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Hi,

Thanks Karim for all this event info.

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Thanks,
-Amish


Quoting "Karim R. Lakhani" <lakhani-DPNOqEs/[email protected]>:

> Kevin Crowston wrote:
> > The attachment was garbled by the mailing list. Could you resend it? Or 
> > cut and paste the text into an email?
> > 
> > Kevin Crowston
> > Syracuse University                            Phone:  +1 (315) 443-1676
> > School of Information Studies                    Fax:    +1 (866) 265-7407
> > 4-206 Centre for Science and Technology        EMail:  [email protected]
> > Syracuse, NY   13244-4100   USA                Web:    
> > http://crowston.syr.edu/
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Karim R. Lakhani
> MIT Sloan | The Boston Consulting Group
> Mobile: +1 (617) 851-1224
> http://spoudaiospaizen.net
> http://web.mit.edu/lakhani/www | http://opensource.mit.edu 
> 
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