Free and open source software

Free & Open Source Software Working Group

Stefane FERMIGIER, WP President - NUXEO

"Our Working Group was founded around a unique vision: to bring together SMEs, major companies, universities and research centers around R&D projects and business activities, to foster cooperation, innovation and value creation, within the framework of the open source values. With already more than 70 members, this ecosystem represents a huge opportunity for the Free & Open Source Software community (FOSS)."

Free & Open Source Software, a fast growing industry

The software and IT services industry is expe-riencing a period of tremendous change, with a 40% compound annual growth rate over the next years for open source-related turnover and tens of new businesses created every year in the Paris Region alone. It has also been pre¬dicted by analysts such as Gartner that in 2012, if not before, 80% of all software pro¬duced worldwide will include significant open source components.

Free & Open Source Software within SYSTEMATIC

R&D Financed Projects: 29
91 partners including : 58 SMEs - 12 Large companies - 21 Research institutes and universities
Total Investment: 105 M€

The goals of the FOSS (Free & Open Source Software) Working Group are:

to federate all the actors in the Paris Region, promot-ing a healthy and prosperous industry for open source in partnership with the world of education and re¬search

to promote the development of innovative software which will take advantage of scientific advances in the Paris Region.

The Free & Open Source Working Group is positioned on several technologies like :

Roberto Di COSMO, WP Vice-President - UNIVERSITE PARIS 7 DENIS DIDEROT

Laurent SEGUIN, Head of Free & Open Source Software Thematic Group - SYSTEMATIC

Steering Committee Members

Stefane Fermigier, Nuxeo (President)
Roberto Di Cosmo, université Paris VII (Vice-President)

Patrice Bertrand, Smile
Jean-François Caenen, Capgemini
Philippe Carré, Alcatel Lucent
Jean Noël de Galzain, Wallix
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Jean Pierre Laisné, BULL et Consortium OW2
Gilles Lehmann, CS
Patrick Moreau, INRIA
Philippe Vaillergues, sociétés Henix et Qualixo

Project Committee Members

Philippe Carré, Alcatel Lucent (President)
Emmanuel Chailloux, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Vice-President)

Maria-Virginia Aponte, CNAM
François Armand, Systar
Romain Berrendonner, Adacore
Emmanuel Chailloux, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Nicolas Chauvat, Logilab
Fabrice Le Fessant, INRIA
Pierre Ficheux, Open Wide
Selmin Nurcan, Université Panthéon Sorbonne
Laure Petrucci, Université Paris Nord
Christian Rémy, BULL