Date of event: 03.12.2026
Form and place of training: Online training, via MS TEAMS
duration of the webinar: 9:00-10:30 CET
Training participants: university staff, academic, non-academic staff, researchers and students
Thematic category: webinar, training
Training content:
This training will cover the most important aspects of software licensing. It will provide an overview of the history of free software and open source, as well as copyright and Creative Commons. It will also explain how licensing impacts the lifecycle of code and programs, and the economic world around them. It will also provide an overview of the various open access publication models and their impact on publication practices.
The training will be held via MS TEAMS, a link to register will be provided to registered participants 2 days before the event. The programme will follow Central European Time (CET). Participants can convert the schedule to their local time here.
Lecturer:
Michael Mrissa has been employed as a full professor of computer science at the University of Primorska in Slovenia since 2018, and he currently serves as vice-rector for internationalisation there. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Lyon 1 in France. His research interests include decentralised solutions for distributed systems, focusing on privacy, interoperability, semantics and the web. He has experience in managing national and international research projects and has received more than 1,300 citations on Google Scholar. He has also successfully supervised or co-supervised nine PhD students and many Bachelor’s and Master’s students.
For additional questions, please contact LETSGROW project manager Michael Mrissa, michael.mrissa@upr.si or VMU training manager Gintarė Juralevičienė, gintare.juraleviciene@vdu.lt.
