An Open Forum on the
Future of Electronic Data Formats for the Commonwealth
December 14, 2005
10:00 AM Noon
Senate Reading Room, State House
Hosted by: Joint Committee on Economic Development and
Emerging Technologies,
Sen. Jack Hart & Rep. Dan Bosley, Chairs
&
The Science & Technology Caucus,
Sen. Jack Hart, Rep. Cory Atkins, & Secretary Ranch Kimball, Chairs
AGENDA
10:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
10:05 Open Standards and the Evolution of the
OpenDocument Standard: How did we get here?
John Palfrey, Executive Director
Berkman Center on Internet and Society
Harvard Law School
10:25 Introduction of Panelists
o Bob Sutor, IBM
o Alan Yates, Microsoft General Manager of
Information Worker Business Strategy
o Peter Quinn/Linda Hamel, ITD
o Bob Sproull, Sun Microsystems
o Judy Brewer, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
o Alan Cote, Secretary of State's Office
10:45 Moderated Panel Discussion
Noon Adjourn