The event
The national conference “Open Source and Public Administration — to reduce PA costs” takes place in Lodi. The event is organised by Zucchetti in collaboration with Banca Popolare di Lodi, City of Lodi and Province of Lodi. Mario Salvatori (Edipi) moderates.
The speakers
The programme brings together political, academic and corporate figures:
- Federico Del Freo — Zucchetti
- On. Vincenzo Vita
- Sen. Fiorello Cortiana
- On. Pietro Folena
- Prof. Angelo Raffaele Meo — Politecnico di Torino
- Prof. Alfonso Fuggetta — Politecnico di Milano
- Representatives from IBM and SUN
The main topics concern e-government, Open Source adoption in the European Union and the analysis of adoption costs compared to proprietary solutions.
noze’s contribution
Stefano Noferi presents the paper “Open Source and Content Management in Public Administration”, illustrating the concrete case of InFlow CMS. The presentation shows how an Open Source CMS based on Zope/CMF can meet the document management and publishing needs of public administration, with advantages in terms of costs, flexibility and technological independence.
The presentation slides are available for download in both OpenOffice.org and PowerPoint formats, reflecting noze’s commitment to open document standards alongside widely used proprietary formats.
The conference fits into a period of intense institutional debate on Open Source adoption in Italian public administration, with several local authorities launching experiments and the legislature beginning to address the topic in a structured way.