From Palm Leaf to Tablet — Journey of Kannada: A Talk by Dr U B Pavanaja
Kannada language which has a history of 2000 years and quite rich in literature started on palm leaves. Kannada advanced with modern times adopting the marvels of Information Technology. This is accomplished by successfully implementing Kannada in various facets of IT. It is being used everywhere from data driven applications to websites to hand held devices like tablets. These aspects will be brought out during the talk.


Why Privacy and How? A Talk by Bernadette Langle
“But I have nothing to hide!” That’s what most people think. Are you sure? What about all the services you use for free, don’t you think the service provider has to spend money on that, and that he needs to earn it somehow? Bernadette will show some alternatives and also how easy it can be, to put your messages in a virtual private envelope as you use to do with messages on paper.