OPENFORUM EUROPE 2009 SUMMIT: The Future is Open

Brussels, 24th April 2009 09.30 – 17.30

Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155

Information and Communication Technology is increasingly going mainstream. It becomes an integral part of innovation across all sectors. In this light, as we approach a new Parliament and Commission what are the key issues that governments in the EU should be considering in the area of ICT? How can open standards support the development of a market free of lock-in that maximises competition, choice and innovation? What will the issues be that allow Europe to grow in an increasingly competitive global market? How do we maintain the openness we have already achieved? Join us in Brussels on 24th April 2009 to discuss these important issues and more.

Confirmed Agenda

0930 Registration and coffee

1000 Introduction Conference Chair, Graham Taylor, Chief Executive, OpenForum Europe

1015 Keynote 1: “Can Europe Take Advantage of the 2^nd Communication Revolution Too?” Žiga Turk, Secretary General, Reflection Group

1035 Keynote 2: “The Importance Of The Open Internet in The Future”, Vint Cerf, Google

1100 Q+As

1130 Session 1: The Internet – Built On Openness

What is the impact of cloud computing and what new issues will it raise? What is the role of the web browser—what will happen in the future? Are today's regulations sufficient for the new world?

Chair: Susanne Zuehlke, Partner, Latham and Watkins

• Håkon Wium Lie, CTO, Opera

• Daniel Dardailler, Associate Chair, W3C/ World Wide Web Foundation

• Sten Tamkivi, 'Skype Evangelist' and Head of Skype Estonia

• Dr Bob Stillman, CRAI

• Mitchell Baker, Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation

• Panel Discussion

1330 Buffet Lunch

1430 Keynote 3 “Mass Innovation, Business 2.0 style?”, Anthony D. Williams, co-author of Wikinomics

1500 Session 2: Openness For Increased Choice and Competition

What is the economic basis for openness? How do Open Standards encourage innovation as we look forward to 2020? How can SMEs thrive? Public procurement turns policy into practice. What are governments doing, what should they be doing?

Chair: Trond Arne Undheim, Chair OFE Standards SIG/Oracle Corporation

• Adam Jollans, Worldwide Open Source Strategy Manager, IBM

• Matt Asay, VP of Business Development, Alfresco

• Prof Dr Luc Soete, Director, UNU MERIT

• James Love, Director KEI, and US co-chair of the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue Working Group on Intellectual Property

• Sebastiano Toffaletti, Secretary General, PIN-SME

• Aslam Raffee, CIO Dept of Science and Technology, Govmt of South Africa

• Panel Discussion

1700 Next steps – the Swedish Presidency, Urban Funered, Special Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Sweden

1715 Summit Conclusions, Conference Chair

1730 Cocktails

We hope very much that you will be able to join us on 24th April. Please R.S.V.P to: events@openforumeurope.org For up to date information on the Summit go to www.openforumeurope.org/summit2009