '''Using jQuery for effectively developing Web 2.0 applications''', Mohiyudeen Bajal, Atreya Srivathsan
** Using the widely popular [http://jquery.com/ Jquery] library to make effective web applications, without cross-browser issues. Faster debugging, write less-do more.

* '''What you need to bring revolution with SMS?''', Abhishek Parolkar, [http://abhishek.parolkar.com Blog] , MyDuniya Networks
** This talk focuses on technologies , methodologies and strategies for building SMS based applications and scaling them with open source technologies.  

* ''' Digital Signal Processing over a blog ''', Krishna Pillai, [http://www.dsplog.com Blog]
** Sharing my experience in running a blog which deals with digital signal processing.

* ''' Seaside : A framework to build dynamic web apps ''', Rajeev Lochan, [http://www.caartz.com Caartz]
** Brief introduction to Seaside, which is built on top of Smalltalk (one of the first OOP).

* ''' Domain Specific Languages - Fowler's perspectives ''', Premkumar Anand [http://premkumaranand.blogspot.com Blog]
** Sharing my knowledge about Domain Specific Languages, its birth and evolution. Also, will have a brief discussion about Martin Fowler's publication "Language Workbenches." Lemme know if you have any interesting inputs to be added [aa(dot)premkumar(at)gmail(dot)com]!! 
**will share my perspective from embedded applications point of view [arjunaraoc(at)googlemail(dot)com]

* '''SoftWare Configuration Mangement''', Biswajit Dash [http://biswajitind.pbwiki.com site]
** The purpose of this discussion is to bring All SCM folks under one Socio-commercial group.
** Knowledge sharing on, various SCM tools, Their usage trend in s/w industry, even opportunities that exists in industry.
** Note: To join this session send an Email to biswajitind@yahoo.com

* '''Technopolitrics:The ooxml way ,  An Observation on ISO's banana standard''' [http://anivar.movingrepublic.org Anivar Aravind]
** A short history of the community campaign for document freedom. It clearly shows how political plays used for a buggy standard to get iso approval

* '''Cross-scripting automation to save time and effort - [http://jerrymannel.com Jerry M] jerry[AT]jerrymannel[DOT]com'''
** Calling all scripting GODs to share their coolest scripts that eased out jobs for them
** Sharing some of my own experiences in cross-scripting with Shell and Perl

* '''[http://spicebird.org Spicebird], Open source collaboration client''' - Sivakrishna E, Prasad S of [http://www.synovel.com Synovel]
** Why do you need multiple applications for e-mail, chatting, appointments, blogging, documents management?

*'''Building the web of data''' [http://www.onebigweb.com Harish] - Discussion
** aka semantic web, linkeddata, web x.0
** What's all the hoopla about
** What are the challenges
** Who are the trendsetters

* '''Resource-Oriented Programming (ROP) with [http://sourceforge.net/projects/inertia Inertia], [http://sandeep.shetty.in Sandeep Shetty], [http://www.directi.com Directi]'''

== DESIGN ==
*'''Akash Srivastava, User Experience Consultant ([[aks@akashsrivastava.com]])'''.
**USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN - In the era where technologies are seeking new comforts for users, is it worthwhile to design a product without keeping in mind user's acceptance? Is the poorly designed interfaces are the reason why so many products are never used? Will the poorly designed products have any future?
**User Experience design is all about enhancing the way people work and communicate. Designing interactive product requires considering who is going to use it and how. Think for a moment….how many interactive products do we use in a day? Mobile Phone, Microwave, Car, ATM, Television etc. How many products do you like to use which are hard to understand? Now this is where an Interaction Designer’s role starts. 
***My Profile - [www.akashsrivastava.com]
***My Email - aks@akashsrivastava.com
***My Contact - +91.80.9980555514

== LIFESTYLE ==
* '''credit card call mania and identity theft''', shashi 
** Sorry for the last minute addition. Today I discovered in office that credit card calls are rampant and the associated potentials for identity theft is high. Would like to discuss about this, and how prevalent it has become in US and it is just a matter of time before it infects India.

