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

Sharing additional BoFs that were submitted through the CFP -

Thanks a lot to the proposers for the enthusiastic response to the BoFs!

We have selected these BoF sessions (listed in almost thread order):

  1. Community-Driven or Community-Branded? Who Gets to Shape Community Events? @Balu_B
  2. Micro-granting in India @Thejesh_GN
  3. FOSS in the Public Consciousness @Badri_Sunderarajan
  4. Can We Build a Copyleft License for Community Data in the Age of AI? @angela
  5. FOSS and Co-operatives @Jafar_Saadique
  6. FOSS for Justice — What can Open Source do for India’s Courts? @shruti_namboodiri
  7. FOSS4Good - Techies in the social sector @ansh
  8. Beyond the ICT Period: Can FOSS Communities Reshape School-Level Tech Education in India? Submitted via CFP
  9. How do we scale and sustain AI adoption without burning the planet? Submitted via CFP
  10. Community-Centred Technology Submitted via CFP
  11. United by (Free) F&B - aka Food & Books @Shree_Kumar @perry

Congratulations to the selected proposal, and we hope for lively discussions and fruitful outcomes!

Apart from that, we have wait-listed a few pending discussions:

  1. Who Governs the Internet? An Open Floor for India’s FOSS Community Submitted via CFP
  2. Building a Multilingual Digital Commons: Learnings from the Bahu Bhasa Network @Nivas_Ramisetty
  3. We are considering converting a talk proposal “Do Open Source Companies Pay Competitively? What 5 Years of Levels.fyi Data Says” to a BoF @Deveesh_Shetty . We believe this topic deserves discussion.

All the other proposals are rejected, and will not be considered further. We thank all proposers again for their submissions.

Selected proposers and shortlisted proposers will hear from us soon.

On Behalf of the Program Commitee (Co-chairs) : @James_Reilly, @rahulporuri and @Shree_Kumar

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