The second Latin American and the Caribbean Conference on Free and Open Source Software Development and Usage will be held from 28 September to 1st October 2005 Recife and Olinda, Brazil.
The LACFREE 2005 Conference is being organized jointly by the UNESCO Office MERCOSUL in Montevideo, Uruguay and the UNESCO Office Brasilia, Brazil in cooperation with the Brazilian Instititutions ITI, SERPRO, ANATEL and SOFTEX.
Promoting knowledge on the usage of free and open source software (FOSS), exchanging experiences and new implementation practices, and analysing the impact of FOSS on the evolution of knowledge societies in the context of developing countries will be the focus of the Second LACFREE Conference.
The themes of the Conference include:
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State of the Art of FOSS in the global context with focus on LAC
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Relevance of FOSS in national ICT policies
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FOSS for strengthening software industry
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The production cycle of FOSS case studies
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Legal implications of FOSS intellectual property rights and patents
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Digital inclusion: ethical and social aspects of FOSS
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FOSS applications in education, health, science and culture
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FOSS in the ICTs
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FOSS for security in computer systems and networks
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FOSS in e-governance concepts
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Human resource development and capacity building
Professionals and students are invited to submit papers for presentation at the LACFREE 2005 Conference in Spanish, Portuguese or English (pdf format, maximum 10 pages, indicating one of the aforementioned themes).
The submitted papers will be evaluated by the International Program Committee (IPC). Proposals must be sent before 10 July 2005 to Guenther Cyranek, Chairperson of the IPC, UNESCO MERCOSUL
informationsociety@unesco.org.uy
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