DocType HTML5 Chennai

The In city::Chennai edition of DocType HTML5 was on Event Date::November 27, 2010 at classroom CS25, Computer Science Block, At venue::IIT Madras. It was the second event in the series, and was sponsored by Has sponsor::Microsoft (Platinum), Has sponsor::Cognizant (Silver), Has sponsor::Fusion Charts (Community) and Has sponsor::Althea Systems (Community). The Society for Rich Internet Application and Rich User Interface facilitated logistics.

Background
Sathish Kumar from RIA-RUI approached Kiran Jonnalagadda at the Bangalore edition and proposed holding a Chennai edition. Subsequently, HasGeek secured sponsorship for a four city series starting with Chennai.

Agenda
The event agenda was adapted from the Bangalore edition.

Schedule
The schedule expanded from the Bangalore edition to include a participant panel.

Paid Pitches
See paid pitches concept note. The event had two paid pitches from OrangeScape and Althea Systems.

Numbers

 * 491 registrations
 * 418 were approved against a venue capacity of 250
 * 49 of the 418 answered a survey on agenda for the event
 * 217 confirmed their presence two days before the event. 40 said they couldn't come
 * (unknown) signed in at venue (databases are out of sync; estimate is 150)
 * 130 filled out a feedback form

Feedback
Results from 130 feedback forms:


 * 1) Were you present for the full event?
 * 2) * Yes: 95%
 * 3) * No, missed pre-lunch sessions: 2%
 * 4) * No, missed post-lunch sessions: 1%
 * 5) Was the start of the event at a convenient time for you?
 * 6) * Yes: 88%
 * 7) * No: 12%
 * 8) How did you find the overall content of the event?
 * 9) * Relevant and useful: 67%
 * 10) * Partially relevant: 31%
 * 11) * A let-down: 0%
 * 12) On a scale of 1 to 3 (1 - fantastic, 2 - ok, 3 - disappointing), how would you rate the following?
 * 13) New Ideas in HTML5 - Kiran Jonnalagadda
 * 14) * Fantastic: 54%
 * 15) * Ok: 38%
 * 16) * Disappointing: 2%
 * 17) Developer Tools for IE - Harish Ranganathan
 * 18) * Fantastic: 41%
 * 19) * Ok: 41%
 * 20) * Disappointing: 17%
 * 21) Accessibility - Reuben Jacob
 * 22) * Fantastic: 14%
 * 23) * Ok: 51%
 * 24) * Disappointing: 31%
 * 25) CSS3 and Presentation - Parashuram Narasimhan
 * 26) * Fantastic: 91%
 * 27) * Ok: 7%
 * 28) * Disappointing: 2%
 * 29) Quiz - Ravi Srinivasan
 * 30) * Fantastic: 55%
 * 31) * Ok: 34%
 * 32) * Disappointing: 3%
 * 33) Multimedia Kit - Siddharta Govindaraj
 * 34) * Fantastic: 63%
 * 35) * Ok: 29%
 * 36) * Disappointing: 1%
 * 37) Geolocation, Offline and Mobile - Dhaval Trivedi
 * 38) * Fantastic: 52%
 * 39) * Ok: 35%
 * 40) * Disappointing: 2%
 * 41) Participant Panel (many did not stay until this session)
 * 42) * Fantastic: 17%
 * 43) * Ok: 15%
 * 44) * Disappointing: 2%
 * 45) Did you like the spread at lunch?
 * 46) * Yes: 87%
 * 47) * No: 12%
 * 48) Was the coffee/tea served satisfactorily?
 * 49) * Yes: 78%
 * 50) * No: 17%

Team
Several individuals contributed to the event.

Speakers
(To be filled out)

Volunteers
(To be filled out)

Planners
(To be filled out)