[Discussioni]EGOVOS 3: Open Standards and Libre Software in Government (Parigi, 2003-11-24/26)

[Francesco Potorti`]

http://www.egovos.org/nov-2003/

The EGOVOS conference is a high-level international event covering the 
topic of free/open source software (commonly referred to as Libre 
Software in Europe), interoperability and open standards in the 
government sphere. Researchers and developers, local, regional, national 
and international users and stakeholders, as well as management experts 
and industry attend. The conference will provide an unrivalled open 
platform in which to debate and to exchange views on the viability of 
Libre Software in the design and implementation of affordable, scalable, 
secure eGovernment services.

EGOVOS has already been held twice, both times in Washington, DC. The 
first conference (October 2002) was hosted by the World Bank and George 
Washington University's Cyber Security Policy & Research Institute 
(CSPRI). The second conference in March 2003 was organized by CSPRI and 
the Center of Open Source & Government.

EGOVOS will be held for the first time outside of the United States on 
24-26 November, 2003 and hosted by UNESCO <http://www.unesco.org> at 
their headquarters in Paris. The lead organizers of the conference are 
MERIT <http://www.merit.unimaas.nl>/Infonomics 
<http://www.infonomics.nl> at the University of Maastricht jointly with 
CSPRI <http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu/> and the Center of Open Source & 
Government <http://www.egovos.org/>. The conference is supported by 
other international organizations, including UNDP <http://www.undp.org/> 
and the European Commission <http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm>.

The conference provides a collegiate setting for presentation and 
discussion on innovative developments and usage of Open Source by public 
administrations, and is expected to draw over 400 delegates. It provides 
an opportunity to highlight achievements and landmark national 
initiatives as well as look forward to challenges and priorities for 
furthering the use of Free Software. EGOVOS in November will feature the 
following Thematic Priorities:

    * E government public services
    * Transforming Public Administration with libre software
    * Inclusion & Development
    * Interoperability and open standards issues
    * Value added free software/open source business models
    * Security issues
    * Education
    * Research & Development models

Related Themes

    * Patent, copyright, licences
    * Libre software benefits for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
    * e-learning
    * the GRID and libre software
    * Regulation & legislation in eGovernment technology

The EGOVOS 3 conference is partly funded through the FLOSSPOLS 
<http://flossproject.org> project at MERIT, under the European Union's 
Sixth Framework Information Society Technologies Programme.