Hiya,
With less than a month to go for WikiConference India 2011, Im sure you are all excited about the event. I thought it might be a good idea to give an update of whats going on behind the scenes:
Venue: University of Mumbai's Fort Campus Confirmed. Hackathon Venue: MACCIA Halls (on Rampart Row) confirmed (Hackathon scheduled for 19th and 20th November 2011)
Registration: We have run out of Early Bird as of last week. Currently about 430 registrations. Currently running a site notice campaign geo-located to India for this purpose.
Sponsors and Partners (Confirmed thus Far): Microsoft Research, Ang India Technologies, SarkariNaukri.com, Yebhi.com, Kal Nirnay, eRegNow.com, Avignyata Inc., Kores India, Text 100.
Scholarship Applications: 7000+, Scholarships offered: Aprox 100
Call for Participation: 550+ responses, Accepted Speakers: Aprox 57. A draft Program Schedule is available on meta
Keynote Speaker: Jimmy Wales (During Opening Ceremony)
WM-UK Scholarships awarded by WM-UK for persons from UK to attend WCI 2011: 4
WMF offered Scholarships for persons outside India to attend WCI 2011: 5
WMF will be represented by Barry, Erik and Alolita among others.
Official meta page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011
For tweeting use the hashtag #wci11
Looking forward to hosting Wikipedians across India at WCI 2011!
Kind Regards,