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The third Open World Forum – being staged in Paris on 30 September and 1 October 2010 – brought together open technology decision-makers from around the world, under the banner of Open Innovation and Free / Open Source. Nearly 1,500 participants from 40 countries attended the event to cross-fertilize initiatives and map out the digital future.

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Contribute to an open future

Year on year, the Free / Open Source model is affirming itself as the invisible driver behind the digital revolution, whether at the level of emerging technologies (Cloud computing, the Internet of Things...), business models and societal trends. The aim of the Open World Forum is to gather together all the key decisionmakers and interested parties – political leaders, CxOs and decision-makers, Community leaders and stakeholders, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and academic – to evaluate possible trends and cross-fertilize growth initiatives around the open digital world.

This year's theme, 'OPEN IS THE FUTURE', was explored through 15 Keynote addresses, 20 conferences and workshops, 8 Think Tanks, 1 Demo Cup, 1 Open IT ShowRoom and a TV Channel, organized into 3 main strands and 9 themes, plus associated events:

OWF'10 main strands

OPEN INNOVATION

Building the digital future, thanks to open innovation platforms, technology ecosystems and Cloud Computing.

OPEN ENTERPRISE

Developing collaborative economic models, through networked organizations, open content and open information systems.

OPEN SOCIETY

Building a sustainable future, through inclusive government, the constitution of common good and digital inclusion.

1-INNOVATION PLATFORMS
- MAIN CONFERENCE: Open innovation: learn from leaders how to leverage the power of ecosystems to foster innovation and business
- Conference: Trends in Open Source research: discover the latest research on how Open Source will shape the future
- Think tank for CTOs: take part in the first meeting between forge leaders worldwide to streamline interoperability .

4-OPEN ORGANIZATIONS

- Conference: Open organization and workshop XP Games: discover how corporations implement open organization strategies (Lean Management, Kanban, Agile methods,…) to streamline competitiveness [Sessions to be held in French].

cadenas Think Tank for CxOs: Open Source marketing: learn about best practices in leveraging communities for business development strategies.

7-DIGITAL INCLUSION

- Workshop: "Open data" : The way to digital democracy

Think tanks for government and FLOSS leaders: Open BRIC Think tank and FLOSS Competence Centres Network Summit: Discuss best practices and initiatives to leverage Free Libre and Open Source Software as a catalyst for growth and competitiveness

2-OPEN COMMUNITIES

- Open communities workshops: Are open communities the key organizations of the 21st century? Discuss the secrets for developing successful communities, and their business impact.

- Workshop: Standardizing contribution agreements. How to manage contributions to Free and Open Source Software? This workshop will discuss project Harmony.

5-OPEN DIGITAL CONTENT

- MAIN CONFERENCE: Open Digital Content. Explore how openness is transforming the world, disrupting all ecosystems and creating a new mindset and equilibrium for society and the media.

- Open Source movies workshop: Explore whether Open Source movies are set to disrupt the video industry

8-KNOWLEDGE COMMONS

- MAIN CONFERENCE: Knowledge commons and Commons workshop: explore why the commons is such a robust paradigm for generating value in digital contexts.

- Common goods for education and Education and gender Conferences: Debate how FLOSS initiatives are affecting the production of educational materials. [Sessions to be held in French].

3-OPEN CLOUD

- MAIN CONFERENCE: Open Cloud and Open Cloud Think tank

If Open Source has enabled giants like Google or Amazon to emerge, interoperability is a key battlefield for many new entrants. Which role might interoperability and/or Open Source play? How can you foster interoperability? Shape the Open Clouds of the future!

6-OPEN CIO

- IT governance conference: New trends in Open Source governance: IP tracking, policy management, packaging...

- Interoperability: beyond advocacy

- cadenas Think tank for CIOs: Open CIO Summit: take part in the first Open Source summit for CIOs by CIOs [Session to be held in French]. Exclusively reserved for CIOs.

9-GENERATION OPEN

- MAIN CONFERENCE: Generation Open. Explore how openness is transforming the world,creating a new mindset and equilibrium for society

- Workshop : my own private info Discuss the way the 21st century is changing notions of privacy

- FLOSS against crisis: can Free/Open Source power tools and mthodologies power initiatives to reduce the digital divide?

OWF'10 associated events

Red Hat Sponsor Conference : de la virtualisation au Cloud Computing en Open Source : Découvrez une alternative éprouvée aux solutions propriétaires pour optimiser votre infrastructure IT à moindre coûts ! [Session to be held in French].

Think Tank: Open IT Analysts Summit - With major acquisitions, 2010 seems a life changing year in the Open Source Industry. For the first time, discover comparative visions and predictions from the leading Open Source analysts. On Invitation only.

- Think Tank: Diversity Summit: Why woman matter - Never has been diversity so celebrated in today's open world. Yet, women are minoritarian in the IT industry, and count by only 6% in the technical Free/Open Source communites that shape the digital future. Why? How to make it change?

- FLOSS Vision Conference - FREE / OPEN SOURCE VISIONS - 2010 TRENDS - Lean management, Open Bank, FLOSS adoption, communities and corporation, Green IT, Digital Content, IpOD, Open GIS, community models, etc: Discover various trends and visions in Free/Open Source.

- ebg Conference : What's hot: From social networking to mobile marketing, discover the latest e-marketing campaigns that create the buzz in the Open world [Session to be held in French].

- The Open World Forum will also partner with the Open Source Think Tank (OSTT) 2010 Paris Edition, which will be held September 28 and 29 in conjunction with the Open World Forum.

OWF'10 Demo Cup

Demo Cup and Open Innovation Awards: Do you need to raise capital to launch or grow your Open Source business? Are you looking for partners to bring your solutions to market? Compete!

OWF'10 Open IT showroom

Open IT Showroom : OPEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE: Cloud, security,... Explore the Open Source technologies and players that will shape tomorrow's digital world. Program to be announced in September >