SEMANTiCS 2016 - The Linked Data Conference Workshops, Tutorials and the DBpedia Day

12th International Conference on Semantic Systems Leipzig, Germany September 12 -15, 2016 _http://2016.semantics.cc/_

*Workshops/Tutorials *

This year's SEMANTiCS is starting on September 12th with a full day of exciting and interesting satellite events. In _6 parallel tracks_ http://2016.semantics.cc/satellite-events scientific and industrial workshops and tutorials are scheduled to provide a forum for groups of researchers and practitioners to discuss and learn about hot topics in Semantic Web research.

Attending the SEMANTiCS workshops and tutorial is _free of charge_, but you need to register. Feel free to have a closer look and register for the events here: _http://2016.semantics.cc/satellite-events_.

*DBpedia Day - Call for Participation *

Following our successful meetings in Europe & US our next DBpedia meeting will be held at Leipzig on September 15th, co-located with SEMANTiCS.

_Highlights_

- Keynote #1: Wikidata: bringing structured data to Wikipedia with 16000 volunteers by Lydia Pintscher, product manager of Wikidata

- Keynote #2: Harald Sack, (title TBA) (Hasso-Plattner-Institut)

- A session for the “_DBpedia references and citations challenge_ http://wiki.dbpedia.org/ideas/idea/261/dbpedia-citations-reference-challenge/”

- A _session on DBpedia ontology_ http://mappings.dbpedia.org/index.php/DBpedia_Ontology_Committee by members of the DBpedia ontology committee

- Tell us what cool things you do with DBpedia:https://goo.gl/AieceU_https://goo.gl/AieceU_

- As always, there will be tutorials to learn about DBpedia and a DBpedia showcase session

_Quick facts_

- Web URL: _http://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/Leipzig2016_

- When: September 15th, 2016

- Where: University of Leipzig, Augustusplatz 10, 04109 Leipzig

- Call for Contribution: _https://goo.gl/AieceU_ (submission form)

- Registration: Free to participate but only through registration (Option for DBpedia support tickets)https://event.gg/3396-7th-dbpedia-community-meeting-in-leipzig-2016_https://event.gg/3396-7th-dbpedia-community-meeting-in-leipzig-2016_

We are looking forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the SEMANTiCS in Leipzig!