[Fsf-friends] Consilience 06 conference on FOSS at NLSIU

[Ramanraj K]

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
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Consilience 06 * Law and Technology  Committee * el~ték  * NLSIU
A Conference on Free/Open Source Software

SCHEDULE
26th July, 2006- Day One:
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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:
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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.

WEB SITE
http://www.nls.ac.in/consilience2006/index.html