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ADVISORYBOARD 2008

Albert Chu

Albert Chu
Vice President, Marketing and Alliances,
Access

Ari Jaaksi

Ari Jaaksi
Director, Open Source Operations,
Nokia

Bdale Garbee

Bdale Garbee
Chief Technology Officer, Open Source & Linux,
HP

David Boloker

David Boloker
Chief Technical Officer,
IBM

Doe-Wan Kim

Doe-Wan Kim
Chief Research Engineer,
LG Electronics

Fabrizio Capobianco

Fabrizio Capobianco
Chief Executive Officer,
Funambol

Jason Whitmire

Jason Whitmire
General Manager, Mobile,
Wind River

Jean-Marie André

Jean-Marie André
Senior-Vice President, Corporate Development,
Purple Labs

Mahesh Veerina

Mahesh Veerina
Chief Eexcutive Officer,
Azingo

Ralph Mueller

Ralph Mueller
Director of Ecosystem Development,
Eclipse Foundation

Terrence Barr

Terrence Barr
Technical Evangelist,
Sun Microsystems

2007 AGENDA

Keynote Sessions

Day One 18th September 2007

08.30 Executive Pass Registration

08.40 Speed Networking

A chance to get to know your peers before the start of the conference in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

08.50 Conference Introduction

  1. Jane Backhouse, Producer, OSiM 2007, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK

09.00 Mobile Linux In The Era of Convergence

  1. Tomihisa Kamada, Co-Founder, EVP & CTO, Access Co. Ltd., USA

09.30 The Importance of Open Source as a Means to Supercharge Innovation

  • Enabling and leveraging open source innovation to deliver exciting consumer experiences
  • The power of working in the open source community - innovation, reducing time to market
  • Understanding Nokia's strategy for open source: Open source browser, S60 Open C, N800 Linux Internet tablet
  1. Tero Ojanperä, CTO and Executive Vice President, Nokia, Finland

10.00 Open Source in Mobile: Driving Toward the Tipping Point

  • Moving beyond borders - why a Linux-based software platform is a proposition that translates globally
  • Breaking the mould - how operators, handset manufacturers and developers are leveraging open source to create the next generation of unique mobile experiences
  • Enabling the developer ecosystem to speed innovation - how "open" should open be?
  • Addressing the challenge of uniting the industry for greater adoption - reducing fragmentation and increasing developer opportunity
  • Business Opportunities in an emerging space - how the evolution of mobile Linux will deliver great opportunities for those developers investing today
  1. Christy Wyatt, Vice President, Ecosystem & Market Development, Mobile Devices, Motorola, USA

10.30 From Innovating Open Source Platforms to Shipping Profitable Products

  • The Industry Requires an Efficient, Independent and Trusted Supplier
  • Integrating, testing and supporting diverse mobile products
  • Building great software development tools
  • Delivering web 2.0 applications to the mobile phone
  • Engineering product differentiators for operators
  1. Mahesh Veerina, CEO, Celunite, USA

Day Two 19th September 2007

08.30 Executive Pass Registration

08.40 Speed Networking

A chance to get to know your peers before the start of the conference in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.

09.00 Chair's Introduction

  1. Tony Cripps, Service Manager, Mobile User Experience, Ovum, UK

09.10 Operator Perspective: The Benefits Open Source Can & Must Deliver to Add Value to the User Proposition

  • Examining the mobile market's requirements device functionality:
  • Where are key improvements to be made?
  • What development under open source has the potential to deliver
  • How open source can be best managed to enable new or better user experiences
  • Key end-user deliverables for open source to justify its growth in mobile
  1. Luigi Licciardi, Executive Vice President, Telecom Italia, Italy

09.40 Experience from the PC Arena Increasing Innovation through Open Source

In the past few years customers have come to realize that innovation is directly tied to value. This is particularly relevant in the wireless and telecommunications industry where technology is often the edge for competitive advantage. In this Keynote, Brian Stevens, Red Hat's CTO and VP of Engineering will discuss how open source and open standards is the enabler for better architecture, better performance, and ultimately, better customer experience.

  1. Brian Stevens, CTO and VP Engineering, Red Hat, USA

10.10 Successfully Developing with Open Source Communities

As HP's Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist, Bdale Garbee advises the lead technologists in other HP business units and other HP decision makers on technology and community aspects of Linux and Open Source applications. He mentors internal communities on how to productively participate in the Open Source development process, and encourages the adoption of Open Source software and principles across the company. A contributor to the Free Software community for more than 25 years, Bdale's Keynote draws on his many years of hardware design, Unix internals, and embedded systems work.

