08h30-08h45

Registration of Participants

08h45-09h00

Opening Ceremony - Address by Mrs. Lamia Chaffai Sghaier, Secretary of State for Information Technology, Internet and Open Source, Ministry of Communication Technologies, Tunisia

09h00-9h30

"Open Source Software: State of Art" presented by
Mr.Cyril Meunier, Consulting Manager Logiciel, IDC, France

09h30-10h00

KEYNOTE Address:
Dr. Robert S.Sutor, Vice President Open Source and Linux, IBM Corporation, USA

Panel 1: Open Source Technology Trends

How Open Source is contributing in building the Internet of the Future and shifting the IT industry? What is the economic and societal impact of the technology trends such as SAAS, Cloud Computing, Web 2.0, Social networking and Collaboration? 

10h00-11h15

Moderator : Mr. Bilel Jamoussi, PDG, NetDesign Labs

Panelists :
Mr. Jean Pierre Laisné, Open Source Strategy Manager, BULL, France
Mr. Stéphane Consalvi, Platform Strategy Manager, Microsoft,Tunisia
Mr. Khaled Ben Driss, Chief Technical Officer, Oxia, Tunisia
Mme. Neila Ben Zina, General Manager, Business&Decision, Tunisia 

11h15-11h35

Coffee break

Panel 2: Open Source Software, a Lever to Innovation and Growth

How Open Source can contribute to renewed economic growth, as a major driver for competitiveness and innovation?   How can organizations take advantage of it to strengthen their competitiveness and to support innovation? How can it help create new innovative start-ups and businesses and boost employment?  

11h35-12h50

Moderator: Pr. Farouk Kamoun, Tunisia

Panelists:

Mr. Jean Marie Micallef, Libertis Chairman and Phidias co-founder, France
Mr. Mondher Makni, Chief Marketing Officer, Telnet, Tunisia

Mr. Maledh Marrakchi, Advisor to the CEO, Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia

Mr. Oualid Chaker, General Manager, Exoplatform, Tunisia

Mr. Khaled Jomni,  CEO ElGazala Pole of Communication Technologies, Tunisia

12h50-14h00

Lunch

14h00-14h30

KEYNOTE Address:
Mr. Jim Lacey, President and CEO of Linux Professional Institute, USA

Panel 3 : Open Source for Academia

What are the benefits of Open Source to Academia?  What are The Open Source Market and Skills? How Open Source can enhance innovation speed and efficiency and derive more value by sharing resources, leveraging ideas and working in a collaborative model?

14h30-15h45

Moderator : Pr. Houcine Chebli, President of the Tunisian Virtual University, Tunisia

Panelists :

Pr. Jean Luc Archimbaud, Director PLUME Project, CNRS-UREC, France
Mr. Jean Pierre Laisné, Open Source Strategy Manager, BULL, France
Mr. Karim Chine, Founder and Project Manager, Cloud Era LTD, UK
Mr. Neil Chue Hong,  Director, OMII-UK, UK (Video conference)
Mr. Karim Djaafar, CTO and JEE Evangelist, JasmineConseil, France
Pr. Ali Frihida, National Engineering School of Tunis, ENIT, Tunisia

15h45-16h05

Coffee break

Panel 4 : Open Source for Education

How can Open Source enhance the learning process?  What is the impact of Open Source Learning Management Systems LMS on the digital education? How Web 2.0 is shifting the learning process to student centered learning?

16h05-17h20

Moderator : Mr. Adel Gaaloul, CEO National Frequency Agency, Tunisia

Panelists:

Mr. Jean Pierre Archambault, Open Source Manager, CNDP-CRDP, coordinator SIALLE project, France
Mr. Jim Lacey, President and CEO of Linux Professional Institute, USA
Mr. Cyril Meunier, Consulting Manager Logiciel, IDC, France
Pr. Naceur Ammar, Director of the Higher School of Communication of Tunis, SUPCOM, Tunisia

Mr. Taha Mansour, Director of the Virtual School, Tunisia
Mr. Ridha Hadj Ali, Inspector, Ministry of Education and Training, Tunisia

 17h20-18h00

Closing Cocktail