So we recently held KDE India Conference 2020 in the college where I’m pursuing my B.Tech (CSE) in New Delhi. The conference was held from 17 January 2020 to 19 January 2020.
Photographs from the conference are available here: https://share.kde.org/s/tt6YWaDp36ni2si
Tweets from the conference used #cki2020 tag and are available conveniently through this link: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23cki2020
Day 1 of the conference talked about Open Source, and some of the cool KDE software that has eased many lives across the globe.
Day 2 of the conference talked about KDE software in general and bits about QML.
Day 3 of the conference talked about how specific KDE software and Qt Framework helps developers achieve amazing results with minimal hard-work and maximum smart-work.
Every day of the conference concluded with dinner at various good places in Delhi. We had Chicken Biryani, Butter Chicken, Indian version of pasta, and a bunch of other savories with our speakers while discussing random topics.
Important Announcement
We have some KDE India hoodies up for sale. If you are interested, feel free to put a comment below and I will get back to you on how we can get the hoodie to you. You might also be able to get one from me at this year’s Akademy if you really want one of these. Hit me up! 🙂
The cost for 1 hoodie is INR 650/-, excluding any shipping costs. The hoodies were sponsored originally by the KDE e.V. (massive shout out to Adriaan de Groot for helping me out there). The money collected through the sales will be sent back to the KDE e.V. (the legal body that represents the KDE Community in all legal and financial matters) in form of a donation.
Conclusion
The conference was able to educate 200+ unique attendees throughout the conference. For a free-entry based conference in Delhi, this was definitely a huge success. I had great fun in organizing the conference, and was really glad to see the huge turnout.
Massive thanks to the volunteers for executing the conference in such a smooth manner. All of the volunteers were really helpful and responsible. I am grateful for having such a dedicated team of volunteers at conf.kde.in 2020.
Future Notes
For any future conf.kde.in iterations, I’d recommend to the organizers to collect a strong promotions and marketing team that can help promote the conference nicely. FB event, remote technical groups on IM platforms, mailing lists of technical communities, posts on social media are just some of the infinite ways that can be used to promote KDE India Conference. The really aware people are well versed with what KDE India Conference is, while those who don’t actually know a lot about Free Software in general are seldom unaware of the KDE India Conference.
The goal of KDE India Conference is not only to unite contributors and enthusiasts of the KDE Community across India, but also to encourage people new to software development that just want to work on real world software and learn valuable lessons about software development.
Thank you
Looking forward to the next iteration of conf.kde.in. Till, then, Happy Trails!
