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Events

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SELF Conference in The Hague very succesful!

On Monday the 10th of July Internet Society Netherlands organised in The Hague a completely booked conference about Free Software and education and how the creation of open content revolutionizes our societies. Vice-mayor of the City of The Hague, Frits Huffnagel opened the day with an inspiring speech about the need for innovation through the use of Free Software

Speakers were amongst others:


Besides there were panel discussions with national and international experts, like prof. dr. Paul Klint (CWI), drs. Marja Verstelle (Leiden University), Rob Rapmund (Twijnstra Gudde), Joep van Nieuwstadt (Exin), Jonas Öberg (Free Software Foundation Europe), Martijn Verver (VPRO New Media), Thijs Chanowski, Michael van Wetering (KennisNet), Leo Besemer (ECDL), Tom Dousma (SURF) and prof. Kees Stuurman (University of Tilburg).

The event marked at the same time the official launch of the ambitious SELF project that will setup an international platform for educational and training material about Free Software and Open Standards with the financial support from the European Commission.

The focus of the platform is on material about Free Software and knowledge creation about open standards. ISOC.nl leads the international consortium with strong partners from the rest of Europe (amongst which some universities and the Free Software Foundation Europe), India and Argentina. S.E.L.F. stands for Science, Education and Learning in Freedom.

This first SELF Conference was supported by the Open Source agency from the Dutch goverment, Programme OSOSS, the city of The Hague and the European Commission.

For the full Conference program: http://isoc.nl/self/kickoff

SELF - Science Education and Learning in Freedom