Open Telco and Media Summit

Open Telco & Media Summit : Open Source for Telecom & Media players

IP infrastructures and convergence, value-added service platforms, customer management and billing systems (BSS), service activation and quality management (OSS), etc: faced with fast-changing technologies and business, telecom and media players face huge challenges for developing innovative, flexible, powerful and secure information systems. For years, Open Source has been leveraged by all new web players, from Google to YouTube, as their core infrastructure technology. How can Telecom and Media companies leverage more the power of Open Source to boost their innovation and competitiveness? This seminar will present solutions, best practices and future directions.

2nd OCTOBER 2009 - 11.00-12.30 - EUROSITES GEORGE V, PARIS

09.00-10.30

OPEN WORLD FORUM OPENING KEYNOTES: with Karel De Vriendt, Alix Cazenave, Mark Shuttleworth, etc.

11.00-11.20

How to leverage Open Source to boost innovation and reduce costs for telecom and media players?

This talk will give a global overview of the pro and cons of Open Source for Telecom and Media players

- How to manage the various Information Systems building blocks for telecom and Media Players?
- How to introduce Open Source components inside these building blocks? Where is it best fitted ? What are the pro and cons?
- How to efficiently manage related risks?
- How to manage Open Source licensing models?

With Philippe Guillebert, Open Source Solutions Manager for Telco & Media, Bull

11.20-11.40

Integrate Open Source in Telco and Media information systems: best practices from the field

Based on the experience of various projets in numerous countries, and on long term contributions to Open Source Communities for Telecom and Media, which are the best practices in using Open Source Components in Telecom and Medias IT infrastructures and applications? Which are the errors to avoid? Which actions are needed all along the IT infrastructure and applications life cycle?

With Jean-Charles Massé, Consultant for Telco & Media, Bull

11.40-12.10

Leveraging Open Source for succcess: practical experiences

This talk will present two use cases in solutions integration and delivery, and the experience gained.

With David Hustace, President, The OpenNMS Group, Inc. and Jean-Charles Massé, Consultant for Telco & Media, Bull

12.10-12.30

Next steps for Open Source in Telecom and Media? Opening up to the future

For the final 20 minutes of the session, an open discussion with the audience will debate initiatives and possible directions for the future.

12.30-14.00

Cocktail-lunch and networking