Agenda At-a-Glance
Wednesday, June 23

Full Schedule Mon, Jun 21 Tue, Jun 22 Wed, Jun 23 Thu, Jun 24 Fri, Jun 25
Wednesday, 6/23/2010
Early Early session 04:00 AM – 05:00 AM
Conference Sessions 07:30 AM – 08:20 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Using a Controlled Vocabulary for Managing a Digital Library Platform Sean Boisen, Logos Bible Software
Technical – Intermediate
Business Applications
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Using SKOS and Semantic Technologies to support smart, sustainable growth in Europe Henric Stjernquist, European Commission
Johan De Smedt, TenForce
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Government
Interactive Exploration of Enterprise- and Web-Datasets Andreas Harth, AIFB/KIT
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Search
Semantic Technology and Healthcare Reform: How to Decrease the Cost of Healthcare with Semantic Technologies Bill L. Victoria, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Health Care Services Corp.
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Maintaining Temporal Perspective Ian Emmons, BBN Technologies, Inc.
Douglas Reid, BBN Technologies, Inc.
Technical – Advanced
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Opening Keynote Session 08:30 AM – 09:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantic Web for the Working Enterprise Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant
James Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Business / Non-Technical
Business & Marketplace
Conference Sessions 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantics for Intelligence and Security Oren Yosifon, MindCite
Paul Cichonski, Booz Allen Hamilton / NIST
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Government
Semantics in Publishing Bob DuCharme, TopQuadrant
Luca Scagliarini, Expert System
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Publishing
Components of a Semantic Enterprise Christine JM. Connors, TriviumRLG LLC
Gary Carlson, Gary Carlson Consulting
Technical – Introductory
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Consumer-Led and Social Approaches to Semantic Representation and Deployment Anne Hunt, Primal
Peter Sweeney, Primal
Business / Non-Technical
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Social Networks & Collaboration
Semantic Applications for Financial Services David S. Newman, Wells Fargo
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Financial
Using Knoodl.com to Facilitate the Human Resource Enterprise Information Web (HR-EIW) for the U.S. Dept. of Defense Michael A. Lang, Revelytix
Brooke Stevenson, Spry Enterprises, Inc
Case Study
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Government
Knowledge Engineering and Management
How Will Semantics Impact Marketing and Advertising? Scott Brinker, ion interactive, inc.
Bruce D. D’Ambrosio, DigitalScirocco
Scott Prevost, Microsoft
Business / Non-Technical
Marketing & Advertising
True Semantic Reasoning: Self-Constructing Ontologies Oliver “Olly” Downs, Atigeo
Jeff Jonas, IBM
Marc Davis, Invention Arts
Technical – Intermediate
Ontology Design and Engineering
Assistive and Automatic Tools for Tagging and Categorizing Anything Seth Maislin, Earley & Associates
Technical – Introductory
Enterprise Semantics
Conference Half-Sessions 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Natural Language Processing and Semantic Models in an Imperfect World Marc C. Hadfield, Alitora Systems
Technical – Advanced
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Conference Sessions 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantics for Situational and Contextual Awareness Mala Mehrotra, Pragati
David Kolas, BBN Technologies
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Government
Accelerating the Adoption of Linked Data Georgi Kobilarov, Uberblic Labs
Dave Reynolds, Epimorphics Ltd
Business / Non-Technical
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Government
Linked Data
Introducing Semantics Concepts in a Television Broadcasting Organization Roger Roberts, RTBF
Guy N.L. Marechal, TITAN
Industry: Publishing
Semantic Technologies to Enable the Knowledge-powered Enterprise: The ACTIVE Approach Paul Warren, Eurescom GmbH
John Davies, BT
Technical – Introductory
Enterprise Semantics
Knowledge Engineering and Management
The Enterprise Data Management Council Semantics Repository Case Study Mike G. Bennett, EDM Council Inc.
