We
are organizing an event on May 22 for people in silicon valley to meet
with semantic web world experts. See below for the program. There will
be also a free exhibition right before the event, which is presented by
the Semantic Tech Conference 2007. I thought some of you might be
interested.
AJ Chen, PhD
Palo Alto, CA
http://web2express.org
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SDForum Semantic
Web SIG Special Event
(co-located with Semantic
Technology
Conference)
Web 3.0 Semantics? Silicon Valley Meets the
World Experts
In this interactive panel discussion we will
explore the
business and technology implications of the emerging semantic
technology
standards and tools. Leading experts from across the industry will
explain how
this technology is already making an impact in our healthcare system,
government agencies, enterprise software tools and consumer
applications. But more
importantly, we’ll ask our esteemed panelists to take a broad and
sweeping view
of the way that these new data management approaches may fundamentally
change
our everyday lives in the future. Along the way, and with audience
participation, the moderator will challenge our panelists to rebuke the
Semantic Web conventional wisdom in an attempt to cut through the fog
of misplaced
expectations and hyperbole to discover if the Web 3.0 phenomenon is
more than a
passing fad.
Our respected panelists include Eric
Miller, President of Zepheira
and former Activity Lead for all W3C Semantic Web Working Groups, Susie Stephens of Eli
Lilly and current Chair of the W3C
Semantic Web Education and Outreach Group, Ramanathan
V. Guha of Google, Co-Creator
of RDF
and invited expert to both DARPA and W3C working groups, Mills
Davis of Project10x
and current co-Chair for the Federal CIO Council’s Semantic
Interoperability
Community of Practice, Sandeep Maripuri,
Senior Associate with Booz Allen
Hamilton
and an architect supporting several US Government R&D programs that
leverage Semantic Web technologies. The Moderator for this Panel will
be Jeffrey Pollock, a Senior Director with
Oracle, former CTO of two
semantic-tech
startups and author of Adaptive Information, a John Wiley & Sons
book about
semantic technologies.
Time: Tuesday,
May 22nd 2007, 7pm – 9pm
Location: Fairmont Hotel, 170 South
Market St, San Jose, CA (direction)
Agenda:
4:30pm – 7:00pm Free Exhibition from Semantic Technology
Conference
7:00pm -
7:30pm
Registration (FREE for members
and non-members)
7:30pm -
8:15pm Position
Statements from Panelists
8:15pm
-
9:00pm Panel Discussion and
Audience Questions
Panelist Bios:
· Mills
Davis, Managing Director, Project10x
Mills Davis is the founder and managing director of Project10X,
specializing in
industry research and strategic programs. Mills consults with
technology
manufacturers, global 2000 corporations, and government agencies on
next-wave
semantic technologies and solutions. Mills serves as lead for the
Federal CIO
council’s Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP)
research into
the business value of semantic technologies. Also, he is a founding
member of
the AIIM interoperable enterprise content management (iECM) working
group, and
a founding member of the National Center for Ontology Research (NCOR).
·
Ramanathan
V. Guha, Member Technical Staff, Google
Guha is a computer scientist who joined Google in 2005 where he is
responsible
for Google's Custom Search Engine project. Previously, he was a
researcher at
the IBM Almaden Research Center. Earlier,
he co-founded Epinions, an early user feedback and community site. From
1997 to
1999, Guha was at Netscape, where, together with the W3C, he created
the
Resource Description Framework (RDF). While at Netscape, he also
authored the
first version of RSS and helped start the Open Directory Project.
Previously,
Guha worked at Apple Computer where he developed the Meta Content
Framework
(MCF) format. Prior to that, he was the co-leader of the Cyc project,
where he
was responsible for the Cyc language, upper ontology and Cyc natural
language
system. Guha earned a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras,
an MS in
Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Computer
Science from
Stanford University.
·
Sandeep
Maripuri, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
Sandeep Maripuri is a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton
where he
designs and implements data sharing architectures that apply
service-oriented
concepts and semantic technologies. In
his current role, Sandeep acts as an architect and delivery lead for
Applied
Research & Development efforts within the Federal Government. Prior to joining Booz Allen Hamilton,
Sandeep held architecture and engineering positions in large consulting
firms and
software companies. These included Ernst & Young LLP and Modulant,
where he
was an architect and lead engineer for one of the first
commercially-available
semantic data interoperability platforms.
·
Eric
Miller, President, Zepheira
Eric Miller is the President of Zepheira which provides solutions to
effectively integrate, navigate and manage information across
boundaries of
person, group and enterprise. Most recently, Eric led the Semantic Web
Initiative for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT. During his
work at
the W3C, Eric's responsibilities included the architectural and
technical
leadership in the design and evolution of the Semantic Web. Before joining the W3C, Eric was a Senior
Research Scientist at OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. in
Dublin, Ohio
and the co-founder and Associate Director of the Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative. Eric holds a Research Scientist position at MIT's Computer
Science
and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory where he is a PI on the MIT
SIMILE
project focused on developing robust, open source tools based on
Semantic Web
technologies that improve access, management and reuse among digital
resources.
Susie Stephens, Senior Researcher, Eli
Lilly
Dr Susie Stephens joined Eli Lilly in early 2007 as a Principal
Research
Scientist for open innovation. Her role is to identify and foster
external
collaborations that complement Lilly’s research and business priorities
in
integrative informatics and tailored therapeutics. Previously, Dr
Stephens
worked at Oracle where she led the development of the company’s core
infrastructure to enhance its capabilities for the life sciences
industry. As
such, she was heavily involved in providing support for RDF and OWL
within the
Oracle Database. Dr Stephens is chair of W3Cs Semantic Web Education
and
Outreach Interest Group, and coordinates the BioRDF activity within the
W3C
Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group.
Moderator Bio:
·
Jeffrey
Pollock, Senior Director, Oracle Fusion Middleware
Mr. Pollock is a technology leader and author of the enterprise
software book
"Adaptive Information" (John Wiley & Sons 2004). Currently a
Senior Director with Oracle’s Fusion Middleware group, Mr. Pollock was
formerly
an independent consultant for the Defense Department, Vice President of
Technology at Cerebra and Chief Technology Officer of Modulant,
developing
semantic middleware platforms and inference-driven SOA platforms from
2001 to
2006. Throughout his career, he has architected, designed, and built
middleware
solutions for Fortune 500 and US Government clients. Prior to Modulant,
Mr.
Pollock was a Principal Engineer with Modem Media and Senior Architect
with
Ernst & Young’s Center for Technology Enablement. He is also a
frequent
speaker at industry conferences, author for industry journals, active
member of
W3C and OASIS, and formerly an engineering instructor with University
of
California at Berkeley’s Extension on the subjects of object-oriented
systems,
software development process and enterprise systems architecture.
SDForum
Call-for-Assistance:
We are looking for a volunteer to help with
on-site registration.
If you are interested in helping the Semantic Web SIG or have any
question,
please contact us.
Sincerely,
AJ Chen (ajchen at web2express.org),
Jeff Pollock (jeff.pollock at oracle.com)
SDForum Semantic Web SIG Co-Chairs
Event Co-Sponsor:
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Conference (www.semantic-conference.com)
May 20-24, 2007
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opportunities and
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