* '''poetry session - discussions about poetry, sharing original work or works of great poets''', shashi 
** hi, i am proposing a session where we talk about poetry, and share our own works. we can also have a good time with works of great poets. i would prefer poetry originally written in indian languages (with approximate english translations if need be)
** please no "SMS poem of the day" kind of content :) the idea is to elevate ourselves with good poetry, and not to reduce it to a joke :)

* '''Influence Techniques''', [http://sumit.pixyblog.com Sumit Dhar]
** Discussion on various easy-to-use and scientifically proven powerful tools of persuasion that can help you influence others. In case of queries, feel free to email me at sumit dot dhar at gmail.

* '''Dating - what to do da?''', Dinesh, Zainab, Neetu, Akash, Jayanth
** ''' We want to bring people together to a blind date/dating session and share with each other what to and WHAT NOT TO say and/or do on a date. Interested kya? ''' 

*'''Photography''' Vinayak Das[vinayakdas AT gmail DOT com]
** Lets do a collaborative session on photography and have a lively discussion about photography techniques, photo journalism , street photography and trends in contemporary photography. Confirm Participation / interest on twitter.com/lighttripper

* '''The lesser known aspects of kAmasutra and panchatantra''', shashi 
** what you don't read in the glossy collectible editions of the KS or the comic-book versions of amar chitra katha of panchtantra, is where the crux of these books lies. this talk will cover some of the amazing aspects of these two well-heard, lesser-known books and how so much of our practical lives, even today, trace wonderfully to traditions and wisdom as old as these books.
** even techies (should) have a real life, and i haven't seen many titles with 'real life' discussions.
** please email me for any questions or if you are interested in the topic at shashikgp -a-t- gmail -com-

* '''Work-Life Balance and Technology''', Payal & Diarmaid
** Social issue, Technological solution. We are psychologists who understand how work-life balance works, you understand how technology works, lets try and find a solution together!

* '''Why You Should Run''', [http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/category/physical/running/ Swaroop] Prasanna K
** About running, how it can make a difference to you (fitness is only one side of it, there's a lot more), and how to get started.

* '''10 Indian Indie Songs you haven't heard yet''' Shreyas Srinivasan and Gaurav Vaz
Just a 10 song playlist, no talk just music!

== SOCIETY ==
* ''' Carbon Neutral - what is ''', Kunal Kant Sen
**Brief introduction of carbon neutral, why go for, what is carbon offset. Open discussion on Carbon neutral and IT.

*'''Community Media: Reclaiming media-scape through Community Radio''', Seema Nair, Maraa, media collective based in Bangalore, info at maraa dot in
** Talks and discussions on:
** What's all the fuss about?
** What's happening with CR in India today?
** Dial up radio
** CR in Bangalore- a dream

*Radhika Tandon (radhika@naandi.org).
** '''Education for the girl child''' - in rural & tribal India - '''Myth? Dream? Reality?''' Will education mean empowerment? Possibility of value education in villages.....do enough people know about the non-existant education..all those who want to make a difference to the future of India and consider education as a pre-requisite to this are welcome for the open discussion..

*Sukhdeep (s4sukhdeep@gmail.com) 
I recently did little study on henious crime of Female Foeticide, So i can share my thoughts about this problem and From Education for the Girl Child , we can move at little broad vision and consider discussing about ''''Existance of Girl Child''''

* '''Providing free video education to all''', AnkammaRao [http://freevideolectures.com site]
** I will give an idea how to bring free education to every body. Education only can change the way people think and so is country's growth. 

* '''Web2 for Education''', Natarajan KS [http://www.krida.org site]
** How can Web2 optimize Educational Methodologies for children and young adults? How can it encourage expression and creativity? As above, a brainstorming session, so that I can learn as well.

* '''Free To Dream''', Dr. Musa R Kaiser [http://www.bangaloreinvestorsclub.com site]
** A very interactive session Financial Planning & Markets with an emphasis on what it costs to live a "Indian Middle Class Life". Far too many of us are living in fantasy land when it comes finances :-(( We were at BCB4 and had a great time !!! Curious? Visit: http://www.bangaloreinvestorsclub.com/freetodream

* '''Knowing how to vote and what not''', Subbu Vincent, Zainab Bawa, Meera [http://www.citizenmatters.in CitizenMatters]
** ''' This session will bring together people from some civil society organizations and from the Election Commission to discuss not only how to register on the voter rolls, but also to examine the challenges confronting the electoral system in terms of drawing delimitation maps, verifying the voter list and online registrations. Participants will also be informed of the procedure of filling up form 6 and registering on the voter rolls.''' 

