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by guilliam » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:52 am
Programme and Daily Schedule: Philippine Conference on FOSS and E-Governance
DAY 1, 7 March 2007
Facilitators for the Day:
1. Melay Abao – Director, IPD-EU FOSS Project
2. Edicio dela Torre – Founding Chair and Current IPD Trustee
9:30 – 10:30
Opening and Welcome Remarks
1. Jude Esguerra – Executive Director, IPD
2. Hon. Ambassador Alistair MacDonald – Head, European Commission – Philippine Delegation
10:30 – 12:00
Plenary 1: FOSS IN E-GOVERNANCE
Through various panel presenters, this plenary will tackle the following themes:
(i) What e-governance is and how it works
(ii) What FOSS is and why Government should use it
(iii) FOSS and local governance
Panel Speakers:
1. Ma. Teresa M. Camba – Director, Field Operations Office, National Computer Center
2. Gregorio Luis Igaya – Project Manager, IPD-EU FOSS Project
3. Pete La Vina – City Council Member, Davao City
12:00 – 1:30
Lunchbreak
1:30 – 3:00
Parallel Break-out Sessions
Session 1: Obstacles and gaps in building e-governance Philippine-style
This session will tackle the short-term and long-term challenges in building e-governance in the Philippines. While acknowledging that said challenges are manifold, the session will attempt to distil the more policy-oriented obstacles and gaps. Possible presenters can come from NCPAG and NCC.
Resource Speakers:
1. Erwin Alampay – Professor, Assistant Professor, UP Diliman – National College of Public Administration
2. Grace Martha T. Amberong – Group Head, Portal and Applications Development of the National Computer Center; and Project Manager, e-Government Portal Project
Session 2: FOSS 101
This session is for participants who want to gain a more comprehensive understanding of Free and Open Source Software, and its relationship to broad development concerns.
Resource Speaker: Yolynne Medina – IRC channel consultant, IOSN ASEAN+3 sub regional node
3:00-4:30
Plenary 2: FOSS APPLICATIONS FOR EGOVERANCE - the IPD-EU FOSS EXPERIENCE
This plenary will highlight the experiences of developing and using FOSS application for e-governance. The recommended panel speakers are the project manager of the IPD-EU FLOSS Project, and two LGU pilot implementers of the IPD-EU FOSS Project.
1. Bernardo Quipit – Economic Enterprise Manager, City Government of Digos City
2. Mayor Fernando Corvera – Mayor, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
3. Regina Adion – Human Resource Office, Municipal Government of Roxasa, Palawan
4. Melay V. Abao – Project Director, IPD-EU FOSS Project
Opening of FOSS Fiesta
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Space will be allotted for organizations that wish to run side activities during the conference. Side activities can be in the form of live demonstrations of FOSS software and projects, technical tutorials, and possibly promotional activities of commercially available FOSS products.
Fellowship night
7:00 pm – onwards
DAY 2, 8 March 2007
Facilitators:
1. Charm Ramos – Deputy Director for Program Development, IPD
2. Noy Berja – head, Applied Technology Information Systems (ATIS) team, IPD
10:30 – 12:00
Plenary 3: USING FOSS IN GOVERNANCE: EXPERIENCES ABROAD
This session will explore what government and civil society in a developing country like the PhilippineS can learn and gain from the experiences of successful global and multi-cultural FOSS initiatives, particularly initiatives of E.U member-nations.
Speakers:
1. Johan Janssens – lead developer, Joomla (Belgium)
2. Vladimir “Kaladan” Ognyanov Petkov – e-Rrider, head FOSS projects in InterSpace Media Art Center (Bulgaria)
12:00 – 1:30
Lunchbreak
1:30 – 3:00
Parallel Break-out Sessions
Session 3: Making a case for FOSS: Convincing the policy-makers to support FOSS in e-governance
This session will aim to discuss strategies towards creating a viable policy environment for FOSS in e-governance. What works? What does not work? What are we missing?
Facilitator: Dong Calmada – Vice-President, Philippine Linux Users’ Group
Resource Speakers:
1. Dr. Emmanuel Lallana – former Commissioner of the Philippines Commission on Information and Communications Technology, and newly-appointed Project Adviser of the UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP)’s Government Interoperability Frameworks (GIFs) Project
2. Rep. Teddy Casino – Party List-Elect Member of the House of Representatives, author of FOSS Bill
Session 4: Building sustainable constituencies for using FOSS in e-governance
This session will aim to come up with strategies for building sustainable constituencies for using FOSS in e-governance. The session will also attempt to engage FOSS users and developers in discussing software supply and demand issues: what does government require and how can the FOSS development community respond in a sustainable way.
Resource Speakers:
1. Dr. Eloy Marcelo – Manager, UNDP-IOSN ASEAN+3 Sub-regional Node
2. Mr. Dominique Gerald M. Cimafranca – independent FOSS Developer, BUKAS founding member, villageidiotsavant
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
CLOSING PLENARY
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