Re: semantic technologies training/request

Dear Lyndon,

I already checked this site and it looks promising. When I went to check on EASE, the European Association for Semantic Web Education .A.V., the membership procedure calls for recommendation by two existing members, an that member list is slim.

Are there other similar associations in the European Union, possibly with access to EU FP7 funding?

Again, all of you interested in ICT for sustainable development use, please check out the upcoming EU Paradiso conference on January 22-23 in Brussels, ICT for a Global Sustainable Future and the open consultation process where anyone can suggest valuable ideas!

I recommend we suggest Semantic Web Technology Education and Outreach programs that get to those beyond already familiar with the semantic web.

The link is: http://www.paradiso-fp7.eu/documents.php

Milton Ponson
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--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Lyndon Nixon <nixon@inf.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
From: Lyndon Nixon <nixon@inf.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: semantic technologies training/request
To: metadataportals@yahoo.com
Cc: "John Graybeal" <graybeal@mbari.org>, paola.dimaio@gmail.com, "Semantic Web" <semantic-web@w3.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 2:38 PM

Dear all,
Thank you for raising this important issue.
The EU NoE KnowledgeWeb had an Education Area focused on promoting Semantic Web education, resulting in e.g. a joint European Masters course in Semantic Web and a repository of Semantic Web learning materials REASE  (http://rease.semanticweb.org) which can be used for self-learning

Following up, the Semantic Technologies Institute (STI) has an Education service to continue and expand the KnowledgeWeb results, and is currently setting up a training and certification offer in semantic technologies - see http://education.sti2.org/training/

If you would be interested to receive more information about the training offer please don't hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Lyndon Nixon

Senior Researcher
STI International