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The 2009 forum included 34 conferences (Human Factor, Java, Legal, etc.) with 140 speakers, including a FLOSS Communities Summit, an Open CIO Summit a FLOSS Competence Centers Summit, a FLOSS Politics Summit and an Open Innovation Summit. It also included 7 major events, exploring how Open Source can contribute to renewed economic growth, as a major driver for competitiveness and innovation : 1 OCTOBER Opening Keynote address: Open Source, at the heart of the digital recovery * The business of Open Source: evolution, convergence and confusion? * Open Source, backbone of the Internet of the future * Keynote address: Moblin, Chrome, Android… what's the deal with Linux on the desktop? - Open Source Communities: redefining the whole Open Source software industry * 2 OCTOBER  Keynote address: Open Source policies: what will be the economic and social impact? * IDABC Open Source event 2009 * Closing Keynote address: Open Source, innovation and patents - Open Innovation Awards and 2020 FLOSS Roadmap

 

1 October, 2009

08.30

Registrations - FLOSS showcase

09.00-10.30

Opening Keynote address

FLOSS: AT THE HEART OF THE DIGITAL RECOVERY

Having made a key contribution to the Internet revolution, FLOSS is starting to form the hidden backbone of today's digital revolution. How can organizations take advantage of it to strengthen their competitiveness and to support innovation? How can we ensure that it is one of the fundamental drivers of economic recovery?
Under the patronage and with the presence of Jean-Louis Missika, Paris City Council, Cabinet member for Innovation, Research and Universities, and Jean-Paul Huchon, President, Paris Region

> 2009 STATE OF OPEN SOURCE
- Andrew Aitken,
partner, Olliance, Founder of the Open Source Think Tank
- Matthew Aslett,
Analyst, 451 Group

> HOW TO LEVERAGE OPEN SOURCE FOR THE DIGITAL RECOVERY
- Keynote Address: Michael Tiemann,
Chairman, Open Source Initiative, Red Hat VP
- Roundtable discussion: Jean-Pierre Barberis
, General Manager, Bull France, Michel Cosnard, Chairman, INRIA, Henri Verdier, Chairman, Cap Digital, and Dominique Vernay, Chairman, System@TIC.

> SPECIAL KEYNOTE address:
- Jacques Attali ,
Prospectivist, President of PlaNet Finance

10.30-11.00

Break - FLOSS showcase

11.00-12.30

Main Conference

THE BUSINESS OF OPEN SOURCE: EVOLUTION, CONVERGENCE AND CONFUSION?

FLOSS Communities Summit

SETTING NEW RULES FOR THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

FLOSS Competence Centers Summit

FOSTERING FLOSS ADOPTION WORLDWIDE

Open CIO Summit

OPEN SOURCE : RISK OR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CIO?

Foresee what possible new directions might Open Source business strategies take

In partnership with the Open Source Think Tank.

> Program

Come and see how leading Open Source organizations are changing the software industry, and learn how to leverage this change in your job and your business

> Program

Attend the first meeting enabling Managers of FLOSS promotion centers worldwide to share experience and evaluate possible synergies - By application

> Program

Participate in the first IT Managers' summit on Open Source, organized and led by CIOs for CIOs - By invitation

> Program

Associated Conference

FLOSS CAREERS & Training

Associated Conference

Envisioning the Open Desktop of the future

Associated Conference

Mobility & Embedded: Fostering the rise of FLOSS Solutions

Associated Conference

The future of Java

Discover the latest PAC study on the Open Source market and skills (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Learn how semantic technologies are bringing a disruptive innovation to the desktop

> Program

Discover various on going initiatives in the mobility space using an open source approach

> Program

Get a glimpse of the future of the dominent langage in the software industry

> Program

OpenDay showroom

A more efficient company in Open Source


Business Lounge

One-to-One meetings


Video Interviews

Open World Forum Channel

Press Room

VIP meetings for Press

Discover the best Open Source management solutions with OpenDay and Echangeur PME from CCIP (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program


Meet CxOs from the open innovation field

In partnership with TiviPro and INTELLI'N TV, participate to the Open World Forum channel

Meet the gurus from the open innovation field

12.30-14.00

Showcase FLOSS Vision from 12.00

Lunch

14.00-16.00

Main Conference

OPEN SOURCE: BACKBONE OF THE INTERNET OF THE FUTURE

FLOSS Communities Summit

SETTING NEW RULES FOR THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY  (cont.)

