<p>Objective of Event Open Source software is catching fancy of millions of technocrats around the world. A lot of emphasis is being laid on developing applications based on Open Source, which are either free or are available at nominal costs. This is coming out as a big opportunity to developers and users alike. It is estimated that by 2015, Open Source Market will assume 37% market share of overall development scenario. This needs for deep introspection both at micro and macro level so that the true potential of Open Source can be explored and entrepreneurs are prepared with right mindsets. INMANTEC had successfully organized first seminar on “Open Source: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship” on March 13, 2010. This seminar was a huge attraction among open source professionals and budding entrepreneurs. The glimpse of the same can be accessed from http://national-seminar.blogspot.com. Keeping the same fervor, INMANTEC is organizing second seminar in this series entitled “Open Source: Opportunities in Entrepreneurship Ver 2.0” on February 15, 2012 at INMANTEC, Ghaziabad. Through this seminar, we wish to address following issues impeding growth of entrepreneurs in Open Source: Entrepreneurship through open source Capital for entrepreneurship venture on open source Marketing of open source products & services Customization of open source software

"Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price Wednesday, 15 February 2012 at 09:00 - 05:00 - Friday, 17 February 2012 at 10:00 - 05:00 Objectives:- Entrepreneurship through open source Capital for entrepreneurship venture on open source Marketing of open source products & services Customization of open source software Workshops / Trainings:- Game development using Open Source. Content management using Wordpress. Advanced Javascript Openbravo: An Open Source ERP. Open Source OS: Ubuntu ( A separate session on Ubuntu for Schools. ) Moodle 2.0: A Course Management System Open Java Android Apps Development Library Automation using NewGenLib We will provide free accommodation for all the out-stationed candidates for all three days. If you require accommodation then please inform us in advance by mailing us to vivek.saxena@inmantec.edu by 15th of January, 2012.