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Agenda

FLOSSPOLS project, funded by the European Commission's FP6 IST Programme, eGovernment Unit, DG Information Society
 

Workshop on FLOSS and Open Standards for Public Administrations

January 20, 2006 / Cologne City Hall, Germany

     

Note: although a report on the workshop will be published, participation in the workshop is limited to a small number of invitees.

09:30 Intro: Flosspols Project Outline (Ghosh)
09:45 Survey Of Floss Use In Govt: Methodology And Results (Glott)
10:30 Policy Issues And Recommendations: Govt Use Of Floss (Ghosh)
10:45 Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Responses From 4 Discussants (7 Minutes Each)
11:45 Open Discussion
12:30 Lunch Break
13:15 Economics Of Open Standards: Flosspols Report (Ghosh)
13:45 Q&A
14:00 Responses From 3 Discussants (7 Minutes Each)
14:25 The Massachusetts Experience (Quinn)
15:00 Open Discussion
15:35 Summary Of Feedback And Policy Conclusions (Ghosh)
15:45 Close Of Workshop

Presentations of research results from Rishab Ghosh and Ruediger Glott, UNU-MERIT, University of Maastricht (FLOSSPOLS project coordinator)

Invited presentation from:
Peter Quinn, former CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (until January 9, 2006 )

Discussants include:
Bart Knubben, Dutch Government's OSOSS Programme
Flavia Marzano, Province of Rome
Thomas Roessler, WorldWide Web Consortium
Mark Taylor, Open Source Consortium , UK
Egon Troles, BfDI, Federal Government of Germany
Ruben Wendel de Joode, Technical University , Delft
Bart Knubben, Dutch Government's OSOSS Programme

EC participants include a representative of the eGovernment Unit of DG Information Society as well as Barbara Held, IDABC, DG Enterprise.

Background material:

For more information on content contact:
   Rishab Ghosh, FLOSSPOLS coordinator, email

For information on location and logistics contact:
   Albert Deistler, City of Cologne, email

 

 
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