Open Source Open Content Seminar in Bangladesh
A seminar on "Open Source and Open Content" was successfully held at
BASIS SoftExpo2007 on 30th March 2007 at 2.30pm. The seminar was marked
as the biggest seminar so far in the exposition and acclaimed a lot of
attention from the audience. Mr Munir Hasan and Mr Fakruzzaman
presented two keynote lectures. Mr Hasan covered broadly the aspect and
philosophy of Open Source while Mr Zaman gave emphasis on Open Source
Business Model. In his speech Prof. Dr M Zafar Iqbal expressed his hope
that one day our young generation would uphold the beauty of the open
source and collaboratively build an open society. As designated
discussant Dr Mumit Khan of BRAC University addressed the audience
regarding Open Access while Dr Zahidur Rahman mentioned about
cryptography limitation of US Based software. Session Chair Dr M
Masroor Ali pointed out the needs for national office packages and
dreamt that it would be a reality in near future. In the open floor
discussion Dr Lutful Kabir of BUET, Shamim Ahsan of BASIS and others
participated. The Seminar was at end with unpacking of Wiki CD by the
chief guest. The seminar has been organized jointly by BASIS and BdOSN.
The keynote presentations are available at http://www.bdosn.org