Second Annual Open Source Summit
Tuesday, June 19, 2007; 7:30 am registration; 8-12:30 pm
Microsoft, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA
Join us for this half-day summit as technology leaders discuss the current state of open source and the implementation of collaborative development models. The program will spotlight innovative open source companies in a rapid fire lightning round session. The summit will culminate with a keynote presentation on OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), an initiative lead by Nicholas Negroponte, as recently featured on 60 Minutes.
8:00 am -- Opening Remarks
8:15 am -- The Year in Review and the Years to Come: GPL3 and what it tells us about the current and future prospects of free and open source software. A member of each of the four GPL 3 Committees will review the new license, the process by which it was promulgated, and what it all tells us about the current state of free and open source software.
Karen Copenhaver, Partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Ira Heffan, Associate, Goodwin Proctor
Scott K. Peterson, Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property, Hewlett-Packard Company / Andover, MA
David Rickerby, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart
9:00 am -- Open Source Strategies
Jay Batson, EIR, North Bridge Venture Partners (moderator)
Larry Alston, VP of Corporate Strategy, Iona
Andy Astor, President and Chief Executive Officer, enterpriseDB
Craig Dillon, Director of Enterprise Solutions, Microsoft
Don Fisher, VP of Online Services, Red Hat
Douglas Heintzman, director of strategy, IBM Software Group
Justin Steinman, Director of Linux Marketing, Novell
10:00 am -- Break
10:15 am -- Lightning Rounds - Moderated by Mark Withington, founder & acting president, BostonPHP.org
Akaza Research - Benjamin Baumann
Apatar - Renat Khasanshyn, Founder and CEO
BlackDuck - Jim Berets, Is the Sr Dir of Product Management for BlackDuck
Drupal - Jay Batson EIR North Bridge Venture Partners
enterpriseDB - Andy Astor, President and Chief Executive Officer
IBM - Jean Barlage, Marketing Manager, ISV & Developer Relations
Plone 3.0 - Nate Aune
Simula Labs DevZuz - David Schwartz, VP, Business Development
SnapLogic - Mike Pittaro
SofCheck - Kent Bradford, VP - Sales & Mktg
SugarCRM - Kelly Ann Bagley, Corporate Account Executive
11:15 am -- OLPC Keynote - One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization aiming to redefine learning and education for the world's children by providing each child with a specially-developed, innovative, and low-cost laptop. We will introduce the initiative and then dive into the challenging engineering behind the OLPC software platform, covering everything from its unusual firmware to its new child-friendly GUI.
Ivan Krsti, Director of Security Architecture, OLPC
Cost: Members/Non-Members, $20/$40
Sponsors: Choate, Hall & Stewart; IBMPre-registration for this event is currently closed. Registration is still available at the door.