  1. Bdale Garbee, CTO, Linux and Open Source, HP, USA

10.40 Managing the Complexity of Linux for Mobile Phones

  • The exponential growth in complexity in software for mobile handsets - how Linux can mitigates the impact
  • "Roll Your Own": recognizing how this high-cost phenomena has hampered the industry
  • Transitioning from build to buy: enabling differentiation and minimizing BOM cost...how other industries offer a roadmap.
  • Understanding the paradox of innovating a perceived commodity -creating commercial value in an open source world
  1. John Bruggeman, Chief Marketing Officer, Wind River, USA

Day One Stream Agenda

STREAM A: STRATEGIC
The Business Opportunities of Open Source in Mobile

  1. Stream Chair: Andrew Aitken, Founder and Managing Partner, Olliance Consulting Group, USA

Defining Open Source

11:30An Introduction to Linux and Open Source from a Strategic Business Perspective

An Introduction to Linux and Open Source from a Strategic Business Perspective

  • Defining "open source"
  • How open source is being used by businesses to make money, in the PC and mobile arenas
  • Why open source should be a considered element of your business strategy
    • understanding the advantages and threats
  • Andrew Aitken, Founder and Managing Partner, Olliance Consulting Group, USA

    • Why, How and When? Informing Your Decision to Work with Open Source

    12:00 Operator Perspective: The Business Case

    How Linux Can Increase Returns on Software Investment over Proprietary Platforms and other Mobile OS

    • Analysis of the monetary and time efficiency advantages of open source over shortening product cycles
    • The case for open source in software reuse
    • The commercial benefits of the external development community working within open source
    • Avoiding resource intensive testing • Customisation opportunities gained through open source
    1. Danny-Siyuan Huang, Head of Open Source Technology Labs, Orange, China
    2. Thibaud Mienville, Device Standardisation Manager, Orange, France

    12:30 Operator and Partner Case Study:

    Can Linux Accelerate the Emergence of New FMC Applications?

    • Exploring and organising Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) opportunities.
    • Does Linux bring the required level of organisation to slot in vertical innovation?
    • Seamlessly porting applications from a Linux workstation to a Linux device... and the time this can save
    • Case study: how BT Devices Research tests emerging FMC applications on a virtual-then-real device
    1. Matthew Walker, Head of Devices Research, BT Group Chief Technology Office, UK
    2. Jean-Marie Andre, COO, Purple Labs, France

    1:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all delegates)

    Lunch Sponsor: a la Mobile

    2:15 Symbian OS Perspective:

    Why Opening Tool Sets Brings Benefits over Closed OS

    • How the open source community allows Symbian to address the challenges of a diverse developer base
    • Symbian’s strategy to migrate tools from a set of proprietary and commercial tools to an offering centred on the open source Eclipse platform
    • Mutually beneficial interactions that companies can have with the Open Source community - Symbian case studies
    1. Thibaut Rouffineau, Director Developer Engagements, Symbian, UK

    When? Timescales to Wider Mobile Market Deployment

    2:45 Analyst Perspective:

    Deployment Timescales and Market Penetration by Linux and Open Source Software

    • Current open source market share
    • Predictions to 2010 and beyond on market penetration and geographic distribution
    • Barriers to penetration:
      • How far current open source players can deliver on mass-market volume requirements. Timescales to greater shipment potentials
      • Open source’s readiness for mobile certification - a key barrier to wider European and US deployment?
    1. Malik Saadi, Principal Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK

    How? Open Source and Linux Business Case Studies

    3:15 Linux Platform Case Study

    Planning an Effective Business Strategy for the Mobile Linux Market

    • A company approach to open source: the Trolltech model and alternatives
    • How open source works economically - it's not about price, lessons learned
    • The business of freely licensed software - managing opportunities and threats
    • How the open source business model will influence a growing mobile market
    1. Eirik Chambe-Eng, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Trolltech, Norway

    3:45 Business Strategy Round Table

    If I Knew Then,What I Know Now: Business Lessons from the Leaders in Open Source Solutions

    The early innovators of business strategy for open source and Linux share their experience. What advice would they offer mobile businesses working with open source?

    1. Eirik Chambe-Eng, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Trolltech, Norway
    2. Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Ubuntu, UK (tbc)
    3. Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO, Funambol, USA
    4. Jurgen Geck, CTO, Open-XChange, Germany

    STREAM B: STRATEGIC
    Effective Models for Development & Community Partnership

    Working Successfully with Open Source Communities

    11.30 Practical Lessons from the PC Market

    Building a Developer Community around a Commercial Product: Challenges, Advantages and Examples of Best Practice

    1. Dave Neary, Leader of Open Source Community,Wengo, Neuf Cegetel, France

    11.55 Practical Development Experience

    Between the Corporate and Community: Why is it So Hard to Work Together?

