2nd Annual Forum on Entrepreneurship
Agenda, speakers and presentations
1. Welcome Note
Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures (HPV) > Download PDF-Presentation
2. New Market Trends in Open Source Business
Moderated by Eran Davidson, President and CEO, Hasso Plattner Ventures (HPV)
- Scientific View: Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel, Scientific and Managing Director (Hasso Plattner Institute) > Download PDF-Presentation
- Industry View: Adam Jollans, OSS Strategy Manager (IBM) > Download PDF-Presentation
- Start-Up View: Prof. Steve Hand, Chief Architect (Xen Source) > Download PDF-Presentation
3. Start-up Presentations 1
Moderated by Thomas Uhl, CEO (Topalis)
- Mindquarry GmbH, Potsdam, Germany > Download PDF-Presentation
- Avira GmbH, Tettnang, Germany > Download PDF-Presentation
- OpenPKG GmbH, Dachau, Germany > Download PDF-Presentation
- IdealX SA., Paris, France > Download PDF-Presentation
4. What you need to know in Open Source Business
Moderated by Herbert Kircher, CEO Development Germany (IBM)
- Legal View: Till Kreutzer, Lawyer (IE Online) > Download PDF-Presentation
- Technical View: Dr. Karl-Heinz Strassemeyer, System Platform Strategy (IBM) > Download PDF-Presentation
- Market View: Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Chairman (Open-Xchange) > Download PDF-Presentation
5. Start-up Presentations 2
Moderated by Tom Schwaller, Linux IT Architect (IBM)
- SeeWhy Software Ltd., Berkshire, UK > Download PDF-Presentation
- JasperSoft Corp., San Francisco, CA, USA
- GroundWork Open Source Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA > Download PDF-Presentation
6. Panel on Open Source Software Trends
Moderated by Adam Jollans, OSS Strategy Manager (IBM)
- Herbert Kircher, CEO Development Germany (IBM)
- Prof. Steve Hand, Chief Architect (Xen Source)
- Dr. Karl-Heinz Strassemeyer, System Platform Strategy (IBM)
- Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Chairman (Open-Xchange)
- Jai Das, Partner (SAP Ventures)
7. Conference Wrap-up
- Dr. Heinrich Arnold (T-Labs)
- Eran Davidson, CEO & President (HPV)
8. Conference Steering Committee:
- Markus Czerner, Senior Analyst, Hasso Plattner Ventures
- Clemens Harald Engler, IBM
- Dr. Behrend Freese, Innovation Development, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories


