The deadline for BoF proposals has been extended to July 30th. Keep them coming!
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Title : United by (Free) Food
Discussion : Anything goes. Free here is free as in âyourâ foodâŚ
Itâs a potluck lunch, relax. Each attendee (thatâs your entry ticket!) needs to get a dish, which will be shared with everyone. Ideally the dish is home cooked, but we understand if thatâs not feasible for everyone. Weâll probably make exceptions for store bought sweets and savouries. Letâs unite the diversity of your food and stories onto our combined table!
The menu will be coordinated on the forum, where weâll 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). Weâd have to stop accepting additions to the potluck at some point in time due to the logistics requirements at the conference.
We wonât keep it secret, but weâll try to keep it safe ! On the table, weâll probably just separate veg and non-veg, but thatâs about as far as weâll 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 weâd appreciate prior notice and confirmation. All that shall be coordinated in the forum.
Free software + Free Food = Better conference !
Scheduling : This is a lunch. Either day 1 or day 2. This can be discussed.
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Title : Revitalizing the Bengaluru FOSS United Community
Brief : IndiaFOSS 2025 will have a substantial attendance from the local Bengaluru community. This BoF is intended to be an opportunity to discuss local matters. There are several things we could discuss.
Most importantly, we need more volunteers to run the local chapter. We also need more local volunteers in general to run various activities and initiatives. One of the things Iâve noticed during the monthly meetups is that the repeat audience is low - every meetup has mostly new folks showing up. This means that we have good organic discovery. Lack of repeats probably points to some shortcomings. This BoF will try to understand perspectives of the participants w.r.t any of these things.
Key thing to resolve in this BoF is how do we attract more volunteers and empower them to do their thing in the FOSS United Community. In this BoF we will be discussing solutions (that participants propose) to revitalize the local community. Student, or Pro - we need you bro ! (written to rhyme - all are welcome) If you are looking to volunteer, or have something to say regarding these topics, then this BoF is for you !
Discussion Format : Round Table Discussion. Ideally weâd spend at-least 60% of the time discussing how to make things happen.
Moderator : @Balu_B I am looking for someone else to moderate this. If nobody else takes this up, then Iâm happy to take it up as well.
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@Shree_Kumar Sir, you beat me to it. I was going to propose it myself after our discussion. I would love to moderate this BOF.
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Ah great - thanks ! Just wanted to make sure we donât miss the deadline, which is tomorrow I guess. I am editing my BoF proposal to make you the mod.
Title: Understanding how to build Gen AI applications using Open Source LLMs, Agentic AI frameworks and Protocols
Brief: In this session we will explore some of the different Open Source LLMs (Lllama, Mistral, DeepSeek), Agentic AI frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI), and tooling including MCP and Strands SDK that can be leveraged by developers to build Gen AI applications
Topics of discussion:
- Discuss pros and cons of the different Open Source LLMs available. Which LLM to use for which use case? What are the different deployment options available to quickly get started
- Compare different Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph and CrewAI
- Discuss how to implement MCP servers for different use cases
- Discuss steps to build an Agentic AI applications using open source tooling, protocols and models
Can be moderated by the AWS team at the event.
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Thanks everyone, applications are now closed.
Hereâs the list of accepted BoFs for IndiaFOSS 2025:
- Tech+Policy Scholarship BoF - Learnings from GCPP and Beyond by @Shree_Kumar
2. Taking FOSS to Other Fields by @Frederick_NoronhaWithdrawn - FOSS at organisations - @ansh to look for other moderators
- UX for FOSS : Community for Designer-Maintainer Collaboration by @hiran_venugopalan
- Challenges in building a diverse, equal, inclusive and accessible FOSS ecosystem by @grittypuffy. We will look for a primary moderator for this session.
- Revitalizing the Bengaluru FOSS United Communityâproposed by @Shree_Kumar and will be moderated by @Balu_B
Additionally, the program committee has decided to propose that the panel discussion proposal titled âPursuing a Policy Career in FOSSâ by @Tarunima be converted to a birds of a feather (BoF) discussion. This would be a suitable segue from the Tech+Policy Scholarship BoF proposed by Shree.
The team will reach out to all the seven selected folks by the end of this week to discuss the next steps.
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Two more things:
The âGovernance BoFâ is basically merged into the last session happening on Day 2. It starts at 5 PM. While the schedule shows 1 hr, we are probably gonna extend this till upto 2 hrs depending on how active the crowd is !
And let me plug my potluck here too - get Free Food - meaning âyour foodâ to the potluck. Please post your dish here. A chance to catch up over food with random folks like me ! You donât have to bring a lot of the dish - just a bit⌠as explained here:
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