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Experience the Open World Forum 2010

Having made a key contribution to the Internet revolution, the Free/Open Source movement is now starting to fundamentally transform the whole fabric of technology and knowledge, and the way businesses and people use it. This is opening up colossal opportunities, and also giving rise to some tough challenges. How can organizations and individuals alike take advantage of the Free/Open Source way to strenghten their competitiveness and to support innovation? How can public institutions and governments make use of it to kick-start the economy and employment? What technological, economic and societal breakthroughs in Free/Open Source can we expect in the future?

It is on order to explore these issues that the third Open World Forum is being held. Founded by a heavyweight group of communities and IT players, the Open World Forum is the premier global summit meeting in this field, bringing together decisions-makers from across the world to discuss the technological, financial and social impact of the Free/Open Source mouvement, and to cross-fertilize ideas and initiatives in this area.

The numerous sessions, activities, and events at the Open World Forum aim to bring you Free/Open Source's best:

Keynote presentations, drawing special attention to key opportunities and challenges at the heart of Open innovation, Open Enterprise and Open Society.
Special tracks for Free/Open Source community leaders and evangelists, political leaders, CIOs and investors, plus community events, encompassing a wide range of the most vibrant Free/Open Source ecosystems today.
An Open IT Showroom featuring some of the most vibrant projects, products and players.
Quality time with 1,500 experts, decision makers, users of all levels, players and journalists.
Fun community events and receptions right in the Center of Paris, offering plenty of opportunities for networking and making new connections.

Beyond the conference itself, the Open World Forum establishes a new environment where people can think ahead, identify key trends, challenges and opportunities for the future. Bringing together international experts working on future planning, scenarios and recommendations, it delivers and debates each year the 2020 Free Libre and Open Source Software Roadmap.

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Who Should Attend

The Open World Forum provides the new international platform where all decision-makers and stakeholders in the Free/Open Source movement can meet and make new connections. It is a great arena for giving exposure to, and evaluating new Free/Open Source technology, business and social trends. It is also the ideal place to make related announcements, and to unveil new projects or initiatives. The Open World Forum welcomes both:

Political leaders, decision-makers and CxOs
Community leaders
Entrepreneurs
Investors
IT managers and architects
Researchers and academics
Technology experts

Contributing Organizations

Established by a leading group of Open Source communities and players from the IT industry, the event has already attracted:

Most of the largest IT industry players including Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent, AtosOrigin, Bull, CapGemini, Engineering, Google, IBM, HP, SAP, Serpro, Siemens, Sun, Telefonica...,
Leading communities including the Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, FOSSFA, QualiPSo Consortium, Linux Foundation, Linux Verband, Mozilla Foundation, OW2 Consortium, Plone Foundation, Spring...,
Key research centers and competitivity clusters including Cap Digital, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, INRIA, Fraunhofer FOKUS, OSOR.EU, Paris VII University, South China University of Technology, State University of Sao Paulo, System@tic, University of Bozen, University of Insubria, University Rey Juan Carlos, Unu Merit…
A large network of SMEs from 4 continents including AF83, Altic, AlterWay, European Dynamics, Elastic Grid, eXo, Ingres, Mandriva, Nexedi, Nuxeo, OpenLogic, OpenWide, Pilot Systems, PSNC, O'Engine, Wallix... among dozens of others.

Governance and Program Committee

The Open World Forum is a community-based, non-commercial event. It is governed by a Steering Committee and a Program Committee, with representatives from numerous international Free/Open Source organizations, associations and communities.

The Steering Committee includes three international consortiums (the Apache Software Foundation, OW2 and QualiPSo), several international and French associations (Adullact, AFUL, April, PLOSS, Silicon Sentier), two major French competitiveness clusters (Cap Digital and System@tic), French public sector bodies including the City of Paris, the Ile de France region and its development branch, ARD, and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Key partners include the Open Source Think Tank, the Linux Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation, the Open Solutions Alliance and the FOSSBazaar Community.

The Program Committee includes many of the world's most highly respected Free/Open Source experts worldwide. It is free to define the conference program in a spirit of total independence, identifying and inviting speakers from all over the world. It also contributes to the structure and content of the 2020 Free Libre and Open Source Software Roadmap, which are to be drawn up before the event, and presented at the forum.

