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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Reminder - Deadline approaching -
September 15, 2006</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>2nd Call for Papers </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE
SEMANTIC WEB IN HEALTH CARE AND THE LIFE SCIENCES</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>held in conjunction with<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SEMANTIC WEB CONFERENCE (ISWC) 2006, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">ATHENS</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">GA</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>under the auspices of the W3C HCLSIG.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Life Science Research and Health Care are areas undergoing phenomenal
growth, holding much promise for our future as long as we can manage and apply
the new knowledge gained without driving up costs. Key to their success is the
implementation of new informatics models that will unite many forms of
biological and medical information across all institutions, through the
encoding of meaning into the data and their interpretations. By focusing on the
semantics of information, researchers will have more access to the knowledge
required to effectively find cures to diseases, while doctors will have better
tools for individualized clinical management of patients.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The W3C Semantic Web Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group
(HCLSIG) <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/"
title="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/">http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>was chartered in December of 2005 to
develop and support the use of Semantic Web technologies and practices to improve
collaboration, research, development and the adoption of innovation in Health
Care and the Life Sciences.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>In
January of 2006, HCLSIG hosted its first face-to-face meeting <a
href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/f2f-2006/f2f-summary.html"
title="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/f2f-2006/f2f-summary.html">http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/hcls/f2f-2006/f2f-summary.html</a>
to define a set of activities focused on reducing the barriers to adoption. As
a part of this process, we are organizing the first international workshop on
the Semantic Web in Health Care and the Life Sciences in conjunction with ISWC
2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Aims:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Our aims for this workshop are threefold. First, we expect the workshop
to provide a current snapshot of the application of Semantic Web technologies’
development trajectory.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Secondly,
to provide an opportunity to showcase health care and the life sciences as an
aspect of the Semantic Web to a wider audience within the Semantic Web
community and to interested external parties. Thirdly, to provide a forum for
discussion that will facilitate forward planning of both the W3C HCLSIG and
more generally the research and development agenda of the wider community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Audience:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The workshop encourages participation from both academia and industry
with an emphasis on the theoretical and practical aspects of applying Semantic
Web technologies to the challenges of Health Care and the Life Sciences. We
look forward to industry to present its requirements and use cases, and
academic and industrial researchers to present their ideas and solutions. We
encourage participation from:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Health Care,
Clinical, and Life Science Consortia<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Research
Institutes and Centers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Pharmaceuticals
and Biotechnology Companies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>IT Solution
Vendors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Government
Agencies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We invite presentation proposals that focus on the application of the
Semantic Web to the life sciences and/or health care. The emphasis of the
presentation should be on real world implementations that highlight the value
added by utilizing a Semantic Web based implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Topics of Interest:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Core
vocabularies and ontologies to support cross-community data integration and
collaborative efforts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tools for
transforming clinical and life science data into RDF and OWL formats<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Guidelines and
Best Practices for Resource Identification to support integrity and version
control<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Better
integration of Scientific Publication with people, data, software,
publications, and clinical trials<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Knowledge
ecosystems and knowledge lifecycle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Ontologies in
life sciences: knowledge representation, ontology creation, maintenance and
evaluation in health care and the life sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Applications of
SW in clinical protocols and pathways<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Applications of
SW in drug safety and efficacy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Industrial
applications of SW technologies in drug discovery and personalized health care<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Submissions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Contributions are sought for position papers for presentation. Position
papers should be submitted <a href="mailto:iswc2006-hcls-cfp@predmed.com"
title="mailto:iswc2006-hcls-cfp@predmed.com">iswc2006-hcls-cfp@predmed.com</a>
by the submission date.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>See website for submission details.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please note, by submitting an abstract, you are granting permission for
your abstract and presentation to be posted on this Wiki: <a
href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop"
title="http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop">http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Abstract Submission: 15 September, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Notification of acceptance: 1 October, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Workshop Dates: <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>5 or 6
November, 2006<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>(TBD, check
website)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Organizing Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tonya
Hongsermeier, Partners Health Care System<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Joanne Luciano,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Harvard</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Medical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
Predictive Medicine, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Eric Neumann,
Teranode Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>• <span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Susie Stephens,
Oracle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information on the workshop, the webpage is available at: <a
href="http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop"
title="http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop">http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLS/ISWC/Workshop</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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