Experience the Open World Forum 2010 | Who should attend? | Contributing Organizations | Governance and Program Committee | Program Committee Members | Conference Venue

Experience the Open World Forum 2010

Having made a key contribution to the Internet revolution, the Free/Open Source movement is now starting to fundamentally transform the whole fabric of technology and knowledge, and the way businesses and people use it. This is opening up colossal opportunities, and also giving rise to some tough challenges. How can organizations and individuals alike take advantage of the Free/Open Source way to strenghten their competitiveness and to support innovation? How can public institutions and governments make use of it to kick-start the economy and employment? What technological, economic and societal breakthroughs in Free/Open Source can we expect in the future?

 

It is on order to explore these issues that the third Open World Forum is being held. Founded by a heavyweight group of communities and IT players, the Open World Forum is the premier global summit meeting in this field, bringing together decisions-makers from across the world to discuss the technological, financial and social impact of the Free/Open Source mouvement, and to cross-fertilize ideas and initiatives in this area.

 

The numerous sessions, activities, and events at the Open World Forum aim to bring you Free/Open Source's best:

Beyond the conference itself, the Open World Forum establishes a new environment where people can think ahead, identify key trends, challenges and opportunities for the future. Bringing together international experts working on future planning, scenarios and recommendations, it delivers and debates each year the 2020 Free Libre and Open Source Software Roadmap.


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Who Should Attend

The Open World Forum provides the new international platform where all decision-makers and stakeholders in the Free/Open Source movement can meet and make new connections. It is a great arena for giving exposure to, and evaluating new Free/Open Source technology,  business and social trends. It is also the ideal place to make related announcements, and to unveil new projects or initiatives. The Open World Forum welcomes both:

 

Contributing Organizations

Established by a leading group of Open Source communities and players from the IT industry, the event has already attracted:

 

Governance and Program Committee

The Open World Forum is a community-based, non-commercial event. It is governed by a Steering Committee and a Program Committee, with representatives from numerous international Free/Open Source organizations, associations and communities.

The Steering Committee includes three international consortiums (the Apache Software Foundation, OW2 and QualiPSo), several international and French associations (Adullact, AFUL, April, PLOSS, Silicon Sentier), two major French competitiveness clusters (Cap Digital and System@tic), French public sector bodies including the City of Paris, the Ile de France region and its development branch, ARD, and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Key partners include the Open Source Think Tank, the Linux Foundation,  the Eclipse Foundation, the Open Solutions Alliance and the FOSSBazaar Community. 

The Program Committee includes many of the world's most highly respected Free/Open Source experts worldwide. It is free to define the conference program in a spirit of total independence, identifying and inviting speakers from all over the world. It also contributes to the structure and content of the 2020 Free Libre and Open Source Software Roadmap, which are to be drawn up before the event, and presented at the forum.

The event is organized by a Forum Committee managed by Innovation Cluster System@tic, with the support of Cap Digital, the Qualipso consortium and the ITEMS consulting firm. The Open World Forum also benefits from the support of European and French institutions.

 

Program Committee Members

The Open World Forum 2010 Program Committee includes:


The management team of the Open World Forum 2010 includes:

 

  • Chairman: Philippe Montarges, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, AlterWay

  • Vice-Chairman, Associated Events: Alexis Monville, Founder and CEO, Ayeba

  • Vice-Chairman, Marketing: Jean-Christophe Spilmont, NovaForge.org Founder, Business Communications Manager and Programs Director, Bull

  • Vice-Chairman, Organization: Stefane Fermigier, Founder and Chairman, Nuxeo, Chairman of System@tic Open Source Workgroup

  • FLOSS Political Summit Director: Alix Cazenave, Public Affairs, APRIL. CONTACT: PoliticsSummit@openworldforum.org

  • Open CIO Summit Directors: Véronique Torner, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Alterway - Boris Auche, Director, Bull. CONTACT: CIOsummit@openworldforum.org

The coordinator of the 2020 FLOSS Roadmap is Jean-Pierre Laisné, Chairman of OW2, Chief Open Source Strategist, Bull.

 

Conference Venue

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EUROSITES GEORGE V
28 avenue George V - 75008 Paris
www.eurosites.fr/en/index
Metro : George V (Line 1)

 

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