Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:55:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 3895440 for cni-announce@cni.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:40:15 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-20-614671666 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: CENDI-NFAIS-FLICC Conference on Semantic Web: SAVE THE DATE! X-Original-Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 16:40:11 -0400 References: <3B7C0E364B216F4D8C50CEDBAC67CA5D062723159F@mail> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) --Apple-Mail-20-614671666 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ********************************************************** Save the Date =96 November 17, 2009 The Semantic Web: Fact or Myth? A One-Day Conference Co-sponsored by CENDI, FLICC and NFAIS National Archives, William G. McGowan Theatre, 700 Pennsylvania =20 Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM The term =93semantic web=94 appears everywhere - in journal articles, in = =20 conference titles, and even in new product promotional material. But =20 what exactly is semantic web? How does it differ from Web 2.0? Does =20= it really exist? And what are its implications for the future of =20 science and scholarly communication? Mark your calendar now to attend the one-day conference, The Semantic =20= Web: Fact or Myth, in order to learn the answers to these questions =20 and more. FOCUS OF THE DAY The day will begin with an overview of the Semantic Web given by Ralph =20= R. Swick of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) =96 its definition, its =20= objectives, and the approaches being taken to bring it to full =20 reality. This will be followed by real life examples of how the =20 Semantic Web is currently taking shape. Speakers from organizations =20 such as MIT will discuss projects that are underway and actual =20 prototypes that are being built. And you will hear about newly-=20 launched commercial products that have already incorporated semantic =20 web functionalities. Potential future functionalities will be =20 highlighted by speakers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and =20= the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who will =20 discuss the Semantic Web research projects that they are now funding. =20= And in closing, Dr. James Hendler, Tetherless World Senior =20 Constellation Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will =20 explore the future promise of the Semantic Web and how it may impact =20 the future of science and scholarly communication. PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION The program and registration information is available at the following =20= URL. The registration fee for CENDI, FLICC and NFAIS members is =20 $95.00 and the fee for non-members is $125.00. The fee includes lunch =20= and beverage breaks. Check the following URL often for program =20 updates and to see if your organization qualifies for the lower rate =20 (membership lists are linked from there). Hotel accommodations and =20 other logistical information will be forthcoming. http://cendievents.infointl.com/cfn1109/ FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill ONeill NFAIS 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004 Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403 Phone: 215-893-1561 Fax: 215-893-1564 jilloneill@nfais.org or Kathryn Holloway CENDI Secretariat c/o Information International Associates, Inc. 1055 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 110 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Phone: 865-298-1234 Fax: 865-481-0390 kholloway@iiaweb.com. --Apple-Mail-20-614671666 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Save the Date =96 November 17, = 2009

The Semantic Web:  Fact or = Myth?

 
A One-Day Conference Co-sponsored = by CENDI, FLICC and NFAIS
National = Archives, William G. McGowan Theatre, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, = Washington, DC 20408
            =       Tuesday, November 17, = 2009   9:00 AM to 4:30 PMThe term =93semantic web=94 = appears everywhere - in journal articles, in conference titles, and even = in new product promotional material. But what exactly is semantic = web?  How does it differ from Web 2.0?   Does it really = exist? And what are its implications for the future of science and = scholarly communication?
Mark your calendar now to attend the one-day = conference, The = Semantic Web: Fact or Myth, in order to learn the answers to these = questions and more.
FOCUS OF THE = DAY
The day will begin with an overview of the = Semantic Web given by Ralph R. Swick of the World Wide Web Consortium = (W3C) =96 = its definition, its objectives, and the approaches being taken to bring = it to full reality.  This will be followed by real life examples of = how the Semantic Web is currently taking shape.  Speakers from = organizations such as MIT will discuss projects that are underway and = actual prototypes that are being built. And you will hear about = newly-launched commercial products that have already incorporated = semantic web functionalities. Potential future functionalities will be = highlighted by speakers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and = the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who will discuss = the Semantic Web research projects that they are now funding.  And = in closing, Dr. James Hendler, Tetherless World Senior = Constellation Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will explore = the future promise of the Semantic Web and how it may impact the future = of science and scholarly communication.
PROGRAM AND = REGISTRATION
 
The program = and registration information is available at the following URL.  = The registration fee for CENDI, FLICC and NFAIS members is $95.00 and = the fee for non-members is $125.00.  The fee includes lunch and = beverage breaks.  Check the following URL often for program updates = and to see if your organization qualifies for the lower rate (membership = lists are linked from there).  Hotel accommodations and other = logistical information will be forthcoming.
 
 
FOR MORE = INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jill ONeill
1518 Walnut Street, Suite = 1004
Philadelphia, PA = 19102-3403
Phone: = 215-893-1561
Fax: = 215-893-1564
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Kathryn = Holloway
CENDI = Secretariat
c/o Information International Associates, = Inc.
1055 Commerce Park Drive, Suite = 110
Oak Ridge, TN = 37830
Phone:  = 865-298-1234
Fax: = 865-481-0390
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