[HOSC] Second Holland Open Software Conference

Hereby we want to inform you about the upcoming Holland Open Software
Conference. The Holland Open Software Conference 2006 will take place in
Amsterdam on June 15-16, with many After Conference sessions on Saturday
June 17. This year's speakers include yet again some renowned experts in
the fields of open source, open standards and open content. Please inform your contacts about this conference. This information can
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The second Holland Open Software Conference is sponsored by:
Main sponsors: Atosorigin, Finalist, Novell, Ordina, IBM, UvA-HvA,
InterNLnet, Kennisnet, MMBase, Unisys
Sponsors: Hippo, Getronics Pinkroccade, Ososs, Rotterdam CS
Supporters: Leibniz centre of Law, Objectweb, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Among the keynotespeakers:

Chikai Ohazama:
Co-founder Google Earth and founder of the Keyhole Company;about Google
Earth
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales:
Founder of Wikipedia, the open Internet encyclopaedia: about Wikipedia
Eben Moglen:
Architect of GPL3, General Counsel of the Free Software Foundation
Tristan Nitot:
Founder and Director of Mozilla Europe
James Baty:
CTO & Vice President SUN Microsystems
Ron Tolido:
Chief Technology Officer of CapGemini; about open methods, open
architecture and open standards for 'business
interoperability'
Erwin Tenhumberg:
Product marketing manager for OpenOffice.org within the Client Systems
Group at Sun Microsystems;
Adam Jollans:
Worldwide Open Source Strategy Manager, IBM Software Group
Erik Josefsson:
President FFII Sweden, Brussels' representative; Innovation debate on
the current efforts to make EPO software patents
enforceable in Europe (i.e. EPLA)

And many, many others....

The theme of this year's edition is:

"Open the Power House of networked Innovation - open source, open
standards and open content"

The aim of the Holland Open Software Conference is to present a broad
variety of open initiatives and projects. We offer a
platform were knowledge can be exchanged and were people meet in a
professional and enthusiastic atmosphere. The
conference likes to show the attendee that open solutions are available
and that they can cope.
There will be provocative debate and unconventional contributions. The
Conference will feature a broad range of best
practices, scientific tracks as well as invited presentations. We do
offer all invited speakers, papers, projects and our
appreciated sponsors the possibility to go into depth or debate with the
audience on the after conference on Saturday,
June 17th. Communities will make things happen, communities will
organize specific in depth events for (their) developers
and coding marathons. We expect to see that more marvelous contributions
and results will be created on the spot. We
challenge you to investigate what can be learned from your research on
and experiences with open methods and invite you to
share the knowledge on the conference.

Key Questions:

Do Open Methods enable the creative process?
Which community model leads to the most effective innovation?
How do Open Models lead to sustainable results?
What are the technological enablers of the Open Model?
How to cope with the risks and benefits of the Open Model?
When is the closed model more effective than the Open Model?
Is the Open Source model a viable alternative for the traditional
educational system?
What are the successful results delivered through the Open (Source)
Models, and how were they realized?

What is going to happen?

The program of HOSC 2006 will consist of keynotes and many parallel
sessions that cover a wide range of topics, such as:

Trust:
with contributions from Jos Dirksen (AtosOrigin), Guts Wissema (IBM) and
Jeroen Visser (IBM)
Education:
with contributions from Michael van Wetering (Kennisnet) and Hans
Nieuwenhuis (Wosi-project), Moodle and Didactor.
Licenses:
with contributions from Doeko Bosscher (KUN), Jan Bergstra (UvA) and
Paul Klint (CWI)
Business Models:
with contributions from Francois Letellier (Objectweb), Sanne te Meerman
(Open Source Adviesgroep) Glyn Moody (columnist Computer Weekly) and
Léon Gommans
(Rotterdam CS)
Communities:
with contributions from Arjé Cahn (Hippo), MMBase, Wiki/ KDE-Desktop,
Google Earth and Suversion
Standardisation:
with Jeroen van Disseldorp (ICTU) and W3C
Social Inclusion:
with Yuwei Lin (researcher on open source communities, http://ylin.org/)
Overview Open Source:
with speakers from many continents and eastern Europe, like Diana Gorea
(University 'Al. I. Cuza', Iasi, Romania) and
Madan Mohan Rao (AMIC)
Open Government:
with Mathieu Paapst (Unisys-RUG) and Jaap Dijkstra (RUG)
Open GIS, Space for Geo:
with Rob Peters (Zenc)), Victor Bekkers (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
and RGI
Open Content:
with contributions from Oscar van Dillen (Wikimedia Nederland), Jamie
King (OpenBusiness.cc), Hans Westerhof (Kennisland) and Laurent Kratz
(Jamendo)
Media:
with Lucas Vroemen (L1), NRC and Telegraaf
Components & Architecture:
with contributions from Arnoud Engelfriet (Philips Electronics), Guido
Bajens (Nora / ICTU) and WebGUI
Experiences:
with Tjeerd Brenninkmeijer (Hippo) KNMI and Procolix/ WebGui / United
Knowledge

How can I get ticket?

Tickets for the Holland Open Software Conference 2006 will be sold
through our website www.hosc.nl. There are 700 tickets available, so
don't wait till the last moment.

The prices for three days including lunches and drinks are:

€ 200,- visitors
€ 100,- for sponsors of Holland Open
€ 50,- for students (maximum 200)

On Saturday June 17, the entrance is free, but registration
(http://www.hosc.nl/) is necessary.

For more information on the conference please contact:
Martine van Zijl
e-mail: martine@hollandopen.nl
tel: +31(0)35 6838770

Aim of the Holland Open Foundation: to urge the necessity of open
standards in all forms of information technology, to
encourage open information flow and to stimulate open source software
and open content.
World Class Speakers at the Second Holland Open Software Conference

--
Martine van Zijl
Office Manager
Stichting Holland Open

e-mail: martine@hollandopen.nl
tel: +31 (0)35 683 8770
fax: +31 (0)35 685 9934
mob: +31 (0)6 14414005

web: http://www.hollandopen.nl

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