Program

“FREE SOFTWARE: FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESS!”

November 14th 2008

08.30-09.00
Registration

09.00-09.20
Opening
TIS innovation park (Italy)

09.20-10.00
Franz Schöpf
Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen – South Tyrol (Italy)
Head of Office of Innovation, Research & Development
"Innovation in South Tyrol"

10.00-10.40
Oliver Diedrich
Heise Zeitschriften Verlag (Germany)
Senior editor Linux and Open Source
“Open Source Usage in the Enterprise”

10.40-11.00
Coffee break

11.00-11.20
SFSaward2008
Linux User Group Bolzano-Bozen-Bulsan

11.20-12.00
Simon Phipps
SUN Microsystems (USA)
Chief Open Source Officer and Director Open Technologies Practice
“The Third Wave of Open Source: Changing the Computer Market For Good”

12.00-12.40
Richard Schwerdtfeger
IBM (USA)
Accessibility Architecture and Strategy for IBM Software
“Advancing Web Accessibility – Today and Tomorrow”

12.40-14.00
Lunch break - Buffet

14.00-14.40
Stormy Peters
Gnome Foundation (USA)
Executive Director
“GNOME, free and open source computing for the future”

14.40-15.20
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Project (USA)
Core Team
“Free Software and the Future of Database Technology”

15.20-16.00
Walter Bender
Sugar Labs (USA)
Founder
“The Sugar platform: learning through collaboration, discovery, and reflection”

16.00
Conclusions

Moderation: Patrick Ohnewein
Simultaneous translation service: Italian-German-English

At the TIS innovation park, Siemens Street 19, I-39100 Bolzano-Bozen
Plenary hall
Free entry
Free parking