fyi... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eleni Galyfianaki <Eleni [ dot ] Galyfianaki [ at ] eurodyn [ dot ] com> Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 16:36 Subject: Kind reminder: Invitation for Participation: Thursday 7 April 2011 - Open Source for Public Administrations Workshop To: karounos [ at ] mail [ dot ] ntua [ dot ] gr Cc: OSOR-epractice [ at ] eurodyn [ dot ] com Dear Mr. Karouno, We are pleased to announce the organisation of a workshop on Open Source software with the title: ‘Open Source Software for Public Administrations’. This event is organised by the European Commission, DIGIT, and will take place in Brussels, on Thursday 7 April 2011, Albert Borschette Conference Centre. This free to attend workshop, is an extension of the OSOR.eu platform and was initiated to help all open source software practitioners and stakeholders from European Administrations connect. Whom it is addressed to: This workshop invites all Open Source stakeholders, public administrations, as well as businesses and/or citizens who interact with them: cross-border project implementers; developers of Open Source software; stakeholders in FP6 and FP7 research projects; researchers; businesses; European Commission officers; ePractice members and especially those linked to European Union funded initiatives to discuss these issues. Related workshop topics to be discussed are: Licensing issues How to choose an Open Source software product for professional use Licensing implications in reusing OSS components The relation of open source software development to licensing The effect of open source licenses to the software development process. Choosing a license for your own software Software production perspective OSS production quality improvement Documenting Open Source Software How to interact with the OSOR community 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: • Abstract (1 page max) & 4 PPT slides to be submitted by 18 March 2011 • Speaker confirmation by 21 March 2011 • Final presentations by 30 March 2011 For further information, you may visit the workshop announcement or alternatively download the attached ‘Call for participation’. To make your registration active for this workshop, kindly create an ePractice account if you are not a current member. Thereafter, visit the workshop announcement as indicated above and scroll down until the yellow button reads ‘participate in this workshop’. To be considered for a speaker placement, please download and complete the attached ‘Workshop form for speakers’ by 21 March 2011 and submit to events [ at ] eurodyn [ dot ] com with a copy to Eleni [ dot ] Galyfianaki [ at ] eurodyn [ dot ] com. Meanwhile, kindly pass this information to your network and don't hesitate to contact me directly should you have any queries at this time. Many thanks in advance! Kind regards OSOR.eu Consulting Team --- Eleni Galyfianaki EUROPEAN DYNAMICS, S.A. OSOR.eu Consulting Team Eleni [ dot ] Galyfianaki [ at ] eurodyn [ dot ] com http://www.eurodyn.com | http://www.epractice.eu | http://www.osor.eu -- - Jiddu Krishnamurti: If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem. - http://karounos.gr/blog/
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