[Fsfe-france] Conference Brevets Logiciels a Bruxelles le 17/09/03

[Frederic Couchet]

Conférence brevets logiciels à bruxelles mercredi prochain. La salle
peut contenir 100 personnes.

SOFTWARE PATENTS : THE CHOICE IS YOURS
Wednesday 17 September 16.00 -18.30
European Parliament Brussels Room PHS 5B001

15.00   Press conference in briefing room

16:00   Introduction by Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP Chair of the Green/Efa
        Group in EP

16:10   Presentation of the petition of the scientists:
        Dr. Alan Mycroft, Cambridge*
        http://www.math.chalmers.se/~bengt/petition.pdf
        
16:30   Presentation of the letter of the economists:
        Dr. Luc Soete, Founder of Merit (Maastricht Economic
        Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
        http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/technologie/0,39020809,39116150,00.htm

16:45   European consumer's point of view: Jim Murray, Director of
        the BEUC

17:00   Tim Berners-Lee, Director World Wide Web Consortium, founder
        of the www online statement, debate and chat (videoconference)*

17:30   Administration that switched to open source software (Germany)
        Jens Mülhaus Member City Council city of Munich

17:45   CEO of European SMEs testimony about software patents :
        Hakon Wium Lie, CEO of OPERA (web browser Opera, used on all
        platforms, also used on cell-phones and PDAs for eg. Motorola)
        www.opera.com

18:00   Debate

18:30   Conclusion

http://www.greens-efa.org

Translation is available in all official EU languages

Participation is free however it is necessary to register by Monday
17.09.03 by email with address@hidden in order to get an
access badge to EP


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