Last week, we held a public interactive conference call as a precursor to the Open Flow track at Supernova 2008. So many people signed up, from all over the world, that we filled the lines on our high-capacity conference bridge and had to start a waiting list.

Those who called in weren’t disappointed. The conversation, featuring Supernova organizer Kevin Werbach, author and consultant Elliot Maxwell, BT’s Jeremy Ruston, noted technologist (and Open Flow track chairperson) Tantek Celik, and Chris Carfi of Cerado, covered an impressive range of topics around the meaning of openness in business. From standards that emerge bottom-up, to changing incentive structures in organizations, to the possible links between openness and tyranny, it was a challenging discussion filled with insights.

Streaming audio of the call (MP3 format) is available here. (109 minutes)

A transcript of the parallel live IRC web chat is available here.

We will bring some of the themes from the call into the Open Flow track at Supernova — along with a visual record of the conversation by illustrator Eileen Clegg. We welcome your comments at openflow@supernova2008.com.

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