FLOSSINCLUDE FINAL WORKSHOP (7-8, June. Brussels)
The FlossInclude team celebrate the final workshop of the project in Brussels on 7 and 8 of June. All the partners, coordinators and team of the European Commission will attend the event. The event will take place on Casa de Asturias (Rue sain Laurent, 36) at 10.00, monday 7 of June. The workshop can be attended 'free of charge' and everyone interested in this subject area is welcome. For further information, please contact marta.quintanilla@fundecyt.es
The FlossInclude Final workshop will take place on Casa de Asturias (Rue Saint Laurent, 36. Brussels).
The details of the agenda:
Day 1 – Monday 7 June 2010
10.00-10.30
Welcome and Outline of FLOSSInclude project
Rishab Ghosh (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
10.30-11.00
Open Source Software in EU-funded research
Sandro D´Elia / Michel Lacroix (European Commission – DG Information Society and Media)
11.00-11.30 The potential of FLOSS in developing countries (Problem areas and approaches)
Rishab Ghosh (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
Andreas Meiszner (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
Ruediger Glott (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.30
Opportunities of FLOSS in Latin America
Federico Heinz (Fundación Vía Libre – FVL – Argentina)
12.30-13.30 Opportunities of FLOSS in Africa
Frederick Yeboah (AITI-KACE – Ghana)
Enver Ravat (University of Western Cape UWC – South Africa)
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.30
Opportunities of FLOSS in Asia
Kan Zhang (Cernet – China)
Gurumurthy Kasinathan (IT for Change – India)
Ravikant Sharma (Sarai – India)
Javier Solá (Open Institute – Cambodia)
16.30-17.00 Q&A and end of the first day
Day 2 – Tuesday 8 June 2010
09.45-10.30
Lessons learnt and future challeges
(Socio-economic and technical requirements)
Andreas Meiszner (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
Isabel Lafuente (URJC - Spain)
Marta Quintanilla (Fundecyt – Spain)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00
FLOSS in developing countries – opportunities for Europe (a roadmap)
Rishab Ghosh (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
Andreas Meiszner (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
Ruediger Glott (UNU-MERIT – The Netherlands)
Javier Solá (Open Institute – Cambodia)
12.00-13.00 Discussion and Q&A
13.00 End of the workshop
For further information, please contact marta.quintanilla@fundecyt.es



