Main Conference Schedule

Tuesday, November 9

Tuesday, November 9, 8:30am - 9:00am

Opening Ceremonies

Location: Auditorium

Tuesday, November 9, 9:00am - 10:00am

• What does It Look Like, Really? Imagining how Citizens might Effectively, Usefully and Easily Find, Explore, Query and Re-present Open/Linked Data. mc schrafel

Tuesday, November 9, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Tuesday, November 9, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

Location: Grand Ballroom, 7th floor

Tuesday, November 9, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

In-Use Track: Panel

Location: Auditorium
Moderator: Chris Welty

• Do we need RIF for building the Semantic Web?

Tuesday, November 9, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Tuesday, November 9, 6:00pm - 6:45pm

• Applications at the heart of a new Publishing Ecosystem. Jay Katzen

Tuesday, November 9, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Reception and Poster Session

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Wednesday, November 10

Wednesday, November 10, 9:00am - 10:00am

Wednesday, November 10, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Elsevier Author Workshop

Location: Room 3C/D

• A workshop for aspiring authors organized by Elsevier.

Wednesday, November 10, 12:30am - 2:00pm

Lunch

Location: Grand Ballroom, 7th floor

Semantic Web Career Mentoring Lunch

Location: Room 3C/D

Wednesday, November 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

• The Open Graph Protocol Design Decisions. Austin Haugen
• Semantic Technology at The New York Times: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Evan Sandhaus

Wednesday, November 10, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Semantic Web Challenge

Location: Auditorium
Chairs: Chris Bizer and Diana Maynard

• Presentation of the Semantic Web Challenge submissions that were selected by the jury for the second round of the evaluation.

Wednesday, November 10, 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Town Hall Meeting

Location: Yellow River

Wednesday, November 10, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Banquet

Location: Grand Ballroom, 7th floor

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Thursday, November 11

Thursday, November 11, 9:00am - 10:00am

• Advanced Evaluation of Web Search – Methodology and Technology. Li Xiaoming

Thursday, November 11, 10:30am - 12:30 Pm

• Presentation and Discussion on RDF Next Steps.
  Authors: Ivan Herman
• From Knowledge Capture to Semantic Applications: The Evolution of Semantic MediaWiki..
  Authors: Mark Greaves and Jesse Wang
• K-Spend: Semantic Web Technologies for Spend Analysis.
  Authors: Sam Chapman and Fabio Ciravegna

Thursday, November 11, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

Location: Pearl Hall, 7th floor

Thursday, November 11, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lightning Talks

Location: Yellow River
Chairs: Philippe Cudre-Mauroux and Axel Polleres

• Lightning Talks provides an open forum for participants to present a topic of their choosing

Thursday, November 11, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

• Intelligent Decision Automation on an Event Driven Semantic Platform.
  Authors: Jans Aasman
• Self-Service Development of Linked Data Applications with the Information Workbench.
  Authors: Peter Haase, Tobias Mathäß, Michael Schmidt, Andreas Eberhart and Ulrich Walther
• Building the Inform Semantic Publishing Ecosystem: from Author to Audience.
  Authors: Marc Hadfield

Thursday, November 11, 4:00pm-5:00pm

• Semantic Media Asset Management: playence Media.
  Authors: Katharina Siorpaes
• Enhancing the BBC's World Cup coverage with an ontology driven information architecture.
  Authors: Silver Oliver

Thursday, November 11, 5:15pm-5:45pm

Awards and Closing Ceremonies

Location: Auditorium

Talk Timings

• Research Talks: 30 minutes, including 5-minute question period
• In-Use Talks: 30 minutes, including 5-minute question period
• Long DC Presentations: 30 minutes, including 10-minute question period
• Short DC Presentations: 15 minutes, including 5-minute question period
• Industry Talks: 30 minutes, including 5-minute question period