FLOSS Competence Centers Summit

FOSTERING FLOSS ADOPTION WORLDWIDE (cont.)

Open CIO Summit

OPEN SOURCE : RISK OR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CIO? (cont.)

Ambient computing, cloud, Internet of objects...: get a glimpse of the future, and a prospective view of how Open Source will drive the digital revolution of tomorrow.

> Program

Come and see how leading Open Source organizations are changing the software industry, and learn how to leverage this change in your job and your business

> Program

Attend the first meeting enabling Managers of FLOSS promotion centers worldwide to share experience and evaluate possible synergies - By application

> Program

Participate in the first IT Managers' summit on Open Source, organized and led by CIOs for CIOs - By invitation

> Program

OpenDay showroom

A more efficient company in Open Source

Associated Conference

Open Source SaaS solutions

Associated Conference

PHP industrialization

Partner event

EUROPE OPEN SOURCE THINK TANK


Discover the best Open Source management solutions with OpenDay and Echangeur PME from CCIP (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Discover how to use Open Source 'in the cloud' (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Check out how PHP is now facing a new world, adopting traditional development methods and tools (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Participate to group and brainstorming sessions on the Evolution of the Open Source Ecosystem. ON INVITATION ONLY

> Dedicated Web Site

16.00-16.30

Break- FLOSS showcase

16.30-17.45

> SPECIAL KEYNOTE address: Moblin, Chrome, Android, Ubuntu, etc: What's the Deal with Linux on the Desktop?
Join Jim Zemlin as he takes a look back at the big moves that drove Linux to dominate the server and super computing markets and how we are seeing similar trends start now in the desktop.

> OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES: REDEFINING THE WHOLE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
From infrastructures to business applications, FLOSS is becoming the new backbone of the software industry. Technology management, IP, governance policies, etc.: how can we energize communities and foster the development of sustainable business ecosystems?     
Roundtable discussion coordinated by Anthony Wasserman, Executive Director, Center for Open Source Investigation, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley
- Nick Halsey, Open Solutions Alliance, Vice-President, JasperSoft
- Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation
- Cedric Thomas, CEO, OW2 Consortium
- Sander Striker, Executive Vice-President, Apache Software Foundation
- Jim Zemlin, CEO, Linux Foundation

 

2 October, 2009

08.30

Registrations - FLOSS showcase

09.00-10.30

Keynote address :

FLOSS POLICIES: WHAT WILL BE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT?

The financial crisis, globalization, threats to the environment... rarely has a new year started under such a cloud of uncertainty. How can governments make use of FLOSS to foster digital democracy and reduce the digital divide, kick-start the economy and employment, and to regain their room for manœuvre and their national sovereignty?

> Keynote address: FLOSS public policies: the Brazilian experience
- Christiana Freitas, University of Brasilia
- Corinto Meffe, Ministry of Planning, Brazil

> Keynote address: The state of play in the UK public sector
- Mark Taylor, CEO, Sirius

> FLOSS: SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE REGIONS OF EUROPE
Roundtable discussion chaired by Alix Cazenave, Public Affairs, April 
- Carl Bik, "The Netherland in Open Connection" Program Manager, ICTU, Netherland
- Tony Rivera, President, Iniciativa Focus, Spain
- Florian Schießl, Managerial Board, IT Project LiMux / City of Munich, Germany
- Karel De Vriendt, IDABC Head of Unit, European Commission -  Informatics Directorate-General

> SPECIAL KEYNOTE address:
- Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Ubuntu

10.30-11.00

Break - FLOSS showcase

11.00-12.30

e-Gov Track

IDABC Open Source Event 2009

Start-up & Investors Track

OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT and Awards

Associated Conference

Mastering Open Source & Legal pitfalls

CIO track: FOSSBazaar Conference

SHARING BEST PRACTICES IN OPEN SOURCE GOVERNANCE

Discover how and why Public Administrations invest in Open Source Communities. Explore practical cases, discuss FLOSS sustainability, network, and leverage best practices in your own organization

