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Innovators from Industry and Academia Highlight Program for Jupitermedia's LinkedData Planet Spring 2008 Conference & Expo
New York, NY - April 24, 2008 (INB) -- Jupitermedia Corporation
(Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced the program for LinkedData Planet
Spring 2008 Conference & Expo, which runs in New York City at the
Roosevelt Hotel on June 17-18, 2008. The theme of the conference
is the confluence of enterprise and Internet computing and the
progression from a Web of linked documents to a Web of linked
data. LinkedData Planet offers a content-rich technical program by
a faculty composed of thought leaders and key technology
contributors, including two originators of the Semantic Web. The
technical education program includes presentations about linking
data and applying semantic technologies for enterprise
applications, mashups, social networks, information sharing and
service-oriented architecture (SOA).
W3C Director Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
and advocate of linking data, will deliver a keynote address on
June 17. The keynote speakers include key contributors in the
field of semantics and linked data, such as OpenLink founder and
CEO Kingsley Idehen. Other keynote speakers include Talis CTO Ian
Davis, OntoText founder Atanas Kiryakov and IBM VP & CTO Dr. Anant
Jhingran. Idehen will present "Creating, Deploying and Exploiting
Linked Data" and Davis will discuss "The Semantic Web as a Blue
Ocean Opportunity."
A faculty of experts will present sessions about querying linked
data and integrating data from disparate sources, including
content management systems and tables in SQL databases. Two
standards architects at Oracle, Dr. Ashok Malhotra and Jim Melton,
will discuss exposing RDF data from SQL databases. Melton is the
long-time editor of the international SQL standard. Amber Swope
and Jeffrey Deskins of JustSystems will present a session about
the marriage of content management systems, the Darwin Information
Typing Architecture (DITA) and linked data. Andy Seaborne of HP
Labs, member of the W3C RDF Data Access Working Group, will speak
about SPARQL and querying RDF data.
The program includes several sessions about semantic technologies
and machine intelligence. Professor James Hendler, Tetherless
World Senior Constellation Professor, at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and Semantic Web visionary, will discuss enterprise data
integration and the future of data in "The Fellowship of the Web:
The Two Towers." Marcus Tresvani of Relevant Digital will speak
about SOA and semantic discovery for enterprises and consumers.
Dr. Rachel Yager (Director, Machinitas) will speak about best
practices in semantic system development. Barak Pridor, CEO of
Reuters Clear Forest, will discuss semantic metadata services,
including Reuters Calais Web service.
Dr. William Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University will present a
session about applying machine intelligence for classifying
structured and unstructured data. Geoff Brown will discuss applied
semantic technologies for automated management of network
infrastructures.
LinkedData Planet Spring 2008 Conference and Expo also offers
sessions for attendees interested in ontology, taxonomies and
knowledge representation. Chief Scientist Dean Allemang and co
founder Irene Polikoff of Top Quadrant will speak about applying
semantic web technology, such as taxonomies and ontologisms, to
enterprise computing solutions. Taylor Cowan of Sabre and Jay
Fichialos of Travel Studio will discuss trip planning using
industry standards and an OWL ontology. Seth Earley will present
"Building a Practical Semantic Framework: The role of taxonomies
and controlled vocabularies in data integration."
Dr. Jens Aasman, CEO of Franz, will speak about Web 3.0 and real
world examples of improving services through behavioral and
activity recognition. Rebecca Dias (VP, SynapticMash) will explore
tools, technology and privacy issues for social networks, while
Tom Heath of Talis will explain how to publish linked data on the
Web.
Uche Ogbuji will present "Linked Data: The Real Web 2.0" and
participate in the Linked Data Workshop moderated by conference
co-chair Bob DuCharme of Innodata Isogen. The workshop instructors
include:
- Dr. Melli Annamalai (Product Manager, Oracle)
- Michael Bergman (CEO, Zitgist)
- Uche Ogbuji (Partner, Zepheira)
- Nikita Ogievetsky (VP, Morgan Stanley)
- Walter Perry (Managing Director, Fiduciary Automation)
- Dr. Andy Seaborne (Research Scientist, HP Labs).
Dr. Sören Auer will discuss the creation of large data and
knowledge bases such as DBPedia and OntoWiki. Dr. Giovanni
Tummarello, Researcher at Ireland's Digital Enterprise Research
Institute (DERI), will present "How to efficiently publish and
locating linked data: Semantic Web Sitemaps and Sindice API."
Conference co-chair Ken North will moderate a power panel
discussion about "Semantic Technology in the Real World:
Challenges and Opportunities." Panel members include:
- Geoff Brown (CEO m2mi)
- Kingsley Idehen (CEO OpenLink)
- Eghosa Omoigui (Director, Intel Capital)
- Robert Shimp (VP, Oracle)
- Alex Spinelli (CTO Reuters News).
LinkedData Planet Conference & Expo runs June 17-18, 2008 at the
Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The keynote presentations are
open to people who register for the technical program or the
Special Events pass. Early registration discounts apply until May
20. Details of the LinkedData Planet agenda are at:
www.linkeddataplanet.com/conference/sessionsbyday.php
For sponsorship and exhibiting information please contact: Neil
Whitney, (661) 257-4161 or nwhitney@jupitermedia.com.
About Jupitermedia Corporation
Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM,
www.jupitermedia.com), headquartered in Darien, CT, is a
leading global provider of images, news and original information,
career Web sites and events for information technology, business,
media and creative professionals. Jupitermedia includes
Jupiterimages, one of the leading images companies in the world
with over 10.0 million images online serving creative
professionals with brands like BananaStock, Workbook Stock, Brand
X Pictures, FoodPix, Botanica, Nonstock, The Beauty Archive, IFA
Bilderteam, Comstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest, Liquid
Library, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Bigshot Media,
Goodshoot, Polka Dot Images, Stock Image, Pixland, Photos.com,
Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net, Clipart.com,
JupiterGreetings.com, AnimationFactory.com, RoyaltyFreeMusic.com,
StudioCutz.com, eStockMusic.com and Stockxpert.com. The
JupiterOnlineMedia division of Jupitermedia consists of five
distinct online networks: internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and
business professionals; DevX.com for developers; and
Mediabistro.com and Graphics.com for media and creative
professionals. These networks include more than 150 Web sites and
over 150 e-mail newsletters that are viewed by over 15 million
users monthly. JupiterOnlineMedia also includes specialized career
Web sites for select professional communities which can be found
on Mediabistro.com and JustTechJobs.com. In addition,
JupiterOnlineMedia includes JupiterEvents and Mediabistro's media
related events, which produce offline conferences and trade shows
focused on IT and business-specific topics including ISPCON,
Mediabistro Circus, Linked Data Planet and Mobile Content
Strategies.
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