ictQATAR and Creative Commons are holding a one day forum in Qatar, Doha on 23 October 2010 discussing how innovation can thrive in the digital age through sharing and openness. The event will witness also a regional meeting for Creative Commons Arab World. I will provide a detailed report about this event as I am expected to attend it.
Program:
8:45 a.m. Registration Opens
9:30 a.m. Welcome
Dr. Hessa Al Jaber, Secretary General, ictQATAR
9:45 a.m. What it Means to be Open
Mitchell Baker, Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation
10:15 a.m. Digital Content Rights
Joichi Ito, CEO, Creative Commons
10:45 a.m. The Open Source Revolution
Chris DiBona, Open Source Programs Manager, Google
11:15 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. The Open Cloud
Michael Nelson, Visiting Professor of Internet Studies, Georgetown
University
12:00 p.m. Panel: Openness in Government (moderated by Michael Nelson)
Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Center for Internet & Society, India
Paul Keller, Senior Project Lead of Technology and the Public Domain,
Knowledgeland
Marwan Marouf Mahmoud, Executive Director of ICT Industry
Development, ictQATAR
1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. Panel: Openness in Science and Technology
John Wilbanks, Creative Commons, VP for Science – Moderator
Shaikha Al-Jabir, Director of Marketing, Innovation and Alliance, Qtel
International
Ahmed Asha, Founder and Vice President, Savvytek
Habib Haddad, Founder, Yalla Startup, Yamli.com
Lucio Rispo, Qatar Science and Technology Park
3:15 p.m. Panel: Culture, Creativity and Openness
Eric Steur, Creative Commons Creative Director – Moderator
Abdulrahman Al-Otaiba, Web and Application Developer
Arend Kuster, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation
Journals
Roger Mandle, Director, Qatar Museum Authority
4:15 End ?
