MEC.conf
Dear Members,
MEC.conf is the developer conference of Model Engineering College, Kochi presented in collaboration between IEEE MEC SB, IETE Students Forum and FOSSMEC. The conference is aimed at bringing together the best of academia and industry - uniting together noteworthy engineers from the tech industry, experienced leaders from open source communities and commendable developers with a diverse experience to share. From July 26th to July 28th, 2019 at Kerala Technology Innovation Zone(KITZ), Kalamassery, Kochi, the conference offers -
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DevSprints and DocSprint - Overnight Hackathon to start Contributing to FOSS
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Workshops - Software and Hardware with certification
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Talk Sessions - Both Hardware and Software tracks
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Networking Sessions - Meet inspiring individuals
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Lightning Talks - Talk about the things you have been working on as a developer
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Project Expo and Fun Activities - As a community, we like to share and understand, come explain your project to us!
A few of the speakers are:
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Satish Babu - Chair of APRALO, ICANN and a Free Software Activist, founder of ICFOSS
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Balasanakar C - Distributions Engineer at GitLab
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Amarjit Singh - FOSS Contributor and Community builder
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Ananthakrishnan - WhatsApp bug finder - recognized in the Facebook Hall of Fame
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Ejaz Mirzan - Engineer at Intel and former MECian
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and many more...
With an audience-centric view, the conference aims to provide a fulfilling and engaging experience for every attendee. To ensure the same, the following efforts are taken:
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Mentors for attendees - to clear doubts and personalised support for beginners.
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Training speakers - to provide guidance on how to effectively engage with the audience during lightning sessions.
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Get to know the speaker - we will publish interviews with speakers for the audience to read and understand as pre-requisites, thus helping them make better use of talk sessions.
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Open Space meetings - attendees from the same community can schedule a get-together during the conference.
MEC.conf 2019 is the first edition, focusing on all technical students/professional. The vision is to bridge the gap between industry and academia by encouraging open discourse on open source communities and the latest technologies that are shaping the future of mankind. Through various programs, the conference helps bring forward the engineer within one to maximise from the learning experience. The format for the conference is entirely revolutionary - with an extensive focus on ensuring capsuled takeaways for students, speakers and attendees alike.
Register now at registration link
For more information
Registration Link: conf.mec.dev
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