    • Development experience: working with open source code
    • The need for a systematic strategy for community contribution - best practice examples
    • Why open source development increases the need for upgrades
    • Managing upgrades in a CES development model - how far is an innovative new model required?
    1. Shawn Kwon, Senior Engineer, Founder of KLDP, Samsung, Korea

    12.20 Practical Lessons from the PC Market

    Presentation by Ubuntu on the company’s work with open source communities

    1:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all delegates)

    Lunch Sponsor: a la Mobile

    2.15 Best Practice Roundtable

    Working Effectively with the Open Source Community

    How To:

    • Choose the right open source projects for vibrant and mutually beneficial development
    • Communicate with communities: Strategies for trust and openness
    • Build a developer community to support your platform or project
    • Support the community to facilitate greater innovation
    1. Quim Gil, Member of Board GNOME Foundation, Development Platform Product Manager, Nokia, Finland
    2. Dave Neary, Leader of Open Source Community,Wengo, Neuf Cegetel, France
    3. Mark Kent, Global Evolution Manager, BT Global Services, UK
    4. Nils Faerber, Project Lead, G(PE)^2, Germany
    5. Matthew S. Hamrick, Co-Founder, Homebrew Mobile Phone Club (hbmobile.org), USA

    Effective Development Models for Working with Open Source

    3.00 Developing the Isis Platform to Ensure an Effective Migration Path to Platforms in Years to Come

    • Establishing key requirements of the optimum open mobile platform, including:
      • Foreign Application Framework Support
      • Downloadable Native-Architecture Program
      • User Maintenance
      • Efficient Inter-application communication
    • Examining existing work on open platforms
    • Criterion for selecting open source
    • Dependency analysis: dependency as the degree to which each module relies on other modules;The Architecture Trade-off Analysis Method
    • Visions for the future
    1. Sean Sangwoo Kang, Senior Engineer, Software Laboratories, Corporate Technology Operations, Samsung, Korea

    3.25 The embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP): Effective Collaboration on Common Tools and Platforms

    • Eclipse Device Software Development Platform (DSDP) projects - building tools and platforms with contributed code
    • Incorporating standards
    • How development costs can be shared to create better platforms - visions of the future
    1. Mark Rogalski, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Lotus- Mobile Platforms, IBM, USA

    3.50 Interactive Panel

    Weighing Up the Development Case for Open Source in Mobile: Do the Advantages of Open Source Outweigh the Increased Demands on Development Regime and Resources?

    • Software investment: Comparing the resources required to research and modify open source code, compared to proprietary software, Microsoft and Symbian
    • Community contribution: Are the benefits gained through community support enough to justify the investment?
    • Development regime: What changes are required to work most effectively with open source? What additional demands do these place on an OEM, operator, chipset or software provider? How can these additional demands be best managed?
    1. Danny-Siyuan Huang, Head of Open Source Technology Labs, Orange, China
    2. Philippe Robin, Linux Program Manager, ARM, France
    3. Thibaut Rouffineau, Director Developer Engagements, Symbian, UK
    4. Shawn Kwon, Senior Engineer, Founder of KLDP, Samsung, Korea
    5. Mr. Faraz A. Syed, CEO & Co-Founder

    Developer Pass Entry

    STREAM C: TECHNICAL Linux for Mobile: Addressing Fragmentation; Increasing Tools & Support

    1. Stream Chair: Andreas Constantinou, Founder, VisionMobile, UK

    Developing Linux for Mobile

    11.30 Understanding the Move towards Mobile Linux, and How You Can Play a Key Part

    • An examination of the work of mobile manufacturers, software providers and operators to move to open source
    • Linux in the mobile industry - roadmaps, drivers and key companies
    • Your role as a developer in the mobile ecosystem: support, advantages and challenges
    • Assessing the standards landscape - key players and the standardisation process
    • How you can participate in shaping open source and Linux for mobile
    1. Bill Weinberg, Industry Consultant and Commentator, LinuxPundit, Director, Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, USA

    12.00 Meeting the Mobile Challenge with the Hiker Framework

    1. Didier Diaz, Senior Vice President Product Strategy Management, ACCESS, USA

    12.30 Bringing a Mobile Linux OS Platform Product to Market: Today versus the Recent Past

    • Comparison of what the market demands from a Mobile OS provider today vs. the recent past
    • Practical realities of mixing Open Source and proprietary products in a commercial OS Platform as a product
    • Managing multiple task masters: satisfying the needs of both the OEM and the operator
    • Opportunities for differentiation and innovation in a Mobile Linux platform product
    • Will there be more than one platform winner when the dust settles?
    1. Pauline Alker, Co-founder & President, a la Mobile, Inc. USA

