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Day 1, November 12: Welcome Ceremony
7:00 - 9:00 pm Welcome dinner
UP Manila Chancellor Ramon L. Arcadio
FOSS@Work organizers
Day 2, November 13: Introduction to FOSS
Venue: Amorsolo Room
8:15 - 8:45 Opening ceremonies
Shahid Akhtar, UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme
Balthas Seibold, InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany
Alvin Marcelo, UPM National Telehealth Center and IOSN ASEAN+3
8:45 - 9:15 Keynote speaker
Hon. Emmanuel Lallana, Commissioner, Commission on Information and Communications Technology, Republic of the Philippines
9:15 - 9:45 Guest speaker
Hon. Teodoro Casino, Sectoral Representative, House of Representatives, Republic of the Philippines
9:45 - 10:15 Getting to know you / Press Interview
10:15-10:30 Break
Session 1: Introduction to FOSS business models and mechanisms of FOSS development and services
Description: Free/Open Source software seem to defy conventional business models; and precisely because of this, a number of SMEs are reluctant to integrate them in the company workflow. In this session we aim to discuss the arguments that can be made for FOSS in the workplace and how FOSS can actually serve the strategies of the organization.
10:30 - 11:00 am Free and Open Source Software: Brief History and State-of-the-Art
Facilitator: Martin Voss
- What is open source?
- Benefits
- Methodology
11:00 - 12:00 nn FOSS as an instrument in development cooperation
Facilitator: Martin Voss
- FOSS as part of an ICT strategy
- The role of participation, education and empowerment
- Differing views of actors in ICT on the role of FOSS in development
- Adopting a marketing-oriented approach
12:00 - 1:15 PM Lunch
Session 2: FOSS in Action
Facilitator: Martin Voss
- International business models (Oracle, IBM)
- Tools: Porter's five forces framework and stakeholders analysis
- Intellectual property rights (SCO vs. IBM case)
- The role of communities in FOSS development
- Examples of different business models and the role of the community
2:15 - 3:15 pm Building a Business on FOSS
Facilitator: Patrick Reidenbach, URSolutions
The story of a company's introduction to FOSS and how they saw its strategic importance. Subsequently, the company shifts their core business on FOSS.
3:15 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 5:15 pm Making Work Easier -- Project management with FOSS
Facilitator: Markus Beckedahl
- Community management with FOSS
- Leadership styles
- Contribution
- Collaboration services with FOSS (Berlios, Sourceforge, Collabnet)
Day 3, November 14: Power training
Session 3: Knowledge Exchange with FOSS
Morning Workshop 1 (Luna Room):
8:15 - 10:00 am Content Management Systems/Wikis/Blogs/Community development
Facilitator: Markus Beckendahl
Description: One of the most widely used FOSS products are content management systems (CMS). In this session, the group will be updated on the development process of CMSs and what promotional strategies can make them succeed.
Morning Workshop 2 (Luna Room):
10:15 - 12:00 pm Localization and Multi-lingualization of FOSS projects
Facilitator: Eric Pareja, UP Manila and Noy Shoung, NIDA Cambodia
Description: The ASEAN
region is a multi-lingual region. Another strength of FOSS is the
ability of multiple stakeholders to participate in the localization of
FOSS products. In the true spirit of sharing, practitioners of
localization demonstrate how current tools and methods allow them to
make software more relevant and understandable to their respective
citizens.
- OpenOffice
- FOSS Master Plan, Action Plan, Implementation, Strategy, Curriculum Development, Training, Contest and Migration
Morning Workshop 1 (Amorsolo Room)
8:15 - 10:00 am FOSS-based Voice-over IP servicesFacilitator: Fernando D. Contreras, Marco Angelo Mejia
Description: Voice-over-IP services is revolutionizing business by lowering total cost of ownership and extending the scope of the market for many SMEs. This session tackles the basics of VOIP for SMEs and then demonstrates the many applications in business.
