Presentation Types > Conference Session – Full


Monday, 6/21/2010
SemTech 101 04:00 PM – 05:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantics for the Rest of Us Eric A. Franzon, Semantic Universe
Brian Sletten, Bosatsu Consulting, Inc.
Business / Non-Technical
Foundational Topics
Chairman’s Presentation & Reception 05:30 PM – 07:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
What Will We Be Saying About Semantics This Year? Dave McComb, Semantic Arts Inc.
Technical – Introductory
Foundational Topics
 
Tuesday, 6/22/2010
Evening Conference Sessions 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Case Study: Using Ontologies for Opportunistic Systems Integration Elisa Kendall, Sandpiper Software
Dr. Reginald E Ford, SRI International
Technical – Intermediate
Enterprise Semantics
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
Rapid Prototyping with the Jena Command Line Utilities Mark Wallace, Modus Operandi
Technical – Advanced
Ontology Design and Engineering
Unhappy with Internal Corporate Search? Come Learn Tips and Tricks for Building a Controlled Vocabulary Ontology Bettina K. Schimanski, Sandia National Laboratories
Jennifer Miller, Sandia National Laboratories
Technical – Introductory
Enterprise Semantics
Reputation, community, Web 2.0, and games: incentives for semantics – about getting people involved Katharina Siorpaes, STI Innsbruck
Elena Simperl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Technical – Introductory
Knowledge Engineering and Management
User Interfaces for Semantic Web: Do They Have to Be Ugly? Andraz Tori, Zemanta
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Software Development
Lightweight Semantic Annotations for Web Services Dumitru Roman, SINTEF
Arne Jørgen Berre, SINTEF
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Web
 
Wednesday, 6/23/2010
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
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
Assistive and Automatic Tools for Tagging and Categorizing Anything Seth Maislin, Earley & Associates
Technical – Introductory
Enterprise Semantics
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Change Impact Analysis: A Semantic Model-driven Approach Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant
Business / Non-Technical
Semantics for Enterprise Data
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
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
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
 
Thursday, 6/24/2010
Early-Bird Conference Sessions 07:30 AM – 08:20 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Consuming Linked Data Juan Sequeda, Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin
Linked Data
Basic Level Categories for Knowledge Representation: Combining Cognitive Science and Library Science Tom Reamy, KAPS Group
Business / Non-Technical
Foundational Topics
Using A-tree Technology to Keep Ontologies Up-to-date Harry Ellis, Babel-Ease Ltd.
Technical – Intermediate
Data Portability
Using SPARQL Server Pages Jeffrey A. Schmitz, The Boeing Company
Technical – Intermediate
Making Web 3.0 Web Sites
Rules Track – Part 1 10:15 AM – 12:05 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
RIF: Rules for the Semantic Web Christopher Welty, IBM Research
Business / Non-Technical
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
Semantic Web
Leveraging Rule Standards Christian de Sainte Marie, IBM
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
The SILK 2 System and RIF Dialect: Semantic Rules Grow Up Benjamin Grosof, Vulcan Inc.
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
Conference Sessions 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Transparent, Open Government with Linked Data – Data.gov and Data.gov.uk Suzanne Acar, U.S. Federal Data Subcommittee
Ian Davis, Talis
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Government
Linked Data
Open Government
Conference Sessions 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Semantic Technologies in Oracle Database 11gR2: Capabilities, Interfaces, Performance Xavier R Lopez, Oracle Corp
Souripriya Das, Oracle
Technical – Introductory
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Open Architectures for Open Government Cory B. Casanave, Model Driven Solutions
Brand L. Niemann, Semanticommunity.net
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Government
Linked Data
Open Government
Drupal and the Semantic Web: from RDF to Whitehouse.gov Jeff Walpole, Phase2 Technology
Business / Non-Technical
Making Web 3.0 Web Sites
Semantic Publishing with Drupal
Conference Sessions 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Applications of Biomedical Ontologies and Resources M. Scott Marshall, Leiden University Medical Center
Jeffrey Grethe, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego
Mark Musen, Stanford University
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Applications and Examples of Linked Data in Government Kevin Ford, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
Deborah L. McGuinness, RPI and McGuinness Associates
James Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Li Ding, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Business / Non-Technical
Industry: Government
Linked Data
Open Government
Evaluating and Evolving Semantic Search: From the Deep Web to User Impact Peter Mika, Yahoo! Inc
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Search
Using Semantics to Build a Scouting Knowledgebase Michael McGlashen, Merck & Co., Inc.
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Google Rich Snippets Kavi Goel, Google
Pravir Gupta, Google
Business / Non-Technical
Making Web 3.0 Web Sites
Marketing & Advertising
Rules Track – Part 2 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
An Enterprise-Class Inference Engine Inside Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Zhe Wu, Oracle Corp.
Vladimir Kolovski, Oracle
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
The Practical Use of Rules with Ontologies Christopher John Matheus, VIStology, Inc.
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
Conference Sessions 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Knowledge Provenance Deborah L. McGuinness, RPI and McGuinness Associates
Peter Fox, RPI
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Web
Text Analytics and Semantics C. David Seuss, Northern Light Group
Stefan Andreasen, Kapow Technologies
Business / Non-Technical
Semantic Search
Knowledge Sharing Using Semantic Technologies Vijay Bulusu , Pfizer Inc
Business / Non-Technical
Business Applications
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Using OWL in Closed World Applications Evren Sirin, Clark & Parsia, LLC
Technical – Intermediate
Knowledge Engineering and Management
The Social Fabric of Semantics Jamie Taylor, Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
Business / Non-Technical
Marketing & Advertising
Social Networks & Collaboration
Enterprise Data and Knowledge Integration Tools 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Ontology-Driven Enterprise Information Lifecycle Management Mary Catherine Parmelee, MITRE Corporation
Technical – Introductory
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Conference Sessions 04:45 PM – 05:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The Role of Semantic Technologies in the National Airspace System Elisabeth B Huffer, Next Generation Air Transportation System Joint Planning and Development Office
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Government
Trust, Confidence and Security on the Semantic Web Andy Hickl, Swingly
Technical – Intermediate
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Finding a Good Ontology: The Open Ontology Repository Initiative Mike Dean, Raytheon BBN Technologies
Peter P. Yim, CIM3
Todd Schneider, Raytheon
Technical – Intermediate
Ontology Design and Engineering
 
