PITCH www.pitchworld.org	European Internet Foundation www.eifonline.org
Click here for a Report of the Event	First Joint PITCH-EIF Seminar "The Future of Open Software Models" February 20, 2002 European Parliament - Spinelli Building - Rue Wiertz - 1047 Brussels - BELGIUM

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast ^°

Welcome: Erika Mann, MEP, Founding Governor of the European Internet Foundation
Introduction: Michel Bosco, Founding Member of PITCH

Keynotes:

Jean Pierre Laisné, Linux and Open Source Initiative Manager, Bull

Richard Roy, EMEA Vice President Corporate Strategy, Microsoft

9:15 - 10:30 Panel discussion on the Future of Open Software Models

Introduction: Nicolas Pettiaux, Founding Member of PITCH
Moderator: Brandon Mitchener, Wall Street Journal Europe

Additional panelists include:
Brian Randell, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle
Roberto di Cosmo, Professor, University of Paris VII
Andrea Monti, Professor, Chieti University
Steven Weber, Professor, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break and Reception

11:00 - 12:00 Panel discussion (Continued)

^° care of E.I.F.
PITCH thanks Hewlett Packard for contributing to this event.

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^{Invitees include E.I.F and PITCH members: a cross-section of decision-makers from industry, politics, administrations and academia, as well as members of the Belgium Parliament, journalists, and technical contributors to the issue. Members of a delegation from the US Congressional Internet Caucus, who are visiting the European Internet Foundation, are also invited.}

^{The Organizers}

PITCH is the Association 'For the Promotion of International Technological Co-operation for Humanistic ends'. It builds upon the idea that, to be widely accessible, information technologies must be defined and be developed with the involvement of communities of researchers wherever and whoever they are in the world. The activities of PITCH are directed mainly towards the dissemination and the promotion of knowledge, education and training in connection with its "raison d’être". PITCH endeavors to animate an Internet information page: www.pitchworld.org and an Internet forum open to its members and, partly, to the public. It also regularly invites one or more lecturers to develop ideas and concepts in agreement with the object of PITCH at the occasion of private gatherings of its members or in public events. PITCH informs its members about the latest developments of international cooperation programs that run in many places around the World. PITCH edits comments, articles, reports, and recommendations on international and technological cooperation strategies, as well as a newsletter available to its members. PITCH has the support of renowned scientists, policy makers, and industrialists from all around the World.

The European Internet Foundation mission is to help shape public policies responsive to the unique potential and character of Europe's digital revolution. The Foundation pursues its mission through a continuous program of live debates and briefings, special projects, and interactive communication with wider constituencies through www.eifonline.org. Via open and inclusive dialogue, the Foundation’s practical purpose is to identify the most important emerging social, economic and political issues for European network society, as well as public policy options for dealing with them. The Foundation invites active cooperation with other political, academic and governmental institutions and networks. It is engaged in structured policy dialogue with the U.S. Congressional Internet Caucus  through the Transatlantic Policy Network. The Foundation is independent, not-for-profit and non-partisan. It does not itself take positions on specific issues. The Foundation’s Board of Governors are all current Members of the European Parliament. Membership includes a core of leading European e-companies, and is now expanding to encompass a broad range of interests and actors in the vanguard of internet-driven change across Europe.