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The 17th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2020) May 31st - June 4th, 2020, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

ESWC is a premier venue for discussing the latest scientific results and innovations in the field of semantic technologies on the Web and Linked Data, attracting a high number of participants from academia and industry alike.

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Become part of ESWC 2020 by submitting to the following tracks & activities!

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In this announcement: ******************************************* 1. Call for Papers - Posters & Demos https://2020.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-posters-and-demos/ * Submission deadline: March 19, 2020 (**Extended**)

2. Call for Papers - Industry Track https://2020.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-papers-industry-track/ * Submission deadline: March 19, 2020 (**Extended**)

(All deadlines are 23:59 anywhere on earth (UTC-12))

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1. Call for Papers - Posters & Demos ******************************************* The posters and demos track of ESWC, https://2020.eswc-conferences.org/, provides a forum for late-breaking results, on-going research projects, and innovative ideas, as well as prototypes of semantic technologies and their applications in various domains. Submissions to the posters and demos track may cover all areas of Semantic Web research and applications, such as Linked Data and Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, Reasoning, Natural Language Processing and Understanding, Machine and Deep Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Quality and Data Integration, and Semantic Data Management, as well as applications from Life Sciences, eGovernment, Business, Manufacturing, eScience, Emergency and Crisis Management, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, Autonomous Systems, etc. Posters and demos will be presented in a separate, interactive session, providing the opportunity for engaging in discussions and direct exchange.

Further info: https://2020.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-posters-and-demos/

== Important Dates ==

Submission Deadline: March 19, 2020 (**Extended**) Notification of Acceptance: April 9, 2020 Camera-Ready Paper: April 30, 2020

== Posters & Demos Chairs ==

Valentina Presutti, University of Bologna valentina.presutti@unibo.it

Raphaël Troncy, EURECOM raphael.troncy@eurecom.fr

2. Call for Papers - Industry Track ******************************************* The industry track seeks to present the state of adoption of semantic technologies in industrial applications, and intends to facilitate a discussion about what current industry challenges can be addressed with semantic technologies. These technologies may be used in specific industries (e.g., media, financials, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, government, intelligence, public sector, industrial production etc.) and in different application areas (e.g., business intelligence, smart cities, digital twin, analytics, search, content management, knowledge management, recommendation systems, data integration, automotive etc.).

The industry track aims to facilitate the exchange between Semantic Web researchers and industrial solution developers to bridge between state-of-the-art research and its application in industrial scenarios. We welcome contributions about:

* Success stories of adoption of semantic technologies and knowledge graphs in real-world environments, especially by emphasizing how these technologies have succeeded in creating value as well as key factors for the success of the adoption in a large-scale organization. * Experiences about challenges that are encountered in an industry setting when adopting a solution based on semantic technologies. * Contributions about current challenges in industrial fields which should be tackled by semantic technologies, emphasizing solution approaches and existing issues that are currently only insufficiently addressed by Semantic Web research.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Development and application of semantic technologies and knowledge graphs for specific industries (automotive, financial, healthcare and life sciences, energy industry, industry 4.0, public sector etc.) * Real-world applications of semantic technologies for enabling FAIR (meta) data * Approaches to bridge between domain experts and semantic technology experts * Successful application domains: Knowledge management, data integration, data sharing, search, Business Intelligence, data analytics, open data, enterprise data management etc. * Industrial trends related to the usage of Linked Data, Open Data and Semantic Web technologies * Financial and strategic investments in semantic technologies * Machine Learning approaches in connection with the Semantic Web (e.g. ML for knowledge graph completion or ontology matching, learning of knowledge graph and entity embeddings, question answering, etc)

Further info: https://2020.eswc-conferences.org/call-for-papers-industry-track/

== Important Dates ==

Paper submission: March 19, 2020 (**Extended**) Notification to authors: April 16, 2020 (**Extended**) Camera ready papers due: April 30, 2020

== Industry Track Chairs ==

Javier D. Fernández, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG jfernand@wu.ac.at

Josiane Xavier Parreira, Siemens AG Austria josiane.parreira@siemens.com

Looking forward to your submissions!

The ESWC 2020 Organising Team https://2020.eswc-conferences.org/organising-committee/