Event
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Document Freedom Day
Open standards in the eBook market
16:00
Welcoming participants
Introduction
Malika BENARAB-ATTOU, MEP
Panel 1 - Challenges for open standards in the eBook market
Moderator: Sandrine BÉLIER, MEP16:45
European policies on standards and interoperability and the eBook market
Dr. Carl-Christian BUHR, Member of the Cabinet of Ms Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda
17:00
Bookeen: The first multi-format eBook reader
Michaël DAHAN, Chief Executive Officer, Bookeen
17:15
Challenges posed by multiple devices and formats in the eBook sector
Dr. Charles HALEY, Managing Director, Frogfish Technologies Ltd, Calibre
17:30
Debate with participants
Panel 2 - Pushing for change: The role of civil society in technology policy
Moderator: Christian ENGSTRÖM, MEP 17:50Document freedom in France
Jeanne TADEUSZ, Public Affairs Officer, April 18:00
Open standards and business models in the digital public domain
Anne-Catherine LORRAIN, Co-Founder/Board Member, Communia Intl. Association on the Digital Public Domain
18:15
Open standards and free software - what's at stake?
Karsten GERLOFF, President, Free Software Foundation Europe
Debate with participants
18:50
Conclusions
Judith SARGENTINI, MEP
