OFE Events - "Standards and the Future of the Internet" 25th - 27th Feb 2008
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OFE Events - Roundtable on Standards and the Future of the Internet 26 Feb 2008
| What | Briefing |
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| When |
2008-02-25 from 00:00 to 00:00 |
| Where | Geneva |
| Contact Email | geneva@openforumeurope.org |
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Geneva 26/02/2008
As part of their regular business briefing series, OpenForum Europe is pleased to announce a high-level roundtable discussion on Standards and the Future of the Internet - the role of open standards, standards development and standards organisations for innovation and healthy marketplaces. The event will take place at the International Conference Centre Geneva (http://www.cicg.ch/en/) on Tuesday 26 February in Geneva, Switzerland and it has been scheduled to coincide with the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting on OOXML, an event which exemplifies some of the challenges currently facing international standards-making. To find out more about the ISO BRM, which is being organised at the same venue, please visit:
http://www.jtc1sc34.org/repository/0932.htm
OpenForum Europe Briefing: Standards and the Future of the Internet - the role of open standards, standards development and standards organisations for innovation and healthy marketplaces
In this OpenForum Europe Roundtable discussion, moderated by OFE Chief Executive Graham Taylor, a panel of distinguished speakers will be invited to address a range of questions, including:
- What is the right balance between innovation and common standards?
- How is it possible to achieve greater transparency in the standards setting process?
- Standards need to be of the highest possible quality - how can the quality of standards be maintained?
- What does it mean for a standard to be open?
Keynote panelists:
- Vint Cerf (VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Corporation - the "father of the Internet")
- Bob Sutor (VP, Open Source and Standards, IBM Corporation)
- Håkon Lie (formerly CERN and W3C - currently CTI of Opera Software)
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Andy Updegrove (Attorney-at-Law and a partner in the law firm Gesmer Updegrove)
- Moderator - Graham Taylor (Chief Executive, OpenForum Europe)
Members of the National Standards bodies attending the BRM, members of ISO and United Nations in Geneva will receive an invitation to this briefing in January 2008. If you are not a member of any of these groups and you are interested in attending and making a contribution, please send us a message briefly describing your organisation and your interest in the event [mail to geneva@openforumeurope.org]. Spaces are limited and participation might be restricted. There is no fee for attending but registration is important for gaining access to the conference centre.
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