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Scroll down to find today's program. A written program and spontaneous sessions are listed on the Roof Terrace.

CodeCamp

 07 - 31 May

See CodeCamp for some details .

School Program

See School.program for some details

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Fri 22nd May

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Sat 23rd May (unconference start)

  • General
  • Program:
    • general get-to-know-the place day, early incomers should take a walk around and uphill!
    • 4 pm hula hooping in the “back yard”
    • 5 pm skateboarding & unicycling at TIPA
    • 9pm (at dinner) getting together, introducing the “calendar” (what is already set in date+time, what is proposed/open and flexible - when should we do what?)

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Sun 24th (unconference)

  • Morning: opening the thinkpads and adding wifi-cards :)
  • 11:00: school.program team meeting
  • 11:00: Other meetings of teams?
  • After Lunch:
  • 14:00: Telescopy
  • 14:00: Hairhacks
  • 15:00: Waste Management team meet. Making signs etc
  • 16:00: Security meet to prepare the NULL meet for Sat 30th
  • 17:00: Skateboard/Unicycle/HulaHoop session at TIPA ground
  • Evening / after Sunset / before Dinner: Movie screening

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Mon 25th (unconference)

Tue 26th (unconference)

  • 10:00-13:00: CodeCamp Code for India project
  • 10:00 - 15:00 School.program Shanti Om (leaving at 9:15)
  • 11:00: Orga-Meet: Get together to plan, coordinate and organize for the conference, at roof-terrace
  • 12:00: Going down to Dharamshala to get things, meet-up at roof terrace
  • 14:00: Theory codecamp session, at bug camp site
  • 14:00: Theory carpentry session. Maybe field visit to the carpenter? meet at downer terrace
    • after that: present Geosoundwalks
  • 16:00: Skating as a social hack (cherry/vineeth) at roof-terrace
  • 17:00: Play time
  • 19:30: Hindi course, main hall
  • 21:30 Meher wants to do a book reading here, which cherry will translate. (edited by tazz)
  • After that: get together, plan out the future

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Wed 27th (unconference)

  • 6:00: trek to Triund or further
  • 8:00: HH Dalai Lama speech at TCV Hall. (Goes till 11:30). You need to get a radio to listen to it
  • 10:00-13:00: CodeCamp Code for India project, at bug camping site
  • 10:00-15:00 School.program Shanti Om (depart 9:15)
  • 18:00: JavaScript Course by Silver
  • 17:00: Play Time
  • 19/20:00: FlashTalks
    • sdslabs by nemo
    • Lockpicking by gaurav
    • Emacs
  • 21:30 (after dinner) Storytelling session with Mehar and Cherry
  • Screen printing shirts and screen making workshop, at Norbulinka

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Thu 28th (unconference)

  • 6:30 kravmagaw (self defense) Roof
  • 8:30 Yoga at Roof
  • 9:30-10:00 - Departure for Norbulingka (talk Andrea) (screen printing)
  • 10:00-13:00: CodeCamp Code for India project
  • 10:00 - 15:00 School.program Woodwhistlers (depart 9:00)
  • 11:00 CodeCamp JavaScript Course by Silver
  • 15/17:00 (tentative) Travel Hacks
  • 17:00 - Play Time at TCV (depends on availability) - talk to sva
  • 16:00 Ungendered Spaces talk by Parvathy
  • 20:00 (late evening, tentative): Quiz by nemo
  • Screen printing shirts and screen making workshop, at Norbulinka

Fri 29th (unconference)

  • 8:30 Yoga at Roof
  • 8:00 Departure to Norbulinka for Screen Making
  • 10:00 - 13:00 GeoSoundWalks / MainHall (Victor)
  • 11:00 School.program Team Meeting
  • 11:00 CodeCamp JavaScript Course by Silver
  • 14:30 After-Lunch: Stage Work Session (stage making, decorating, stairs…) - Jitin
  • 15:30 Photowalk - talk to ershad, gaurav (ask them to upload pics to dropbox/flickr as well)
  • 19:00 FlashTalks
    • Talk on the hillhacks network setup, by Todd, trouble and Kondi.
    • OSM Tracking Editing - Manuel
    • Technology in public spaces - Victor
    • Android ROM customization by HT (Hugo)
  • 21:00 Hillhacks Quiz by nemo

* Ungendered Spaces open session by Parvathy (shifted to Saturday)

Sat 30th (unconference -- security & protection day)

  • 10:00 Inventory Team Meet (Debanjum, Nemo, Mehar) - Storage Area
  • After Lunch: Protect! Hands-on security
  • 16:00 Ungendered Spaces (discussion by Parvathy) (MAIN HALL)
  • 19:00 Lockpicking Session (milap and gaurav) (MAIN HALL)
  • 21:00 Story Session by Aruna (The Little Prince)

NULL Talks

  • 10:30 Introduction - NULL and the NULL Dharamshala Chapter - What, Why, Where and How ? - TSETEN DOLKAR, PRABHU SHIV SINGH - 30 mins
  • 11:00 Email Scams - Demo - VICTOR - 30 mins
  • 11:30 Incident, Response techniques at the Operating System,Server level and Application level- backups, imaging - Presentation - TODD, MANNUEL - 1 hour

