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THE SPEAKERS LOVED IT!

"The Bleeding-edge .NET conference at GIDS is solidly the largest .NET event in India and probably among the largest in that part of the world. I think GIDS has a great future and I look forward to participating in the coming years…."

- Todd Anglin, Chief Evangelist,Telerik Inc

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AND SO DID THE DELEGATES

"….and here comes GIDS -- Great Indian Developer Summit – like a nice cold stream that makes us to float on its wave and take us to the new world of all the new happenings on Java and related technologies…."

- delegate from Symphony Services

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DEVELOPER ANTHEM

I've got whole worlds staring at screens

And yet no one ever senses me in between.

I could be any of the ones or the zeros

One of its zillion unsung heroes

I'm told I'm a geek god in a glass temple

Worshipped. Overpaid. Replaceable.

A human architect in this digital crucible,

Neo, Invincible, One, Invisible.

Great Indian Developer Summit

A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

Cutting-edge topics, luminary speakers, over 3000 talented delegates, leading IT brands as sponsors and the biggest summit for developers in this part of the world - Great Indian Developer Summit (GIDS) 2008 concluded on 23rd May with a spectacular awards ceremony. And for those who were part of this success and those who unfortunately missed it, these summit summary pages attempt to provide a report of everything that transpired.

The 2008 edition of Saltmarch Media's annual Great Indian Developer Summit, centered around the theme of "Recipes for Enterprise Productivity", featured a blockbuster convergence of three on-the-radar co-located conferences that dealt with relevant and timely technical information for India's IT developer ecosystem. For both veterans and newcomers to the world of .NET, Java, and the Rich Web, the Great Indian Developer Summit provided participants with a well-balanced learning experience that guaranteed they went back with a richer understanding of the technologies that make a difference to their careers. The summit featured well over 120 incisive sessions that addressed topical and timely technology issues. The sessions were presented by 70 speakers who shared their experiences, technical & market knowledge, and innovations, through keynotes, focused sessions, chalk talks and hands-on workshops.

GIDS 2008 was endorsed by the Government of Karnataka and supported by some of the world's largest IT companies including Oracle, MSDN, Forum Nokia, SAP Labs, Adobe Systems, Amazon, Infragistics, Progress Software, Directi, Yahoo, Cordys, Dapper, Dreamface Interactive, Farata Systems, Lightstreamer, Feedback FX, Advanced Millenium Technologies and Parasoft among others.

Download all the available GIDS ’08 presentation decks. Look up the gallery to view the moments, the wins, and the rapt attention, replete with stills and videos. The awards pages provide a window to the 2008 finalists and winners who emerged after three rigorous stages of evaluation. The blogs capture the brickbats and bouquets GIDS 2008 received from stakeholders. The press section houses a choice collection of the media reports written around GIDS 2008. Wrap up the GIDS 2008 tour by watching a video of Motherjane, India's leading rock band, performing the Developer Anthem "Your Epitaph", specially commissioned by Saltmarch Media as an ode to India's developer ecosystem.