Open Source For You — December 2017

Open Source India 2017

The Show Continues

to Grow

osi 2017:

T

he beautiful city of Bengaluru, threatened by thick dark

clouds, kept convention delegates anxious about reaching the

venue on time, since they also knew they would be braving

the city’s legendary traffic. Thankfully, the weather gods heard

the OSI team’s prayers and the clouds refrained from drenching

the visitors, allowing many from the open source industry as

well as enthusiasts from the community to reach the NIMHANS

Convention Center well before the 8:30 a.m. registration time.

While there were a lot of familiar faces — participants who have

been loyally attending the event over the past years, it was also

heartwarming to welcome new enthusiasts, who’d come on account

of the positive word-of-mouth publicity the event has been building

up over the years.

In terms of numbers, the 14th edition of the event, which

happened on October 13 and 14, 2017, witnessed 2,367 unique

visitors over the two days, breaking all previous attendance

records. The event boasted of 70+ industry and community experts

coming together to speak in the nine conference tracks and 14

hands-on workshops.

The visitors, as usual, comprised a cross-section of people in

terms of their expertise and experience. Since the tracks for the

KEY FACTS

Show dates: October 13-14, 2017

Location: NIMHANS Convention

Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Number of exhibitors: 27

Brands represented: 33

Unique visitors: 2,367

Number of conferences: 09

Number of workshops: 14

Number of speakers: 70+

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