It is good that Rijan presented his ideas maybe on some BoF sessions, as I dont see any specific timeslot for his speech at the conference agenda in the official website (http://www.isdc2009.org/presskit). Its upto the community to accept it or reject his ideas with experiments. I am eagerly waiting to see the updates (if at all!).

Meanwhile, We should not forget to appreciate the teachers and students who actually got an honorary mention at a contest on the educational events on the same conference. (http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/Contest/Results/2009/index.html)

Statistics

This year we received 309 submissions from 875 students sponsored by 96
teachers. Entries came from Bulgaria, Canada, China, Dubai, UAE, India,
Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uruguay.
U.S. entries were received from 8 states: California, Georgia,
Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York and Utah.

Honorable Mention:

• Cassiopa - Orintus, Ashish Bam Mahakali Zone, Nepal. 10-12 Individual. (tie)

Teachers

These teachers involved their classes in the contest:

• Mani Raj Bhattrai and Sushil Adhikari, Budhanilakantha Secondary English School, Morang, Nepal.