Choosing the right software model is an increasingly difficult decision for both business and academic researchers. This half-day session will bring together representatives from proprietary and open software vendors, as well as university researchers, to discuss this critical strategic choice. Whether you’re contemplating a start-up, looking to expand your product line, or trying to share a research project with the world, this forum will offer insights into your alternatives.

• Creating Value in, and Extracting Value from, Open Source Software keynote address by Greg DeKoenigsberg, Senior Community Development Manager for Red Hat, one of the world's leading providers of Linux and open source technology
• Proprietary, Open Source or a Hybrid a panel discussion with firms using each of these strategies 

• Moderator Evan Leibovitch,  Director of CLUE- Canadian Association for Open Source
  
• Tom Lee, Chief Evangelist for Maplesoft
• Perry Roach, CEO of Netsweeper
• Jonas Brandon, Director of Business Development for ePresence

• A presentation on legal and intellectual property considerations by Anthony de Fazekas of Miller Thomson LLP
  
• Networking breakfast starting at 8 a.m.
  

Registration

• Pre-registration required: registration now closed
  
• Cost:  $20 (includes breakfast)
• Location: University of Waterloo Accelerator Centre.

Agenda for April 2

• 7:45 a.m. - Registration opens
• 8 a.m. – Breakfast
• 8:45 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions
• 9 a.m. - Keynote
• 9:45 a.m. – Legal Presentation
• 10 a.m. – Coffee break
• 10:30 a.m. – Industry Panel discussion
• 11:45 a.m. – Closing Remarks

About REACH

The Open or Closed? Choosing the Right Software Model forum is part of C4's REACH: Research Alliance Contact Hub initiative, which aims to unify the research partnership meeting C4 regularly holds, bringing together industrial, commercial, and academic researchers to find ways to collaborate.

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