Overview
After the major success of the first Open Source Meets Business in January 2006, the second run of the Congress is just a few months away – with an expanded program and even more ways to get information, get to know people, and share knowledge. In addition to 65 best practice presentations by user companies, 55 presentations will be held for the first time on the future of Open Source projects and technologies, not to mention workshops, poster sessions, and top keynote addresses to provide a comprehensive overview of Open Source in the business sector.
Do you deal with the use of Open Source components in your company? Do you have to determine the benefits that Open Source software could have for your company ? Are economic efficiency, cost effects, investment security, and technical feasibility the main criteria for such decisions?
Our congress will provide answers to your questions.
- Visionary. Top class keynote speakers – representatives of user companies and the IT industry – will be sharing their visions of the future of Open Source in the business sector.
- Argumentative. In the panel discussion, these visions will have to prove their worth.
- Informative. Numerous best practice presentations from companies in all industries and of all sizes, selected and compiled by an independent program committee consisting of a majority of Heise editors.
- Competent. Clearly defined criteria for the presentations ensure high quality of information and clarity.
- Solution-oriented. In workshops moderated by our editors and limited to 20 participants, you can discuss your personal issues and work up potential solutions with the support of Open Source experts.
- Communicative. Despite a tightly packed presentation program and intensive workshops, you will have time to get to know people and exchange opinions – in other words, to network – in breaks and at two evening events. Open Source in the business sector is the topic; learning from others, the means of getting there.
In 65 presentations, midsize companies all the way up to multinationals will be sharing their experience in the use of Open Source software. The focus will consistently be on the economic and business effects of the solutions used. On the one hand, the presentations are categorized by industry; on the other, by the technology used.
For the first time, 55 presentations will be dealing with the future of Open Source projects on the first day of the congress. In accordance with the specifications of the program committee, speakers will be emphasizing the business benefits of their projects and their position vis-à-vis competitors. They will describe development capacities and outsourcing to independent developers as well as talk about their roadmaps and visions of the future.
An independent program committee selected all of the presentations. In addition to a clear presentation of the content, special emphasis is placed on the exclusion of advertising in these presentations.
The attendance fee for all three days of the congress is 1,580 euros excluding value-added tax. The two-day ticket costs 1,180 euros; a single day, 680 euros.