    1:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all delegates)

    Lunch Sponsor: a la Mobile

    2.15 Best Practice Roundtable

    Finding Your Key to the Commercial World: What Your Project Needs to Work Most Effectively with the Mobile Industry

    • What are the advantages of collaboration between free software projects and mobile operators or OEMs?
    • Why open source communities are needed by the mobile industry
    • Examples of successful collaboration: what can we learn?
    • How can communities offer the support that a large corporate entity requires?
    1. Ari Jaaksi, Director, Open Source Operations, Nokia, Finland
    2. Jeff Waugh, Director, GNOME Foundation, Australia
    3. Bill Weinberg, Industry Consultant and Commentator, LinuxPundit, Director, Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, USA
    4. Doug Levin, CEO and President, Black Duck Software, USA
    5. Chair: Andreas Constantinou, Founder, VisionMobile, UK

    Improving Mobile Tools & Development Support

    3.00 Vodafone BetaVine Forge:

    Why and How Vodafone is Supporting Free Software Developers

    • Integrally linking the open source model to telecommunications research and promotion
    • Increasing the availability of telecoms software and source code in the open source community
    • Supporting collaborative projects between Vodafone Group R&D and open source community
    • Vodafone Betavine Forge as a key part of the Vodafone Betavine, a new research and development space
    1. Oscar Puyal, Vodafone Group R&D FLOSS Coordinator, Vodafone R&D, Spain

    3.30 Case Study:The G(PE)^2 Project

    Challenges in Developing Open Source for Mobile

    1. Nils Faerber, Project Lead, G(PE)^2, Germany

    3.45 Interactive Panel

    Making it as Easy as PC: Overcoming the Barriers to Mobile Linux Development

    • What is currently available to the mobile Linux developer?
    • How great is the availability problem of devices/environments on which to develop Linux for mobile?
    • Examining the developer devices released in 06/07 - what are the advantages? What are the challenges?
    • What must a software development kit (SDK) offer to facilitate innovation and improve development cycles?
    • How can mobile SDKs be improved?
    1. Asokan Thiyagarajan, Technology Evangelist, Ecosystem & Market Development, Motorola, Inc.
    2. Nils Faerber, Project Lead, G(PE)^2, Germany
    3. Ralph Muller, Director of Ecosystem Development, Eclipse Foundation, Germany
    4. Larry Berkin, Sr. Director, Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition, ACCESS, USA
    5. Chair: Andreas Constantinou, Founder, VisionMobile, UK

    Day One: The Evening Session

    Open to All Pass Holders

    4.30 The Forge

    40 minutes of refreshments and structured "Six Minute meeting" Speed networking

    Open to all, this is the ideal time for you to share ideas, meet new business partners and discuss the day’s issues with session speakers and delegates. Plan your meetings in advance using the OSiM Networking Tool.
    See page 3 of this brochure for further details on this advanced networking system.

    Key Debate: Fighting Fragmentation

    1. Chair: Bill Weinberg, Industry Consultant and Commentator, LinuxPundit, Director, Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, USA

    5.10 Opening Perspective

    Understanding the Value of Greater Industry Participation in Developing Standards

    1. Jari Alvinen, Chairman of the Board, Open Mobile Alliance, Director, Standardization and Industry Relations, Nokia, Finland

    5.30 Interactive Panel

    How Can We Most Effectively Fight the Fragmentation of Open Source for Mobile?

    • Understanding the interests of operators, software vendors, Free/Libre and Open Source communities and end users – Can they be aligned towards common standards?
    • Where must the drive for collaboration come from? Who needs to be involved? To what extent must the open source community drive standardisation?
    • What are “open standards”… and do they provide the solution?
    • Will fragmentation plague the future of mobile Linux, to the extent seen in the Unix PC arena? And if not, how can we best fight back?
    1. Chair: Bill Weinberg, Industry Consultant and Commentator, LinuxPundit, Director, Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, USA
    2. Panellists:
    3. Jari Alvinen, Chairman of the Board, Open Mobile Alliance, Director, Standardization and Industry Relations, Nokia, Finland
    4. Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation, USA
    5. Tim Raby, Managing Director, OMTP, UK

    Day Two Stream Agenda

    STREAM A: STRATEGIC
    Assessing & Fulfilling the Market’s Software Requirements

    Examining Market Demand for Linux Platforms

    11.40 What Linux OS Must Offer the Mobile Operator for Strategic and Technical Advantage:

    An Analysis from both Perspectives after more than 5 Years of Experimentation

    • The current OS landscape, and the role of open OS
    • How the Linux platform can differentiate itself against proprietary and Open OS alternatives
    • Technical capabilities: Comparing the potential benefits of Linux with what is currently delivered
    • Consistency of platform: Examining the true levels of fragmentation, and its cost impact for operators
    • The ideal ecosystem surrounding a platform or application, and the extent to which this is a factor in the operator’s choices
      Fabio Ricciato, Mobile Terminal Evolution Manager, Telecom Italia, Italy
    1. Giorgio Rossi, Industry Relations Manager - Open OS, Telecom Italia, Italy

