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Smarter content with the semantic web: Is your organisation ready? : UKeiG Annual Seminar

Venue: Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BA, London http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=11936704615076083931&q=royal+society+of+chemistry+london&hl=en&gl=uk

Date: Wednesday, 15 June 2011 - 09:15 - 17:00

Course Outline:

The UKeiG Annual Seminar 2011 will explore the semantic web, its relationships to users and machines, and the differences it might make to our working lives and those of our customers. The semantic web promises to enable smarter searching, processing, integrating and presenting of content. But will it, and how? More importantly, what should you be doing about it within your organisation? The seminar will consider the issues, the possibilities and the barriers emerging from the semantic web.

The day will also include the Annual General Meeting of UKeiG. Members of UKeiG may attend the AGM, which usually lasts about 30 minutes, free of charge, but if they wish to stay for the Annual Seminar they must book a place in advance.

The UKeiG Annual Seminar 2011 will explore the semantic web, its relationships to users and machines, and will examine the differences it might make to our working lives and those of our customers.

The semantic web promises to enable smarter searching, processing, integrating and presenting of content. But will it, and how? More importantly, what should you be doing about it within your organisation? The Seminar will consider the issues, the possibilities and the barriers that the semantic web offers.

By providing a mix of presentations and case studies, delegates will be able to understand the relevance of the semantic web for their organisation, the technologies and applications they could be exploring to enhance content, and other practical steps that should be taken to ensure their resources and entities are connected. Phil Archer, consultant with Talis, will provide the keynote, and other speakers include John Goodwin, Research Scientist at the Ordnance Survey, Owen Stephens, consultant on the semantic web and Victoria Uren who is a research fellow at the University of Sheffield. The day will also include the Annual General Meeting of UKeiG.

Who should attend:

The programme will interest and engage information professionals from all sectors with responsibility for exposing and sharing data on the web to ensure richer experiences for both their organisation and their users.

A full programme for the day will be released shortly.

Any member of UKeiG may attend the Annual General Meeting, which lasts about 30 mins, at the start of the day for free. If members wish to stay for the Seminar they need to book a place and pay the appropriate fee.

Course Presenters: John Darlington, John Goodwin, Tim Hodson, Owen Stephens, Victoria Uren and Neil Wilson

Tim is from a Library and Information Management background and has been involved in all phases of the extract, transform and load lifecycle. Tim is currently working with Talis Systems Ltd, using linked data and graph thinking to support creative solutions to interesting data challenges.

John is a Geo-semantics programme manager and research scientist at Ordnance Survey specialising in semantic web and linked data technologies. He has a particular interest in ontologies and their relationship to the semantic web.

John D is the business manager for the department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He has over 20 years’ experience in the software industry is currently working to help engage business and government in adopting semantically rich web services.

Owen is a consultant with a particular interest in semantic web technologies and how they can be exploited to deliver better Library and Information Services. He has over 15 years experience within academic libraries serving as both e-strategy director and working on the recent TelStar project at the Open University.

Victoria is a Senior Research Fellow with ten years experience in knowledge management research including the organisations, information and knowledge group. Her particular interest is the creation of structured knowledge, both automatically and by people and its use in semantic search.

Neil is Head of Metadata Services in The British Library. His responsibilities include co-ordination of the development and implementation of metadata standards, systems and related resource discovery policy including re-engineering traditional library MARC database (BNB) for use on the semantic web.

Costs (including lunch and refreshments): UKeiG members £160 + VAT at the current rate; others £200 + VAT at the current rate

Pdf Booking Form: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/sites/default/files/AGM flyer_2011.pdf

Course Reference for Online Bookings: Semanticweb

Bookings

UKeiG accepts firm bookings by post, fax, email and through the UKeiG Web site. All fees are payable in full prior to the date of the course. Cancellations received less than 7 working days before the start of the course will be subject to the full fee. For non-attendance at a course there will be no refunds and the full fee will be payable. Substitutions may be made at any time without additional cost.

UKeiG reserves the right to cancel a course if insufficient bookings have been received. Delegates will be offered an alternative date or a full refund of the course fee. UKeiG reserves the right to make changes to the programme. UKeiG will not be liable for any consequential loss of travel or accommodation fees due to cancellation of the course.

A cancellation fee of £25.00 + VAT is payable.

Please specify any special dietary requirements.

Booking Form

You can complete a PDF booking form for this course and return it no later than seven days before the course date.

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