Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal is going to organize 2nd Tech Mela 2011 for the IT community of Nepal on June

24-25, 2011 (Friday & Saturday) at Administrative Staff College, Jawlakhel, Kathmandu. The objective of the event is to enhance and exchange knowledge about information technology and Microsoft products and technologies to the community. Tech Mela was also organized last year in mid-February, 2010. Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal aims to get the attention of the people of various backgrounds to the Microsoft products and to bring about a high-end conference on technologies that have never been discussed or trained in the past in Nepal, primarily those that are going to be released in the year 2011. Activities around this Tech Mela: Tech Mela 2011 Inauguration Ceremony: A major inauguration by a prominent figure will be organized in order to bring the importance of this event to the media and others concerned. Microsoft Office 2010 Nepali Launch Ceremony: Nepali version of Microsoft Office 2010 will be launched formally at this event. Main Conference sessions: 9 products will be featured for whole day each of deepdown tech briefing. A lot of this curriculum will be gotten from Microsoft Learning First Look Clinics. Certificates will be provided for each person who attends these sessions. The Microsoft products, solutions & programs that we shall talk about during these sessions will be among:

Products:
Office 2010 L Windows 7 L Windows Azure Unified Communication: Microsoft Lync CRM Online & Office 365 IE9 & 10 with HTML5 Microsoft Intune Web Matrix

Windows Phone Mango High Performance Computing System Center Microsoft Multipoint Server 2010 Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 New in Windows Server 2008 R2 SharePoint Server 2010

Programs:
Value of Certification MSP Program MSDNAA BizSpark Student2Business DreamSpark Phone/ School In a Box Startup Weekend

Student Project Showcase: We will invite student tech clubs from various colleges
to come and showcase their projects to encourage them to be innovative and creative with the solutions that they create.

Microsoft Innovation Center: Technology centers are offering a

comprehensive set of programs and services to foster innovation and grow sustainable local software economies.

Microsoft and partners in each community work together to operate the MICs, which are open to students, professional software developers, IT professionals, entrepreneurs and academic researchers. While each Center tunes its programs to local needs, they all provide similar content and services designed to accelerate technology advances and stimulate local software economies through skills and professional training, industry partnerships and innovation. Primary areas of focus and the activities around it include: 1. Skills and Workforce Development 2. Business and Industry Partnerships 3. Solutions and Innovation

Microsoft BizSpark: Helping startups succeed with all the right resources
Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps fast-track the success of early stage technology startups with all the right resources, including software, support & marketing visibility. BizSpark provides fast and easy access to current, full-featured Microsoft software development

tools, platform technologies, including the Windows Azure platform and production/hosting licenses. BizSpark gives entrepreneurs starting a business access to Microsoft technical support, business and technical training and connections to a community of over 2000 BizSpark Network Partners around the world, organizations who support the common goal of promoting entrepreneurship. BizSpark offers startups global visibility to an audience of potential investors, clients, partners and journalists. More Details: http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

Gaming Competition on Xbox360 with Kinect: As a part of fun,

whether its working up a sweat or just getting the synapses snapping, Kinect features games that are good for mind, body and soul.

Community Chautari:
Primarily, Microsoft Student Partners will be directly involved as speakers on various Microsoft technologies and programs.

Career Carnival:
Various IT companies will be invited in this camp so that they will guide student participants in recruiting or internship processes there. In fact, these companies may also look for their perspective employees through this camp.

Entrance Fees or Tickets: o Free Entrance upon pre-registration for Career Carnival, Community Chautari,
Gaming Zone, Dance with Xbox Kinect zone, etc. o Entrance fee, NPR. 50 per session (Sessions: Day1- Afternoon session/ Day2Morning session/ Day2- Afternoon session) upon pre-registration for Career Conference.