    12.10 Examining Open OS & Linux Today: Comparing the Benefits for End to End Service Integration

    • Presenting Bouygues Telecom’s experience
    • How Open OS can benefit an Operator in end to end service integration - with comparative analysis of Microsoft, Symbian and Linux OS Considering:
      • Platform fragmentation and consistency across implementations
      • The community around the platform, providing support and development
      • Could greater openness give Linux the winning edge over Symbian and Microsoft over the next two years?
    1. Franck Chauvigné, Terminal Expertise Lead, Bouygues Telecom, France
    2. Hervé Marcasuzaa, Head of Handset Design, Bouygues Telecom, France

    12.40 Linux in the Mid-Tier Handset: Strategies for Single and Dual Core

    • Defining and evaluating the business case for Linux across Mid-Tier Handsets
    • How far can Linux go to reduce BOM in the feature phone segment?
    • Identifying the challenges of Linux for single core mobile platforms - how can these be overcome?
    • Examining real-time platform choices to maximize performance and other advantages in single core and dual core Linux implementations
    1. Jason Whitmire, General Manager, Mobile Solutions, Wind River,USA

    1:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all delegates)

    Lunch Sponsor: a la Mobile

    Addressing the Security Question

    2.15 Lessons Learned in Providing Advanced Content Security to Smartphones

    • Drivers for need of content security in open OS environment
    • Case study: Fujitsu Services approach to content security - distribution, business model, learnings and results
    1. Antti Vihavainen, Vice President, Mobile, F-Secure, Finland
    2. A Senior Representative, Fujitsu Services, Japan

    2.40 Best Practice Roundtable

    Ensuring Operator Confidence in the Security of an Open Source Device

    • Concerns for mobile open source and the security implications
    • The importance of standardisation of security: transferable standards between PC and mobile
    • Proprietory solutions vs standard, corporate solutions
    • Understanding the real cost of securing open source platforms: Comparable to closed systems or an additional cost factor?
    1. Daniel Hallen, Global Director of Product Management, Mobile Security, McAfee, UK
    2. Guido Sanchidrian, Senior Product Manager, Symantec, USA
    3. Antti Vihavainen, Vice President, Mobile, F-Secure, Finland
    4. A Senior Representative, Fujitsu Services
    5. Hadi Nahari, Chief Security Architect, MontaVista Software, USA

    How Open is “Open” for Mobile?

    1. Session Chair: Andreas Constantinou, Founder, VisionMobile, UK

    3.25 Practical Case Study:

    Achieving a Completely Open Phone Developing OpenMoko in the Current Open Source Climate
    How ambitions were fulfilled, compromises made and key lessons learned

    1. Sean Moss-Pultz, Founder, OpenMoko, USA
    2. Mickey Lauer, Lead Developer, Application Framework, OpenMoko, Germany

    3.50 Development Round Table

    Achieving Commercial Balance: Just how Open is the Optimum Platform for Mobile?
    • Where does the value line lie? When is it beneficial to open source and to what extent?
    • How can we balance commercial aims with encouraging a creative. healthy ecosystem?
    • How open can a mobile platform be to meet the regulatory considerations of the mobile industry?
    • The future of the platform - how open is the ideal mobile device?
    1. Chair: Andreas Constantinou, Founder, VisionMobile, UK
    2. Sean Moss-Pultz, Founder, OpenMoko, USA
    3. Fabio Ricciato, Project Manager, Telecom Italia, Italy
    4. Pauline Alker, Co-Founder & President a la Mobile, Inc. USA
    5. Ben Hookway, Director, Business Development, Mobile, Mentor Graphics, UK

    STREAM B: STRATEGIC
    Understanding Open Source Licensing, IPR & Industry Wide Investment

    A Practical Introduction to Open Source Licensing & IPR

    11.40 Understanding Open Source Licensing: Practical Benefits and Challenges

    • An introduction to the prevalent open source licenses: GPL, Apache, BSD and others
    • Comparing the most widely used licences and their implications for the CES industry
    • Defining “Copyleft”
    • Practical cases of licensing disputes and their resolution
    1. Jason Wacha, Vice President of Corporate Affairs & General Counsel, MontaVista Software; Cofounder, OpenBar, USA

    12.10 Practical Case Study

    How Open Source Licensing Affects the Development Cycle and Distribution of the End Product

