Update on DCOS events at IGF, Hyderabad

The Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) convened two events during the first two days of the Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India (3-6 Dec 2008).

Workshop 21 : “Knowledge as a Global Public Good: How Fair Use, Open Source and ICT Standards Can Expand Digital Inclusion”
4:30-6:00pm, December 3, Room 5

Moderator: Malini Aisola, Knowledge Ecology International
Speakers:

  • Richard Owens, Director of the Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division, WIPO
  • Laura Denardis, Associate Research Scholar in Law, Lecturer in Law, and Executive Director, Information Society Project, Yale University
  • Rishab Ghosh, Senior Researcher, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  • Thiru Balasubramaniam, Geneva Representative, Knowledge Ecology International
  • Aslam Raffee, Chairperson of the Open Source and Open Standards Standing Committee, Government IT offices counsel, South Africa

Open meeting of the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards
11:30-1:00pm, December 4, Room 7

Speakers:

  • Thiru Balasubramaniam, Knowledge Ecology International
  • Aslam Raffee, Open Source and Open Standards Standing Committee, South Africa
  • Denis Direito, National Institute of Information Technology, Brazil
  • Rishab Ghosh, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands
  • Laura Denardis, Information Society Project, Yale University
  • Eddan Katz, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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