Plenary Sessions on Optimizing Open Source Investments. Open Source software promises many advantages to mainstream ICT organizations ranging from investment protection, to quality, to cost. However, thorough planning and governance are key to optimizing Open Source integration and management. For business that successfully navigate these challenges they find long term business value in Open Source technology.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA - MONDAY, 23rd OF JUNE 2008
Plenary Sessions on Optimizing Open Source Investments
Venue - CICC Plenary Hall
0800-0850	Registration and Coffee
0850-0900	Invocation and National Anthem
0900-0905	Welcome Remarks: Honorable Tomas R. Osmeña, Mayor, City of Cebu
0905-0910	Opening Message: Dr. Ed Gaisano, President, Cebu Chamber of Commerce & Industry
0910-0915	Welcome Message: Ms. Tess Chan, Chairperson, Cebu Business Month 2008
0915-0935	Special Keynote Message: Dr. Sang-Chul Lee, President, Kwangwoon University (Signing of MOA with University Presidents - CEDF-IT Members from the Academe)
0935-0940	Summit Overview: Mr. Bonifacio D. Belen, Summit Director
0940-1000	Opening Keynote Address: Sec. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua, Chairman, CICT
1000-1030	Coffee and Networking Break
1030-1100	Plenary 1: Taking Leadership in the Transformational Changes in Technologies & Business Models in the Telecommunications Industry: Mr. Ernesto R. Alberto, Senior Vice President, Philippine Long Distance Company
1100-1130	Plenary 2: Open Source Software Is it Ready for Prime Time?: Mr. Winston Damarillo, Chairman and Founder of G2VC
1130-1300	Lunch - Presentations Korean Open Source Software Experience & Perspective Mr. Il Kyu Nam Team Leader, Korean Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA)
1300-1400	Panel A – Open or Close? Mr. Lope Doromal, Jr., Chief Technologist, IBM Innovation Network, Philippines Mr. Edwin Chua, Channels Manager, Red Hat APAC Mr. Abet Dela Cruz, Platform Strategy Manager, Microsoft Philippines
1400-1500	Panel B – Open Source Business Models Mr. Fernando Contreras, President, Imperium Technologies Mr. Norio Osawa, Sr. Manager, Hitachi Ltd., Information & Telecommunication Systems Mr. Blair Layton, Sr. Manager - Developer Program, Oracle APAC Mr. Lope Doromal, Jr., Chief Technologist, IBM Innovation Network, Philippines
1500-1530	Coffee and Networking Break
1530-1630	Panel C – Open Source Communities Mr. Brett Porter, Sr. Director Exist Global & Member of Apache Software Foundation Dr. Francis Sarmiento III, Program Manager, IOSN ASEAN+3 Mr. Matt Thomson, Sr. Director - Technology Outreach & Open Source Programs, Sun Microsystems
1630-1730	Panel D – I Just Deployed OSS – Now What? Mr. Derrick Lo, MySQL Consultant, Touch Solutions, Inc. Mr. Greg Wilkins, Chief Technology Officer, Webtide Mr. Patrick Reidenbach, General Manager, UR Solutions

Technology Breakout Sessions on Open Source Innovations for Tech Self-Reliance. The Technology Breakout Sessions will focus on Open Source Operating Systems and Applications for business and enterprise users through workshops and proof-of-concept presentations by Open Source Experts and Pioneers. Open Source innovation holds a lot of promise for the technology entrepreneur and is the veritable key to strategic self-reliance. The Open Source software model continues to have an ever more extensive impact in an increasing number of software markets. But Open Source itself needs to develop to meet essential challenges as well. The Open Source blueprint for the future has to be laid out more definitively to maximize any investment made today.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA - TUESDAY, 24th OF JUNE 2008
Technology Breakout Sessions on Open Source Innovations for Tech Self-Reliance
Track 1 – Open Source Applications Venue – Leadership Room 102
0800-0815	Registration
0815-0930	SugarCRM Mr. Sherwin D. Yu Technical Director, Alliance Software, Inc.
0930-1100	Pentaho & Business Intelligence Ms. Anna See Managing Director, Solvento Mr. Ludwig Laman Software Engineer, Exist Global
1100-1215	Maven Ms. Odea Ching Sr. Software Engineer, Exist Global and Vice-President, Apache Archiva
1215-1300	Lunch Break
1300-1430	Ruby-on-Rails & SaaS Mr. Mark Buenconsejo Sr. Software Developer, Simpleteq Mr. David Abramowski CEO, Morph Labs, Inc.
1430-1545	Eclipse Mr. Erle Mantos Sr. Software Engineer, Exist Global and Committer, Eclipse Foundation
1545-1700	Drupal Mr. Marc Caballero Systems Analyst, Optwize
Track 2 – Open Source Tools & OS Innovations Venue – Leadership Room 103
0800-0815	Registration
0815-0915	MySQL Mr. Derrick Lo MySQL Consultant, Touch Solutions Inc.
0915-1030	Jetty Mr. Greg Wilkins CTO, Webtide
1030-1115	Start up 101 – Using OSS for IT Infrastructure Mr. Vince Corning CEO, MyLinuxSupport, Inc.
1115-1145	How to Use Open Source with IT Security Management Mr. Robert Reindenbach Technology Manager, UR Solutions
1145-1215	Embedded OS Telephony Mr. Kelvin Chua CTO, NEXT IX
1215-1330	Lunch Break
1330-1600	DeveloperWorks Live Technical Briefing – Rational Jazz
1600-1700	National Meet-up of Open Source Stakeholders
Track 3 - Open Source in the Academe, Gov’t & NGOs Venue - Leadership Room 105
0800-0815	Registration
0815-0915	Educating the Next Set of Developers Mr. Terry Goldman Rational Technical Evangelist, IBM ASEAN IBM’s Service Science, Management, and Engineering Program Mr. Alejandro P. Melchor III Governmental Programs Executive, IBM Philippines
0915-1000	Open Source Application in Government Ms. Lilia Guillermo Deputy Commissioner, BIR Information Systems Group Dr. Prospero Naval Professor, UP College of Computer Science Mr. Clarito Magsino President & CEO, Data Center, Inc. Mr. Denis Villorente Director, Advanced Science & Technology Institute
1000-1030	E-Governance for Health: The Strategic Role of Open Source Dr. Alvin Marcelo Director, UP – National Telehealth Center
1030-1100	Beyond JEDI Gregg Victor D. Gabison JEDI Supporter, Dean, CICCT, University of San Jose Recoletos
1100-1130	Open Source for E-Governance Mr. Arthur F. Tyde III Co-founder & CEO, Linuxcare, Inc. of Oracle
1130-1200	Open Source for Non-Profits Ms. Kristine Mandigma Editorial Director, Vibal Foundation
1200-1230	Open Source Collaboration through Open Innovation Mr. Michael R K Mudd Director of Public Policy, CompTIA Asia-Pacific
1230-1330	Lunch Break
1330-1600	PSIA & JETRO Industry Networking with ICT Councils
June 23-24, 2008 Venue - Leadership Room 108
0800-1800	IBM Blades Center Demo Sessions