This conference is jointly organized by "Free/Open source Software in Science and Engineering Education" (FOSSEE) project under the National Mission on Education (NME) through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), SPACE-Kerala , Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) and SIG-FOSS of CSI. SPACE-Kerala is helping coordinate and organize the conference.
The conference is proposed to be held at the Technopark in Trivandrum, keeping in mind accessibility, the number of attendees and the location, among other aspects to be considered.