Re: [OS:N:] Participants at GWU event

["Ignatius Hsu" <ivh georgetown edu>]

I'd just like to make some clarifications between the Georgetown University
Summit and the George Washington University Conference. The summit steering
committee would not characterize the Georgetown event as "devoid" of
participants. Rather, by design, we are keeping it small to facilitate a
roundtable policy discussion between all attending participants, panelists
and speakers.

While the 2 events are running on parallel dates, there is very little
overlap in topics. Tony Stanco's GWU/World Bank/UNDP conference
(http://www.egovos.org/) examines the Open Source case for e-governance, and
includes best practices, experience sharing, and international development
topics. The Georgetown University Summit: Public Interest and Policy Issues
(the website is actually http://opensource.georgetown.edu/) is designed as a
roundtable for a small group of participants to discuss legislation, higher
education policy, and government's role in shaping the future of the Open
Source industry. As Jeremy has mentioned, Tony is on the committee of both
events and we are working together.


Ignatius Hsu
Staff Research Assistant
Communication, Culture & Technology Program
Georgetown University

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Hogan" <jhogan redhat com>
To: <open-source-now-list redhat com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OS:N:] Participants at GWU event


> Ahem... that was meant to be off list. Sorry 'bout that.For those who
> don't know, in October there will be two events very near and dear to
> OpenSource:NOW:
>
> Open Source: The Public Interest and Policy Issues
> http://www.georgetown.edu/users/moores/guopensource.html
>
> Georgetown University Open Source Forum
> Washington, DC
> October 17-18, 2002
>
> An exploration of the public's interest and the policy issues
> surrounding them.
>
> "The Georgetown University Open Source Forum will explore the role
> higher education has or should have in the development of emerging open
> source technologies. The primary goals of this initial forum will be to
> help determine who should control the skills, methods, and products of
> computer software development, and what responsibility higher education
> has to help define that process. "
>
> And:
>
> "Open Source: A Case for e-Government" http://www.egovos.org/
>
> Washington, D.C.
> October 17-18, 2002
>
>
> Organized by GWU, UNDP, and InfoDev (World Bank).
>
> " The aim of the conference is the presentation of best practices,
> awareness raising, and the sharing of 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.
>
> To facilitate the organization of topics and events at the conference,
> you are invited to submit speaking and demonstration proposals. We
> strongly encourage speakers from both developed and developing countries
> to share experiences and submit proposals."
>
> Check out those links and see how you can get involved.
>
> --jeremy
>
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