Industry: Financial
From Relational Databases to the Semantic Web — New W3C Standards and Directions Ivan Herman, World Wide Web Consortium
Technical – Introductory
Linked Data
Semantics for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Systems Bob Smith, Tall Tree Labs
Rex Brooks, Starbourne Communications Design
Steven R. Ray, Carnegie Mellon University
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Government
Ontology Design and Engineering
Taking the Tech Out of Semtech Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics
Technical – Intermediate
Business & Marketplace
Online Advertising Brooke Aker, Expert System
Ian Saunders, Crystal Semantics
Business / Non-Technical
Marketing & Advertising
Estimating and Managing the Costs and Benefits of Knowledge Structures Elena Simperl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Business / Non-Technical
Business Applications
The Characteristics of a RESTful Semantic Web and Why They Are Important Chimezie U. Ogbuji, Cleveland Clinic
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Web
Face-to-Face Meetings 12:45 PM – 01:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Lowering the Cost of Semantic Programming Model in Developing Business Applications Cirrus Shakeri, SAP Labs
Technical – Intermediate
Business Applications
Building User Interfaces for Semantic Web Applications Ralph Hodgson, TopQuadrant Inc
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Software Development
Late Breaking News 12:45 PM – 01:15 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Wordnik: 8 Billion Words You Can Use Erin McKean, Wordnik.com
Business / Non-Technical
Consumer Applications
Conference Sessions 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Highly Available RDF Data at Enterprise Scale: The Bigdata® High-Availability Architecture Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP, LLC
Technical – Intermediate
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Using GPUs to Browse Through Billions of Linked Data Facts Atanas Kiryakov, Ontotext AD
Technical – Intermediate
Linked Data
Gist: The Minimalist Upper Ontology Dave McComb, Semantic Arts Inc.
Technical – Intermediate
Ontology Design and Engineering
How to integrate 10 databases and interlink them with 10 million documents in 10 weeks Vassil Momtchev, Ontotext AD
Technical – Intermediate
Enterprise Semantics
Semantic Relationships Within the Enterprise Wayne Haubner, SAP
Business / Non-Technical
Enterprise Semantics
Semantics at Salesforce.com Jari Koister, salesforce.com
Technical – Introductory
Business Applications
Semantic Applications in the Financial Services Industry Drew Warren, Recognos Financial LLC
Industry: Financial
What’s New in SPARQL 1.1? Lee Feigenbaum, Cambridge Semantics Inc
Andy Seaborne, Talis
Ivan Herman, World Wide Web Consortium
Matthew Perry, Oracle Corp.
Paul Gearon, Fedora Commons, Inc
Souripriya Das, Oracle
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Web
Semantic Tools for More Profitable Online Commerce Jay Myers, bestbuy.com
Barbara H. Starr, Ontologica
Martin Hepp, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen
Paul Bruemmer, PB Communications
Business Applications
Marketing & Advertising
Sizzle for the Steak: Rich, Visual Interfaces for Ontology-driven Apps Michael K. Bergman, Structured Dynamics
Business / Non-Technical
Business Applications
The Ten Myths of the Semantic Web Debunked (and how they hurt your success) John Hebeler, BBN Technologies
Matthew Fisher, Progeny Systems
Business / Non-Technical
Enterprise Semantics
Semantic Wikis User Group 02:00 PM – 04:15 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantic Wikis User Group Mark Greaves, Vulcan Inc.
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Wikis
Building Community of Practice in Enterprise based upon Semantic Wiki Mingkai Dong, Corporate Technology, Siemens Limited China
Qinghai Wu, Corporate Technology, Siemens Limited China
Technical – Introductory
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Semantic Wikis
Effective Agile Software Development with Semantic Wiki Jesse Jiaxin Wang, Vulcan Inc.
