Technologies – Innovation – Business Models – Ecosystems – Public Policies... The Open Source movement is revolutionizing digital strategies and the software industry. Are you ready for this paradigm shift?

 

On October 1,2 2009, the leading global summit on open source brought together decisions-makers from across the world to discuss the technological, financial and social impact of open technologies, and to cross-fertilize initiatives in these areas: OPEN SOURCE, AT THE HEART OF THE DIGITAL RECOVERY.

 

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At the hub of the Open Source revolution, the Open World Forum brought together 34 conferences, 140 prestigious speakers from 20 countries and a 1,200-strong international audience. It included a FLOSS Communities Summit, an Open CIO Summit, a FLOSS Competence Centers Summit, a FLOSS Political Summit keynote and an egov Open Source event from IDABC, an Open Innovation Summit, key conferences ("The Business of Open Source: Evolution, convergence and confusion"?, "Open Source: Backbone of the Internet of the Future", the European 2009 edition of the Open Source Think Tank, etc.) and numerous associated events.

 

DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASES ANNOUNCING THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE FORUM, THE AWARDS AND THE 2009 EDITION OF THE 2020 FLOSS ROADMAP. 

 

The forum offered a unique opportunity to:
* PARTICIPATE in a worldwide initiative bringing together technology players and decision-makers from 6 continents.
* EXPLORE the future of Open Source Software, with Innovation Awards, Trends Radars, and recommendations around a unique forward-looking initiative: the 2020 FLOSS RoadMap.
* SHARE insights and best practices with many of the most respected Open Source experts and entrepreneurs worldwide.
* NETWORK with 1,200 CxOs, CIOs, IT Managers, architects, developers, academics and investors from more than 20 countries.


The videos of all keynotes will be available soon on this website.

 

The next edition of the Open World Forum will take place in Paris, at the end of September 2010. 


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LATEST NEWS

29 October 2009 - OPEN WORLD FORUM ANNOUNCES THE CONCLUSIONS OF ITS DEBATES AND THE RESULTS OF ITS FIVE MAJOR SUMMIT MEETINGS [EN]

29 October 2009 - 2020 FLOSS ROADMAP REEVALUATES ITS PROJECTIONS AND IDENTIFIES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ITS 2009 EDITION [EN]

29 October 2009 - OPEN WORLD FORUM PRESENTS OPEN INNOVATION AWARDS TO FIVE GROUND-BREAKING OPEN SOURCE START-UPS [EN]

25 August 2009 - OPEN WORLD FORUM UNVEILS START-UP COMPETITION: Open source start-ups invited to pitch to potential investors and partners [EN]

14 July 2009 - OPEN WORLD FORUM UNVEILS PROGRAM [EN]

4 June 2009 - OPEN WORLD FORUM AND OPEN SOURCE THINK TANK WILL BRING TOGETHER ALL THE KEY PLAYERS FROM THE WORLD OF FREE, LIBRE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN PARIS [EN]

5 December 2008 -  OPEN WORLD FORUM 2008: OPEN SOURCE APPLICATIONS WILL DRIVE THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION [EN]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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