More events in Q1-2011

Earlier I have posted about the tech events happening in Jan 2011. There are more interesting events happening in the first quarter of 2011. Listing down some of the events which might excite you. Shall update this post as I get to know about more events.

• International World Wide Web Conference, India. Mar 28-Apr 01. The WWW Conference series aims to provide the world a premier forum for discussion and debate about the evolution of the Web, the standardization of its associated technologies, and the impact of those technologies on society and culture. The conferences bring together researchers, developers, users and commercial ventures – indeed all who are passionate about the Web and what it has to offer. Some of the speakers for the event this year include: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Sir Tim Berners Lee and many more. More info here.
• ACM India Annual Meeting. Jan 28-29. Computer scientists and engineers from the Industry, Government and Academia are expected to attend the event, to discuss the current science and technology trends, celebrate ACM‘s spirit and India’s accomplishment in computing, and meet fellow CS professionals. More info here.
• DocType HTML5. Jan 23 in Hyderabad. Feb 5 in Ahmedabad. An event organized by the volunteers of HTML5 developer community to discuss the features and power of HTML5. Register here.
• New Contest in TunedIT : Music Information Retrieval. Jan 10-Mar 28.  TunedIT, a leading research platform in the area of data mining, encourages participation in the new competition “Music Information Retrieval” launched at TunedIT Challenges platform. The task is to recognize different properties of provided music samples, based on extracted sound features. More info here.
• International programming contest: Challenge 24. Feb 19. An annual 24 hour programming contest organized by The Electrical Engineering Students’ Hungarian Association. Register here.
• Kurukshetra 2011. Feb 2-5. A techo-management fest organized at Anna University, Chennai. One of the events of the fest is Barcamp, where Android discussions are also made. More info here.

-- Varun

Tech Events, Jan 2011

Attending a tech event – If you are a technology enthusiast, there is no better way to kick start a new year. There are lots of exciting events lined up for this month. The first event, which most of you guys are eagerly waiting for, is CES (Consumer Electronics Show). CES is one of the biggest electronics show held each January to show case the new electronic products from different companies. The next biggest event happening this month is Facebook Hacker Cup. There is also a TEDx event organized by VIT University - TEDxVIT.

Events in January 2011

• Consumer Electronics Show 2011. January 6-9, 2011. CES is one of the biggest electronics show held each January to show case the new electronic products from different companies. Many cool products and technologies have been introduced in the CES previous years. Some of the expectations for this year include – 1. Windows 8 from Microsoft 2. Sandy Bridge processors from Intel. Watch the event live here or here or here.
• Facebook Hacker Cup. The Facebook Hacker Cup is an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the title of world champion. The competition commences with a 72-hour Qualification Round on January 7, 2011. Register yourself for the event here.
• TEDxVIT. January 23, 2011. TEDx event organized by VIT University. Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, the project director of Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2 is one of the speakers for the event. More info here.
• Titanium Week Webcasts. January 5-7, 2011. If you are a mobile application developer, this will be an useful one for you. Appcelerator Titanium is a mobile web based application framework solutions allowing web developers to create native applications for iPhone and Android. Appcelerator Inc is organizing a free webcast series to get you started on the Titanium framework. There are three different webcasts planned – Titanium for Web developers, What’s new in Titanium Mobile 1.5, Developing native Android apps with Titanium. Register here.

If you are based in Chennai, you can check out events in Chennai during January 2011.

-- Varun

Happy New Year 2011

Wishing you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year 2011. :)

 

-- Varun