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Open Source and Sustainability 2006

A three day conference exploring the theme of open source sustainability: the perspective for higher and further education.

The details

Date: 10-12 April 2006

Location: Said Business School, Oxford, UK

Who should attend?
  • senior IT decision-makers
  • IT managers
  • software developers
  • open source businesses
Key dates:
  • 15 December 2005 - conference website announced
  • 20 December 2005 - call for papers
  • 20 January 2006 - earlybird booking opens (10% discount on full registration fee)
  • 30 January 2006 - call for papers closes
  • 15 February 2006 - earlybird booking closes
  • 24 March 2005 - bookings close

Conference format

The conference will consist of a mixture of plenary talks and 3 parallel workshops.

Themes

Open source has proved itself as a development and distribution model that can deliver software which is functional, efficient, innovative, and cost-effective. What is the long-term future? What is the best model for sustainability? Do different models succeed equally well?

This conference will look at open source sustainability from the point of view of
  • strategic funding bodies seeking to maximise their investment through open source development
  • universities and colleges entangling their infrastructure and pedagogical environments with open source software
  • software development projects seeking to perpetuate themselves through building communities
  • businesses basing their sustainability on an open source business model

Stay informed

To stay informed about the conference, including the call for papers and when bookings open, please complete the expression of interest form.

Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this conference. For enquiries, please contact info@oss-watch.ac.uk.

Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 (first published December 2005)
Author: Sebastian Rahtz

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