General Information

The 3rd European Semantic Technology Conference - ESTC2009 - will be organized in Vienna, Austria for the third time in row.

Semantic Technology Institute (STI) International is pleased to announce the 3^nd annual European Semantic Technology Conference. The programme will provide participants with a strategic overview of how semantic technology can be applied within their organisations without significant restructuring of their technological infrastructure and the tools, models, skills, and overall implementation plans to execute successful semantic technology initiatives. Participants will learn how to design, develop and apply a cohesive strategy for managing semantic technology initiatives and utilising these innovations to dramatically evolve the operations and effectiveness of their organisations from the foremost semantic technology experts, exploiters and experienced practitioners.

Important Dates

• Deadline for proposals: Friday, September 4, 2009
• Notification of approval: Friday, October 2, 2009
• Camera-ready or PowerPoint copy of proceedings to STI International: Friday, October 16, 2009
• Conference – 2nd December (9.00 CET) – 3rd December (18.00 CET).

Submission Overview

You are invited to submit a proposal for ESTC2008. The programme advisory committee will review proposals. Priority will be given to proposals that are innovative, practical, include specific and applicable learning objectives, and describe approaches that are feasible for all size organisations. In addition, those submissions that are creative in their use of experiential learning techniques will receive special consideration. You can submit proposals in the following categories:

• technical workshop (2h)
• technical workshop (4h)
• full paper presentation (40min)
• short paper presentation (20min)
• demo (presentation at demo lounge 2^nd evening)

Description

The aim of the conference is to bring together the world's leading thinkers, innovators, developers, engineers, and senior practitioners within organizations responsible for information technology and systems in one place to learn about how to integrate this unparalleled technology into their operations. ESTC is Europe's most prominent and authoritative conference focusing on the growth of the ICT semantic technology markets, highlighted by showcased industry practices, advancements in the field of semantic technologies achieved in the past year, and successful marketing strategies in delivering semantic applications that generate new revenues. Participants know how to develop a cohesive strategy for managing semantic technology initiatives and utilizing these to evolve the operations and effectiveness of their organizations.

The 2009 European Semantic Technology Conference is designed to allow participants to network with and learn from one another – you will be able to customise your programme to suit your personal interests and imperatives, as the programme will be divided into learning tracks focused on specific areas of practice. The programme consists of technical workshops, seed workshop, paper presentations, high level keynotes and demos and product presentations from vendors.

Programme content will include

• Semantics for Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
• Knowledge engineering and management
• SOA (Service Oriented Architectures)
• Collaboration and social networks
• Semantic Technology and Business Intelligence                                                 
• Semantic Technology & Service Engineering
• Semantic Teechnology & the Future Internet                                                                              
• Open world reasoning
• Inference engines
• Business Ontologies                                                                                                   
• Taxonomies                                                                                                                   
• Folksonomies
• Vocabularies                                                                                                                  
• Semantic models                                                                                                          
• Semantic web
• Semantic integration                                                                                                   
• Data integration and mashups
• Unstructured information                                                                                         
• Semantic querying
• Semantic search                                                                                                           
• Web 3.0
• Semantic rules                                                                                                              
• Developing semantic applications
• Foundational Topics (logical theory, formal semantics, etc)

 Vertical domains proposed thus far:

• Life Sciences
• Telecommunications
• eHealth
• Financial Services
• eTourism

Selection Criteria

All proposals will be carefully reviewed by the programme advisory committee. Product or company endorsements and promotions are strictly prohibited. Selection will be based on the following criteria:

• Relevance to conference theme and quality of presentation
• Ability to provide proven results
• Originality of approach
• Quality of supplements/handouts
• Qualifications of presenter(s) and references
• Practical application of material and feasibility of implementation
• Absence of sales and marketing content