* '''[[OPENGURU]]''', [http://vinu.wordpress.com Vinu]
**  Collaborative OPEN Learning - Discussion tools and Content

*'''Education in Digital Media''',Netra Parikh, DMI/Pinstorm [netra AT digitalmarketing DOT in] 
** Share & Learn whats the idea behind education in digital media is all About !

* Discussion on how technology can aid development and a  demo of [http://ngopost.org NGO Post]

* '''Ecological Imbalance vs Good Public Transport''', Jayanth S, Zainab
** This is an open discussion on whether the Bangalore Metro's initiative is worth appreciating at the cost of  precious existing trees and creating an ecological imbalance.. For some information on this and to support it you can go through [http://www.savenandaroad.com Save Nanda Road] an initiative started by Amogh, Me , Anush, and others to save this beautiful landmark in Bangalore.. Its worth mentioning that we've lost the beauty of MG Road and CMH Road already.. This one is not worth losing..

* '''Too much of good is bad - Second life and facebook''', Aditya Mishra
** Picked up this after looking at talk ideas where secondlife is mentioned. I hope to argue with others that models like secondlife and facebook fail for the same reasons as they succeed. Hopefully, I'll be convinced otherwise at the end of the session 

* '''New Media in conventional journalism - Mohan K.  coolmohan[AT]gmail[DOT]com (http://www.bloggingindia.net)'''
** A small journalists' get together - journalism students, and journalists in the field - to discuss how the new media can influence, is influences, and help to mediate convetional journalism.


*'''Bring Your Own Art, [http://www.BringYourOwnArt.com www.BringYourOwnArt.com], [PL Jose]'''**BringYourOwnArt (BYOA)* potentially, an annual/bi-annual event, is aimed at providing a venue/platform for the so-called “Unknown Artist”. The event is aimed at providing these lesser-known upcoming artists with a platform to display their pieces of art, for wider exposure and recognition. This may in turn be an opportunity for them to network with other such artists/artisans. They may consist of people from all walks of life, all age groups, ranging from students to housewives to small time professionals.


* '''Blogathon India''', and the usual Blogging Collective by Blogaloreans (http://www.blogathon.in) - Mohan 
** 1 hour session on the 19th(probably mid morning, or afternoon), introducing the Blogathon India concept, inviting queries and suggestions.
** The session will also include a short intro to blogging for new comers, and various other useful blogging tidbits.
** Continous blogging sessions throughout the two days - please feel free to join, and leave, at any time - discussing various random issues which pop up then - which may range from Wordpress 2.5 to Obama's campaign.
** The sessions during Day 2 (20th) will be highly Blogathon related. On the topics, or on the event itself. Expect live participation in the Blogathon India during the day.
** The 1 hour session will be in a room, while the rest of the sessions will be on the Mats, or in corridors, or any other place that we can grab :) Will keep you updated via the BCB mailing list, the "bullhorn" (usually used at the venue - dunno if it'll be there this time), the BCB Notice Board (at the event venue) and SMS alerts (if possible).
***My Contact- +91-9986272108

* '''Bangalore Twitter meetup''' Proposed by Sanjukta [samyukta.basu@gmail.com]
Delhi had it, Mumbai had it now time for us, and what better place than one of the green lawns in IIMB. Please confirm your participation in the BCB mailing list or DM Sanjukta at http://twitter.com/sanjukta


'''Urban Planning And City Heritage''' [http://eye5.blogspot.com Nikhil]

Are we losing the heritage of our cities to keep up the pace of infrastructure with the ever-growing influx of people? Is anyone thinking about public spaces? What are the challenges facing our urban planners? Would like to hear what people think of these.  



* '''What can be done with the previous Barcamp T-Shirts?!! I have loads of them...''' Srinivas Yelandur