Morning Workshop 2 (Amorsolo Room)
10:15 - 12:00 pm SMS programming
Facilitator: Fernando D. Contreras, Rafael R. Sevilla
Description: The Philippines is the texting capital of the world with an alleged one billion short messages (SMS) flowing through its cellular network everyday. The rest of the world are likewise following suit. This session will introduce the tools for SMS programming, demonstrate how it works, and show SMS can enhance one's business or even be one's own business.
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch
Session 4: IT Security for SMEs and Power Tools
Afternoon Workshop 1 (Luna Room)
1:15 - 3:00 pm IT Security for SMEs
Facilitator: Rudy Quimbo
Description: As ICT infrastructure and ramp-up costs go down, more SMEs will be automating their operations. With the many benefits of ICT are the co-occuring risks especially with business security. This session delves into the issues of security that come with integrating ICT into your business operations.
3:15 - 5:00 pm Virtual Private Networks with Open Source WiFi Routers
Facilitator: Horacio T. Cadiz, Philippine Network Foundation,Inc.
Description: Rather than leasing expensive dedicated point-to-point links to connect the branch office(s) to the main office, SMEs have discovered that subscribing each office to a DSL service is a more cost-effective solution. With this configuration, the SMEs use the public Internet to route their inter-office communications. Unfortunately, this configuration exposes the inter-office communications to the risk of malicious attacks from the public Internet. The speaker will describe and demonstrate how to build a virtual private network (VPN) to secure the inter-office communications. In addition, the speaker will use the common, inexpensive, and off-the-shelf wireless broadband routers running Linux and packaged with other Free Open Source Software as the VPN appliances for the offices.
Afternoon Workshop Track 2 (Amorsolo Room)
1:15 - 3:00 Web development using Ajax, LAMP, and Eclipse
Facilitator: Jochen Nessel
Description: There are numerous tools for developing code in the proprietary environment. Unknown to many, the FOSS arena has even more tools and resources for such activities. These two sessions demonstrate the power of FOSS in creating applications using different tools that do not break the company's budget.
3:15 - 5:00 Swing development with Java and Eclipse
Facilitator: Jochen Nessel
6:15 pm Meet at Lobby for Fellowship Dinner at Mall of Asia
7:30 pm Dinner at Guilly's Island, SM Mall of Asia
9:00 pm Return to hotel
Day 4, November 15: Next Steps -- Promotion, Collaboration and Networking
Session 5: Dissemination and Capacity Building (Amorsolo Room)
8:15 - 10:00 am Developing Multimedia with FOSS & Developing LiveCDs for Marketing your FOSS products
Facilitator: Dominique Cimafranca, Villageidiotsavant
Description: SLAX is a small, fast, and flexible distribution that lets you run Linux completely from CD-ROM or USB pen drive without installation to hard drive. As such it is ideal for distributing small Linux software applications: companies could use SLAX to send out demo packages to customers; teachers could use it to give out educational software to students. This session introduces SLAX and gives the steps to customize the look of the distribution as well as to load it with customized applications.
10:00 - 10:15 am Break
Session 6: Obtaining further training and certification in FOSS
Description: The use of FOSS requires having a corps of experts who can support it. There are numerous training and certification programs available locally and internationally. This session show some that are available which may be accessed by SMEs.
10:15 - 10:30 The IOSN Linux Training of Traniors and Linux Professionals Institute Certification Program - Khairil Yusof, UNDP APDIP
10:30 - 10:45 am POSITIVE.ph: The Philippine Open Source Initiative Portal - JP Sianghio, Intextelcom
10:45 - 11:00 am Linux Training - Engels Antonio, Bluepoint Technologies
Session 7: Moving forward and networking
Description: IOSN and INWent Capacity Building of Germany hopes to galvanize the successes and achievements of the conference by consolidating the stakeholders and nurturing them even beyond the conference. In this session, participants discuss how they wish to move forward and continue the collaboration that has been started.
11:15 - 12:00 Matchmaking of Likeminded Players and Establishing the FOSS@Work SME Database - Alvin Marcelo
12:00 - 12:15 Picture taking
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
