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Think Tank - FLOSS Competence Centers Summit: Expanding & leveraging the power of FLOSS - Part 2 (by invitation only)

Think Tank - FLOSS Competence Centers Summit: Expanding & leveraging the power of FLOSS

In synergy with the BRIC Think Tank, attend the second edition of the FLOSS COMPETENCE CENTERS SUMMIT to network with managers of FLOSS development and promotion centers worldwide. Share experience, define best practice, and evaluate possible synergies.

October 1, 2010, from 11:00 AM to 04:00 PM - Register >

Slowly but surely, Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) is revolutionizing IT innovation and strategies. In a few years, what was created by a small group of developers and communities has now grown to represent 10% of the IT market and become – as Forrester Research recently remarked - "the new hidden backbone of the software industry". For some years now, some visionary communities in industry and public sector bodies have developed dedicated structures to support this move, disseminate knowledge and help enterprises and governments leverage FLOSS to increase competitiveness, innovation and economic growth. While they all come from different backgrounds (Innovation clusters, academics, etc.), focus (e-gov, manufacturing, education, etc.) and business models (public or private funding), all of them have common issues: how to support the adoption of FLOSS most efficiently, where to best position in the FLOSS ecosystem (in complement to, and synergy with FLOSS communities, software vendors, integrators and users), how to set up sustainable funding models... The second edition of the FLOSS COMPETENCE CENTERS SUMMIT intends to bring together managers of key FLOSS Competence Centers worldwide to share experience, define best practices, and increase synergies.

This event is organized by the FLOSS Competence Centers Network.

09.00-10.30	OPEN WORLD FORUM OPENING KEYNOTES
10.30-11.00	Pause and networking
	Welcome: Bartek Lewandowski
11.00-12.30	Competence Centers Panel: Which common initiatives to foster digital development thanks to Open Source? How to leverage networks of Competence Centers
11.00-12.30	Leaders: - CN Krishnan - Tony Wasserman - Fabio Kon
12.30-14.00	Cocktail-Lunch and networking
	Examples of impacts to develop industry initiatives. Leader: Bartek Lewandowski
14.00-16.00	- Consumer electronics: Mr. Ueda of CE-Linux Forum - e-Health: Mr Thomas Karopka - Public sector - to be confirmed
14.00-16.00	Wrap Up & Next steps
16.00-16.30	Pause and networking
16.30-18.00	OPEN WORLD FORUM KEYNOTES