IBSA

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The goal of the IBSA Summit is to exchange successful experiences in the three countries regarding open source initiatives. We will deliberate and propose an agenda for IBSA to implement open source initiatives cross-countries. The idea is to share open source experiences and to plan the dissemination of best practices among Brazil, South Africa and India.

During the day we will have discussions regarding the initiatives and experiences from IBSA. Each attendee will make a brief presentation (of approximately 20 minutes) of his/her activities/policies experiences with open source initiatives in his/her country. Leader: Christiana Freitas

11-11:20 – Presentation of Mr. Sebola, Chief Director of International Relations, Government of South Africa

11:20 – 11:40 – Presentation of Mr. Maleka, Deputy Director from the e-Skills Institute, Government of South Africa

11:40 – 12:00 – Presentation of Dr. Bandile Hadebe, Director of the Presidential National Commission on Information society of the Government of South Africa

12:00 – 12:20 – Presentation of Mr. Michael Serero, Deputy Director of the Presidential National Commission on Information society of the Government of South Africa

12:20 – 12:40 – Presentation of Ms. Thuli Radebe, from the Centre for Public Service Innovation, South Africa

12:40 – 13:00 - Presentation of Mr. Pierre Schoonraad, from the Centre for Public Service Innovation, South Africa

13:30 – 14:00 – Networking and discussions. First conclusions.

14:00 – 14:20 – Presentation of Mr. Jarbas Cardoso, from Renato Archer Information Technology Center, Brazil

14:20 – 14:30 – Presentation of Mr. Jose Luis Machado, from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

14:30 – 14:40 – Presentation of Mr. Fernando Canto, from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

14:40 – 15:00 – Presentation of Mr. Parminder Singh, from IT for Change, India

15:00 – 15:30 – Presentation of Dr. Christiana Freitas, from the Federal University of Brasilia, Brazil

Brazil´s Federal Government Initiatives on Open Source. The Public Software and its internationalization

15:30 – 16:30 – Discussions of presentations and definitions of strategies and agenda for IBSA aiming at the diffusion of innovation and possible replication of the successful initiatives based on collaboration among the three countries. We will also discuss:

What is IBSA countries common vision for the future?

What can IBSA members do together to implement it?

How FLOSS can be used to accelerate implementation?

Possibility to attend the Open World Forum Community.

Main conclusions.