The SELF Platform will be launched worldwide!

The official launch of the first version of the SELF Platform will take place on September 5th, 2007, initially from The Netherlands. The Platform will be launched in an early stage to involve early users and allow for their input. The launch will take place during a conference on Free Software in education and the day will consist of keynote speakers and panel discussions. Simultaneously several satellite events to the launch in The Netherlands are planned in Sweden, Bulgaria, Argentina and Mexico with workshops and conferences. India will follow on September 7th, 2007, and Spain on October 6th, 2007.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the conference will offer several keynote speakers and panel discussions.

The programme:

09:00 - 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 10:00 Opening

10:00 - 10:45 Keynote "Almost is not enough"

Professor Masayuki Ida, Computer Science Professor at the Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan and SELF Advisory Board Member

10:45 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 12:15 Panel Discussion "Viral Knowledge Sharing"

Moderator: Michiel Leenaars, Director Internet Society Netherlands

Panel members:

• Jan-Willem Broekema, manager at the governmental Free Software awareness programme OSOSS, the Netherlands
• Andrew Bullen, director MediaGuild
• Prof. Masayuki Ida, Computer Science Professor at the Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan and SELF Advisory Board Member
• Appie Reuver, Advisory Board MediaPlaza
  

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 - 13:45 Keynote "Open Source Software in Europe"

Charles Macmillan, Project Officer of the Information Society Technologies Unit, European Commission

13:45 - 14:45 Panel Discussion "Free Software in Education"

Moderator: Hinde ten Berge, Coordinator Netherlands SELF Project

Panel members:

• Cees Segers, Avans Hogeschool, Netherlands
• Janine Huizenga, creative director Waag Society
• Frederik Questier, Educational Technology Expert at Free University Brussels (VUB)
• Karst Koymans, Coordinator Director Master Education SNE, University of Amsterdam

14:45 - 15:15 Break

15:15 - 15:45 Introduction SELF Platform

Wouter Tebbens, Coordinator SELF Project

15:45 - 16:15 Launch SELF Platform

16:15 - 16:45 Discussion and questions

16:45 - 18:00 Reception

See full programme and registration details (in Dutch). The day will be streamed live on the internet. If possible live streams of the launch in other countries will be established.

Goteburg, Sweden

Presentation by Henrik Sandklef and a live demonstration of the SELF Platform, at the Goteburg University. Participants are expected from different faculties of the university, libraries and schools around Goteburg.

Sofia, Bulgaria

ISOC.bg organises a half-day event at the Francophone Institute in Sofia with a live demonstration and presentation by Dessi Pefeva.

Cordoba, Argentina

In Cordoba, Federico Heinz will join the launch in Amsterdam and present the SELF Platform with a live stream.

Tamaulipas, Mexico

Beatriz Busaniche from Fundacion Via Libre will give a short presentation and launch the SELF Platform at Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

More information (in Spanish)

Mumbai, India

In India, September 5 is Teachers' Day. Therefore, HBCSE will launch the SELF Platform on September 7th, 2007.

Programme Schedule:

3:00 - 3:30 Welcome Address

Prof. Arvind Kumar, Centre Director, Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education

3:30 - 4:00 SELF Platform Launch

Prof. Shobo Bhattacharya, Director, Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research

4:00 - 4:30 Keynote Address on FOSS & Collaborative Culture

Prof. D. B. Phatak, Subharao M. Nilekani Chiar Professor, Kanwal Rekhi Institute of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

4:30 - 5:00 Special lecture on Semantic Web and Collaborative E-learning

Prof. G. Sivakumar, Professor and Head, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

5:00 -5:30 Live Demonstration of the SELF Platform

SELF Platform Development Team, Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education

5:30 - 6:00 Vote of Thanks & High Tea

Venue:

Shri V. G. Kulkarni Auditorium
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai 88

RSVP:
self@hbcse.tifr.res.in
hbcse@selfproject.eu
25555242/25554712

Barcelona, Spain

The SELF platform will be launched in Barcelona on October the 6th within the semestrial meeting of professors, tutors and students of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). This meeting gathers hundreds of students and professors every semester and is one of the most relevant academic and social activities of the UOC. The activities of the meeting include different conferences, seminars and workshops. The final programme of the SELF launch will be confirmed in early September.