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 Posted by I. Valdes on Monday October 07, 2002 @ 10:41 PMfrom the interesting developments dept. "Open Source: A Case for e-Government" conference will be held in Washington, DC, USA, October 16 - 18, 2002. The aim of the conference is to raise awareness and to share experiences among policy makers, donors, users/consumers, universities, and industry specialists in Open Source, e-Government and related fields. The conference will draw participants from local, national and international organizations from both the public and private sector." Full text of the announcement is within. Digg this article Open Source: A Case for e-Government Washington, DC October 16 - 18, 2002 October 16, 2002 Marvin Center George Washington University Grand Ballroom 800 21st St. NW (on the corner of 21st and H Sts. NW) October 17 and October 18, 2002 The World Bank IFC Auditorium 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue The Information for Development program (infoDev) of the World Bank, the Cyberspace Policy Institute of The George Washington University, and the Sustainable Development Networking Programme of the United Nations Development Program are pleased to invite you to a conference on "Open Source: A Case for e-Government" to be held in Washington, DC, USA, October 16 - 18, 2002. The aim of the conference is to raise awareness and to share experiences among policy makers, donors, users/consumers, universities, and industry specialists in Open Source, e-Government and related fields. The conference will draw participants from local, national and international organizations from both the public and private sector. The core sessions of the conference will focus on: § Keynote by Congressman Rick Boucher, co-founder of the Congressional Internet Caucus § Open Source and e-Government in the U.S., Europe and developing countries (how governments and local authorities are benefiting from using Open Source) § Open Source vs. Proprietary Software (what is the proper role of each in e-Government) § Demonstrations of Open Source Projects (LinuxTM, OpenOffice, MozillaTM, GNOME, MySQL) § Meet the Open Source Vendors § Open Source and the Security of the Critical Infrastructure § Business Cases: The Economics of Using Open Source Software and Total Cost of Ownership Please visit the website http://www.egovos.org for further information. As this is an invitation only event, you must be registered to attend. You may register online by visiting the conference website and kindly note that all registrations must be received no later than October 11, 2002. There is no registration cost for the event. We hope that you will join us for what promises to be an exciting event. Please complete the registration form as per the instructions in the conference website. Feel free to contact us in the case of any questions or concerns at (202) 994-5513. < | >
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