Open Source and Sustainability 2006

by Elena Blanco on 25 April 2006

Introduction

Open Source and Sustainability 2006

Open Source and Sustainability was a 3-day conference exploring the theme of open source sustainability held on 10-12 April 2006 at the Said Business School.

A report on the conference can be found here.

This conference looked 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

Plenary presentations and parallel sessions ran throughout each of the three days and are all available below. All presentations have been made available in PDF format except where the presentation is hosted elsewhere or was provided as html. The copyright on all presentations is retained by the authors and any specific licensing conditions are indicated on the presentation slides themselves. Where no licence is specified, please assume all rights are reserved.

Day one: Monday, 10 April 2006

Opening plenary session

Parallel sessions I

Parallel sessions II

Day two: Tuesday, 11 April 2006

Opening plenary session

Parallel sessions I

Parallel sessions II

Parallel sessions III

Closing plenary session

Day three: Wednesday, 12 April 2006

Opening plenary session

Parallel sessions

Final Plenary session

  • Paul Everitt (Zope Europe Association): Open Source: Big Trends and Small Businesses
  • Sarah Porter (JISC): Where next?