BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME: Calendar | TransferSummit PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:47:field_time:0:0 SUMMARY:The line that could DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T111000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/47 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Valuable contributions to Open Source software need not be major pieces of work. Even a single line can improve the quality and usability of the product. For most contributors\, their first engagement is a single email. A few get hooked and become major contributors. This presentation will focus on how a first step can reap unexpected rewards.  \; The slides are available online. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:54:field_time:0:1 SUMMARY:Community development DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T121000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/54 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Being open about your research and development activities can seem alien. How can you be open without giving away the crown jewels? How do you participate in an open community? What is acceptable behaviour and what is not? In this talk\, Noirin Shirley will introduce the Community Development project at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). This project seeks to provide mentorships for people new to the Apache way of developing software in a collaborative manner. It draws on the success of the Google Summer of Code and provides a mentoring programme that is both broader\, in terms of contribution types and background\, and more focussed\, in terms of addressing ASF projects specifically. In this presentation\, we will hear how this\, and similar projects run at other foundations\, can be used to enhance skills in the collaborative development of software. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:45:field_time:0:2 SUMMARY:Managing IP DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T122000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T130000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/45 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:There is an array of Open Source licences out there\, each with subtle\, but often important\, differences. Understanding the appropriate licence for your project and knowing your responsibilities with respect to components you reuse is critical to the success of any project developing or reusing Open Source products. Furthermore in order for users to adopt and reuse your code you must be able to demonstrate that you have the necessary rights to distribute under the chosen license. This presentation will cover each of these aspects of IP management in an open source project. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:55:field_time:0:3 SUMMARY:Building the Opencast Community DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T144000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/55 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Opencast is a global community of higher education institutions\, individuals\, and other organizations working together to develop and exchange best practices and technologies for managing audiovisual content in academia. The Opencast Community also supports community-driven projects\, such as Opencast Matterhorn\, an Open Source Software supporting the scheduling\, capture\, managing\, encoding and delivery of educational audio and video content. It is being developed in an international cooperation of 13 academic partners.  \;This talk will discuss the use of open development methodologies in fostering the global collaboration between academic partners\, highlight challenges in this endeavour and spotlight the value for higher education in the adoption of and participation in a transparent and inclusive approach to software development.  \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:56:field_time:0:4 SUMMARY:Open Source in commercial institutions: Surviving the 10-year itch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T153000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/56 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:When it comes to commercial Open Source adoption\, things have certainly changed in the last 10 years. Exactly five years ago\, Matthew Langham gave a talk at an Open Source conference about his work and experience in getting commercial organizations to understand the benefits of Open Source\, from a vendor perspective as well as that of a consumer. Five years on\, he will extend and revisit these insights\, showing how large commercial organizations are now establishing their own internal Open Source communities to leverage and streamline their Open Source adoption and engagement. Using work at an integrated oil and gas supermajor as an example\, he will describe the steps taken in establishing an internal Open Source community\, the benefits and the lessons learned along the way. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:81:field_time:0:5 SUMMARY:Simon Phipps - thoughts from the frontline DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T155000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100624T163000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/81 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:After a decade at Sun Microsystems\, with the last five stewarding Sun's open source projects\, Simon is now serving both as a Director of the Open Source Initiative and as Chief Strategy Officer of open source startup ForgeRock. In all three roles\, he has lived on the front line of open source in business\, being the community to the company\, the company to the community and trying throughout to crystalise a vision for the business of software freedom. In this session\, Simon will explore the current state of free and open source software\, considering the nature of enterprise and ISV engagement\, the nature of "\;the open source community"\; and how both are evolving in the age of cloud computing and connected devices. In particular\, he will consider: The roots of the changes of which open source is an expression How to tell when software freedom is being promoted and protected The changing balance of power between supplier and customer The imperative of opne source software in government The discussion will inevitabley pick up threads from and lead to new postings to Simon's blog\, Wild Webmink. