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March 31, 2004 - Toronto
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Open Source "Opens Up" to the World With Live Streaming of Toronto Conference
ARCHIVES AVAILABLE AFTER THE EVENT
Persons can participate in Toronto's Open Source conference, scheduled
for
May, without actually being there.
Titled "Open Source and Free Software: Concepts, Controversies and Solutions," the meeting is being hosted by UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. It is scheduled for Sunday, May 9, to Tuesday, May 11, at Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle. Open source refers to the practice of making
public
the code that makes software work.
"As far as we know, this is the first open source conference ever to be webcast, making it the most open 'Open Source' event ever held," says conference chair Ron Baecker.
Live streaming will be delivered by the university's innovative
"ePresence"
system. Viewers will:
- See a high-resolution image of speakers' slides and other audiovisual
aids
- Watch and hear the presenters themselves and the audience
- Chat online, send each other private messages, and ask questions to
presenters
- Review previous slides without interrupting the flow
- Browse other sites at the speaker's suggestion.
After the event, Webcast registrants can:
- View an archive of each presentation
- Find topics using a two-level table of contents
- Find topics using a local search engine
- Participate in threaded discussions about the presentation.
Details on ePresence may be found at Web site http://epresence.kmdi.toronto.edu. This technology will soon be released
to
the public as open source software.
Persons may register for the Webcast at the conference Web site, http://osconf.kmdi.utoronto.ca, for CDN$145. The full conference costs CDN$495 until April 30 and CDN$595 thereafter. Tickets will be available
at
the door. Single-day and discounted volume registrations are also available.
The event is unusual in addressing social, moral, legal, political and business, as well as technical, issues. The conference is the first and only of its kind in Canada and the most comprehensive ever held anywhere.
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Ron Baecker, Conference Chair (416) 978-6983, rmb@kmdi.utoronto.ca
Kelly Rankin, Conference Coordinator (416) 946-8512, kelly@kmdi.utoronto.ca
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
The webcast can be received on personal computers running the Linux, Windows 98/2000/2003/XP, and Mac 9.x or OS/X operating systems, and the Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Opera and Safari 1.2 browsers, and using either Real Media or Windows Media streaming.
The conference is presented by the following organizations within the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: Knowledge Media Design Institute, Connaught International Symposia Fund, Centre for Innovation Law and Policy,
Citizen
Lab of the Munk Centre for International Studies, Department of Computer Science, Information Policy Research Program, the University of Toronto Libraries and their Resource Centre for Academic Technology.
The support of these organizations is hereby acknowledged: Communications
and Information Technology Ontario, IBM Centre for Advanced Studies,
Linux
Professional Institute, Seneca College, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, The City of Toronto, Caseware International,
Novell,
Openflows Networks Ltd. and The Commons Group.
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