Stephane Ribas

Biography

Stéphane Ribas (M.Sc, University of Surrey 1996) has spent 12 years in software industries & services. He has spent many years in European countries & has been involved in several important projects as a support & technical consultant for large customers: he has developed very strong skills in building & fostering online communities.

He joined INRIA in 2008 to co-lead OW2 Europe Local Chapter & contribute(d) to several Open Source projects/consortiums (QualiPSo, AspireRFID, Humavips, HOMES, Xwiki Concerto).

Stéphane is also working on developing approaches to “build & sustain Open Source Communities”. He wrote articles & presented this approach in different university & organisation (TERENA 2011, Café des sciences, OW2 Annual Conference, EOI Business School of Madrid, OSW09 – IEEE)

Stephane gives also courses at the IAE school in Grenoble about OSS

Talks

Lyon silk factories eco-system? towards an open revolution model?

Track: Open Business Models

This presentation aim at presenting an economic community governance model used intensively in the Lyon (France) region during the 19th century in the silk domain. This model was open and supported by the town hall, many organizations and individuals.

The presentation review the different silk factories eco-system in the world (England, China, US, Italy...) and compare it with the Lyon Model in details. This talk will finally prove that being open is a model that creates positive eco-system where the different actors lives from their production (goods and knowledge).

This presentation will be presented as a story telling with many comparison with our current economic situation and open source models.

We will end up with the description of the Lyon Model and how we may apply it on our own projects.