Day I: 28 May 2005 (Saturday)

Inaugural Session (9:00 - 11:00 )

• Welcome (8 minutes)

• Report from Organizing Committee (10 minutes)

• Presidential address: (15 minutes)

• Keynote address: Felipe Perez-Marti (40 minutes)

• Felicitations

  • Secretary, IT, Govt. of Kerala (5 minutes)
  • Member from Italian team (10 minutes)
  • Member from Venezuela team (10 minutes)

• Vote of thanks (8 minutes)

Tea break (11:00 - 11:30)

Plenary I (11:30 - 13:00)

Fostering a Free Society

• Sen. Fiorello Cortiana (Italy)

• Antonio Albuquerque (Brazil)

• Venezuela (30 minutes)

• India (30 minutes)

Lunch break (13:00 - 14:00)

Plenary II (14:00 - 16:00)

Case Studies on Successful Interventions

• Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay, Italy, India

Tea Break (16:00 - 16:15)

Plenary II continued (16:15 - 17:30)

• UN interventions and IOSN (Sunil Abraham)
  Migration to Free Software (Anand Babu)

• Discussions (30 minutes)

Cultural Programme (19:00 - 20:30)

An assortment of traditional art forms from Kerala and Southern India.

Conference Dinner (20:30 - 22:30)

Day II: 29 May 2005

Three Parallel BOF Sessions (9:30 - 13:00 )

(Each session to have presentations, topics for discussions, Session Chair and Rapporteur)

Track 1: Free Software: Technology, Dissemination and Legal Issues

Speakers: Lawrence Liang, Anand Babu, Ramanraj, Marco Ciurcina, Harold Zavarce, Hugo Segura

Track 2: Free Software, Digital Divide, Technology Access and Empowerment

Speakers: Arun, Anandan, Antonio Albuquerque, Elaine da Silva

Track 3: Media, Culture and the New Society

Speakers: Sarai, Odessa, CS Venkateswaran, Mediact, Juan-Carlos

Lunch break (13:00 - 14:00)

Plenary III: Presentation of Group Reports and Discussions (14:00 - 15:30)

• Report from Track 1 (20 minutes)

• Report from Track 2 (20 minutes)

• Report from Track 3 (20 minutes)

• Discussions (30 minutes)

Tea Break: (15:30 - 16:00)

Plenary IV: Adoption of Conference Statement (16:00-17:00)

• Presentation of Draft Conference Statement (Programme Committee) (10 minutes)

• Discussions (40 minutes)

• Adoption of Trivandrum Declaration (10 minutes)

• Conference closing: 17:00

Day III : 30 May 2005

Planning Meeting for Conference Follow-up (9:30 - 13:00)