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0900 – 1045

Inaugural Session

• Welcome and Introduction to FOSSAP: Shahid Akhtar [*]

• Keynote Address by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An [*]

• Address by H.E Phu Leewood, NiDA Secretary General, Government ICT Policy and Strategy [*]

• Special address by Richard M. Stallman, Founder of the Free Software Movement [*]

1045 – 1115

Tea / Coffee Break

1115 – 1215

Case Studies: FOSS and Government + Public Sector

• Vietnam's OSS Project - Nguyen Trung Quynh, National Project on OSS, MOST, Government of Vietnam. [*]

• FOSS Activities of National Institute for Smart Government - Sai Sandeep Krishna Paidi, NISG, India [*]

• Progress of Chinese Government on the development of FOSS – Mr. Min Gong, Chinese Co-Create Association [*]

• Q and A

1215 – 1315

Case Studies: FOSS and Education

• Ganesha Project - Kamal Raj Subedi, Nepal [*]

• Sakura Project/JMITA - Ms Tuul Davaa, Mongolia [*]

• Free/Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan - Dr. M Anwar-ur-Rehman Pasha, Pakistan [*]

• Q and A

1315 – 1415

Lunch

1415 – 1515

Case Studies: FOSS and ICT4D

• FOSS in South Asia and South-East Asia - Frederick Noronha, Bytes for All, India [*]

• FOSS in Pacific Island Countries: Marko Schutz, University of South Pacific, Fiji [*]

• Q and A

1515 – 1530

Tea/Coffee Break

1530 – 1600

Case Studies: FOSS and Development

• FOSS initiatives of Primary Care Doctor's Organisation - Molly Cheah, Malaysia [*]

• Open Content – Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, India [*]

• Q and A

1630 – 1730

Case Studies: FOSS and Development

• FOSS and Low Cost Computing - Mr. Krich Nasingkun, Consultant National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand [*]

• FOSS and Disaster Management - Chamindra de Silva, Sahana Project Sri Lanka [*]

• FOSS and Geographic Information Systems - Franck Martin, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, Fiji Islands [*]

• Q and A

Time

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0900 – 1000

Communities – I (Government Lead Initiatives)

• Indonesia Go Open Project - Haryanto Sahar, Ministry of Research and Technology, Government of Indonesia [*]

• Open Source Resource Centre of the Pakistan Software Export Board - Mr. Nasir Khan Afridi or M. Osman Haq, Pakistan [*]

• Cambodia FOSS Master Plan and Action Plan - Noy Shoung, NiDA Deputy Secretary General, National ICT Development Authority [*]

• Q and A

1000 – 1100

Communities – II (GNU/Linux User Groups and FSFs)

• Singapore Open Source Alliance - Mr. Boon Leong, Singapore [*]

• Philippine Linux User Group Inc. - Marvin Pascual, Philippines [*]

• Q and A

1100 – 1115

Tea / Coffee Break

1115 – 1215

Communities – III (Localisation Teams)

• Bangla/Bengali Projects on FOSS - Jamil Ahmed, Bangladesh [*]

• Burma IT Project - Michael Suantak , Burma [*]

• Khmer OS Project and Open Forum Cambodia - Javier Sola, [*] Cambodia

• Q and A

1215 – 1315

Communities – IV (L10N Teams)

• LaoLinux - Anousak Souphavanh, Laos [*]

• Farsi KDE - Arash Zeini, Iran [*]

• PAN Localization - Amar Gurung, Nepal [*]

• Q and A

1315 – 1415

Lunch

1415 – 1515

Review I

• FOSS R&D Projects under the USP-APDIP Microgrants Scheme – Dr. Marko Shultz, University of South Pacific, Fiji Islands [*]

• Presentation of FOSS R&D Projects under APDIP's ICT R&D Grants Programme - Phet Sayo, APDIP [*]

• Plans for WSIS

• Discussion and Feedback

1515 – 1530

Tea/Coffee Break

1530 – 1730

Public Private Partnership Session

• Intel – Danese Cooper, Intel Corporation [*]

• Extra Slot 1

• Extra Slot 2

• Discussion

Time

Details

0900 – 1000

Parallel Group Discussions - I

• FOSS and Policy

• FOSS and Capacity Building

• FOSS and Localisation

1000 – 1100

Parallel Group Discussions – I (continued)

1100 – 1115

Tea / Coffee Break

1115 – 1215

Parallel Group Discussions - II

• FOSS and Development Practise

• FOSS and Open Content

• FOSS and e-Government

1215 – 1315

Parallel Group Discussions – II (continued)

1315 – 1415

Lunch

1415 – 1515

Presentations

• FOSS and Policy

• FOSS and Capacity Building

• FOSS and Localisation

• FOSS and Open Standards

• FOSS and Development Practise

• FOSS and e-Government

1515 – 1530

Tea/Coffee Break

1530 – 1700

Discussion and feedback on presentations

1700 – 1730

Planning Wrap up – Shahid Akhtar, UNDP-APDIP [*]

Some final thoughts – Richard Stallman [*]