Call for Industry Presentations
SEMANTiCS 2014

The annual SEMANTiCS conference (formerly known as I-Semantics) is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, and understand its benefits and know its limitations. Every year, SEMANTiCS attracts information managers, IT-architects, software engineers and researchers from organisations ranging from NPOs, public administrations to the largest companies in the world. Attendees learn from industry experts and top researchers about emerging trends and topics in semantic software, enterprise data, linked data & open data strategies and methodologies in knowledge modeling and text & data analytics. The SEMANTiCS community is highly diverse; attendees have responsibilities interlinking areas like knowledge management, technical documentation, e-commerce, big data analytics, enterprise search, document management, business intelligence, and enterprise vocabulary management.

SEMANTiCS 2014 continues a long tradition of bringing together colleagues from around the world to present best practices, panels, papers and posters to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions and informal settings. SEMANTICS addresses problems common among information managers, software engineers, IT-architects and various specialist departments working to develop, implement and/or evaluate semantic software systems.

The SEMANTiCS program is a rich mix of technical talks, panel discussions of important topics, and presentations by people who make things work - just like you. In addition, attendees can network with experts in a variety of fields. These relationships provide great value to organisations as they encounter subtle technical issues. The expertise gained by SEMANTiCS attendees has a long-term impact on their careers and organisations. These factors make SEMANTiCS the major industry related event for our community.

The following ‘horizontals’ (topics) and ‘verticals’ (industries) are mainly addressed:

• Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies

• Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search

• Data Integration & Enterprise Linked Data

• Big Data & Text Analytics

• Data Portals & Knowledge Visualisation

• Semantic Information Management

• Document Management & Content Management

• Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management

• Industry & Engineering

• Life Sciences & Health Care

• Public Administration

• Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM)

• Media, Publishing & Advertising

• Financial & Insurance Industry

• Telecommunications

• Energy, Transport & Environment

Submission Guidelines

To contribute a submission for a presentation at SEMANTiCS 2014 please prepare the following:

• Fill out the online application form (http://bit.ly/sem14-submission) and give us relevant information about your expertise and your professional background. (Please note: Only fully completed forms can be accepted!)

• Please submit this form until May 30, 2014.
  In case of inquiries please do not hesitate to contact us: industry@semantics.cc

The submissions should comply with the following criteria:

• Your presentation is relevant to industry and industrial purposes. It illustrates how semantic technologies / solutions contribute to or improve existing workflows and / or generate new ones.

• The presented solution has already been deployed and / or has been tested in a practical environment – at least prototypically.

• Your presentation is well-structured and does bring across its message.

• Topic is well described and covers enough explanations, examples, use cases, graphics, etc.

• Novelty: Topic covered is new to the industry – not necessarily new to business in general

Every submission will be reviewed by the following jury:

• Christian Dirschl, Wolters Kluwer

• Mike Heininger, bee network & GfWM Austria

• Andreas Blumauer, Semantic Web Company

• David Worlock, http://www.davidworlock.com/

• Thomas Kelly, Cognizant

• Harald Sack, Hasso Plattner Institute

• Christoph Goller, IntraFind Software AG

• Helmut von Berg, Klopotek & Partner GmbH

• Lars G. Svensson, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

• Brice Sommacal, PCO Innovation

• Agnes Molnar, Search Explained

• Kostis Kyzirakos, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Netherlands

• John Callahan, ONR Global

• Marius Brade, TU Dresden

• Myungdae Cho, Seoul National University

• Jens Mittelbach, SLUB Dresden

• Ingrid Goldstein, Oxford University Press

• Regimantas Liepa, Enercom Capital

• Kai Holzweißig, Reutlingen University

• Peter Schrödinger, Regierung von Oberbayern

• Dilek Tapacu, Izmir Institute of Technology

• Fabian Heinemann, Roche Diagnostics

• Michael Dekner, Baxter BioScience and GfWM Austria

• Thomas Orenz, Audi

• Roxin Ana, University of Burgundy

Preparing your presentation

All accepted submissions will be granted a presentation slot of

• 30 minutes (25 min. Presentation + 5 min. Discussion).

Please stick to this time pattern when preparing your talk. This is the only way we can guarantee a smooth and satisfying programme and allow all conference participants to attend as many slots as possible without missing important information.

Please take care to address the following aspects in your talk:

• Initial Situation

What kind of challenge did you face in the beginning oft the project? What problems were needed to be solved?

• Approach and IT-Solution

Which approach and methodology has been chosen to tackle the problem(s)? How is your solution composed with respect to technological aspects / human aspects / organisational aspects? How do the semantic components support the process from data to knowledge?

• Success Criteria for / Benefit of the Semantic Solution

Which factors (conscious and unconscious) have been crucial to the success of your project? Which obstacles did you face? How can you measure the benefit of your solution? How does the organisation benefit from your solution?

• Prospects and Recommendations

What are the next steps planned in your project? Can you give recommendations with respect to development / deployment of semantic solutions within organisational / corporate settings?

• Demo

Prepare a short demonstration of your tool / service.

In case your presentation will be accepted, we will provide you with detailed information on organisational matters according to the selection of submissions and conference participation (June 27, 2014).

In case you have additional questions concerning the submission process or in general, please do not hesitate to contact us at industry@semantics.cc

Your benefit

Presenters will be granted access to the entire program of the SEMANTiCS Conference (incl. all social events) at a reduced rate. Additionally, presenters will have the possibility to discuss their contributions with an interested audience and exchange ideas how semantic technologies can be utilized for corporate and business needs more effectively and successfully. Besides that, the Industry Presentations at SEMANTiCS generate a high visibility within the Semantics Community and allow you to meet interesting experts and extend your business network.

We are looking forward to your contribution!

Sent on behalf of the SEMANTiCS Industry Chairs

Christian Dirschl (Wolters Kluwer) and Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)