Michael Erdmann, Ontoprise GmbH
Business / Non-Technical
Semantic Software Development
Semantic Wikis
Conference Sessions 03:15 PM – 04:15 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The Challenge of Building DoD Business Enterprise Architectures with Semantic Technologies Dennis Wisnosky, U.S. Department of Defense
Business / Non-Technical
Enterprise Semantics
Innovations in Semantic Enterprise Search Terry Patten, Charles River Analytics
John B. Lowe, Qewz, Inc.
Product/Service Offering
Technical – Introductory
Enterprise Semantics
Semantic Search
Semantics in Publishing and Media: Recent Research Results Rachel Lovinger, Razorfish
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Publishing
Information Made Accountable: The Data Projection Model Michel Biezunski, Infoloom
Industry: Financial
Industry: Government
Improving Institutional Portfolio Performance through Better Data Interoperability Chito Jovellanos, forward look, inc.
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Financial
Change Impact Analysis: A Semantic Model-driven Approach Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant
Business / Non-Technical
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Sentiment Analysis and Market Intelligence Dmitri Soubbotin, Semantic Engines
Ian Hersey, Attensity Group
Shion Deysarkar, Extractiv
Marketing & Advertising
How to Make Linked Data More Than Data Prateek Jain, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University
Amit P. Sheth, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University
Kunal Verma, Accenture Technology Labs
Pascal Hitzler, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University
Peter Z. Yeh, Accenture Technology Labs
Technical – Intermediate
Linked Data
Jena User Group 03:15 PM – 05:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Jena User Group Jeremy J Carroll, TopQuadrant
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Software Development
A Jena-based Framework for Semantic Enterprise Information Integration (SEII) Sanjiva Nath, zAgile Inc.
Technical – Introductory
Enterprise Semantics
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN (Reception starts at 5:30 pm) 04:15 PM – 07:30 PM
Semantic Solutions 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Getting Started with Intellidimension Products Geoff Chappell, Intellidimension
Technical – Intermediate
Enterprise Semantics
Visual Analysis of the Web of Linked Data: The S*QL Plugin for Cytoscape Eric Neumann, Clinical Semantics Group
James McGurk, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
OWLIM Cluster Allows Resilient Handling of Millions of Queries per Day Atanas Kiryakov, Ontotext AD
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Publishing
Releasing Relational Data to the Semantic Web Alex Miller, Revelytix
Technical – Intermediate
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Selecting and Extending Popular Lightweight Ontologies for Enterprise 2.0 Use Alexandre Passant, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), National University of Ireland, Galway
Keith Griffin, CISCO Systems
Technical – Intermediate
Enterprise Semantics
Pelorus: An Integrated Platform for Building Semantic Web Applications Michael H. Grove, Clark & Parsia
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Software Development
Conference Sessions 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Enterprise Semantic Data Integration Fran Clark, Arpeggio Technology
Denisa Popescu, World Bank Group, Enterprise Architecture
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Financial
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Media & Publisher’s Panel Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Publishing
Semantic XBRL Data Search Using SPARQL Ashu Bhatnagar, GoodMorningResearch.com
Industry: Financial
Semantic Search
The Clean Energy Commons: Using Semantic Technologies to Share the World’s Energy Information Jamey Wood, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Stuart Macmillan, Consulting Professor Stanford University
Technical – Intermediate
Social Networks & Collaboration
The Implications of Semantic Technologies for Market Research Chris C. Arning, Creative Semiotics
Business / Non-Technical
Marketing & Advertising
Semantic Solutions 05:45 PM – 06:15 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantics and Travel Andy Denmark, TripIt
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Web
Auto-Categorization with Linguistic Semantics Kathleen Dahlgren, Cognition Technologies, Inc.
Technical – Introductory
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Exploring Schema Spaces in Linked Open Data Jans Aasman, Franz Inc
Technical – Introductory
Linked Data
Real World Use Cases of Semantic Technology in the Cloud Steve Hamby, Orbis Technologies, Inc.
Case Study
Cloud Computing
CODE CAMP 06:30 PM – 08:30 PM