Computer Society of India, Chennai IEEE Computer Society, Madras IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Cordially invite you to the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of YouTube Screening and Discussions on “Best of YouTube” A select no. of video clips crowd sourced from our members of our societies and supporting organisations and others will be screened. The event is scheduled on Monday, 18th May 2015 at 6.00 p.m. at CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113 (Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station. About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic & Opposite to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Institute of Hotel Management) Mr. K. Bhaskaran Chairman, CSI, Chennai Mr. H.R. Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS, Madras Programme: 6.00: Tea & Fellowship :: 6.30: Screening of videos :: 7.45 Dinner Participants are requested to pre-register for logistics at http://goo.gl/forms/Ef4JXs6AmU NOTE: If you had already registered based on our invite for the same pgm planned to be held on 11th May and which had to be cancelled due to some unavoidable circumstances, there is NO NEED to re-register. Your earlier registration will be considered valid. However, if you decide not to attend the pgm on 18th May due to some reasons, you may email us at [email protected] about your inability to attend. About the Programme: YouTube, the largest video sharing site allows billions of people to discover, watch and share videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube was officially launched / opened to public access in May 2005, though on 23rd Apr 2005, the firstever video was posted on the site. According to the official site of YouTube, as on 25th Apr 2015, it has more than 1 billion users and everyday people watch hundreds of millions of hours on YouTube and generate billions of views. It may be of interest to note that 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute and about 60% of a creator's views come from outside their home country. YouTube is localized in 75 countries and available in 61 languages. YouTube has millions of video clips and deal with a variety of themes like entertainment, education, music, technology, medicine, science, motivation, skill development, cuisine, travel, advertisement to name a few. These clips satisfy the needs of people of different age groups and other demographics. This programme is being organised to celebrate the 10th anniversary of YouTube by screening some crowd sourced video clips from our members/participants.