Re: Re: OSS Symposium Padua Italy

Humbly, please enable English at your important site www.floss.org,  
Some of us are condemned from speaking multiple languages.. 

Karim R. Lakhani wrote:

> Kevin Crowston wrote:
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>> Kevin Crowston
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> Sorry about that!
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> 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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