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Foundational Topics
Semantic Web
Ontology Concepts
Business Ontologies
Taxonomies
Semantic Integration
Data Integration and Mashups
Unstructured Information
Semantic Query
Semantic Search
Semantic Case Studies and Web 3.0
Semantic Rules
Developing Semantic Applications
Semantics for Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Semantic SOA (Service Oriented Architectures)
Collaboration and Social Networks

Who Will Attend:
CTOs and Strategists at technology firms
Information Architects and Strategic Technology Planners at Fortune 500 companies
CIOs and Information Technology Managers
Venture Capitalists and Investors
CEOs of software startups
Product Managers from software and hardware companies
Data Analysts from major public and private organizations
Academics and Researchers
Software Developers
Press and Analysts
Technology Consultants
Semantic Technology. We will help you get the most out of the conference by rapidly bringing you up to speed on the technology, terminology and concepts that will be discussed in the remainder of the conference.
• What is Semantics? What does it have to do with information systems? • What is inference? How does it work? • The five key subdomains of Semantics:
o Discipline
o Tools
o Content
o Infrastructure
o Standards
• Description and Examples of Semantic Technology applied in a variety of settings:
o Knowledge Applications
o Smart Search
o Federated Query
o Enterprise Application Integration
o Unstructured Data and Entity Extraction
• OWL and the Semantic Web • Basic OWL Concepts • An Example Ontology