[Ejbca-develop] Fwd: EC Workshop: "Open Source: Its place in a cross-border environment": Invitation for Participation: Brussels, 7 April 2011

[Tomas G. <to...@pr...>]

Hi,

I forward this to the list in case any one in the community is 
interested in EU work on open source.

Personally I'm on vacation during the workshop :-)

Regards,
Tomas


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	EC Workshop: "Open Source: Its place in a cross-border
environment": Invitation for Participation: Brussels, 7 April 2011
Date: 	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:20:22 +0200


Dear Mr. Gustavsson,

We are pleased to announce the organisation of a workshop on Open Source
software with the title: *'Open Source: Its place in a cross-border
environment'*. This workshop is an initiative of the European Commission
and the OSOR.eu platform to help all open source software practitioners
and stakeholders from European Administrations connect. It will take
place in Brussels, on *Thursday 7 April 2011* at Albert Borschette
Conference Centre and participation is free of charge.

This workshop invites all Open Source stakeholders, public
administrations, businesses and/or citizens who interact with them:
cross-border project implementers, developers of Open Source software,
stakeholders in EU funded initiatives, researchers, European Commission
officers, ePractice members to discuss the following topics:

*Licensing issues:*
o How to choose an Open Source software product for professional use
o Re-using OSS from other public administrations and the implications of
licensing
o How to agree on a license for a cross border development of OSS
o The effect of open source licenses to the software development process

*Software production perspectives:*
o OSS production quality improvement
o Documenting Open Source Software
o OSOR.eu contribution to communities, licensing and collaborative
development and re-use
o How to set up a project on OSOR.eu, set up roles and manage contributions

Additional subjects falling within the umbrella of the workshop’s topic
in general are also welcome based on potential speaker proposals.

*Deadlines for submission: *
• Abstract (1 page max) & 4 presentation slides to be submitted by *29
March 2011*
• Speaker confirmation by*30 March 2011 *
• Final presentations by *4 April 2011*

For further information and registration to this workshop, kindly create
an ePractice account <http://www.epractice.eu/en/user/register> if you
are not a current member. Thereafter, visit the workshop announcement
<http://www.epractice.eu/en/events/2011-open-source-software-public-administrations> 

page and click on the yellow button that reads *‘Participate in this
event’* on the right hand side of the page. To be considered for a
speaker placement, please complete the attached *'Workshop proposal
form' *by 29 March 2011 and submit to ev...@eu...
<mailto:ev...@eu...> with a copy to Vas...@eu...


Meanwhile, we would greatly appreciate it if you could pass this
information to your network. In this regard you may use the related
website banners, alongside the URL of the workshop:
http://www.epractice.eu/en/events/2011-open-source-software-public-administrations. 




Remaining at your disposal for any further queries you may have.


Kind regards,

Vassilia


Vassilia Orfanou
European Dynamics, S.A.
Information and Communication Management Team
http://www.eurodyn.com|http://epractice.eu