Open Source Backbone of the Internet of the future

Main Conference

OPEN SOURCE: BACKBONE OF THE INTERNET OF THE FUTURE

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.

1st OCTOBER 2009 - 14.00-16.15 - EUROSITES GEORGE V, PARIS -

14.00-14.30	Internet 2020: a vision of things to come
14.00-14.30	It’s not easy to predict what lies ahead. And no-one can be sure what the future holds. But by analyzing emerging trends and looking at the signs – however flimsy they may be – might it just be possible to sketch out the kind of Internet we will have in 2020? Mobility, Ambient Computing, Internet of Objects, the Semantic Web, virtual universes, intelligent agents: what is the prognosis for a hyper-connected world? Roundtable with: - Louis Montagne, CEO, Bearstech, Representative of Cap Digital and Silicon Sentier - Dominique Piotet, Head of US Office, Atelier BPN Paribas
14.30-15.00	‘Me incorporated’: from the liquid enterprise to crowdsourcing?
14.30-15.00	Social Graph: at the heart of tomorrow’s digital enterprise? Towards the liquid enterprise, micro-entrepreneurs and crowdsourcing? What does the future hold for applications: iPhone or SAP models? Enterprise and Office 2.0, mobility, tomorrow’s work environments, social networks: what kinds of work modes will we be using? What problems will Open Source face, and where will it be heading? Roundtable with: - Chris Hoffman, CTO Mozilla, - Patrick Chanezon, Evangelist, Google - Ori Pekelman, Director of Strategy, AF83
15.00-15.30	Cloud computing: IT powerhouses, or alternative energies for the world of IT?
15.00-15.30	Cloud computing: back to the future? Does the future of IT lie in the Internet mainframe, or in meta-grids? Extreme computing: evolution or disruption? What changes will we see in the SOA? The Moore law and massively parallel architectures, GPU, interoperability, virtualization, containers, Green IT, distributed middleware: What are the technological implications? New directions for Open Source? Roundtable with: - Alfonso Castro, Director of Interoperability, Microsoft - Bruno Pinna, Director of Strategy, Bull - Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer, Sun - To be confirmed: Accenture representative
15.30-16.00	Security: do avatars dream of digital sheep?
15.30-16.00	Internet 3: new era of freedom, or a totalitarian nightmare? Virtual worlds and multiple identities: are we heading for digital schizophrenia? Data protection, individual liberties and a private life, traceability… What are the technological implications? New directions for Open Source? Roundtable with: - Philippe Langlois, TMP Lab / OLPC - Jeremie Zimmerman, La Quadrature du Net
16.00-16.15	Conclusion: Scenarios for the future
16.00-16.15	Open Innovation and digital freedom: is Open Source central to building tomorrow’s world? What impact will it have on economic recovery and growth in the longer term?
16.15-16.30	Pause et networking
16.30-17.30	OPEN WORLD FORUM KEYNOTE from Jim Zemlin (Executive Director, Linux Foundation): "Moblin, Chrome, Android, Ubuntu, etc: What's the Deal with Linux on the Desktop?", plus roundtable : "OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES: REDEFINING THE WHOLE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY" with executives from Apache, Eclipse, Linux Foundation, Open Solutions Alliance and OW2.

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