The 4th Asia OSS Symposium

The 4^th Asia Open Source Software Symposium

Host Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan

Co-Host Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association,
Chinese Taipei

Date September 1-3, 2004

Venue Howard Plaza Hotel

Background

In the last ten years, there have been dramatic growths in the popularity of Open Source Software (OSS) in all sectors ? government, business, academic, research & development as well as education. A recognized and often cited advantage of OSS is in the operation/development of high-level security in the code base as well as the dramatic reduction of development costs principally driven by the reuse of existing, proven code. The ability to leverage existing code is generally seen to enhance software business competitiveness and significantly greater innovation in the industry in general.
A major beneficiary of these technologies is the less developed economies, whose natimal development depends on the awailability at low-cost comyulting devices on which OSS are able to function very well.
Though there are numerous organizations, communities and agencies promoting the development of Open Source Software, there is an urgent need to help set directions and goals, which, it wrongly set, may be hazardous instead. A regional sharing of knowlegde and experience in this realm is needed.
With the preceding considerations, the first ¡ÈAsia Open Source Software Symposium¡É was held in March, 2003 at Phuket, Thailand. It was sponsored by Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan, and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand. Over 100 OSS participants shared their experiences and the resulting document, ¡ÈThe Statement from the Asia Open Source Software Symposium 2003 (Phuket Statement)¡É, embodied their vision, hopes and challenges.
Based on the Phuket Statement, the ¡ÈSecond Asia Open Source Software Symposium¡É was held in Singapore from November 2nd-4th 2003, sponsored by CICC and Linux Users' Group (Singapore) (LUGS). About 70 people participated in the Symposium from 18 economies. The aim of this 2nd Symposium was to share policies/technical movements of OSS in Asian economies, acknowledge the common goals, and discuss a concrete cooperative scheme, the formation of working groups to prepare for possible action items was discussed in the Round Table discussion.
The 3rd Asia Open Source Software Symposium was held on March 8-10, 2004 in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was hosted by CICC, Japan and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Vietnam. About 230 public participants and 50 Roundtable participants (17 Asian economies) attended it. On March 10th,2004, the participants of the 3rd Asia OSS Roundtable agreed to have the "Hanoi Statement" for the roadmap of the Asia OSS Roundtable.
This time, CICC, Japan, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei, National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association, Chinese Taipei, will host the 4th Asia Open Source Software Symposium on September 1-3, 2004 in Taipei. We would like to discuss the concrete cooperative ways based on the "Hanoi Statement". Also, we would like to have the business side participants as well as official organization, academia, community side participants, as is also focusing on OSS from the business point of view.
For more details, please refer to Asia OSS Website ; http://www.asia-oss.org

Objectives

To introduce OSS to the participants, especially Business side participants

To update and share activities/developments related to OSS in each economy

To discuss specific / concrete topics which are common amongst the participating economies, Including the business point of view, based on the "Hanoi Statement"

To build a real, co-operative community and decide the action plans, based on each economy's level and needs

Participants

Participants can be classified into following groups;

Government organization (including IT policy makers)

Government-funded Research and development (R&D) groups

Business/industry sector utilizing OSS, such as system integrators, electronic appliance manufacturers etc

Academic and educational sectors including universities and computer training organizations focussing on Human Resource Development

Supporting/community groups such as OSS supporting associations

Total number of participants: About 250-300 participants
The following economies will be represented at this 4th symposium (21 economies) : Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Monglia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. (participantlist(PDF FILE))

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Host	Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan
Co-Host	Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association, Chinese Taipei
Date	September 1-3, 2004
Venue	Howard Plaza Hotel
Background
In the last ten years, there have been dramatic growths in the popularity of Open Source Software (OSS) in all sectors ? government, business, academic, research & development as well as education. A recognized and often cited advantage of OSS is in the operation/development of high-level security in the code base as well as the dramatic reduction of development costs principally driven by the reuse of existing, proven code. The ability to leverage existing code is generally seen to enhance software business competitiveness and significantly greater innovation in the industry in general. A major beneficiary of these technologies is the less developed economies, whose natimal development depends on the awailability at low-cost comyulting devices on which OSS are able to function very well. Though there are numerous organizations, communities and agencies promoting the development of Open Source Software, there is an urgent need to help set directions and goals, which, it wrongly set, may be hazardous instead. A regional sharing of knowlegde and experience in this realm is needed. With the preceding considerations, the first ¡ÈAsia Open Source Software Symposium¡É was held in March, 2003 at Phuket, Thailand. It was sponsored by Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan, and National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand. Over 100 OSS participants shared their experiences and the resulting document, ¡ÈThe Statement from the Asia Open Source Software Symposium 2003 (Phuket Statement)¡É, embodied their vision, hopes and challenges. Based on the Phuket Statement, the ¡ÈSecond Asia Open Source Software Symposium¡É was held in Singapore from November 2nd-4th 2003, sponsored by CICC and Linux Users' Group (Singapore) (LUGS). About 70 people participated in the Symposium from 18 economies. The aim of this 2nd Symposium was to share policies/technical movements of OSS in Asian economies, acknowledge the common goals, and discuss a concrete cooperative scheme, the formation of working groups to prepare for possible action items was discussed in the Round Table discussion. The 3rd Asia Open Source Software Symposium was held on March 8-10, 2004 in Hanoi, Vietnam. It was hosted by CICC, Japan and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Vietnam. About 230 public participants and 50 Roundtable participants (17 Asian economies) attended it. On March 10th,2004, the participants of the 3rd Asia OSS Roundtable agreed to have the "Hanoi Statement" for the roadmap of the Asia OSS Roundtable. This time, CICC, Japan, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei, National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association, Chinese Taipei, will host the 4th Asia Open Source Software Symposium on September 1-3, 2004 in Taipei. We would like to discuss the concrete cooperative ways based on the "Hanoi Statement". Also, we would like to have the business side participants as well as official organization, academia, community side participants, as is also focusing on OSS from the business point of view. For more details, please refer to Asia OSS Website ; http://www.asia-oss.org
Objectives
To introduce OSS to the participants, especially Business side participants To update and share activities/developments related to OSS in each economy To discuss specific / concrete topics which are common amongst the participating economies, Including the business point of view, based on the "Hanoi Statement" To build a real, co-operative community and decide the action plans, based on each economy's level and needs
Participants
Participants can be classified into following groups; Government organization (including IT policy makers) Government-funded Research and development (R&D) groups Business/industry sector utilizing OSS, such as system integrators, electronic appliance manufacturers etc Academic and educational sectors including universities and computer training organizations focussing on Human Resource Development Supporting/community groups such as OSS supporting associations Total number of participants: About 250-300 participants The following economies will be represented at this 4th symposium (21 economies) : Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Monglia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. (participantlist(PDF FILE))

The 4th Asia Open Source Software Symposium

The 4^th Asia Open Source Software Symposium