The event is organized by a Forum Committee managed by Innovation Cluster System@tic, with the support of Cap Digital, the Qualipso consortium and the ITEMS consulting firm. The Open World Forum also benefits from the support of European and French institutions.

Program Committee Members

The Open World Forum 2010 Program Committee includes:

Andrew Aitken, Founder, Olliance and Open Source Think Tank - USA
Ralf Allrutz, Board Member, Linux Verband, Science+Computing ag - Germany
Jean-Pierre Archambault, Professor, CNDP - France
Matthew Aslett, Senior Analyst, 451 Group - UK
Nicolas Barcet, Product Manager, Canonical - France
Jeff Bates, Vice-President, SourceForge - USA
Patrice Bertrand, Founder and CEO, Smile, Chairman of the French National Open Source Council / CNLL - France
Marie Buhot-Launay, Director, ARD Paris Region - France
Alix Cazenave, Public Affairs, April - France
Krishnan Cherukulangara, Director, Open Source Indian National Resource Centre - India
Bertrand Delacretaz, Apache Member, Senior Developper, Day - Switzerland
David Duquenne, Director, Improve - France
Nico Elema, Director, Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa / FOSSFA - South Africa
François Elie, Chairman, Adullact - France
Roberto Gallopini, Open Source Consultant & blogger - Italy
Jorge Gasos, Officer, European Commission - Belgium
Juan Hierro, R&D Manager, Telefonica I+D - Spain
Chris Hofmann, Director of Engineering and Special Projects, Mozilla - USA
Emmanuel Lecharny, Apache Member, Owner, IKTEK - France
Bartosz Lewandowski, Manager, FLOSS Competence Centers Network, PSNC- Poland
Bjorn Lundell, Chairman, OSS Sweden - Sweden
Matteo Melideo, Chairman, Qualipso Consortium, Engineering Italy
Corinto Meffe, Coordinator of the Public Software Program and representative of the Ministry of Planning - Brazil
Martin Michlmayr, FOSSBAZAAR Community Manager, HP - UK
Louis Montagne, Founder and CEO, Bearstech, Chairman of the Collibri/Web 2.0 Workgroup at Cap Digital - France
Ralph Mueller, Director, Eclipse Foundation - Germany
Stormy Peters, Executive Director, Gnome Foundation - USA
Simon Phipps, Director, Open Source Initiative - UK
Dominique Piotet, Founder and CEO, RebellionLabs - USA
Dirk Riehle, Professor, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, former Chief OSS Officer of SAP - Germany
Andrea Rossi, Dissemination Manager, Qualipso Consortium, Atos - Spain
David Sapiro, Founder and CEO, Pilot Systems, Chairman of the Paris Region Open Source Council / PLOSS - France
Gerd Schuermann, Director, Fraunhofer FOKUS- Germany
Lu Shouqun, Chairman of Chinese Open Source Promotion Union (COPU) - China
Jean-Paul Smets, CEO, Nexedi - France
Marine Soroko, CEO, Core-Techs - France
Christiana Soares de Freitas, Professor, University of Brazilia - Brazil
Shuichi Tashiro, General Manager of Open Software Center, IPA - Japan
Michael Tiemann, Chairman, Open Source Initiative, USA
Cedric Thomas, CEO, OW2 Consortium - France
Anthony Wasserman, COSI Director, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley - USA
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, Linux Foundation - USA

The management team of the Open World Forum 2010 includes:

Chairman: Philippe Montarges, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, AlterWay
Vice-Chairman, Associated Events: Alexis Monville, Founder and CEO, Ayeba
Vice-Chairman, Marketing: Jean-Christophe Spilmont, NovaForge.org Founder, Business Communications Manager and Programs Director, Bull
Vice-Chairman, Organization: Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo, Chairman of System@tic Open Source Workgroup
Program Committee Coordinator: Dave Neary, Founder and CEO, Neary Consulting
The coordinator of the 2020 FLOSS Roadmap is Jean-Pierre Laisné, Chairman of OW2, Chief Open Source Strategist, Bull.