* LUNCH

  • 14:00 Packet sniffing Techniques - Demo - HUGO - 30 mins
  • 14:30 Digital Security training and awareness from a Hyper Localized Approach - LOBSANG - 1 hour
  • 15:30 Domain Name Server Security Techniques - Presentation - TROUBLE - 1 hour
  • 16:30 Security, Privacy, PGP, Email Encryption Techniques - Hands-on - SVA - 1 hour
  • 17:30 Capture The Flag in a Security Context - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_the_flag#Computer_security - NEMO - 30 minutes
  • 18:00 Conclusion - NULL and the NULL Dharamshala Chapter - Plan, Action and Schedules, Vote of Thanks - TSETEN DOLKAR, PRABHU SHIV SINGH - 30 mins = Sun 31st (unconference)
    • 6:00 Trek to triund (gaurav)
    • 07:45 School.program Aavishkaar, Palampur departure
    • 8:00 Yoga on roof (freeman)
    • 11:00 TCV Student orientation (kids from Dehradun) (stay for 5 days)
    • android rooting and OS customization table all day at roof terrace with ht
    • shirt printing, and screen making - think about clothes you want to get printed, and with what (might be happening rather monday or tuesday) (depends on when andreas arrives)
    • 19:00 Flashtalk
      • Event Sign Up Application (cherry and santosh)
    • 14:00 React.js workshop with Rom = Mon 1st (unconference)
    • 8:30 Yoga at Roof
    • 9:00 Breakfast (show of hands for trip to Rakkar)
    • ALL-DAY Android ROM customization (@hugo) - roof terrace
    • 9:30 - 12:00 school.program: Chakwan School, Rakkar
    • 10:00 - 16:00 school.program: TCV Selakui @ Shiv Shakti
    • 17:30 - React.JS workshop by rom (Main Hall)
    • 15:00 - 17:00 school.program: Nishta Community Center, Rakkar = Tue 2nd (unconference)

* 8:00 Putting up fabric boundaries around camping area (Jitin)

  • 8:30 Yoga at Roof
  • 10:00 - 17:00 school.program: TCV Selakui @ Shiv Shakti (MAIN HALL)
    • Rubik's Cubes (morning session) - Aroona and Nemo
    • Codes & ciphers (afternoon session) by Tink
  • 14:00-16:30 - Andreas screen printing (meet at roof terrace)
  • 18:00 Making Pizza without an Oven (@Paula) - Main kitchen.
    • Signup sheet for this will be up at main hall whiteboard
    • Signup for worksheet if you want to learn it
  • 19:00 Flash Talks
    • FOSSevents.in website - saurabh & anuvrat

Wed 3rd (unconference end)

  • 8:30 Yoga at Roof
  • 10:00 - 16:00 school.program: TCV Selakui @ Shiv Shakti
  • during day: last setups for the main conference
  • 14:00 Shanti Om stage rehearsal
  • 17:00 react.js workshop with Rom
  • evening: pizza, apple strudel, and miso soup feast
  • 21:00: discussion: hillhacks, quo vadis? Starting the discussion on if/how/when/what/who next hillhacks. Ideally “the group” presents results on the other session, planned for friday 5th.

Thu 4th (conference)

  • 8:30 Yoga (Freeman) - Roof
  • 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast - Roof Terrace
  • 10:00 - 10:40 Talk: Data for Social Good (Gaurav Godhwani) - Slides - Main Hall
  • 10:40 - 11:00 Break
  • 11:00 - 11:40 Talk: Retire at 35 (Akiba) - Main Hall
  • 11:40 - 12:00 Break
  • 12:00 - 12:40 Talk: the.great.indian.surveillance.paradox (Pranesh Prakash) - Main Hall
  • 12:40 - 14:30 Lunch Break - Roof Terrace
  • 14:30 - 16:00 Workshop: Physical Arts (Stretching + Hoola hoops) (Tink) - Back Yard
  • 16:00 - 16:30 - Tea
  • 16:30 - 17:30 BOF - why.make.in.india (Noopur) - Stage
  • 18:00 - 19:00 BOF - Getting comfortable with your body (Zainab) - Main Hall
  • 19:30 - 20:30 Flashtalks: Freeman Murray (Code for India), David Huang (TBD), Victor (Technology and Randomness), Prabhu - Do more with Wikipedia - Welcome to DBpedia !, Kiran (Multi-Utility Knives)
  • 20:30 - 22:00 Dinner - Roof Terrace
  • night in general: roam around, also check out the lounge next to upper terrace, and the campfire at the ape-camping-site

Fri 5th (conference)

Sat 6th (conference)

Sun 7th (conference)

  • 8:30 Yoga at Roof
  • 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
  • 10:00 - 11:00 Talk: Joy of Software Development
  • 11:00 - 11:30 Break
  • 11:30 - 12:30 Talk: TBD
  • 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch/Break
  • Rest of the day: cleanup outside + everywhere. Give the place some love before you leave

Mon 8th (tear down)

  • collecting and sorting things
  • figuring out the logistics
  • tearing down as many tents as possible and moving back to the house
  • tearing down rest of electricity wiring and deco-stuff outside (if not happened on sunday already)

Tue 9th (tear down, moving out)

  • gear logistics: getting stuff back to where it belongs. thanks to all the ones giving it to us!
  • most probably still sorting
  • cleanup of the space outside and inside

Wed 10th (hillhacks moving out)

  • ideally all the hillhacks-stuff is gone, maybe last tour to rakkar
  • depending on the amount of ppl (pls let us know and tell the registration team!) maybe cleaning out rooms to make it available for the guesthouse again (12/noon)

Thu 11th - open end (hillhackers still around)

  • let us know how long you wanna stay, get together with those long-stayers, and figure out if we can still keep (privatly) the whole house for a couple of more days :)
  • things that needs to be done still those days, feel free to join!
    • wrapping up finances
    • logisticts for hackbeach in
    • writing reports for our donors
    • starting the new funding round (remotly possible, too)
    • restructuring the wiki for the in-between-hillhacks-time (remotly possible, too)
    • collecting pictures from participants (remotly possible, too)
    • optional: setting up own infrastructure like mailinglistserver, wiki, etc (remotly )

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