    • Understanding the Maemo project: Developing the platform for the 770 and n800 without commercial distributions
    • Licensing considerations during Maemo’s development
    • How open source may, in practice, reduce the length of the in-licensing process
    • Distribution of the n800: does open source licensing bring any complications?
    1. Ari Jaaksi, Director of Open Source Operations, Nokia, Finland

    12.40 GPL Version 3:What the License Means to You,Your Business and the Wider Mobile Ecosystem

    • Introduction to The General Public License (GPL)
    • Principal differences between GPL 3 and the current version
    • Practical impact of GPL3 and roadmaps to implementation
    • Focus: Digital Rights Management - how GPL 3 could affect your strategy
    1. Sean Hogle, Founder & Partner, Hogle Visani LLC, USA

    Minimising the Legal Risks of Software Licensing

    1:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all delegates)

    Lunch Sponsor: a la Mobile

    2.15 Free Software Perspective:

    Common Licensing Issues in the Use of Open Source Software... And How to Avoid Them

    1. Harald Welte, Independent, GPLviolations.org, Germany

    2.35 Best Practice Roundtable

    How Can Your Company Minimise Risk of Legal Claims on Your Software?

    • How does the use of open source licensing regimes really affect the legal risks of software development?
    • Intellectual property contamination - how great is the threat?
    • How can your company insulate against the risks of contamination?
    • What policies must be in place to insure the integrity of your intellectual property? - considering all stages of the development process
    1. Harald Welte, Independent, GPLviolations.org, Germany
    2. Sean Hogle, Founder & Partner, Hogle Visani LLC, USA
    3. Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force Coordinator, Free Software Foundation Europe, Germany
    4. Jason Wacha, General Counsel, MontaVista Software, Cofounder, OpenBar, USA

    Key Debates

    Industry Investment in Open Source & Linux

    3.25 Understanding the Threats and Advantages of Venture Capital Investment in Mobile Open Source

      Deborah Magid, Director, Strategic Alliances, IBM Venture Capital, USA

    3.50 Business Strategy Roundtable

    The Real Returns: How Profitable will the Move to Open Source and Linux Prove to be for the Mobile Industry?

    • Who will benefit, who will lose, in the race to develop Linux for mobile?
    • What commercial opportunities are really in play?
    • Who is driving the market?
    • How should businesses invest to best advantage in this space?
    • What are the issues for VC entering open source companies?
    • Net gains or net losses for those investing in mobile open source?
    1. Tapio Siik, Partner, Nokia Growth Partners, Finland
    2. Andrew Aitken, Founder and Managing Partner, Olliance Consulting Group, USA
    3. Deborah Magid, Director, Strategic Alliances, IBM Venture Capital, USA

    Developer Pass Entry

    STREAM C:TECHNICAL
    Using Open Source Development to Innovate in Applications & Services

    Achieving Web 2.0-Like Services: Open Source’s Role

    11.40 Development Case Study

    Achieving Faster and Better Service Innovation through Open Source?

    • Developing an enabling platform for applications and services on mid-tier Java devices - the web browser as key framework
    • Using open source to develop and sustain the platform: key benefits, challenges and work so far
    • Analysis of the development process
    • The decision to open the API set - visions for future use in the wider ecosystem
    1. Hilde Lovett, Director, iLabs (Innovation Labs),Telenor R&I, Norway

    12.10 Using Open Source to Achieve Advanced Mobile Internet Capabilities

    Enabling web 2.0 applications in the mobile environment

    1. A Senior Representative, Celunite, USA

    12.40 Achieving Advanced Mobile Services through Open Source Innovation

    1. Paola Tonelli, Chair, Strategic Planning Committee & Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Open Mobile Alliance, Head of Center, Group R&D, Vodafone, Spain (tbc)

    1:00 Networking Lunch (Open to all delegates)

    Lunch Sponsor: a la Mobile

    2.15 Mobile Browser Round Table

    Open Sourcing the Mobile Browser: Advantages and Limitations in Achieving the Web 2.0 Experience

    • What can the web browser achieve for mobile, in terms of user experience and service innovation?
    • Lowering the entry barriers to mobile development - what can be achieved by using the browser as a cross-application framework? What are the limitations?
    • What advantages does open sourcing of the browser bring to the proposition? How far should it be opened?
    • What are the challenges in browser integration and running applications over the internet? Is open source a supporting or inhibiting factor?
    1. Arun Ranganathan, Principal Software Engineer, AOL, USA
    2. Chris Hofmann, Dir. of Special Projects, Mozillla Corp, USA
    3. David Pollington, Senior Manager,Terminals Research, Vodafone Group R&D, UK
    4. Matthew Snyder, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Nokia Ad Connector, Nokia, Finland
    5. Charles McCathieNevile, Chief Standards Officer, Opera Software

