Re: OSS Symposium Padua Italy

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Sorry about that!

Here is the text version:
Open Source Software 2005
International Symposium
Padua, Italy
14-15-16 April 2005

www.floss2005.org

Dear potential Speaker:

We are currently in the process of organizing for an International Symposium on OSS for the second year in a row. The OSS phenomenon is still relatively new, particularly in Italy. The Symposium is an attempt to respond to the need that people from industries, public administrations, and academia have to share their experiences and ideas. The main goal of the Symposium is to bring together researchers and experts interested in presenting their work

We would like to invite you to present your work and/or experience in the field of OSS at this multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary Symposium. We have made a list of suggested topics, but please feel welcome to suggest new ones. Your presentation can be based on work that has already been published or presented or on work or research that is currently being done.

Sessions may consist in presentations or debates around selected topics. They will be organized according to the proposals accepted. A chairman/moderator of the session will be appointed from among those whose proposals have been accepted. An appropriate amount of time will be allocated for discussion.

If you are interested in participating please send an extended abstract of your presentation (around 1000 words) or your paper by February 12, 2005 (see submission form attached).

Communication of acceptance/rejection will be sent by March 1, 2005.

The Symposium is a not-for-profit initiative. No fee is required.

Please refer to the Symposium web site (under construction) or send an e-mail should you have any questions.

Please feel free to extend this invitation to colleagues you think might be interested in either attending or presenting at the Symposium.

We look forward to meeting you and exchanging ideas at the International Symposium Open Source 2005 in Padova.

Many thanks for your attention.
Best wishes,

Prof. Moreno Muffatto, on behalf of the organizing committee
([email protected])


List of topics
Suggested Topics

The main topics of the Symposium are, but not limited to:

The open source philosophy

Sociological and anthropological perspectives of open source communities

Coordination mechanisms, leadership and governance in open source communities

Motivational aspects in open source communities

Virtual communities and social capital

Open source software and knowledge creation/management

Open source software and collective action, self-organization

Complex Adaptive Systems and emergence

Open source software products

Embedded open source software

Open source quality assessment criteria

Open source software and new product development

Community based open innovation

The economics of intellectual property rights

Open source strategies in ICT firms

Open source software and open standards
 
Business models for open source software

Open source strategies in public administrations

Open source software adoption

Open source software in education 

Open source software in health care

Open source software in developing countries

Open content and open knowledge



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