27 Dec
2004
27 Dec
'04
6:06 p.m.
Hi all
Please read the attached message if you live in or near Russia. Is
someone willing to take the lead in manning a booth? You can even make
a speech if you like :)
Cheers
Jason
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Vera Semyonova" <vera.semyonova(a)fort-ross.ru>
To: <jasonfilby(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:57:49 +0300
Subject: Open Source Forum Russia
Dear Jason Filby,
Please find hereby information about the first Open Source Forum in
Russia. We will be delighted if you find an opportunity to participate
with a booth in the exhibition part or (and) attend as a speaker in
the conferecne program.
Looking forward to hear from you,
Sincerely,
Vera Semyonova
CEO
Fort-Ross
Open Source World Russia
27-29 April, 2005
Moscow, Radisson SAS Hotel
Mission statement
The Open Source World Russia is the first conference and exhibition in
Russia which will be entirely dedicated to open source software
development. The open source model has become extremely popular all
over the world, and Russia is no exception. Many major international
companies show their interest in promoting the open source solutions
in Russia. About 75% of Russian software development companies already
use the open source model for their international customers.
The mission of this conference is to boost the confidence of the
Russian IT market for open source solutions.
Audience
IT-directors, project managers, software developers, system
administrators, industrial enterprise directors, representatives of
the governmental authorities and others will be the visitors of the
exhibition and participants of the conference.
Overall number of the exhibition visitors expected: 3000+.
Overall number of the conference participants expected: 500+.
Organizers of the Conference
1.Fort-Ross, the leading marketing and event company organizing varied
conferences and trade shows in the field of IT and software in Russia,
2.Linux Ink., since 1993 the pioneer of professional support and
distribution of Linux systems in Russia.
Programme Committee
John Maddog Hall (Linux International),
Ceren Cerenov (MERT RF),
Alexei Smirnov (ALT Linux),
Vyacheslav Zvyagintsev (Linux Ink)
Valentim Makarov (RUSSOFT)
Alexander Andreev (Softjoys)
IBM
Novell
Duration of the Conference: 3 days
Plan of the Conference
1.The Opening Ceremony
Speakers:
representatives of the Russian Government,
organizers of the event,
several VIP speakers.
2.Exhibition (free for visitors):
1.Linux City: a specially decorated area where visitors can see live
demonstrations of various open source solutions that together build a
common infrastructure. Linux City will present a model of real
enterprises, small offices, communication infrastructure,
entertainment zone etc. Each node of this model might have its own
sponsor.
2.Exhibition Area
This area invites the open source projects (maintainers or their
representatives, team members) and companies to demonstrate their
state-of-the-art technologies.
3.Conference (requires registration and tickets)
1.plenary sessions, held by vendors
2.specific sections, presenting the talks
3.round-table discussions, moderated
Conference Sections and Round-Tables
1.Open Source Community (code: OSCom)
Topics for discussion:
1.project management in the Open Source software development
2.training for Open Source software development
2.Open Source Security (code: OSSec)
Topics for discussion:
1.security of software products and technologies based on the open source model
2.implementing national security standards in open source solutions
3.Open Source to e-Government (code: OS2eG)
Topics for discussion:
1.open source solutions for governmental agencies
2.communication and docflow standards
3.e-Government portals
4.Open Source to Business (code: OS2B)
Topics for discussion:
1.open source solutions for the corporate market
2.particular features of the open source business model
3.commercial support of open source solutions
5.Open Source in Education (code: OS2Ed)
Topics for discussion:
1.open source solutions for education
2.training resources and applications
3.learning process management
6.Open Source Legal Issues (code: OSLegal)
Topics for discussion:
1.open source licenses
2.intellectual property rights, copyright/copyleft, patents
Agenda
24 April 2005 (Wednesday)
13.00 – registration of participants
15.00 – grand opening of the exhibition
16.00 – beginning of the conference.
Plenary session with participation of the keynote speakers:
- representatives of the RF government at minister level,
- managers of leading international open source organizations
and companies
- Linux International, Open Source Development League, Red Hat, MySQL
- general sponsors of the Conference
19.00 – Gala reception for the VIP guests (by individual invitations)
28 April 2005 (Thursday)
9.00 - the exhibition opens
10.00 – parallel sections (OSCom, OS2eG, OS2B)
11.00 – coffee-break
12.00 – parallel sections (OSCom, OS2eG, OS2B)
13.30 – lunch for conference participants
15.00 - parallel round tables (OSCom, OS2eG, OS2B )
16.30 – coffee-break
18.00 – Reception for conference participants
April 29, 2005 (Friday)
9.00 - the exhibition opens
10.00 – parallel sections (OSEd, OSSec, OSLegal)
11.30 – coffee-break
12.00 – parallel sections and round-tables continue (OSEd, OSSec, OSLegal)
13.30 – lunch for conference participants
15.00 – round-tables (OSEd,
OSSec, OSLegal)
17.0– Official closing of the conference, summary.
Keynote speakers give closing speeches.
Practical Information
Conference Location
The conference and exhibition are to be held in the "Radisson SAS
Hotel". This is almost the only hotel in Moscow with a big
conference-hall and sufficient space for the exhibition.
The following areas of the Hotel will be used:
1.foyer of the Hotel main hall (as Hospitality Desk and as area for
the main sponsors' stands)
2.big cinema hall (up to 500 people) - for Official Opening and
Plenary session.
3.Group of "Composer halls" - for exhibition and negotiations, for
Linux City (total space is 1100 sq. m.).
4.Group of "Writers' hall" - for sections and round-tables (two halls
for 100 and 500 people)
Lunches and dinners for the conference participants will be served in
the restaurants on the first floor.
Exhibition
The total number of available stands is about 50. Among participants
of the exhibition there are Sponsors, software development companies
and system integrators.
Additional features in order to make Conference participation more effective
Besides the conference and the exhibition we are planning the
following additional features, which are intended to attract more
participants and add novelty to the event:
1.Registration for the exhibition will be done on-line, each
participant will be able to print a badge in advance by Internet, in
order not to waste time at the registration. Participants of the
conference and of the exhibition will have badges of different colors.
Number of stands to visit is checked by bar code on a badge.
2.Wireless Internet and Internet-cafe will be organized in the exhibition area
3.Linux City: live demonstration of the open source solutions can be
tested by any visitor
4.Demonstration of technologies and products based on Open Source
software will be arranged in the exhibition area.
Press coverage
The press is invited to participate in this event for free, but
preliminary accreditation is required.
Wide advertising campaign in business and computer mass media, as well
as invitation of leading periodical media as informational sponsors,
will be organized in advance.
All leading Russian IT and business newspapers and magazines will be
involved into information sponsorship and partnership with the show.
The number of mass media representatives visiting the conference will
be about 100.