Thursday 26 November, Covent Garden, London
(with Tutorial programme on Weds 25 November)
Innovations in Search and Information Retrieval
Search Solutions is the premier UK forum for presentation of the
latest innovations in search and information retrieval. In contrast to
other major industry events, Search Solutions aims to be highly
interactive,
with attendance strictly limited.
The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by
influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in
search and information retrieval.
Search Solutions includes a Tutorial Programme on Wednesday 25 November
and the main event is on Thursday 26 November.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Fabrizio Silvestri, Yahoo!
TBD
Michaela Regneri, Spiegel Verlag
Information Management & Search @ DER SPIEGEL
Behshad Behzadi, Google
TBD
Bhaskar Mitra, Microsoft Research / Bing
2vec or not to vec: A brief look at text embeddings for Search
Tessa Radwan, Newspaper Licensing Agency
Handling printed and online news content in one search solution
Tom Crane, Digirati
New things to search
Alison Weightman, Cardiff University
Searching and screening efficiency: Emerging techniques for
systematic review
Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs
User requirements for complex search strategies
Dave Clarke, Synaptica
TBD
David Corney, Signal
Finding relevance in a real-time, large-scale stream of news articles
Charlie Hull, Flax
Towards a new model of test-based relevance tuning
TUTORIAL PROGRAMME (25 November)
Designing Search
Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs Ltd
Crowdsourcing for Data Processing and Search
Gianluca Demartini, University of Sheffield
Text Analysis with GATE,
Diana Maynard, University of Sheffield
Evaluating Search
Paul Clough, University of Sheffield
LOCATION
Search Solutions 2015 is organised by the Information Retrieval
Specialist Group
of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and ISKO (International
Society for
Knowledge Organization), and is held at the BCS Central London Office:
BCS, 1st Floor
The Davidson Building
5 Southampton Street
London, WC2E 7HA
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.8404
REGISTRATION
Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) for Search Solutions are as
follows:
Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2015)
* BCS member rate: £99
* Non-member rate: £129
Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2015)
* BCS member rate: £119
* Non-member rate: £149
Registration fees include lunch and a copy of the proceedings.
Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed
by a drinks reception in the evening.
Closing Date for bookings is 23:59 on Wednesday 11th November 2015 at
11:59 pm.
No more bookings will be taken after this date.
Cancellations & Refunds
Full refund available if cancellation received before 12pm on Monday 16th
November 2015. Name substitutions will be allowed if notified before the
closing date.
Tutorials are payable separately. The registration fees for tutorials are
as follows:
Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2015)
BCS member rate: £90
Non-member rate: £110
Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2015 until 23:59 on 17-Nov-2015)
BCS member rate: £110
Non-member rate: £130
We are pleased to announce up to five fee waivers for students wishing
to attend Search Solutions this year. See website for further details:
http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions
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