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Open Source Conference
"After the Revolution - New and
Emerging Business Models"
Organized by PRIME and SYSTEM@TIC with the support of the FACCSF
Monday, December
8th - 3:45 to 6:00 PM
@
PRIME
Overview, Schedule of
Events
Expert Panel
Register
Pitch
Session
After enabling the Internet, the open source software revolution has changed
the landscape forever. Now widely accepted and on its way to maturity, open
source is on the verge of becoming a viable industry. In France, high-tech
market actors, corporations and government administrations have been early
proponents of this technology, and can provide insight on what the
future of open source holds.
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large and local
government agencies (Finance Dpt., Police, Parliament, Regional and local
bodies such as the Paris Region and the city of Paris) have massively
deployed their next generation IT infrastructure on free and open source
software,
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new markets have
emerged for services and have defined new categories such as the SSLL (Societes
de Services en Logiciels Libres - Free Software Services Companies)
Worldwide, new business models such as SaaS (Software as a Service),
Internet-based and Web 2.0 services are enabled first by open source
software, as witnessed with the successes of companies such as Google and
Salesforce.com. Many new software startups have elected to build and often
to market their software products as open source.
The power of open
source technology can no longer be denied, demonstrated by the fact that
every significant commercial software product is now built on open source
software including Microsoft's. Especially in France, open source is
becoming the backbone of IT infrastructure and a driver that is reshaping
the IT industry. With uncertain times ahead, the trend of open source
as an engine of new growth and value creation is likely to gain even more
momentum.
Conference
Schedule:
6.00 - 6.30 Registration & Welcome by PRIME and SYSTEM@TIC
6.30 - 7.30
Conference and Panel Discussion
7.30 - 8.30 Wine
Tasting, Refreshments, and Networking
9.00
Closing
Our Panel of Experts:
Join key
experts of the software and open source revolution to:
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Discover new and
emerging business models,
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Compare and
contrast the US and European approaches,
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Understand the
impact of open source on the commercial software and IT market, and the
impact of commercialization on open source volunteer communities.
Jean-Noël de
Galzain
Vice-President,
Pôle de Compétitivité,
SYSTEM@TIC
Introductory Speaker
Jean-Noël
de Galzain will deliver the opening presentation on the current status and
developments of the Open Source market in France.
John Roberts
CEO
- Sugar CRM
John Roberts, CEO and
Co-Founder of SugarCRM, is a pioneer in the enterprise software market. As
co-founder of SugarCRM, John established SugarCRM's commercial open source
business model, co-led the product design of SugarCRM products, and helped
build the Sugar Community into one of the largest open source communities on
the Web. With experience across marketing, business development and product
management, John has established SugarCRM as the only viable alternative to
established proprietary CRM solutions.
Georges Nahon
CEO
- Orange Labs San Francisco
Georges Nahon was named CEO of Orange Labs San Francisco, a unit of France
Telecom R&D in June 2003. He is driving a Silicon Valley based
multi-disciplinary team of experts consisting of computer scientists,
engineers, sociologists, economists and designers who are developing
innovative convergent services in the areas of wireless, internet, and new
television. He is the co-author with Didier Lombard, Chairman and CEO of
Orange France Telecom Group of the book "The Second Life of Networks"
published in June 2008. (The French edition has the following title:
"La village numérique mondial: la deuxième vie des réseaux"). Member of the
board of Directors of the French American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco
(FACCSF), he holds three patents.
Boris
Auché
Manager,
Open Source & Linux Solutions, Bull
Boris AUCHE is currently Open
Source Solutions & Services business development manager at Bull where he is
responsible for OSS strategy deployment under the Open Energy (Libre Energie)
umbrella. Before stepping into the services area, Boris has held several
management positions in sales and marketing within Bull and IT companies
such as Unisys. In 2004, Boris joined ObjectWeb executive committee, in 2005
took the responsibility of the Open Source section of Standarmania.
Dominique Piotet
CEO
& President, L'Atelier BNP Paribas America
Moderator
Dominique Piotet is the President
and CEO of the l'Atelier North America, a BNP Paribas company dedicated to
New Technologies (www.atelier-us.com).
He created it in 2006. Leveraging 15 years of experience in the high tech
industry, he is giving advice and consulting with companies in the Internet
strategies and their Pisani "Comment le web change le monde", a book about
the impact of the Internet of the society. He founded 5 years ago and
co-hosts a weekly radio show "l'Atelier Numerique", and publishes a column
in "La Tribune". Dominique holds a diploma from Sciences Po Paris and 2
masters (one in Economy and one in Contemporary History).
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closed.
Pitch Session
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pitch session? Were you interested by the presenting companies?
Click here to review the executive summaries and contact Victor at
events@faccsf.com
to obtain contact details.
Partners:
About Systematic:
System@tic is an International Cluster that aims at raising the global
visibility of Paris Region in the design, production and management of
complex systems.
The System@TIC cluster is strategically focused on three key technologies
(optics, electronics and software) applied to the following growth markets:
Telecommunications, Automotive & Transport, Security & Defense, Systems
design and development tools, Open source software
Thierry Louvet
t.louvet@systematic-paris-region.org
Tel : +33 (0)1 69 81 65 80
About
Prime:
PRIME (Paris Region International Mission Enterprise) is the US branch of
Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA).
Its main missions and objectives are to:
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Act as gateway to Paris Region for American
companies by giving free and confidential services such as business
introduction, recruitment facilities, site location studies.
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Promote the attractiveness of Paris Region to
West Coast opinion leaders and potential investors.
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Boost the Paris Region economy: SMEs, research
centres and large companies willing to invest.
Boris Frochen
bfrochen@paris-region.com
+1 415 438 0094
Marie Buhot-Launay
mbuhotlaunay@paris-region.com
tel: +33 (0)1 58 18 69 41
Organization
contact :
Carole Granade –
carole@faccsf.com
415 442 4717
Name of guests will be kept at the door
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