Re: [STI-community] FINAL CALL: charting the future of semantics - STI 3rd Roadmapping Workshop

I am not sure whether I ll have the time to write another paper before
> thursday,but If someone is intersted to co-author i would be happy to chip
> in a few paragraphs
>

I think the future semantic web should be open, and this openness should
start by making semantic web research more distributed, accessible,
transparent, co-manged,   and semantic web research access funds should be
distributed and administrated via open access mechanisms.

was this announcement circulated here before? did I miss it?

how can people pitch in to make a contribution/interact with inivted keynote
speaks?

anyone interested in putting together some real time paragraphs, I ll be up
for it all night if necessary







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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Lejla Ibralic Halilovic <lejla.ibralic-halilovic@sti2.org>
> Date: Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM
> Subject: [STI-community] FINAL CALL: charting the future of semantics - STI
> 3rd Roadmapping Workshop
> To: lejla@sti2.org
>
>
> *sorry for cross-posting*
> ___________________________
>
> BE A PART OF CHARTING THE FUTURE OF SEMANTICS
> ___________________________
>
> >>>Submission deadline: 9th of April, 2009<<<
> ___________________________
>
> 3rd STI Roadmapping Workshop
> "Charting the next generation of semantic technology"
> Monday, June 1st 2009 co-located with ESWC 2009
> Aldemar Knossos Village, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
> ___________________________
>
> *DESCRIPTION*
> In the last 15 years the World Wide Web has radically changed how our
> society communicates, connects, does business, shares information and
> performs tasks. It can be expected that another paradigm shift will be seen
> over the next 15 years, in which many terms are already part of the vision:
> cloud, utility, services, mobile, ubiquitous, virtual worlds etc. In the
> semantic technologies community there is the expectation that semantics are
> on the cusp of maturity and wider uptake, and a large body of research work
> demonstrates their relevance to all of the aforementioned areas.
> How will the semantic landscape look like in 15 years from now? What path
> will be taken to get there? This workshop solicits submissions from
> visionaries in the semantic research community as well as early adopter
> industry, addressing the question of what role semantic technologies will
> play in the next developments of the Web.
> Our aim is to bring together experts to chart together the requirements on
> research and necessary steps in education and technology transfer that
> exist
> to ensure semantics will achieve their full potential for society and
> industry over the next 15 years. In the workshop, visions can be shared and
> discussed, and actions identified which will result in, after the workshop,
> an expert roadmap for semantic technologies. This roadmap is expected to
> form a significant input to future efforts around semantic technology.
>
>
> *BACKGROUND*
> This workshop is an action of the Roadmapping Service of STI International.
> The Roadmapping Service exists to initiate and coordinate the specification
> of research roadmaps for the future research and development of semantic
> technologies. The aim is to provide an integrated plan for future research
> and development activities, which then serves as the basis for coordinating
> cross-project activities as well as for standardization work ensuring
> sustainability and global impact.
> The results of the previous workshop event, looking at semantics through to
> 2019, can be found here:
> http://roadmap.sti2.org/wiki
>
> *PROGRAM OUTLINE*
> This year we expect an one day workshop consisting of:
> *******************
> An invited talk from Prof. Dr. Fabio Ciravegna, University of Sheffield, UK
> *******************
> ''Six Impossible Things''
> In this talk I will try to look into the future of SemanticTechnologies in
> 15 years time. I will start by looking at how the past generations have
> looked at the possible present and discuss where they were right and they
> were wrong. Then I will present my vision for the next 5, 10 and 15 years
> of
> semantic technologies, discussing scenarios and requirements.
> *******************
> Curriculum Vitae
> Fabio is Full Professor of Language and Knowledge Technologies at the
> University of Sheffield where He coordinates the Organisations, Information
> and Knowledge (OAK) Group. His research field concerns methodologies and
> technologies for the Intelligent and Semantic Web, with focus on Knowledge
> Management applications. He is Director of the integrated project IST
> X-Media, and principal investigator in the EU IPs WeKnowIt and
> SmartProducts. He isprincipal investigator in the project IPAS-XWB funded
> by
> Rolls-Royce plc. He is also principal investigator in the ERC-funded
> project
> Archaeotools about analysing 1m documents from the grey literature. In the
> past he was director of the EU project Dot.Kom
> (http://nlp.shef.ac.uk/dot.kom/) and co-investigator in the EPSRC IRC AKT
> project (www.aktors.org) He has considerable engagement with industry and
> user communities with projects funded by Rolls Royce, Kodak Eastman, Lycos,
> and the Environment Agency.
> He is part of the editorial board of the International Journal on ''Web
> Semantics'' and of the International Journal of Human Computer Studies. He
> is director of research of K-Now, a spin-off company of the University of
> Sheffield focusing on supporting dynamic distributed communities in large
> organizations. He holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia and a
> doctorship from the University of Torino, Italy
> *******************
>
> *FORMAT*
> We expect an one day workshop consisting of:
> - An invited talk from a semantic technologies visionary
> - Presentations of submissions, including sufficient time for discussion.
> Where possible, presentations will be split into sessions grouped around
> specific Web developments (cloud, services, ubiquity, virtual worlds etc.)
> - "Stand-up" session for all other submittees/attendees of a short 2-3
> slide
> presentation of an idea or vision. These are not refereed.
> - Interactive session charting the next 15 years of semantic technology
> (group activity)
>
>
> Accepted submissions will be published in a workshop proceedings as well as
> acknowledged in the STI roadmap document and all other publications derived
> from it.
>
>
> *CALL FOR SUBMISSION*
> Submissions are welcomed from any member of the research or professional
> community. They should take the form of a position paper, giving grounded
> reasons for a particular vision of semantic technology use in our future
> society and identifying research challenges that must be met, educational
> needs that must be covered and technology transfer that must take place
> before this vision can become reality. Position papers should be no more
> than 5 pages LNCS format and be submitted in PDF format.
> Accepted submissions will be presented at the workshop in short
> presentations with sufficient time for questions. All attendees are invited
> to give a 2-3 slide ''stand up'' presentation of their ideas.
> Submissions should be sent to lyndon.nixon@sti2.org
>
>
> *DEADLINES*
> Submissions - April 09
> Notification of acceptance - April 30
> ''Stand up'' slides to be submitted by May 30
>
>
> *ORGANIZERS*
> Lyndon Nixon, STI International, AT
> Roberta Cuel, University of Trento, IT
> Raphael Volz, Raphael Volz Innovation Consulting GmbH, DE
>
> *PROGRAM COMMITTEE*
> Alexander Wahler, STI International, AT
> Barry Norton, Open University, UK
> Dieter Fensel, STI Innsbruck, AT
> Elena Simperl, STI Innsbruck, AT
> Emanuele Della Valle, CEFRIEL, IT
> Fabio Ciravegna, University of Sheffield, UK
> Guus Schreiber, VU Amsterdam, NL
> John Davies, British Telecom, UK
> John Domingue, Open University, UK
> Marko Grobelnik, Josef Stefan Institute, SL
> Mathieu D'Aquin, Open University, UK
> Michael Brodie, Verizon, USA
> Michal Zaremba, STI innsbruck, AT
> Rudi Studer, University of Karlsruhe, DE
> Witold Abramowicz, Poznan University of Economics, PL
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