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ISWC 2011 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference</div>
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October 23-27, 2011</div><div style="text-align:center">Bonn Germany</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10</div><div style="text-align:center">
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<div><br></div><div>ISWC is the major international forum where the latest research results and technical innovations on all aspects of the Semantic Web are presented. </div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div>ISWC 2011 offers an exciting research program which includes:</div><div><br></div><div>Keynote presentations from:</div><div><br></div><div>Alex (Sandy) Pentland - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US</div>
<div>Gerhard Weikum - Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics (MPI), DE</div><div>Frank van Harmelen - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL</div><div>Nigel Shadbolt - University of Southampton, UK</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/keynotes/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/keynotes/</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>50 Research papers with an acceptance rate of 19% <a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/program/research-papers/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/program/research-papers/</a></div><div>
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17 Semantic Web In-Use papers with an acceptance rate of 24%</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/program/semantic-web-in-use/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/program/semantic-web-in-use/</a></div>
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</div><div>16 Workshops</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/workshops/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/workshops/</a></div><div><br></div><div>7 Tutorials</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/tutorials/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/tutorials/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Industry Track</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/industry-track/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/industry-track/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Outrageous Ideas Track. Deadline: September 5</div>
<div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/outrageous-ideas-track/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/outrageous-ideas-track/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Poster and Demo Track</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/posters-and-demos/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/posters-and-demos/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Doctoral Consortium</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/doctoral-consortium/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/doctoral-consortium/</a></div><div><br></div><div>
Semantic Web Challenge. Deadline: September 30</div>
<div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/semantic-web-challenge/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/semantic-web-challenge/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Linked Data-a-thon: October 1 - 15</div>
<div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/linked-data-a-thon/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/calls/linked-data-a-thon/</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>We are pleased to announce that both the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Semantic Web Science Association (SWSA) have contributed funds to support participation by full-time students in ISWC 2011. SWSA and NSF will provide 10,000 € and $20,000 respectively, with NSF funds being earmarked to support students attending U.S. Universities. </div>
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<div><br></div><div>ISWC 2011 will take place in Bonn, Germany. Bonn is a 2000 year old city, founded by the Romans. It is the hometown of Ludwig van Beethoven and the capital of Western Germany from 1949 till 1990. Since then, the city has developed into a hub of international cooperation, particularly in the area of environment and sustainable development. The conference will be held at the Hotel Maritim in Bonn.</div>
<div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/bonn/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/bonn/</a></div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/travel-information/general-information/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/travel-information/general-information/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Information about visa and letter of invitation</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/travel-information/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/attending/travel-information/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The special rate at the conference hotel is only available due September 4th, other hotels till September 24.</div><div><a href="http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/travel-stay/" target="_blank">http://iswc2011.semanticweb.org/travel-stay/</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>ISWC 2011 is sponsored by:</div><div><br></div><div>Platinum Sponsors: Journal of Artificial Intelligence, FluidOps, Oasis Project, Thesus Project, Elsevier</div>
<div>Gold Sponsors: Yahoo! Research, Ontoprise, Poolparty, Microsoft Research, Softplant, Ontotext</div><div>Silver Sponsors: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, IEEE Intelligent Systems, IOS Press, IGI Global, Monnet Project</div>
<div>Semantic Web Challenge Sponsor: Elsevier</div><div>Award Sponsors: Render Project, Planet Data, Oasis Project</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div>You can email ISWC 2011 at <a href="mailto:confsec@uni-koblenz.de" target="_blank">confsec@uni-koblenz.de</a>, follow us on Twitter @iswc2011 or like us on Facebook.</div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to seeing you at ISWC 2011 in Bonn!</div>
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