Registration is now available for the METADATA AND SEARCH: Global Corporate
Circle DCMI 2003 Workshop
(http://dc2003.ischool.washington.edu/preconference-corporate.html).

The workshop will be held on Sunday, September 28, 2003, 8:30-6:00 in
conjunction with the 2003 Dublin Core Conference
(http://www.ischool.washington.edu/dc2003/) at the Bell Harbor
International Conference Center in Seattle
(http://www.bellharbor.com/home.htm),

Speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise will share their
experience and insights, and facilitate discussion among participants about
issues related to the use of metadata in corporate intranet search
environments.  Threads that will be emphasized throughout the day include
the processes, technology and business drivers surrounding metadata
applications.

Experts
* Lou Rosenfeld, LouisRosenfeld.com, (http://www.louisrosenfeld.com/)
* Marti Hearst, SIMS, UC Berkeley, (http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hearst/)
* Mike Doane, Senior Content Analyst, SBI and Company,
(http://www.sbiandcompany.com/)

Case Studies
* Jane Starnes, Taxonomy Specialist, Intel Library, Intel Corporation
(http://www.intel.com/)
* Sandra Hostetter, Manager, Content Management Group, Knowledge Center,
Rohm and Haas Company (http://www.rohmhaas.com/)
* Christy Confetti Higgins, Sun Library/Internal Program Portal Office, Sun
Microsystems (http://www.sun.com/index.xml)
* Sean Squires and Casey Krub, CPI-Knowledge Management, Technology
Solutions Group, Washington Mutual, Inc. (http://www.wamu.com/)

Vendors
* Jim Restivo, President & CEO, BlueAngel Technologies
(http://www.blueangeltech.com/)
* Pete Bell, Co-founder, Endeca Technologies, Inc. (http://endeca.com/)
* Alex Wade, Program Manager, Microsoft Knowledge Network,  Microsoft
SharePoint Portal Server
(http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/server/default.asp)
* Brad Allen, President, Siderean Software (http://www.siderean.com/)
* Brian DiSilvestro, Director of Business Development, Verity
(http://www.verity.com/)

Search Vendor Demos will run concurrent with sessions from 11:00 to 5:30.


Registration:

Fee for the workshop is $200 (not included in the DC-2003 full conference
registration).   For those who are not Full Conference participants, the
workshop registration includes the opening Conference Reception Sunday
night.  Space is limited to 60 attendees, so register early to ensure a
spot!!