Propose Birds of a Feather (BoF) session @ IndiaFOSS 2026

Title : United by (Free) F&B - aka Food & Books

Discussion : Anything goes. Free here is free as in “your” food… And feel free to get any books you want to pass onto others.

It’s a potluck lunch, relax. Each attendee (that’s your entry ticket!) needs to get a dish, which will be shared with everyone. Ideally the dish is home cooked, but we understand if that’s not feasible for everyone. We’ll probably make exceptions for store bought sweets and savouries. Let’s unite the diversity of your food and stories onto our combined table!

The menu will be coordinated on the forum, where we’ll keep track of the actual dish attendees are gonna bring. Quantities shall be discussed and communicated (e.g. typically get a dish for no more than 10 people, if sweets maybe 20 pieces etc). We’d have to stop accepting additions to the potluck at some point in time due to the logistics requirements at the conference.

We won’t keep it secret, but we’ll try to keep it safe ! On the table, we’ll probably just separate veg and non-veg, but that’s about as far as we’ll go during the pot-luck. Feel free to drill down with the makers of the dishes about the exact ingredients, the cooking method, recipes etc.

PS: International attendees may be let in without getting a dish. But we’d appreciate prior notice and confirmation. All that shall be coordinated in the forum.

Free software + Free Food + Books = Great conference !

PS: we’re looking to build on last years start with the potluck, adding books this year. We had a good selection of snacks ! Details in last years forum forum thread.

Suggested Scheduling : Day 2 just before lunch. This can be discussed.

Moderate Eaters/Moderators :

  1. Shree Kumar @Shree_Kumar
  2. @perry
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