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It has just been finalized, and the announcements are going out. The Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, and The Science & Technology Caucus in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are hosting a forum on the Future of Electronic Data Formats for the Commonwealth from 10am to noon next Wednesday, December 14th. Below is the formal announcement:

An Open Forum on the
Future of Electronic Data Formats for the Commonwealth

December 14, 2005
10:00 AM – Noon
Senate Reading Room, State House

Hosted by:

Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies,
Sen. Jack Hart & Rep. Dan Bosley, Chairs
&
The Science & Technology Caucus,
Sen. Jack Hart, Rep. Cory Atkins, & Secretary Ranch Kimball, Chairs

AGENDA

10:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks

10:05 Open Standards and the Evolution of the OpenDocument Standard:

How did we get here?
- John Palfrey, Executive Director
Berkman Center on Internet and Society
Harvard Law School

10:25 Introduction of Panelists

Bob Sutor, IBM
Alan Yates, Microsoft General Manager of Information Worker Business Strategy
Peter Quinn/Linda Hamel, ITD
Bob Sproull, Sun Microsystems
Judy Brewer, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
Alan Cote, Secretary of State’s Office

10:45 Moderated Panel Discussion

Noon Adjourn

If you are in the Boston area next Wednesday and are interested in the latest in Open Document Accessibility in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this is the place to be! (2005-12-09 00:02:00.0) Permalink Comments [2]


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An Open Forum on the Future of Electronic Data Formats for the Commonwealth