T-OSSLab is born, the Regional Competence Centre for Open Source. Presentation within the “Dire e fare” event, 13 November at 11:30 am, Fortezza da Basso, Florence.
On 13 November the Regional Competence Centre for Open Source is presented, a project supported by Polo Tecnologico of Navacchio together with Regione Toscana, Province of Pisa and University of Pisa - Department of Computer Science.
T-OSSLab: Tuscany Open Source Software Laboratory is the name of the new entity, born within regional law no. 1 of 2004 with the aim of supporting the spread of free and Open Source software in the public administration and in the Tuscan business fabric.
The presentation is held within the “Dire e Fare” event (Fortezza da Basso, Florence, www.dire-fare.eu) at 11:30 am, in the “Sala Innovazione” room.
Programme of the initiative
The evolution of Tuscan Public Administration towards Open Source
Opening
- Patrizia Marchetti (Counsellor for Information Systems, Province of Pisa)
- Elisabetta Epifori (Director of Polo Tecnologico Navacchio)
- Roberto Barbuti (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Pisa)
Talks
- “The presence of FLOSS in PA and the reasons for a choice” – Angelo Marcotulli (Regione Toscana, chairman)
- “The Centre’s activity: the web portal” – Susanna Pelagatti (University of Pisa)
- “The organisational model of the Centre and the role of companies” – Paolo Alderigi (Polo Tecnologico)
- “The FUSS project: the migration to free software of Italian schools in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano” – Marco Caresia (CTS Einaudi Vocational Training Centre of Bolzano)
- “Working with Open Source: how the IT system and organisation of the body change” – Gabriella Daniele (Province of Pisa)
- “The PloneGov project and its applications: the Municipality’s portal” – Fortunata Dini (Counsellor for Information Systems of the Municipality of San Giuliano Terme)
- “The desktop migration to Open Source: a possible path” – Alberto Gistri (Libersoft Srl)
The Centre is promoted by Regione Toscana, Province of Pisa, University of Pisa, Department of Computer Science and Polo Tecnologico Navacchio.