21 June 2013

Dublin - Ireland

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Learn from the trailblazers!

The Semantic Interoperability Conference 2013 - SEMIC 2013 is going to bring together both the experts driving the practice of semantics and linked data technologies and those who have firsthand experience of implementing these standards in cross-border e-Government applications.

It's your chance to learn more about semantic technologies, be inspired by real life case studies and share your own experience.

What to expect on the day

SEMIC 2013 - offers a unique opportunity to explore how Public Administrations can use semantic technologies to make information exchange efficient and effective, allowing them to operate at lower costs and provide better services. The conference will be held in Dublin on 21 June 2013, the day after the Digital Agenda Assembly held on 19 & 20 June.

The conference addresses topics such as:

• Linked government data;
• Open Standards for eGovernment;
• Core Vocabularies;
• Data interoperability;
• National semantic interoperability strategies;
• Semantics for civil status documents;
• Semantics and language technologies.

This one-day conference is organised by the ISA Programme of the European Commission.  

Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required and places are limited. Please click the button below to register.

Meet our Keynote Speakers

Peta vs. Meta, Rethinking Data Interoperability on the World Wide Web 

James Hendler - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – RPI

James Hendler was appointed senior constellation professor of the Tetherless World Research Constellation and the Head of the Computer Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - RPI. He has authored about 200 technical papers in the areas of Semantic Web, artificial intelligence, agent-based computing and high performance processing. One of the early Semantic Web innovators, Hendler was co-author, with Tim Berners-Lee and Ora Lassila, of the article "The Semantic Web" which appeared in Scientific American in 2001. In 2012, he was one of the inaugural recipients of the Strata Conference “Big Data” awards for his work on large-scale open government data and he also serves as an "Internet Web Expert" for the U.S. government, providing guidance to the Data.gov project.

Marco Pellegrino - Eurostat

After joining the European Commission in 1995, Marco Pellegrino has been holding several positions at Eurostat, dealing with the statistical information system, databases, metadata and standards for data exchange. He has authored several working papers in the area of metadata and data exchange, and has co-organised work sessions on metadata information systems (METIS) together with UNECE and OECD, between 2000 and 2009.

Since 2001, he has been active in the creation and promotion of the SDMX standard for data and metadata exchange (ISO IS 17369). In 2006-2008, he edited the SDMX Metadata Common Vocabulary (MCV) together with OECD, and then the SDMX content-oriented guidelines. His main interest, at present, is the promotion of advanced standards for managing micro data and aggregated data, and for the dissemination of high-quality open data. He serves as Eurostat representative in the DDI Alliance scientific committee and in the Technical working group of the SDMX Secretariat.

Conference Material

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  SEMIC 2013 Highlights report
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  SEMIC 2013 Brochure
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  Case Study - Data Integration
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  Cookbook for RDF schemas
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  Business Case - Interconnecting business registers with the Core Business Vocabulary
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  Case Study - How to describe Organizations in RDF Core Business Vocabulary
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  Position Paper - ISA eGovernment Core Vocabularies - February 2012
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  Position Paper - Towards open governement metadata
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  Study - Cookbook for translating relational domain models to RDF-S
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  Study on persistent URIs

Conference Programme

Find below the conference programme. Contact us in case you have any questions.

Start	Finish	Subject
9:00	9:30	Registration & Coffee
9:30	9:35	Welcome to SEMIC 2013 Margarida Abecasis - European Commission, DG DIGIT, Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations -  Download the conference brochure
9:35	9:50	ISA fostering semantic interoperability between public administrations in Europe Vassilios Peristeras - European Commission, DG DIGIT, Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations - Download presentation
PART 1: Achieving interoperability through reuse
09:50	10:20	Keynote - Maintaining the quality of EU statistics while enabling re-use Marco Pellegrino - Eurostat - Download presentation
10:20	10:40	Open Standards for eGovernment – The evolution of the eGov Core Vocabularies and ADMS Phil Archer - W3C - View presentation
10:40	11:00	Putting the eGov Core Vocabularies into practice Stijn Goedertier & Nikolaos Loutas - PwC EU Services -  Download presentation
11:00	11:20	Coffee Break
11:20	11:40	Extending the eGov Core Vocabularies to a local level by the OSLO project (Open Standards for Local Administrations – Belgium) Raf Buyle - V-ICT-OR, the Flemish ICT organisation - Download presentation
11:40	12:00	Integrating plant protection product data using semantic technologies Giorgos Georgiannakis - European Commission, DG SANCO - Download presentation
12:00	12:20	ISA methodologies supporting the Common Information Sharing Environment for the EU Maritime Domain Fernando Dias Marques - Portuguese Directorate-General for Maritime Policy - Download presentation
12:20	13:30	Networking Lunch
PART 2: Semantic Interoperability for Public Services
13:30	14:00	Keynote - Peta vs. Meta, Rethinking Data Interoperability on the World Wide Web James Hendler - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Download presentation
14:00	14:20	Semantic Interoperability of Basic Data in the Italian Public Sector Giorgia Lodi - Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale (AgID) - Download presentation
14:20	14:40	Applying semantics and language technology in TMClass  to harmonise trademark registrations Jochen Hummel & Gudrún Magnúsdóttir - ESTeam AB - Download presentation
14:40	15:00	Semantic interoperability of Civil Status Registers by the International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS-CIEC) Panagiotis Gouvas - UBITECH - Download presentation
15:00	15:20	Coffee Break
15:20	15:40	Building on INSPIRE: Existing and missing components for cross-domain interoperability in the EU Andrea Perego - Joint Research Centre - Download presentation
15:40	16:00	Metadata interoperability - The DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe Leda Bargiotti - Publications Office of the European Union - Download presentation
16:00	16:20	Open Data Pipeline – publishing and linking government data Richard Cyganiak - DERI, NUI Galway - Download presentation
16:20	16:30	Conference wrap-up Margarida Abecasis - European Commission, DG DIGIT, Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations
16:30	17:30	Networking drink

What could you gain from SEMIC 2013?

• Expand your knowledge. Learn from real-life experiences of applying semantic models and technologies in cross-border e-Government applications, especially in the fields of public data and service interoperability. Find out how the Commission is supporting such work through related initiatives, such as ADMS and the eGov Core Vocabularies.
• Meet the experts. You will have a unique opportunity to meet some of the people that are driving the practice of semantic and linked data technologies in government settings in Europe and beyond. 
• Become part of our community. Take part in interesting discussions, share your thoughts and voice your opinion. 
• Enjoy and be inspired. Make the most of a pleasant day surrounded by interesting projects, ideas and people.

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Expected Participants:

The SEMIC 2013 is open to everyone interested in topics such as:

• Semantic interoperability
• Semantic technologies
• e-Government
• Metadata management
• Linked open data

The content of this conference will be most valuable to:

• Public Servants and professionals involved in national interoperability efforts at policy creation or implementation level;
• Representatives of large-scale pan-European projects;
• Representatives of standardisation bodies;
• Researchers;
• System integrators, software vendors and consultants.

State: Pending