    3.00 Platform Case Study

    Bringing the Benefits of Open Source Development to the S60 Platform

    • Open standard libraries and the S60 platform
    • Examining success cases: open source in mobile projects
    • Nuts and bolts: how it works and how to get started
    1. Oren Levine, Senior Product Manager, S60, Nokia, Finland
    2. Eero Bragge, Senior Technical Consultant, Forum Nokia, Finland

    Key Debates

    The Real Impacts of Open Sourcing Java,

    3.25 Sun’s Progress in Open Sourcing Java:

    How Can We Further Increase Portability and Platform Consistency?

    • Aims for open source Java: What Sun wants to achieve, now and in the future
    • Examining and addressing Java fragmentation - what needs to be done; the role of open source in achieving this
    • Licensing: Explaining Sun’s strategy and key licensing decisions
    • Roadmaps for Java to 2012
    1. Terrence Barr, Technical Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community, Sun Microsystems, USA
    2. Vivek Mody, Community Marketing Manager and Senior Product Marketing Manager for Java ME technologies, Sun Microsystems, Inc. USA

    3.50 Interactive Panel with The Reality behind the Headlines:The True Impact of Open Source Java in Mobile?

    • How successful has Java been in uniting companies to standardisation?
    • What are the differing approaches to open source Java, both in terms of licensing and implementation? - Examining Motorola, Sun and IBM
    • What are the potential benefits and threats to the success of mobile Java?
    • What does the open sourcing of Java mean for the mobile industry?
    1. Terrence Barr, Technical Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community, Sun Microsystems, USA
    2. Chris Porthouse, Senior Manager, Java, ARM, UK

    If you could contribute a unique perspective to this panel, email jane.backhouse@informa.com to explain why!

    Workshops

    Timings for all Workshops

    09.30 Registration

    10.00 Start

    13.00 Lunch

    14.00 Afternoon session

    16.30 Round table discussion

    17.00 Close

    Pre-Conference Workshop 17th September 2007

    A Crash Course in Mobile Open Source: Economics, Licensing, Linux, Java and Beyond

    Objectives

    Open Source is one of the most misunderstood topics in the mobile industry, yet one which has already created commercial disruptions. Companies are now evaluating their strategy in this new brave world, whether it’s Linux, Java or open source licensing. To successfully navigate in this changing commercial environment, companies must develop a solid understanding of the economics and licensing issues behind open source, as well as become familiar with the landscape of Linux-based platforms, Java, browsers and beyond.

    This workshop is designed as a crash course in understanding all key aspects of open source.Workshop leaders, Andreas Constantinou and Liz Laffan, will clearly explain the foundation and economics of open source, the intricacies of licensing and patent issues, the positioning of Linux vendors and commercial deployments as well as analyse the numerous efforts beyond Linux in the ‘wild west’ of mobile open source.The workshop is comprehensive review of key matters in mobile open source that will help you make the best choices for your project or organization.

    Who will benefit?

    The day will benefit all professionals using or considering use of open source solutions; including CEOs, CTOs, CMOs, product managers, architects and developers.

    Workshop Leaders

    Andreas Constantinou

    Andreas Constantinou is both a strategist and mobile technology expert. He is the founder of VisionMobile, a market know-how firm delivering sector analysis on the handset ecosystem, open source and mobile service domains. Andreas is also the author of Informa’s strategic report on Open Source in Mobile.

    Andreas has eight years experience in research, development and strategy in wireless. He specialises in mobile hands¬ets, open source, mobile software market, device management and operator strategy. Andreas has worked on several product and marketing strategy projects for clients including France Telecom,T-Mobile, OMTP,Teleca, Red Bend, Abaxia and Trolltech, and authored numerous research reports for analyst firms Informa, Ovum and ARCchart. He specialises in providing intelligence on the mobile vendor landscape, analysing market dynamics and identifying mobile industry trends. When not hoping on planes, Andreas spends his time between Athens and London.

    Andreas is invited regularly at international telecoms conferences as a speaker and chairman. He serves at the board of advisors at The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a swedish UI technology company. He is also a monthly columnist for two telecoms print magazines, ‘InfoCom’ and ‘Mobile Telephony’. Andreas holds a Ph.D. in Image & Video Compression from the University of Bristol, UK.

    Liz Laffan

    Liz Laffan is an Associate with VisionMobile with over 15 years experience in the Technology Industry. Her career portfolio comprises European Telecoms Co's, ISPs, Network Operators and start-up Technology companies. Liz has extensive commercial negotiation and vendor management experience coupled with specialist bespoke software licensing (proprietary and open source) knowledge.

