[MNASIS-L] FW: Questions about the Semantic Web? Conference call presentation

Tue Aug 2 17:20:45 EDT 2005

Looks interesting – and I love to point out for those who attended the
Speaker Series on Blogs, Wikis et al in July that notice below points you to
a wiki. 

Thanks!   Ann

Ann Treacy
Treacy Information Services
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atreacy at treacyinfo.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Cumming [mailto:denisecumming at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:54 PM
To: atreacy at treacyinfo.com
Subject: Questions about the Semantic Web? Conference call presentation 

A notice of an interesting conference call presentation from our colleague
Pauline Afuso.
______________________________________________ 
From:   Afuso, Pauline (West)  
Sent:   Friday, July 29, 2005 3:02 PM 
Subject:        Questions about the Semantic Web?  

Dear Colleagues, 
Terry Seale of Dorsey & Whitney has volunteered to host a conference call
presentation.  The guest speaker is Jim Hendler, who will answer your
questions about the Semantic Web.  For more information see the description
below, or the Wiki site at: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_11 
The call is scheduled for 12:30-2:30 CST (may get our earlier).  
If you are interested in attending, please let Terry know by Aug 9, 2005, so
he can reserve a large enough room.  Questions?  Please feel free to contact
either me or Terry.
Also, since the timing is right at the lunch hour, it will be a brown bag
lunch, but the firm will provide beverages, and West will provide dessert.  
Pauline S. Afuso, MLS, JD 
Legal Taxonomist
West, A Thomson Business 
651.848.5941 / 651.848.8426 (FAX)
pauline.afuso at thomson.com 
***** 
Terry Seale 
Legal Taxonomist 
Dorsey & Whitney LLP 
50 South Sixth Street 
Minneapolis MN 55402-1498 
mailto:seale.terry at dorsey.com> 
T 612 492 5531   F   612 340 2868 

*********************** 
*ANNOUNCEMENT* 
We are pleased to announce that we will be having Professor Jim 
Hendler as our invited speaker for August 2005. The session is 
scheduled for Thursday, August 11, 2005 and is entitled: 
*"Semantic Web Q & A"* 
*Conference call-in details*: 
Date: Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005 
Start Time: 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 17:30 UTC (World Time: 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=11&year=200
5&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224 
Session Duration: 1.5 ~ 2 Hours 
Dial-in Number: +1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) 
Participant Access Code: "686564#" 

*Semantic Web Q & A* 
by Jim Hendler 
*Abstract*: 
The Ontolog community has heard many presentations touching on 
what the Semantic Web is, how it interacts with ontology 
development and/or web services, and what semantics might offer. 
By now, you must have questions you want answered about the hows 
and whys of RDF, OWL, and the emerging Semantic Web Rules and 
Services areas. Rather than an organized talk, I will put myself 
at your disposal to answer questions about what these 
technologies are, how they can be used, and where they'll go 
next. So come and ask, and I'll do my best to answer. 

*About the Speakers:* 
*Jim Hendler* is a Professor at the University of Maryland and 
the Director of the Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery at 
the University of Maryland. He has joint appointments in the 
Department of Computer Science, the Institute for Advanced 
Computer Studies and is an affiliate of the Institute for Systems 
Research. He has authored about 200 technical papers in the areas 
of artificial intelligence, Semantic Web, agent-based computing 
and high performance processing. One of the inventors of the 
"Semantic Web," Hendler was the recipient of a 1995 Fulbright 
Foundation Fellowship, is a former member of the US Air Force 
Science Advisory Board, and is a Fellow of the American 
Association for Artificial Intelligence. He is also the former 
Chief Scientist of the Information Systems Office at the US 
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), was awarded a 
US Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal in 2002, and is a 
member of the World Wide Web Consortium's Semantic Web 
Coordination Group. He is the Editor in Chief of IEEE Intelligent 
Systems and is on the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science. 

*Refer to details on the session wiki page at:* 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_11 
Please point your browser to this wiki page during the session. 
Shared-screen support (VNC session) will also be available and be 
started 5 minutes before the call. 
This will be a virtual session over an augmented conference call. 
The session is expected to start with a short presentation 
followed by an extended discussion between the participants and 
the speaker. The entire session will be recorded and made 
available as open content under the prevailing Ontolog IPR policy 
(see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). 
I look forward to having you at the session. Please pass this 
announcement along to those who might be interested to join us 
too. All are welcomed. 

Regards. =ppy 
P.S. to help us with the logistics, please respond to me 
off-line; or add your name under attendees "expecting:" section 
(http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_11#nidDF7)