Dear Knowledge Web Industry Board member,
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Best Regards,
Lyndon Nixon
Industry Area Co-Manager
Knowledge Web NoE
http://knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org/o2i
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KNOWLEDGE WEB INDUSTRY AREA NEWSLETTER
Issue 07/2 May-June 2007
EDITORIAL
A semantic industry conference for Europe: ESTC 2007
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As this newsletter reaches you, the final preparations are being made for
the 1st European Semantic Technology Conference (ESTC). ESTC is intended to
be a new European meeting ground for customers, developers and researchers to
discuss the applicability and commercialization of Semantic technologies in
corporate settings.
As part of this, Knowledge Web - as a network with the aim
to promote migration of Semantic technology from research to industry - is involved.
Knowledge Web will host a technology showcase and workshop highlighting the
commercial possibilities of Semantic technologies. We would be glad to see you
here and receive your input! Full details are in the Spotlight below. Register
now and get the reduced rate!
We look forward to seeing you there. Sincerely,
Lyndon Nixon
Vincent Louis
Alain Leger
SPOTLIGHT
ESTC 2007
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ESTC2007 will be held May 31 - June 1 2007 at Vienna, Austria.
The full programme is now available, with a clear focus on
discussing the business value of real world applications of Semantic
Technologies. The Knowledge Web network is organizing two
workshops on May 31 to better understand how to benefit Business
from Semantic Technologies: "Semantic Web Technology Showcase"
(http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~blacoe/ESTC/KWeb_ESTC_WS.html)
and "Making Semantics Work for Business" (http://www.ag-nbi.de/conf/MSWFB)
* ESTC2007 announces the Semantic Technology Business Idea Contest
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ESTC2007 set up the Contest for the best Semantic Technology
Business Idea with the aim of encouraging and accelerating the
commercialisation of semantic technology. At the evening, the
Jury (Keynote Speakers of the Conference) will announce the winner
of the Contest. Individuals and teams are invited to submit their
ideas for commercial exploitation of new and innovative applications
based on semantic technologies.
Prizes: 1st €2500 / 2nd €1000 / 3rd €500
>> More Details
* Commercializing New Technology
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Workshop with Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital, Cambridge Network)
Gerhard Plasonig (ETeCH AG), Helmut Leopold (Telekom Austria), Georg
Buchtela (aws). The goal is to discuss the the successful strategies and
critical factors of bringing new technologies to the market. This will
include topics as: information gathering, acting on the global market,
licence policy and contracting, financing and marketing.
>> More Details (http://www.estc2007.com/home/details/workshop)
* Keynotes
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Frank van Harmelen: "Semantic Technologies - solved, halfway, or still
in the starting blocks?"
Mark Greaves: "The relationship between Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web"
Benjamin Grosof: "Commercializing Semantic Web: Rules, Services, and
Roadmapping"
Ora Lassila: "From Semantic Web to a Broader Vision of Personal Computing"
Dave Pearson: "The business value of semantic technology"
Susie Stephens: "Integrating Enterprise Data with Semantic Web
Technologies"
>> More Details (http://www.estc2007.com/invited-speakers/)
* Online registration is now open
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Early Registration discounts available until 04/05/2007!
>> More Details http://www.estc2007.com/registration/
EVENTS
Call for Papers: AST 2007 - Applications of Semantic Technologies
located at the Informatik 2007, September 25th 2007, Bremen, Germany
==== Deadline for paper submissions: May 6th, 2007 ====
More information: http://km.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/ws/ast2007
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Semantic Web Days @ European Business Rules Conference 2007 (EBRC)
18-20 June 2007 in Düsseldorf/Germany
Information: http://www.semantic-web-days.net/EBRC_start.htm
The Semantic Web Days at the 6th European Business Rules Conference aim
at bringing together the Business Rules community as well as the
Semantic Web community by demonstrating the interfaces and by proofing
that Semantic Web technologies found their way into business.
The Semantic Web Days are organised by the Network of Excellence REWERSE.
More information on the EBRC: http://www.eurobizrules.org