CENDI Federal STI Manager's Group


*The Semantic Web: Fact or Myth* A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI, FLICC, and NFAIS National Archives William G. McGowan Theatre 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408 November 17, 2009 9:00am - 4:30pm AGENDA
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration/Coffee
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Welcome/Opening Remarks
	*Ellen Herbst*, CENDI Chair, NFAIS Board Member, FLICC Federal Executive Board Member,and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce
9:15 am - 10:00 am	The Semantic Web: An Overview
	The opening keynote will provide an overview of how the Semantic Web is currently defined and the research approaches underway to make it a reality. Moderated by Ellen Herbst, CENDI, NFAIS, and NTIS.
	*Ralph Swick*, Acting Chief Operating Officer, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Presentation (.pdf)
10:00 am - 10:20 am	Break and Networking Opportunity
10:20 am - 11:50 pm	The Semantic Web: Projects and Prototypes
	This session will highlight three current implementations of the semantic web. Moderated by Pat Harris, NIST.
	*MacKenzie Smith,Associate Director for Technology, MIT Libraries Presentation (.pdf) ; Jennifer Golbeck,* Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies; University of Maryland Presentation (.pdf) ; Jane Greenberg, Professor and Director of the Metadata Research Center, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Presentation (.pdf) ;
11:50 am - 12:50 pm	Lunch
12:50 pm - 2:20 pm	The Semantic Web: Products and Services
	This session will provide an overview of the current landscape of semantic web products and services and highlight two recently-released products that utilize Semantic Web technologies. Moderated by Mark Martin, OSTI.
	The Landscape *Dr. Leo Obrst*, Principal Artificial Intelligence Scientist, Information Semantics, The MITRE Corporation Presentation (.pdf)
	Product Highlights *Eric Miller, President, Zepheira Presentation (.pdf) ; Sebo Dapper,* Manager, Global Business Development, Wolfram\|Alpha Business and Platform Development Presentation (.pdf)
2:20 pm - 2:45 pm	Break and Networking Opportunity
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm	The Semantic Web: Research Programs
	In this session, NSF, which funds research, will describe the Semantic Web research projects currently underway. DARPA, another advanced projects funding agency, will describe ways of looking at how the vision of the Semantic Web can better be defined and achieved. Moderated by Bonnie Carroll, CENDI.
	*Frank Olken, National Science Foundation Presentation (.pdf) ; Robert Kohout*, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	The Semantic Web: Future Expectations
	This final keynote will explore the future promise of the Semantic Web and how it may impact the future of scholarly communication. Moderated by Bonnie Lawlor, NFAIS.
	*Jim Hendler*, Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation (.pdf)
4:30 pm	Adjournment

The Semantic Web: Fact or Myth