Friday, 6/25/2010
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM – 09:30 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
RDF Friday Part 1: The ABCs of RDF Vocabularies Brian Sletten, Bosatsu Consulting, Inc.
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Software Development
Semantics in the Cloud Kurt Rohloff, BBN Technologies
Geoff Brown, m2mi Corp.
Technical – Advanced
Research
Monitoring Healthcare Innovation: A Case Study in Using OWL, Linked Data and RDFa Mark Birbeck, Backplane Ltd.
Michael Wilkinson, National Innovation Centre, NHS
Technical – Introductory
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Ontology Design and Engineering
Case Study Year 5: USAF 45th Space Wing Knowledge Management Initiative – Representing Semantic Points-of-View Using SITREP and Mission Ontologies Dr. Kent D. Bimson, Modus Operandi, Inc.
Randy Caldwell, Modus Operandi, Inc.
Technical – Intermediate
Semantics for Enterprise Data
Leveraging a Single Semantic Fabric to Drive Efficiencies from Accounting to Research and Everything in Between William Hayes, Biogen Idec
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
UMLS-SKOS: A Semantic Web Framework for Representation of Biomedical Terminologies Using Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) Parsa Mirhaji, University of Texas-Houston
Technical – Advanced
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Ontology Design and Engineering
The Ontology Life Cycle: Integrated Tools for Editing, Publishing, Peer Review, and Evolution of Ontologies Tania Tudorache, Stanford University
Natasha Noy, Stanford University
Technical – Introductory
Ontology Design and Engineering
Conference Sessions 09:45 AM – 10:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Wikipedia’s Structured Data Challenge Trevor Parscal, Wikimedia Foundation
Erik Moeller, Wikimedia Foundation
Technical – Introductory
Semantic Wikis
RDF Friday Part 2: Intermediate Technical Issues – Extending and Querying RDF David Booth, Cleveland Clinic
David Wood, Zepheira, LLC
James Leigh, Zepheira, LLC
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Software Development
Semantic Health Solutions for Clinical Trials and Real-time Public Health Monitoring Matthew M. Vagnoni, University of Texas at Houston, Health Science Center
Ram Vedam, University of Texas at Houston – Health Science Center
Chintan Patel, Applied Informatics Inc.
Karthik Gomadam, Applied Informatics Inc.
Vivek Gard, Applied Informatics Inc
Product/Service Offering
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
The Research Intelligence Project Jerry Sheehan, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
Technical – Introductory
Research
Application of Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence Components (Planners and Heuristic Search) to Distributed Reasoning on Very Large Data Sets Reza BFar, Oracle USA
Technical – Advanced
Semantic Search
Conference Sessions 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
RDF Friday Part 3: Practical RDF – POWDER & Object Design Patterns John Hebeler, Raytheon BBN Technologies
Matthew Fisher, Progeny Systems
Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP, LLC
Martyn Cutcher, SYSTAP, LLC
Technical – Intermediate
Semantic Software Development
Configuring the Cloud: Automated Planning As a Semantic Technology Blazej Bulka, Clark & Parsia, LLC
Stuart Charlton, Elastra
Technical – Intermediate
New Products & Companies
Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records through Semantic Technologies: The Cleveland Clinic Experience Chris Pierce, Cleveland Clinic
Chris Deaton, Cycorp, Inc.
David Booth, Cleveland Clinic
Technical – Intermediate
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care