Second FOSS-Bridge workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam, June 9th - 13th, 2008

Objectives and results of the workshop

This second face to face meeting had a double objective :

  • to offer the opportunity to the companies who participated to the first face to face meeting in november to implement their cooperation plan by proposing to vietnamese companies technology trainings given by their european counterparts.
  • to open the FOSS-Bridge  initiative to new comers coming from europe and vietnam and expand the network of participating companies.

As a result of this workshop,  the week long event gathered over 20 Vietnamese and visiting European software companies, who all share a keen interest in Open Source. Apart from offering a platform for face-to-face meetings and exchanging of cooperation ideas, which eventually turn into business agreements, the workshop also focused on providing technology training offered by eight European IT-companies to their Vietnamese counterparts. Around 60 deveopers coming from the FOSSBridge vietnamese companies participated to this technology trainings.

Workshop Program

Monday, June 9th  : Workshop introduction and Matchmaking (see details below)

Tuesday, June 10th: Individual meetings, 1st draft of cooperation plans.

Wednesday, June 11th to friday, June 13th: Technology trainings (8 trainings in parallel - see list below).


Document PDF FOSS-Bridge-Workshop-Agenda-June08.pdf (210Ko)

Slides of the presentations of monday, june 9th

Morning presentations

  • Presentation of the FOSS Bridge project and Networking partner OW2 by Balthas Seibold, InWEnt and Catherine Nuel, INRIA.

Document PDF Presentation_foss_bridge_second_twinning_workshop.pdf (997Ko)

  • Presentation of examples of ongoing cooperations whithin the FOSS-Bridge project :  iWay and OTRS ; BULL and CMC Soft.

Document PDF iWay-OTRS Collaboration in brief v1.1.pdf (107Ko)

  • Brief overview of how using open source in your business, by Adrian Mos, INRIA.

Document PDF Open-Source-GenPres-Adrian-Mos.pdf (305Ko)

Matchmaking session :

Opening of market place/introduction of participants/preparation of interactive presentation (personal twinning - posters session)

Afternoon presentations : Company presentations (for detailed profiles, go to the company list)

First round : European companies presentations

 


Document PDF SUSPER.pdf (1372Ko)

Second round : Vietnamese companies presentations


Document PDF SONGGIANG.pdf (172Ko)

Useful information for participants to matchmaking

Technology Trainings

Note : Training located in the Horizon hotel will start on wednesday at 10 AM.

Training 1 :

  • Subject & technology: Osmius, open source monitoring tool
  • Technology expert from: Peopleware, Spain
  • Trainee : DTN Co
  • Training location : Horizon hotel (see address below)

Training 2:

  • Subject & technology : exo portal & flex (framework for web applications)
  • Technology expert from: Bull Belgium
  • Trainees : CMC ; Cantho University
  • Training location : eXo Platform - 7th & 8th Floors, Thai Ha Building - 11 Thai Ha Street.
    Dong Da District - Hanoi - Tel: +84 4 2 755 308
  • Starting time : wednesday june 11th at 9AM.

Training 3:

  • Subject & technology : Bonita (workflow solution) & Orchestra (service orchestration)
  • Technology expert from: Bull France
  • Trainee : CMC
  • Training location : CMC offices - 14 – 16 Ham Long Str., Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Tel. 84.4. 943 9066
  • Starting time : wednesday june 11th at 9AM.

Training 4:

  • Subject & technology : Zope (web applications development)
  • Technology expert from: Prontonet, Germany
  • Trainee : NextG
  • Training location : Horizon hotel (see address below)

Training 5 :

  • Subject & technology : OTRS help desk and ticket system
  • Technology expert from : OTRS, Germany
  • Trainee : iWay
  • Training location : Horizon hotel (see address below)

Training 6:

  • Subject & technology : tracking and web base report system, Ecoconcept project
  • Technology expert from : Sichart, Germany
  • Trainee : iWay
  • Training location : Horizon hotel (see address below)

Training 7:

  • Subject & technology : Nuxeo 5
  • Technology expert from: Yerbabuena, Spain
  • Trainee : PNG Soft, Vietsoftware, TechVNS
  • Training location : Horizon hotel (see address below)

Training 8:

  • Subject & technology: Planning and implementing an IT-infrastructure based on FOSS
  • Technology expert from: GONICUS, Germany
  • Trainee: training open to all FOSS Bridge registered vietnamese participants.
  • Training location : NetNam Corporation - Institute of Information Technology
    18 Hoang Quoc Viet Str., Cau Giay Dist, Ha Noi  - Tel: +84-4-756 4907

Practical information

Meeting place:

Hanoi Horison Hotel
40 Cat Linh Street, Hanoi
Tel : +84 (4) 733 0808

 


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Hotels list : you can use the following list to find an hotel for your stay.

This is a list of hotels the FOSS Bridge team recommends for your stay during the second matchmaking event in Hanoi.


1. Church Hotel: Nr.9 Nha Tho, Tel: 04 9288 118, Preise: 50$ nett (direct in the old center)/ Empfehlung

2. De Syloya Hotel: Nr.17A Tran Hung Dao, Tel: 04 8245 346, Preise: 80$++ (10'zu Fuss zum Hoan Kiem Lake) Empfehlung

3. Zephyr Hotel: Nr. 4 Ba Trieu, Tel: 04 9341 256, Preise: 81$++ (direct Hoan Kiem lake) Empfehlung

4. Zenith Hotel: 96-98 Bui Thi Xuan, Tel: 8 229 797, Preise: 51.05$nett ( 5' with taxi to Hoan Kiem Lake)

5. Hoa Binh Hotel: Nr.27 Ly Thuong Kiet, Tel: 04 8253 315, Preise: 85$ nett (near Hoan Kiem lake)

6. Lucky I Hotel (Mini Hotel): Nr. 12 Hang Trong, Tel: 04 8251 030, Preise: 40$+ - 60$+ (direct old center)