[A2k] April 24, Brussels: OPENFORUM EUROPE 2009 SUMMIT

[Malini Aisola]

KEI would like to share information about this meeting taking place in
Brussels on Friday, April 24:

OPENFORUM EUROPE 2009 SUMMIT: The Future is Open
Brussels, 24th April 2009 09.30 =E2=80=93 17.30

http://www.openforumeurope.org/summit2009/agenda

Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155

Information and Communication Technology is increasingly going
mainstream. It becomes an integral part of innovation across all
sectors. In this light, as we approach a new Parliament and Commission
what are the key issues that governments in the EU should be considering
in the area of ICT? How can open standards support the development of a
market free of lock-in that maximises competition, choice and
innovation? What will the issues be that allow Europe to grow in an
increasingly competitive global market? How do we maintain the openness
we have already achieved? Join us in Brussels on 24th April 2009 to
discuss these important issues and more.

Please R.S.V.P to: events@openforumeurope.org For up to date information
on the Summit go to www.openforumeurope.org/summit2009


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Confirmed Agenda

0930 Registration and coffee

1000 Introduction Conference Chair, Graham Taylor, Chief Executive,
OpenForum Europe

1015 Keynote 1: =E2=80=9CCan Europe Take Advantage of the 2nd Communication
Revolution Too?=E2=80=9D =C5=BDiga Turk, Secretary General, Reception Group

1035 Keynote 2: =E2=80=9CThe Importance Of The Open Internet in The Future=
=E2=80=9D,
Vint Cerf, Google

1100 Q+As

1130 Session 1: The Internet =E2=80=93 Built On Openness

What is the impact of cloud computing and what new issues will it raise?
What is the role of the web browser=E2=80=94what will happen in the future?=
 Are
today's regulations sufficient for the new world?

Chair: Susanne Zuehlke, Partner, Latham and Watkins

=E2=80=A2 H=C3=A5kon Wium Lie, CTO, Opera
=E2=80=A2 Daniel Dardailler, Associate Chair, W3C/ World Wide Web Foundatio=
n
=E2=80=A2 Sten Tamkivi, 'Skype Evangelist' and Head of Skype Estonia
=E2=80=A2 Dr Bob Stillman, CRAI
=E2=80=A2 Mitchell Baker, Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation
=E2=80=A2 Panel Discussion

1330 Lunch

1430 Keynote 3 =E2=80=9CMass Innovation, Business 2.0 style?=E2=80=9D, Anth=
ony D.
Williams, co-author of Wikinomics

1500 Session 2: Openness For Increased Choice and Competition

What is the economic basis for openness? How do Open Standards encourage
innovation as we look forward to 2020? How can SMEs thrive? Public
procurement turns policy into practice. What are governments doing, what
should they be doing?

Chair: Trond Arne Undheim, Chair OFE Standards SIG/Oracle Corporation

=E2=80=A2 Adam Jollans, Worldwide Open Source Strategy Manager, IBM
=E2=80=A2 Matt Asay, VP of Business Development, Alfresc
=E2=80=A2 Prof Dr Luc Soete, Director, UNU MERIT
=E2=80=A2 James Love, Director KEI, and US co-chair of the Trans-Atlantic
Consumer Dialogue Working Group on Intellectual Property
=E2=80=A2 Sebastiano Toffaletti, Secretary General, PIN-SME
=E2=80=A2 Aslam Raffee, CIO Dept of Science and Technology, Govmt of South
Africa

=E2=80=A2 Panel Discussion

1700 Next steps =E2=80=93 the Swedish Presidency, Urban Funered, Special
Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Sweden

1715 Summit Conclusions, Conference Chair


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