Hello all,

The first ever Open Source Camp will be held at SUST, Sylhet on 23-24th March 2007. CSE Soceity and SUST OSN are jointly organizing the event. Ankur and BdOSN will provide the support. Ranks Telecom Limited, one of the private PSTN provider of the country is sponsoring the camp. Mr Jamil Ahmed of Ankur will direct the camp. Students from SUST will be the main participants. However, students from other university like BRAC University will also attend the camp.

The 2 Day long camp will focus the capacity building of the students towards Open Source Software and Open Content Development. The camp will cover the hands on experience with GNU Linux, Open Office, Mozilla, LAMP/WAMP as well as Wikipedia. Prof. Dr M Zafar Iqbal will inaugurate the camp on 23 Morning at the campus of SUST. Tentative schedule is available here.