EARLY BIRD delegate tickets start from £299.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
- Hon. Dr. Benjamin Ntim, Minister of Communications, Ghana
- Mrs. Jacqueline De Rojas, Managing Director, Novell
- Mr. Erwin Tenhumberg, Open Source Group, Sun Microsystems
- Mr. Adam Jollans, Open Source Strategy Manager, IBM
- Mr. Arthur Feather, Senior Manager Mobile Standards and Architecture, Cisco (subject to final confirmation)
- Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
- Senior Representative, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority
- Mr. Magnus Glantz, Application Specialist, IT Operations OSS, TeliaSonera
- Mr. Jan Willem Broekema, Programme Manager, Open Source Option Software Strategy
- Mr. Simon Crab, Team Leader, Informal
- Mr. Chamindra de Silva, Project Leader, Sahana
- Senior Representative, Ink-Media
- Ms. Brooke Partridge, Chief Executive Officer, Vital Wave Consulting
- Mr. Gabor Laszlo, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Economics, Budapest Tech
- Mr. Jerry Stabile, Senior Vice President, Pingtel (subject to final confirmation)
- Mr. Samuel Kwesi Ainsoh, General Manager/International Relations, Ghana Telecom
- Mr. Rishab Ghosh, Senior Researcher, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
- Mrs. Dapo Ladimeji, Executive Member, Free and Open Source Foundation Africa
- Mr. Fouad Riaz Bajwa, FOSS Advocate, International Free and Open Source Foundation
- Mr. Glenn McKnight, Director of Operations, Linux Professional Institute
- Dr. Mark Thompson, Cambridge University Lecturer and Senior Independent IT Strategy
- Advisor for the UK Shadow Cabinet
KEY INVITED SPEAKERS:
- Hon. Min. Gillian Merron, Minister for Transformational Government, UK
- Hon. Min. John Pugh, Liberal Democrat Shadow Spokesperson for Health, UK
- Hon. Min. Xavier Dorcas, Minister for National Education, France
- Hon. Min. Heidi Granderoeys, Minister of Modernisation, Norway
- Hon. Min. Andrew John Chenge, Minister for Communications and Transport, Tanzania
- Ms. Chinyelu Onwurah, Head of Telecom Technology, Ofcom
- Mr. Adrian Scrase, Chief Technology Officer, European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- Mr. Mark Van den Brink, Senior Director and Chief Architect, Motorola
- Mr. Paul D. O’Brien, Group Customer Service and Systems Leader, BT
- Mr. Arnoud Engelfreit, Philips Open Source Advisory Board Secretary, Philips
- Mr. Sean Moss-Pultz, Project Manager, First International Computer
- Mr. Nick McGrath, Director of Platform Strategy, Microsoft
Draft agenda is available on request, please email Conference Producer directly at m.kaur-rai@cto.int
Open Source software presents an opportunity to cut costs, see inside the software, demystify technology and understand the design so that all users can adapt technology to meet their own needs. It is widely seen as the key enabler for developing countries to achieve technological self-determination. Open source can reduce total cost of ownership, enhance security, and create a vendor-independent network based on interoperability and open standards. Open source software also provides the opportunity to break free from the shackles of proprietary systems and expensive upgrades.
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is hosting a three-day event in December devoted to Open Source. It is a must-attend event for ICT giants and start-ups alike. The first day of the conference is reserved for ministers and senior representatives from the public sector, the second day will include speakers from the private and public sector to analyse how open source is bridging the digital divide and the last day of the conference will be devoted to open source in mobile
We are now seeking experts like you to deliver presentations at this industry-shaping event aimed at the private and public sector.
If you work in the public sector and are using open source software for e-governance, disaster management, e-literacy campaigns etc then we would like to invite you to share your experiences, achievements and difficulties
If you are a service provider and have adopted open source to reduce costs, then we would like you to deliver a case study
If you are an internet or mobile operator and have harnessed open source to decrease time to market and have used open source for the fast delivery of new services, then we would like you to contribute your expertise at this event
PARTICIPATE AS A SPEAKER
If you would like to participate as speaker, please submit 4 sentences describing the main points of your proposed presentation to Miss Mani Rai at m.kaur-rai@cto.int
Please note all speakers are entitled to attend the entire forum free of charge. There may also be an opportunity for speakers and delegates to take a free trip on the London Eye (UK's most iconic and popular tourist attraction).
PARTICIPATE AS A DELEGATE
If you do not want to participate as speaker, but would like to:- KNOW why One Laptop Per Child chose Open Source; CONSIDER open source initial implementation and lifetime costs; HEAR FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE of how successfully open source software can work with existing applications; ANALYSE what Open Source can offer that proprietary systems cannot; UNDERSTAND how easy it is to localise open source software to meet the needs of non-English speaking users; LEARN how mobile operators are harnessing open source to deliver superior smartphone features in inexpensive handsets; ENHANCE your knowledge on optimising open source in mobile for convergence and next generation networks; EXAMINE how, when and where open source might fit into VoIP deployment...
Save the date: 4 - 6 December, 2007, London.
Please note EARLY BIRD BOOKING has already started, prices start from £299.
P.S Draft agenda is available on request, please email Conference Producer directly at m.kaur-rai@cto.int
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