[Linux-bruxelles] Press Conference SOFTWARE PATENTS : THE CHOICE IS YOURS

[Henrion Benjamin]

Press Conference SOFTWARE PATENTS : THE CHOICE IS YOURS
Wednesday 17 September 16.00 -18.30
European Parliament Brussels Room PHS 5B001

15.00	Press conference in briefing room

16:00	Introduction by Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP Chair of the Green/Efa
Group in EP

16:10	Presentation of the petition of the scientists : Dr. Alan
Mycroft, Cambridge* (http://www.math.chalmers.se/~bengt/petition.pdf)

16:30 	Presentation of the letter of the economists: Dr. Luc Soete,
Founder of Merit (Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation
and Technology
(http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/technologie/0,39020809,39116150,00.htm)

16:45	European consumer's point of view: Jim Murray, Director of the BEUC

17:00 	Tim Berners-Lee, Director World Wide Web Consortium, founder of
the www online statement, debate and chat (videoconference)*

17:30	Administration that switched to open source software (Germany)
Jens M Clhaus Member City Council city of Munich

17:45	CEO of European SMEs testimony about software patents :
Hakon Wium Lie, CEO of OPERA (web browser Opera, used on all platforms,
also used on cell-phones and PDAs for eg. Motorola) www.opera.com

18:00	Debate

18:30	Conclusion

http://www.greens-efa.org

*Translation is available in all official EU languages

Participation is free however it is necessary to register by Monday
15.09.03 by email with lvandewalle at europarl.eu.int in order to get an
access badge to EP