Joint UNCTAD/UNITAR
event on Free and Open-source Software (FOSS)
FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (FOSS):
ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
29 August 2006, UN Headquarters
| 9:00 – 9:30 am |
Registration |
| Morning session:
FOSS - Role in Information Society Development |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am |
Opening Remarks:
Colleen Thouez, Chief, UNITAR |
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| 9:45 – 11:15 am |
Introduction to FOSS
- Danese Cooper, Open Source Initiative / Intel
- Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
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| 11:15 am – 1:00 pm |
Round Table:
FOSS – An Information Society Development Paradigm?
Moderator: David
Pogue, New York Times
Participants:
- Dapo Ladimeji, Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa
- Eben Moglen, Columbia University / Free Software Foundation – TBC
- Novell (TBA)
- Randy Ramusack, Microsoft
- Michael Laing, UN ITSD
- Bob Sutor, VP Open Source, Opens Standards, IBM
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| 1:00 – 3:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
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During the break computers operating on FOSS: GNULinux, Open Office and Firefox will be available for participants to appreciate. |
| Afternoon session:
FOSS - Topical Issues for Development |
| 3:00 – 3:10 pm |
Opening Remarks
- (TBA), UNCTAD
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| 3:10 – 3:55 pm |
FOSS and the UN System
Michael Laing, United Nations ITSD
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FOSS and Human Capacity Building
Glenn McKnight, Linux Professional Institute
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FOSS and the Commercial Environment
(TBA) - Novell
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| 3:55 – 4:25 pm |
Interactive Discussion
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| 4:25 – 4:55 pm |
Proprietary Software and
FOSS: Interoperability and Integration
Randy Ramusack, Regional Technology Advisor to the UN, Microsoft
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FOSS and Government
Luis Casas Luengo, Government of Extremadura, Spain
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| 4:55 – 5:25 pm |
Interactive Discussion
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| 5:25 – 5:40 pm |
Concluding Remarks
and Evaluation - Amy Weesner, UNITAR |
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