Call for Participation: ISWC 2011 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference - Oct 23 - 27 (Early Registration Sept 10!)

Call for Participation

ISWC 2011 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference
October 23-27, 2011
Bonn Germany

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/registration/

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ISWC is the major international forum where the latest research results and
technical innovations on all aspects of the Semantic Web are presented.

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ISWC 2011 offers an exciting research program which includes:

Keynote presentations from:

Alex (Sandy) Pentland - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US
Gerhard Weikum - Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics (MPI), DE
Frank van Harmelen - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
Nigel Shadbolt - University of Southampton, UK

http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/keynotes/

50 Research papers with an acceptance rate of 19%
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/program/research-papers/

17 Semantic Web In-Use papers with an acceptance rate of 24%
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/program/semantic-web-in-use/

16 Workshops
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/workshops/

7 Tutorials
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/tutorials/

11 Industry presentations
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/industry-track/

60 Poster and Demo Track
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/posters-and-demos/

Doctoral Consortium
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/doctoral-consortium/

Outrageous Ideas Track. Deadline: September 23
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/outrageous-ideas-track/

Semantic Web Challenge. Deadline: September 30
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/semantic-web-challenge/

Linked Data-a-thon: October 1 - 15
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/linked-data-a-thon/

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We are pleased to announce that both the U.S. National Science Foundation
(NSF) and the Semantic Web Science Association (SWSA) have contributed funds
to support participation by full-time students in ISWC 2011. SWSA and NSF
will provide 10,000 € and $20,000 respectively, with NSF funds being
earmarked to support students attending U.S. Universities.

http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/student-travel-grants/

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ISWC 2011 will take place in Bonn, Germany. Bonn is a 2000 year old city,
founded by the Romans. It is the hometown of Ludwig van Beethoven and the
capital of Western Germany from 1949 till 1990. Since then, the city has
developed into a hub of international cooperation, particularly in the area
of environment and sustainable development. The conference will be held at
the Hotel Maritim in Bonn.
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/bonn/
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/travel-information/general-information/

Information about visa and letter of invitation
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/travel-information/

The special rate at the conference hotel is only available due September
4th, other hotels till September 24.
http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/travel-stay/

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ISWC 2011 is sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors: Journal of Artificial Intelligence, FluidOps, Oasis
Project, Thesus Project, Elsevier
Gold Sponsors: Yahoo! Research, Ontoprise, Poolparty, Microsoft Research,
Softplant, Ontotext
Silver Sponsors: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, IEEE Intelligent
Systems, IOS Press, IGI Global, Monnet Project
Semantic Web Challenge Sponsor: Elsevier
Award Sponsors: Render Project, Planet Data, Oasis Project

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You can email ISWC 2011 at confsec@uni-koblenz.de, follow us on Twitter
@iswc2011 or like us on Facebook.

We look forward to seeing you at ISWC 2011 in Bonn!