OASIS Adoption Forum

["Jane Harnad" <jane.harnad@oasis-open.org>]

"Implementing e-Business Open Standards for End Users and Public
Administration" 
Brussels, 6 October http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum/

***OASIS Members: Register by 1 October to receive 150 USD discount off
meeting fee. Each member registered by 1 Oct may bring one non-member
guest at the discounted rate. Contact jane.harnad@oasis-open.org for
details.***

PROGRAM AGENDA

The OASIS Forum is a one-day event designed specifically for providers,
integrators and users of e-Business systems within public administration
and private enterprise. The Forum will feature presentations that will
enable attendees to learn about the development and adoption of open
standards in the areas of Web services, e-Government, and localisation. 

The Forum will open with a keynote address from Alejandro Moya, IST
eGovernment Unit, Head of Sector, Directorate General Information
Society, European Commission. Mr. Moya will discuss the value and need
for e-business and e-government systems to be implemented using
internationally developed and approved open standards.  

The event will close with an interactive panel discussing issues that
include: implementation/conversion costs, e-business barriers between
borders, standards working together, and the steps needed to be taken
when implementing open standards.  All attendees are invited to the
Forum reception immediately following the closing panel.

Other Forum presentations include:

 - The Danish Approach to Standardization of Public Sector
XML-Interfaces and Localization of International Standards by Mikkel
Hippe Brun, Chief Consultant, M.Sc., National IT and Telecom Agency,
Office of IT Strategy

- An Innovative Use of Modular DocBook for Wide Scale Documentation in
an Open Source Environment by Camille Begnis, CEO, NeoDoc

The Governance & Procedure of Flourishing B2B Communities: Understanding
and Overcoming the Real Challenge of Building B2B Communities by Tim
Mortimer, Director, Red Wahoo

XBRL for Financial Reporting on the Internet: The XBRL in Europe Project
by Olivier Servais, Permanent Secretary, XBRL in Europe

- Using ebXML to Implement an North Asian Government Trading Community
by Ulf Persson, Senior Product Manager XIP, Axway

- Using the ebXML Registry for e-Government Schema Management by Paul
Spencer, Director, Boynings Consulting Ltd.

- OASIS EPR: Electronic Processing Solutions for e-Solutions for
e-Service Systems within the EU by Hans A. Aanesen, Co-Chair of OASIS
BCM EPR SC

- GSA E-Authentication Program by Stephen Timchak, Project Executive for
E-Authentication and Chris Louden, CTO, Enspier Technologies and
E-Authentication Chief Architect

REGISTRATION

The meeting fee of 200 USD (for OASIS Members and Member Guests) and 350
USD (for Non-Members) per person includes materials, coffee breaks,
luncheon, and reception. Register at
http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum/registration_info.php by
1 October.  Onsite registration will be available, subject to a
processing fee of an additional 50 USD.

PROGRAM AGENDA 

Full agenda is available at:
http://www.oasis-open.org/events/adoption_forum/program.php

ACCOMMODATIONS

A block of rooms have been reserved at the Crowne Plaza Brussels City
Centre, +32 2 203 62 00, at a special rate of 100++ Euro, single
(Saturday/Sunday) and 145 ++ Euro single (Monday-Friday). Please mention
you are attending the "OASIS Adoption Forum".