Paris, 17 September 2009 -- Open World Forum, the leading global forum for free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) worldwide, today announces the shortlist of 20 innovative open source start-ups who will be invited to present their companies to an expert Jury at the Open Innovation Summit, part of the Open World Forum on October 2nd, 2009. The international Jury will then present an award to the company perceived to be the most innovative and promising.
For Stefane Fermigier, co-president of the Jury: "This first selection has proved incredibly difficult as the level was very high. We were impressed by the wealth of projects submitted and our thorough evaluation process is likely to guarantee that the overall winners will be champions of open innovation."
The Open Innovation Summit is organised by the competitive cluster System@tic and with the support of the Paris Regional Development Agency.
The shortlist is as follows:
Activeon (France)
Agiletec (Italy)
Avalpa (Italy)
Bonitasoft (France)
Ecocube (France)
Kaltura (USA)
Kerlabs (France)
Maarch (France)
ManyDesign (Italy)
Mindtouch (USA)
OS Networks (The Netherlands)
Prestashop (France)
Scaledb (USA)
Sociatom (France)
SonarSource (Switzerland)
TLM (UK)
Ulteo (France)
Univension (Germany)
Weelya (France)
XWiki (France)
The Jury
The jury is made up of international open source experts, investors and leading systems integrators.
Alain Revah (Kublax)
Andrew Aitken (Olliance)
Bruno Pinna (Bull)
Jean-François Caenen (Capgemini)
Jean-Francois Gallouin (Via Innovation)
Jean-Marie Chauvet (LC Capital) – Co-President
Jean-Noël Olivier (Accenture)
Louis Montagne (Bearstech / Collibri - Cap Digital)
Mark Taylor (Sirius IT)
Patrick de Roquemaurel (OTC Asset Management)
Philippe Montargès (Alterway)
Roberto Galoppini (Consultant)
Scott Ollison (SourceForge)
Stefane Fermigier (Nuxeo / GT Logiciel Libre - System@tic) - Co-President
The Open Innovation Summit will also include two round tables:
- "Financing innovation: Do VCs speak the same language as open source developers  " with the participation of Stefane Fermigier, GT Logiciel Libre - System@tic, Louis Montagne - Collibri Cap Digital and Jean-Marie Chauvet - LC Capital.
- "Open source as a key factor of innovation" with Sacha Labourey – ex-CTO and Founder of JBoss, Roger Burckard - CEO Ingres and James Bessen – researchoninnovation.org.
For more information on the Open Innovation Summit, visit: http://openworldforum.org/program/open-innovation-summit.
About Open World Forum
On October 1st & 2nd 2009, in Paris, France, the Open World Forum 2009 will bring together all the key players in the open source ecosystem to cross-fertilize initiatives for innovation and economic growth: "FLOSS: AT THE HEART OF THE DIGITAL RECOVERY".
Founded in 2008, the Open World Forum is the first global summit to bring together decision-makers politicians, developers, technology experts and VCs from across the world to discuss the technological, financial and social impact of open technologies.
More than 100 prestigious speakers from 20 countries, an international audience of more than 1500 people, conferences, associated events and networking opportunities, the Open World Forum provides a unique opportunity to discover the latest trends and innovations in open source.
Organised by competitive clusters CAP DIGITAL and SYSTEM@TIC, in partnership with the largest international open source communities, the Summit also hosts the Innovation Awards, the FLOSS 2020 Roadmap and co-hosts the European Open Source Think Tank.
For more information on the Open World Forum, visit: http://www.openworldforum.org
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