Press conference on European software patents

Press Conference SOFTWARE PATENTS : THE CHOICE IS YOURS
Wednesday 17 September 16.00 -18.30
European Parliament Brussels Room PHS 5B001

15.00	Press conference in briefing room

16:00	Introduction by Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP Chair of the Green/Efa
Group in EP

16:10	Presentation of the petition of the scientists : Dr. Alan
Mycroft, Cambridge* (http://www.math.chalmers.se/~bengt/petition.pdf)

16:30 	Presentation of the letter of the economists: Dr. Luc Soete,
Founder of Merit (Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation
and Technology
(http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/technologie/0,39020809,39116150,00.htm)

16:45	European consumer's point of view: Jim Murray, Director of the BEUC

17:00 	Tim Berners-Lee, Director World Wide Web Consortium, founder of
the www online statement, debate and chat (videoconference)*

17:30	Administration that switched to open source software (Germany)
Jens M Clhaus Member City Council city of Munich

17:45	CEO of European SMEs testimony about software patents :
Hakon Wium Lie, CEO of OPERA (web browser Opera, used on all platforms,
also used on cell-phones and PDAs for eg. Motorola) www.opera.com

18:00	Debate

18:30	Conclusion

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*Translation is available in all official EU languages

Participation is free however it is necessary to register by Monday
15.09.03 by email with lvandewalle@europarl.eu.int in order to get an
access badge to EP