The following links are a combination of blogs, forums, sponsor events, open source initiatives, and a survey relevant to Think Tank:

• Think Tank News Links
• Sponsor News
• FOOS Survey

	Open Source Think Tank Group
	“Olliance partners with Open World Forum for Open Source Think Tank Paris 2010” - The Open World Forum is the world's leading summit bringing together key decision-makers and communities to collaborate on open technological, economic and social initiatives to build the digital future. The event was first staged in 2008, and takes place every year in Paris with over 140 speakers and an international audience of over 1,500 delegates from more than 30 countries. The 2010 Edition of the Open World Forum will be held September 30 and October 1, under the banner of "Open is the future: Open Innovation - Open Enterprise - Open Society". Organized by a unique network of partners including the main Free/Open Source communities and most of the leading IT players worldwide, the Open World Forum is a must-attend event to discover the latest trends in open technology, business and social issues and to explore the future of Free/Open Source initiatives. The Open World Forum also offers a unique opportunity to share insights and best practices with many of the most respected visionaries, entrepreneurs and community leaders, and network with Free/Open Source gurus, analysts, CIOs, researchers, government leaders and investors from six continents. To learn more invitation, please visit http://www.openworldforum.org
	Government Technology News “Open Source Policies in San Francisco and California Take Different Paths”. Feb 5, 2010, By Matt Williams, Associate Editor
	Government Technology Blog titled “Open Source Software - Rational or Risky Business?”. By Mark Weatherford on January 18, 2010
	Roger Burkhardt led a well attended opt in session at the NAPA 2009 Think Tank on how the open source innovation model could play an essential role in accelerating the innovative green technologies required to combat disastrous climate change. This led to a paper titled “ Why Open Source and Open Standards are Essential to Combat Disastrous Global Climate Change”.

	Microsoft names a new General Manager of Open Source. Check out The Register's article: - Microsoft clutches open source to its corporate heart.
	SugarCon '10, SugarCRM's 4th annual user and customer conference, brings together SugarCRM users, developers, partners and experts from around the world.
	The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is an exclusive, invitation-only summit gathering core kernel developers, distribution maintainers, ISVs, end users, system vendors and other community organizations for plenary sessions and workgroup meetings to meet face-to-face to tackle and solve the most pressing issues facing Linux today.

The Future of Open Source Survey is live! Welcome to the 2010 Future of Open Source Survey! North Bridge Ventures, Olliance Group, Acquia and more than 20 other open source companies collaborated to develop this survey. Please take a few minutes to complete the Future of Open Source Survey. The results will be announced at OSBC in March.