All,
Please
see the following near-final draft agenda for
the Ontology Summit 2011 Symposium.
Also,
please note that the following rule (the “Fabian
Rule” as we are calling it from last year, named
for our colleague and co-organizer Fabian
Neuhaus) will be in effect during the Symposium
for discussion on the Communique. This will help
us avoid disruptions, argumentation over
trifles, and improve the quality of our
discourse.
1) A final
draft of the Communique will be released to the
membership next week, no later than Friday,
April 15, 2011 (and probably earlier).
2) Any
participant of the Ontology Summit can submit by
email change requests or raise questions for
debate at the workshop until the deadline of
Saturday evening, 6 pm EDT, April 16, 2011.
This is prior to the Ontology Summit Symposium.
3) After
the deadline, a new change request/question can
be only raised if it is supported by at least
3 participants of the Summit.
4) Leo and
Ram’s addendum: We will strictly enforce a
time limit on the discussion per issue.
As
previous Ontology Summit old-timers will recall,
much of our time was spent wordsmithing.
Unfortunately (or fortunately), we don’t have
time for that. Having an overview of the open
issues prior to the Ontology Summit Symposium
allows the organizers to plan/adjust the agenda
and the discussion moderators to ensure that all
issues are addressed. Please note that the
first day of the Symposium is devoted to the
Track champions’ reports and the Communiqué
discussion. The Communiqué will be final at the
end of the first day.
Thanks
and we look forward to your participation,
Ram
and Leo
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Ontology Summit
2011 Symposium, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA,
April 18-19, 2011
Alternative
location upon US federal government shutdown:
Raytheon, Dulles, VA
AGENDA
April 18
Day 1:
8:30 am: Breakfast
and Setup
9:00 am: Welcome:
Cita Furlani, Director, Information Technology
Lab, NIST
9:15 am: General
Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and
Information: Ram Sriram and Leo Obrst, Symposium
Chairs
9:20 am: Ontology
Summit Opening Remarks: Goals of the Symposium,
Goals of the Day: Nicola Guarino and Steve Ray,
Ontology Summit 2011 General Chairs
9:30 am: Summary
Report: Track 1: Ontology Usage Framework: Mike
Uschold, Michael Gruninger, Nicola Guarino
10:00 am: Summary
Report: Track 2: Applications and Case Studies:
Mills Davis, Mike Bennett
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Summary
Report: Track 3: Value Metrics and Value Models:
Todd Schneider, Rex Brooks
11:30 am: Summary
Report: Track 4: Strategies for "Making the
Case", Matthew West, Peter Yim
12:00 pm: Summary
Report: Track 5: Grand Challenges: Ram Sriram,
Ernie Lucier, Alden Dima
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:45 pm: General
Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions
3:15 pm: Break
3:45 pm: General
Discussion on Communique and Track Resolutions
5:30 pm: End of Day
1 Business
6:30 pm: Meet for
Summit Dinner [Do we have general transportation
or individual cars?]
6:45 pm: Summit
Dinner: Dogfish Head Alehouse, 800
West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD
20878-1413 (across from NIST)
April 19
Day 2:
8:30 am: Breakfast
and Setup
9:00 am: General
Ontology Summit Symposium Introduction and
Information: Ram Sriram and Leo Obrst, Symposium
Chairs
9:05 am: Ontology
Summit Opening Remarks: Reminder of Goals of the
Symposium, Goals of the Day: Nicola Guarino and
Steve Ray, Ontology Summit 2011 General Chairs
9:15 am: Panel of
Stakeholders/Adopters, Part 1 (co-chairs: Ram
Sriram, Leo Obrst): Bill Andersen, Michael
Gruninger, Nicola Guarino, David Gunning*, Chris
Menzel, George Strawn, George Thomas, Dennis
Wisnosky
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Panel of
Stakeholders/Adopters, Part 2 (co-chairs: Ram
Sriram, Leo Obrst): Bill Andersen, Michael
Gruninger, Nicola Guarino, David Gunning*, Chris
Menzel, George Strawn, George Thomas, Dennis
Wisnosky
11:45 am: General
Discussion on the Panel, the Communique, Its
Directives, and Impact
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:45 pm:
Presentation of the Communique: Communique
Co-Lead Editors: Michael Uschold, John Bateman,
Mills Davis, Nicola Guarino, John Sowa
3:15 pm: Break
3:45 pm:
Affirmation of Communique by Community: Nicola
Guarino, Steve Ray
4:15 pm: Next Steps
and Conclusion: Nicola Guarino, Steve Ray, Ram
Sriram, Leo Obrst
4:30 pm: Ontology
Summit 2011 adjourns
*Invited;
confirmation pending.
_____________________________________________
Dr. Leo Obrst
The MITRE Corporation, Information Semantics
lobrst@xxxxxxxxx
Information Discovery & Understanding,
Command & Control Center
Voice: 703-983-6770
7515 Colshire Drive, M/S H305
Fax: 703-983-1379
McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA