Héphaïstos Conference
First
Second International
Conference on Open Source Collaborative Development
Platforms
16..17th of November 2006,
November 2007
Paris,
France
Organized by Ethiqa SAS with the support of:
Announcement
The first Héphaïstos conference just
closed it's
doors, the initial version of the proceedings
are now avaiable.
The second International Conference on Open Source Collaborative
Development
Platforms is planned for next year:
The
development of Free (Libre) and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is a
complex process with many technical, social and economical aspects.
The
key to a successful Open Source Economy is the capacity of the FLOSS
communities to collaborate, this collaboration has been implemented
with a variety of formal and informal methodologies supported with a
set of tools providing critical services, for instance:
- Version
management
- Bug Tracking
- Packaging tools
- Distribution
tools
- Support and
collaboration Forums and Instant messaging systems
- Documentation
support tools.
Methods
and tools continues to emerge, evolve, and spread as the FLOSS global
phenomenon spans and connects culture, technology, and organization.
FLOSS
is one of the most interesting, successful and controversial
technology related phenomenon.
The
collaboration tools and methods are the backbone of the FLOSS
development, but unfortunately many users of FLOSS see the result but
not the process and therefore have trouble to manage the transition
from FLOSS user to “Full membership”.
Particularly
the public sector still fails in many case to fully reap the benefits
of an Open Source Strategy because of this.
The
goal of the Héphaïstos 2006 is to provide an
international forum where a diverse audience of FLOSS researchers,
and decision makers can share their experience and explore the
culture, methodologies, technologies and tools that enable an
efficient collaboration between teams that share a common goal but
not a common line of command.
Héphaïstos
2006 will bring together members of the academia, industry, open
source community and public administration to share experiences,
ideas, and concerns.
The
Héphaïstos conference will be an opportunity
to share research papers, workshops,
tutorials, panels, and project demonstrations.
For any
further information request concerning the conference organisation
please
write to info@ethiqa.com or call Patrick Sinz
+33 685 37 87 28.
To
submit a paper please write to conference@ethiqa.com