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:58:field_time:0:6 SUMMARY:Impact Well-Beyond Market Share: Synergy Between Open Source and Standards DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T111000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/58 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:While there are a few very successful open source projects that achieve significant market share such as the Apache Web Server\, Tomcat\, Linux\, and PHP\, the vast majority of Open Source projects often achieve a relatively small fraction of market share. \; This is not surprising given the lack or a profit motive by open source projects. Individual participants in open source projects may have profit motives\, but generally the project itself is focused on building the best quality software regardless of the ultimate market share. \; Even when an open source project has a relatively small market share\, it can have a strong influence in the overall market by participating in standards activities as well as providing high-quality reference implementation of standards when those standards are approved. \; Open Source projects are often the best way to get a standard to the tipping point in terms of market adoption even if the open source software only represents a small fraction of the real market. This talk will discuss standards in general and in particular standards for teaching and learning produced by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. \; \; We will discuss the progression of the IMS Learning Tools Interoperability Standard and how open source involvement in the process has greatly affected the overall marketplace. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:64:field_time:0:7 SUMMARY:Dissemination beyond academic circles DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T121000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/64 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Most academic projects are adept at disseminating their results within the academic community. But when it comes to reaching out to the non-academic sector\, relationships rarely go beyond initial project partners. An EU-funded project from the University of Bolton is experiencing the benefits of moving beyond the traditional dissemination routes. By entering The Apache Software Foundation's Incubator\, the project is attracting interest from both the academic and the commercial sectors. This allows for a wider collaboration on the software product\, which in turn leads to more research and commercial funding activities. This talk explores how funded academic projects can become important beyond academic borders. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:74:field_time:0:8 SUMMARY:Amazon technology and Open Source DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T122000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T130000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/74 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Open development plays a very central part in Amazon's computing platform\, and this this talk will outline the role open source software\, development and data is having in the era of the Cloud. In particular\, we'll aim to cover: Enabling open source through the cloud Enabling the cloud through open source Building\, sharing and distributing open source with the cloud Sharing data with Amazon's Public Hosted Datasets The role of open source software in the era of big data Through real world examples\, we'll explore how open source has contributed to cloud computing\, and what the future might hold.  \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:60:field_time:0:9 SUMMARY:Open innovation in software means Open Source DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T144000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/60 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Open Source software is about more than just a licence. It is also about a software development methodology that allows companies to share resources and collaborate on non-core parts of their software/service offering. When managed well\, open development enables a reduction in cost\, and an increase in innovation as a result of the convergence of the best minds in the problem space. In this presentation\, Bertrand Delacretaz will describe how Day Software has embraced open development by positioning itself as the leader in both open standards and Open Source software. He will examine how Day's active engagement with 25 open source projects and numerous standards groups has enabled the company to become a world leader in its market and in the Open Source projects it participates in.  \; Article on the H online: \;http://www.h-online.com/open/features/TransferSummit-Open-innovation-in-software-means-Open-Source-1022212.html The slides are available via slideshare or below as a download. \; Open Innovation means Open Source View more presentations from bdelacretaz. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:61:field_time:0:10 SUMMARY:Customizing for specific needs DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T153000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/61 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:Software systems that are a part of the core business processes of an organization are rarely suitable solutions straight out of the box. The software needs to be customized and adapted for use. The extent to which Open Source software can be customized is not limited by the features written into it or the charges the supplier sets. Any competent staff member or contractor is able to adapt and modify the code as required. This talk explores customization and its advantages. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar:62:field_time:0:11 SUMMARY:Putting the ASF to work for NASA DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120206T042314 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T155000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100625T163000 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.transfersummit.com/node/62 LOCATION:Development DESCRIPTION:The Apache Software Foundation is home to over 100 world-leading products\, including the most popular web server. In this presentation\, David Woollard will look at why the foundation is attractive to companies wishing to engage with Open Source as a means to open innovation in software. We will see why a major project from an organization like NASA might choose to enter the Apache incubator. What does the project team hope to gain by entering the foundation's incubator and what does it mean to those working in overlapping technology areas? We will also hear why the ASF model is of interest to smaller organizations looking to capitalize on the investments of other participants in order to maximize their own gains. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR