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Events
Recent blog posts
- SELF at OpenFest
- SELF in the spotlight on iCommons!
- Reflections on the SELF Platform Launch
- Educational Partnership with SELF
- SELF talk at the Free Software and Open Source Workshop in Varna, Bulgaria
- Creative Commons and Copyleft
- SELF Founding Principles
- Dutch OSS Year book 2006 - 2007
- Interoperability in Bratislava
- Free and Open Source Software Society Malaysia
SELF Kick-off Conference
SELF conference program
Keywords: Open Content, Free Software, Open Source, Open Standards, Education, Information Society, Knowledge Platform
The SELF project will be presented in more detail and international experts will present keynotes on related concepts such as Free Software, Open Standards, Open Content and Education.
Date + time: Monday 10th July 2006 9:30 – 17:30
Venue: City Council, Spui 68, The Hague, The Netherlands, entrance "dienst Openbare Bibliotheek" (public library). Next to train station “Den Haag Centraal Station”. Transport Instructions.
Contact: ISOC.nl / Wouter Tebbens (w.tebbens [at] staff.isoc.nl)
Registration: The conference programme is free of charge, but it is compulsory to register before the 1st of July. Please register at the website: http://isoc.nl/registratie/ Limited seats available!
Agenda
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Reception with coffee and tea |
| 10:00 - 10:10 |
Welcome by Mr. Frits Huffnagel, Alderman International Affairs, City Marketing & ICT, Den Haag |
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10:10 - 10:20 |
Day opening by ISOC.nl president Tom Kok |
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0:20 - 10:55 |
Presentation of the SELF project by Wouter Tebbens, SELF project leader |
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10:55 - 11:10 |
J.W. Broekema, programme manager OSOSS, “After Open Source Software and Open Standards there's Open Content” |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Theme I: Strategic implications of Free Software in the Netherlands and in Europe |
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Keynote by Georg Greve, president of Free Software Foundation Europe |
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Panel discussion led by Bert Melief (ISOC, M&I) with Paul Klint (CWI), Rob Rapmund (Twijnstra Gudde), Rishab Ghosh (FLOSSworld), Jan Willem Broekema (OSOSS), Joep van Nieuwstadt (Exin) |
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12:15 - 13:00 |
Lunch break |
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13:00 - 14:00 |
Theme II: The Open Content Revolution |
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Keynote by Mathias Klang, lecturer at Göteborg University and project lead of Creative Commons Sweden. |
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Panel discussion led by Jonas Öberg, vice president of the Free Software Foundation Europe, with Kees Stuurman (University of Tilburg), Jo Lahaye (HollandOpen), Ton Roosendaal (Blender), Martijn Verver (VPRO) |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Theme III: Free Software Curriculum Building |
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Keynote about the European Master programme on Free Software by David Megias, Open University Catalunya (UOC, Spain) |
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Panel discussion led by Dessi Pefeva (ISOC.bg) with Peter Sloep (OU.nl/Fontys), Frank Kresin (Waag Society), Marja Verstelle (University of Leiden), Michael van Wetering (KennisNet), Leo Besemer (ECDL), Tom Dousma (SURF) |
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15:00 – 15:20 |
Break with coffee and tea |
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15:20 – 16:20 |
Theme IV: Semantic web, knowledge platforms, collaborative authoring |
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Keynote on the development of the SELF platform by Nagarjuna G., Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (India) |
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Panel discussion led by Michiel Leenaars (ISOC.nl) with Frank Benneker (UvA), Rob Peters (Zenc, UvA, HollandOpen), Gabriel Hopmans (Morpheus), Jeen Broekstra (TUE) |
| 16:20 – 16:30 |
Conclusions of the day by Tom Kok |
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16:45 |
Official start of the SELF project by Mystery Guest - with Champagne! |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
drinks to celebrate |