> Program

Are you a FLOSS entrepreneur? Present your projects to Venture Capitalists and integrators. Compete for the "Open Innovation Awards"

> Program

Discover the issues and solutions most appropriate for safe adoption of open source software in an open world

> Program

Expand upon the open source value proposition for a richer, safer, less expensive, better overall IT experience

> Program

Associated Conference

Interoperability Between Open Source and Proprietary Systems...

Associated Conference

Open Telco & Media Summit

Associated Conference

FLOSS Solutions for Microfinance

Video Interviews

Open World Forum Channel

Discuss the real world issues of interoperability between OSS applications, and between OSS and proprietary applications

> Program

Discover best practices, use cases and future directions with Open Source for Telecom and Media Players

> Program

Discover a use case where open source helped to create a continuous improvement dynamic inside a business institution (SESSION IN ENGLISH)

> Program

In partnership with TiviPro and INTELLI'N TV, participate to the Open World Forum channel

OpenDay showroom

OPEN SOURCE E-COMMERCE : the best solutions

Partner Conference

OW2 User experience

Partner Conference

Ingres User Club

Education Track

FLOSS Solutions for education

Discover the best Open Source solutions for e-commerce (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

From France Telecom-Orange to the Italian Ministry of Health, discover how OW2 Open Solutions are successfully used in real life companies

> Program

Learn about community projects, get some technical tips from experts, meet other Ingres users, share your experience! (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Check out how FLOSS revolutions edition and multimedia in education. Get also an update on the OLPC initiative (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

12.30-14.00

Showcase FLOSS Vision from 12.00

Lunch

14.00-16.00

e-Gov Track

IDABC Open Source Event 2009 (cont.)

Start-up & Investors Track

OPEN INNOVATION SUMMIT and Awards

Conference

Human factor: at the heart of the Open Source industry


CIO track: FOSSBazaar Conference

SHARING BEST PRACTICES IN OPEN SOURCE GOVERNANCE (cont.)

Discover how and why Public Administrations invest in Open Source Communities. Explore practical cases, discuss FLOSS sustainability, network, and leverage best practices in your own organization

> Program

Are you a FLOSS entrepreneur? Present your projects to Venture Capitalists and integrators. Compete for the "Open Innovation Awards"

> Program

 

Attend an exceptional conference on the magic of collective intelligence, at the heart of FLOSS and human enterprises (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Expand upon the open source value proposition for a richer, safer, less expensive, better overall IT experience

> Program

Associated Conference

The future of Open Source Forges (IN FRENCH)

Partner Conference

Plone Session

Business Lounge

One-to-One meetings

Video Interviews

Open World Forum Channel


> Program

> Program

Meet CxOs from the open innovation field

In partnership with TiviPro and INTELLI'N TV, participate to the Open World Forum channel


OpenDay showroom

OPEN SOURCE E-COMMERCE : the best solutions

Partner Conference

OW2 User experience

Partner Conference

Ingres User Club

Education Track

FLOSS Solutions for education


Evaluate Open Source solutions for e-commerce (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

From France Telecom - Orange to the Italian Ministry of Health, discover how OW2 Open Solutions are successfully used in real life companies.

> Program

Learn about community projects, get some technical tips from experts, meet other Ingres users, share your experience! (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program

Check out how FLOSS revolutions edition and multimedia in education. Get also an update on the OLPC initiative (SESSION IN FRENCH)

> Program


16.00-16.30

Break- FLOSS showcase

16.30-17.30

Closing Keynote address:     

> SPECIAL KEYNOTE address:
- James Bessen, Director, ResearchOnInnovation.org

> OPEN INNOVATION AWARDS

> 2020 FLOSS ROADMAP
Building the future of Free and Open Source Software: a unique global exercise in forward thinking: the 2020 FLOSS RoadMap
Coordinated by Jean-Pierre Laisne, Open Source Strategist, Bull

 

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