Is the Future Open?

April 16, 2005

The VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - has taken the initiative to establish a Brussels University and Industry Network with leading industrial partners, called CROSSTALKS. In this forum, key corporate leaders and visionaries close the gap between academy and industry and other key areas in society by organizing structural high profile networking. The CROSSTALKS Network aims at creating an exchange dynamics to enable regular confrontations of views through thematically and privileged encounters beyond specific disciplines and with the active participation of key players from all levels of society. On eof their first initiatives is the publication of a status and vision document on Economic, Social & Cultural Scenarios inspired by Free and Open Source Software. The book is available from the Crosstalks website.