9AM-9.10AM |
Lighting the Ceremonial Lamp |
9.10AM-9.20AM |
Welcome by Prof. B.N.Jain, Dy. Director (Faculty), I.I.T. Delhi |
9.20AM-9.50AM |
Inaugural Address by Shri Prithviraj Chauhan, Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office |
9.50AM-10.10AM |
Symposium Remarks by Mr. Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President -- Corporate Affairs, Red Hat Inc. |
10.10AM-10.40AM |
Chairman’s Remarks by Dr.VS Ramamurthy, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Delhi |
10.40AM-10.45AM |
Vote of Thanks by Shri Nandu Pradhan, India Country Manager, Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. |
10.45-11AM |
Tea Break |
11.AM-11.20AM |
India's Future in the Knowledge Economy, by Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (video recording) |
11.20AM-12.20PM |
Panel Discussion: Is Intellectual “Property” an oxymoron? Moderator: Venkatesh Hariharan, Red Hat Panelists: Justice GC Bharuka, e-committee, Supreme Court Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum Dr. Ajai Garg, IPR Cell, Department of IT Danese Cooper, Intel |
12.20-1.00PM |
Open Source and Intellectual “Property”--A judge's viewpoint Justice Yatindra Singh, Allahabad High Court |
1.00PM-2.00PM |
Lunch |
2PM-3PM |
Panel Discussion: IP, IT and India: Towards a shareable dream Moderator: Prof. DB Phatak, IIT Bombay Panelists: S Chandrashekar, Director General Patents Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates Prabir Purkayastha, Delhi Science Forum Jayanta Fernando, ICTA, Sri Lanka Rajdeep Sahrawat, NASSCOM |
3PM-3.45PM |
Open Source and its relevance to India Shri V Ponraj, Director (Technology Initiatives), Office of the President of India |
3.45PM-4.00PM |
Tea Break |
4.00PM-5PM |
Open Content: The Wikipedia Story, Jim Wales, Founder, Wikipedia |
5PM-6PM |
Panel Discussion: Open Source, Open Access. Moderator: Ajay Shah Panelists: Jim Wales, Wikipedia Madhukar Sinha, Registrar of Copyrights, Ministry of HRD Subbaiah Arunachalam, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation Paul Jones, University of North Carolina |
9AM-9.45AM |
Keynote address: To be decided |
9.45AM-10.45AM |
Nurturing India's Traditional Knowledge: Vandana Shiva, Navadanya |
10.45AM-11AM |
Tea Break |
11AM-12PM |
Panel Discussion: Traditional Knowledge and the Global IP regime Moderator: Alolita Sharma, Technetra Panelists: Dr.Vandana Shiva, Navadanya Dr. VK Gupta, Director of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Legal Consultant to the Committee on Infrastructure, Planning Commission |
12AM-1PM |
Open Knowledge Resources and their relevance to Indian Education: MS Vijay Kumar, Academic Director and Assistant Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Principal Investigator, Open Knowledge Initiative and Advisor, National Knowledge Commission |
1PM-2PM |
Lunch |
2PM-2.45PM |
Software, Freedom and Law, Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Center |
2.45PM-3.15PM |
The Open Source Philosophy and Intellectual Inquiry: Michael Tiemann, President, Open Source Initiative and VP, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat |
3.15PM-4.15PM |
Panel Discussion: Free and Open Source Ideas—Defining the 21st Century Moderator: Dr. BK Gairola, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Center Panelists: Eben Moglen Michael Tiemann Vijay Kumar Paul Jones Tom Rabon |
4.15PM-4.30PM |
Tea Break |
4.30PM-5.30PM |
Valedictory Session |
7 PM – 9 PM |
Dinner Meeting organized by Software Freedom Law Center. Chief Guest: Shri HR Bharadwaj, Hon. Minister for Law and Justice. Venue: Nilgiri Hall |