    During Liz's 3.5 years with Symbian, she was responsible for a number of specific software domains with regard to outsourced technology management, technical due diligence, roadmap dissemination and agreement of bespoke software specifications. In 2005, Liz was awarded 'High Individual Performance Employee' in recognition of her achievements in this role.

    Currently residing in Frankfurt, Liz continues to deliberate the intricacies of software licensing, open source and german grammar. Liz has a BA Business Studies (Hons) and an MA in International Political Economy from Warwick University, with a specialisation on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights.

    Agenda

    Session One. The Economics of Open Source

    • What on earth is open source?
    • Myths and misconceptions
    • Commercial success stories of open source
    • Open source business models, pros and cons
    • Understanding open source culture and developers
    • Corporate citizenship in open source projects. DOs and DON’Ts

    Session Two. Open Source Licensing 101

    • Open Source Software licensing - what is it?
    • Types of open source licenses - GPL, LGPL, BSD,Apache
    • What is a derivative work and its impact on licensing?
    • Patents in open source licenses
    • 101 (nearly) reasons to license and use open source software
    • Licensing pitfalls and how to avoid them - best practices for software licensing
    • Open source vs third party proprietary software and licenses
    • Implications of using open source licenses in the mobile device value-chain
    • Training and awareness: people, processes and tools

    Session Three. The Brave New World of Mobile Linux

    • Is Linux really about open source?
    • The value of Linux to the mobile industry - benefits and challenges
    • Commercial update: handsets and deployments
    • Linux for mass market phones: architectures and commercial efforts
    • Manufacturer strategies: Motorola, Maemo, FIC, Palm
    • Operator strategies in Linux:Vodafone, Orange
    • Application development on Linux: what it means to developers
    • The complex landscape of mobile Linux and the vendor positioning
    • Comparing Linux standardisation initiatives (LiMo, LiPS, GMAE)

    Session Four. Java and Wild West of Open Source

    • Open source operating systems beyond Linux
    • What open source means for Sun’s mobile Java (and what not)
    • Analysing Motorola’s MIDP 3 project
    • Nokia’s S60 WebKit: a major disruption to the browser business
    • Microsoft’s Shared Source Licensing
    • Eclipse, a model open source community
    • Funambol: a tightrope walker
    • Open source hardware
    • BT project Firebird: open source in mobile networks
    • Open source SIP: a threat to IMS?

    Conclusions

    • Incorporating open source into mobile software: who and why
    • Obstacles to overcome and opportunities to explore in open source

    Round Table Discussion

    Open discussion for all participants and audience on the issues raised during the day

    Post-Conference Workshop 20th September 2007

    Joining and Creating Open Source Communities

    Objectives

    Open Source code without a community is hardly Open Source at all.Without community, the benefits of peer review, community-driven innovation and collaborative development, will be lacking from even the most exciting software project. As Stephen O’Grady, of Redmonk, an analyst firm based on open source principals, is quoted as saying "Biggest community wins!".

    This practical and enjoyable workshop will teach you how to play in the growing "Open Source sandpit". Jeff Waugh, an established builder of open source communities and recognised Open Source evangelist, will lead you through key issues including:

    • The diplomacy of invasion: How to positively engage and participate in an existing Open Source community
    • Letting go by degree: Choosing whether to join an existing community, or create your own
    • The subtle art of forking: If, when and how to call it quits, and how to tell the kids
    • Do It Yourself: How to create your own vibrant Open Source community
    • Tools of the trade: The basic toolbox of most successful Open Source communities

    Who will benefit?

    The day will benefit all professionals seeking to engage effectively with the open source community. Whether you aim to join an open source community, or to grow a vibrant new community around a platform or product, this workshop will assist you in your business practice.

    Workshop Leader

    Jeff Waugh

    Jeff Waugh is a Founder and Principal Consultant of Waugh Partners, an open source strategy consultancy. Through his work at Waugh Partners,Jeff assists companies with their knowledge of Open Source in the market, and in meeting the rapidly growing demand for Open Source services and solutions.

    Jeff is an active member of the Free Software community, holding positions such as Chairman of the Annodex Foundation (2006), Director of the GNOME Foundation Board (2003-2004, 2006), GNOME Release Manager (2001-2005), committee member (2000-2001) and president (2002-2003) of the Sydney Linux Users' Group, and member of the linux.conf.au 2001 and 2007 organising teams. He was one of the founding employees of Canonical, spending two and a half years engaged in Ubuntu business and community development. In 2005,Waugh won the Google/O'Reilly Open Source award for Best Evangelist. Jeff is a card-carrying member of Linux Australia, but does not say "mate".

    http://waughpartners.com.au

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