I'm very much considering going. Who's joining me? Bye, Joost
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- Subject: [Osdem]Software Patent Conference in Parliamenton the 17, registration limit 15 Septembre
- From: David GLAUDE <dglaudemailing@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:35:17 +0200
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 15.09.03 by email with lvandewalle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in order to get an access badge to EP ---To simplify the registration and avoid your mail being returned with question because of missing required informations, you could fill the ASCII form below and send it to Laurence Vandewalle (lvandewalle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).*LastName: *FirstName: *Addresse: *BirthDate: Email: Organisation: Phone: Fax: Message/Question: The address must be exactly the one on your id card.Only the FirstName, LastName, Address and BirthDate will be forwarded to the European Parliament security so that you can get in.Every other information is only for the organisator to know who you are, why you come and recontact you if necessary.David GLAUDE
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