A brief note on the Consilience 06 event on Free Software that took place last week at National Law School, Bangalore, is available at http://freeshell.in/~ramanraj/kr_nlsiu.txt
-Ramanraj K __
Consilience 06 * Law and Technology Committee * el~ték * NLSIU A Conference on Free/Open Source Software
SCHEDULE 26th July, 2006- Day One: ======================== 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM- Session on Intellectual Property and FOSS * Hon'ble Mr. Justice Yatindra Singh, Judge, Allahabad High Court * Mr. Sunil Abraham, Manager, International Open Source Network 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM- Refreshment Break 11:45 AM to 1:30 AM- Session on Using FOSS in Public Administration * Mr. Ramanraj K, Lawyer, Chennai 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM- Lunch 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM- Session on Licensing Matters * Mr. Neel Mason, Lawyer, Delhi
27th July, 2006- Day Two: ======================== 8:30 AM- Richard Stallman address via videoconference: Why software wants to be free, followed by discussion. 11:45 AM to 2:00 PM- Session of FOSS Business Models * Mr. Atul Chitnis, Sr. Vice President, Geodesic Information Systems Pvt. Ltd * Mr. Anand Babu, Member, FSF India & Software Developer 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM- Session on Protecting FOSS Assets * Mr. Kenneth Gonsalvez, NRC-FOSS, Chennai 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM- Refreshment Break 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM- Lunch 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM- Session on Policy Implications of FOSS - An Indian Perspective * Dr. Nagarjuna, Chariman, Free Software Foundation of India * Mr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Consultant, Planning Commission of India 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM- Open discussion and debate on conference points and follow-up 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM- Closing session at Hotel Central Park Plaza with accompanying dinner/mixer
VENUE Primary conference sessions for the 26th and 27th will take place at the Training Centre in the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) campus at Nagarbhavi (Near Chandra Layout off Mysore road; 12km from city centre). Closing session and dinner will take place at Hotel Central Park Plaza (In Manipal Centre, near M.G. Road). The accomdation for the keynote speakers will be provided for at the Training Centre in the NLSIU campus.