Dear DataMeet Members, Greetings from CivicDatalab! Wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We are very pleased to invite you to the India FOSS week 2021 <https://bit.ly/indiafossweek> organized by CivicDataLab <https://civicdatalab.in/> and supported by Omidyar Network India <https://www.omidyarnetwork.in/>.
The event kicks off with the launch of the report - *"The State of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in India"* *on 12th January 2021*, followed by exciting panel discussions through the week: *FOSS & Governments (12th January 2021; 17:00 -18:30 IST)* *FOSS & Education (13th January 2021; 17:00 -18:00 IST)FOSS & Businesses (14th January 2021; 17:00 - 18:00 IST)FOSS & Communities (15th January 2021; 18:00 - 19:30 IST) * <https://comms.civicdatalab.in/r/d5ce1d52c6c8eee58d2b5e446?ct=YTo1OntzOjY6InNvdXJjZSI7YToyOntpOjA7czo1OiJlbWFpbCI7aToxO2k6Mjt9czo1OiJlbWFpbCI7aToyO3M6NDoic3RhdCI7czoyMjoiNWZmNmM2YTFlNmUxNDg4NjEwMjgzMyI7czo0OiJsZWFkIjtzOjQ6IjQwMjIiO3M6NzoiY2hhbm5lbCI7YToxOntzOjU6ImVtYWlsIjtpOjI7fX0%3D&;> More than 85% of India’s Internet runs on FOSS. We consume it daily to chat with our friends and family, book train tickets, perform bank transactions, or watch shows. However, India still lags behind the global landscape in building sustainable home-grown projects and needs a strategic plan to incubate and proliferate domestic FOSS innovations worldwide. At India FOSS Week, we will explore how FOSS can take India to greater heights of socio-economic development. We will launch our upcoming report on this subject, to help develop a deeper understanding of the history, current stakeholders, and challenges faced by the FOSS movement. Lastly, we will explore ways to support more FOSS adoption in India. Please register here using the link: https://bit.ly/indiafossweek. We eagerly look forward to having you with us. Regards, Gaurav -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/292030d0-3753-4365-85ea-fc3ef4c1f358n%40googlegroups.com.
