Joint UNCTAD/UNITAR
event on Free and Open-source Software (FOSS)
Development Impacts of FOSS: Regional Case Studies
16 October 2007, UN Headquarters
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Registration |
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10:00 – 10:30 am |
Opening Remarks
- Mr. Choi Soon-hong,
Assistant Secretary-General,
Chief Information Technology Officer, United Nations
(To be delivered by Mr. Eduardo Blinder, Director,
Information Technology Services Division, OCSS/DM)
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Welcome
- Ms. Colleen Thouez,
Chief, UNITAR New York
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FOSS Overview and
Context of the Event
- Mr. Dimo Calovski,
Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD SITE Division
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Keynote Address -
The Real World of FOSS
- Mr. Rishab Ghosh,
Senior Researcher
United Nations University (UNU) and
Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on
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| 11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Interactive
Panel (Part I):
Arriving at the FOSS Solution – Why FOSS?
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3:00 pm – 5:00pm |
Interactive
Panel (Part II):
Implementation – Advantages / Challenges |
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Participants: Group 1 - FOSS
Implementers:
- Mr. Chris DiBona, Open
Source Program Manager, Google
- Mr. Joris Komen,
Executive Director, Schoolnet Namibia
- Mr. Bill Macguire, Vice
President and Chief Information Officer, Virgin America
- Mr. Bradley Kuhn, Chief
Technology Officer, Software Freedom Law Center
- Mr. Alexandre Souza da
Conceição, Deputy IT Regional Manager, Banco do Brasil
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Participants: Group 2 - FOSS
Examiners:
- Mr. Dimo Calovski,
UNCTAD
- Mr. Raul Zambrano,
Senior ICT & Governance Policy Advisor, Democratic Governance
Group, UNDP
- Mr. Rishab Ghosh, UNU-MERIT
- Mr. Evangelos Katsamakas,
Professor, Graduate School of Business, Fordham University
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| 5:00 – 5:15 pm |
Concluding Remarks
and Evaluation - Amy Weesner, UNITAR |
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