10th OSE Symposium on “Escrow and Sustainability of IT Business Models”

Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V., Munich (OSE) OSE Symposium Overview

Location, date: Friday, 23 January 2015 at the Haus der bayerischen Wirtschaft, Max-Joseph-Straße 5, D-80333 Munich

Key note: Does privacy have a chance in the digital age after all?, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (former Federal Minister of Justice)

Data protection – old ways, new solutions?
Moderator: Lawyer Isabell Conrad (SSW Schneider Schiffer Weihermüller, Munich)

  • Data breaches – communication in an emergency, lawyer Dr Andreas Leupold (OSE; LEUPOLD LEGAL, Munich)
  • Data transfer to the USA – Is the safe harbour going down the drain?
    Thomas Kranig (President of the BayLDA, Ansbach)
  • ICANN – Freedom of information and net neutrality,
    Jimmy Schulz (Member of the At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN, Berlin)

Escrow 3.0
Moderator: Stephan Peters (OSE; Deposix Software Escrow GmbH, Munich)

  • Business continuity in the cloud ,
    RA Dr Fabian Niemann (Bird&Bird, Frankfurt)
  • Escrow in the cloud – how does it work?
    Dipl.-Inf. Dr Oliver Stiemerling (OSE; ecambria systems GmbH, Cologne)
  • Testing & securing critical infrastructures,
    Thomas Haase (T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, Dresden)

Protection of software through technology
Moderator: RA Dr Frank Remmertz (OSE; Remmertz Son Rechtsanwälte, Munich)

  • Legal assessment of blocking in the context of the various licence models,
    Dr Malte Grützmacher, lawyer (CMS Hasche Sigle, Hamburg)
  • Technical possibilities for the protection of software,
    Dr Peter J. Hoppen (IT expert, Brühl)
  • Software patents – current status. Is the USA following Europe?
    PAin Dr Claudia Schwarz (Schwarz & Baldus, Munich)
  • Which open source business and licence models earn money in practice?
    Prof Dr Dirk Riehle, Professor of Open Source Software, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Summary: Panel and discussion with all speakers,
Moderation: Attorney Prof Dr Peter Bräutigam (Noerr LLP, Munich)