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Workshop of

Open Source Policy and Promotion of IT Industries in East Asia

Collocated with OSS2010, Notre Dame, IN, USA, May 30-June 2, 2010.

Main conference website: http://oss2010.org/

Workshop date: June 2, 2010

Workshop Scope

The term “Wikinomics” describes a style of business where companies accumulate huge amounts of information to generate revenue, and is typified by multinationals like Google or Amazon. These businesses maximize their high productivity and earnings by leveraging Open Source Software (OSS), which is built on a cooperative development model.
OSS originates from the West coast of the USA, and is still primarily developed and enhanced by American multinationals. It could even be said that the current technical evolution of OSS is focused mainly on companies originating from the United States. However, the inherent benefits of OSS extend beyond the boundaries of enterprises, organizations and even nations, and it has the potential to foster new business markets in regions other than North America.
East Asia nations have made some progress with this technology, and started to introduce OSS for e-government systems during the early part of this century. Many countries granted it a central role in their policies. The reasons for this include adoption of software based on standard specification, liberation from vender lock-in, or opposition to the market control of proprietary software. However, the primary reason is to reduce adoption costs for e-government systems.
While this policy work is useful, there is a great deal more that needs to be done. The OSS adoption policy in each nation of East Asia must be accompanied by technological progress in domestic IT service industries or US multinationals will expand at the cost of local businesses. If this continues unchecked it will create a new form of lock-in for East Asian nations.
We intend to extract the issues of open source introduction policy not accompanied by the technological progress of domestic IT service industry. And this will give an indication to the roles of governments not only in East Asia but also other developing countries.

Program

Schedule will be available soon

Papers

Practical Education Courses on Open-Source Software in Japanese Higher Education
Jun Iio, Mitsubishi Research Institute,Inc.
Kazutaka Matsuzaki, Mitsubishi Research Institute,Inc.
Hiroyuki Shimizu, Mitsubishi Research Institute,Inc.
Yasuyuki Shirai, Mitsubishi Research Institute,Inc.
　　
Open Source Software around Medicine and its Cultivation in Japan
Shinji Kobayashi, Ehime University
Eizen Kimura, Ehime University
Tomoaki Ueno, Japan Medical Association Research Institute
Ken Ishihara, Ehime University
　　
Open Source Softwares - Education, Practice and Applications at the University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam
Nam Hai Nguyen, University of Engineering and Technology Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Son Bao Pham, University of Engineering and Technology Vietnam National University, Hanoi
The Hien Nguyen, University of Engineering and Technology Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Viet Ha Nguyen, University of Engineering and Technology Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Ngoc Binh Nguyen, University of Engineering and Technology Vietnam National University, Hanoi
　　
A Study on the Motivation Factors of the Open Source Software Developers with Special Reference to the "Region"
Terutaka Tansho, Shimane University
Tetsuo Noda, Shimane University
　　
How Open are Japanese Open Source Communities? A Comparison of Responses to Newcomer Inquiries in Japanese and English User Support Forums
Jonathan Lewis, Hitotsubashi University
　　
Open Source Software Promoting Policy in Korea
Kim Tae Yeol, National IT Industry Promotion Agency
　　
Open Source and Software Industry in China
Dongbin Wang, Tsinghua University
　　
Solution to the digital divide through Mongolian public education though a collaborative effort with Japanese universities
Taro Yoshino, Kwansai Gakuin University of Policies Studies
　　

Call for Papers

- CLOSED

Important Dates

- Deadline for full paper submission February 28, 2010
- Notification of acceptance March 10, 2010
- Camera-ready version April 16, 2010
- Workshop date June 2, 2010

Organisation

- Tetsuo Noda, Shimane University, Japan (workshop co- organizer)
- Sangmook Yi, Duksung Women's University, Korea (workshop co- organizer)
- Dongbin Wang, Tsinghua University, China (workshop co- organizer)
- Shane Coughlan, Regional Director Asia, Open Invention Network, Japan
- Tomoko Yoshida, Kyoto Notre Dame University, Japan
- Jonathan Lewis, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
- Terutaka Tansho, Shimane University, Japan

Please send any questions regarding the workshop to:
nodat /at/ soc.shimane-u.ac.jp
or
tansho /at/ riko.shimane-u.ac.jp