W3C Semantic Tour: Event in
Brussels
24 June 2003
(See elsewhere for the proceedings)
(This page will be updated regularly.)
 General information
On 24 June 2003 a W3C event will take place in
Brussels organised
by the Benelux W3C Office in the context of the
"W3C Semantic
Tour".
A similar one-day event will also take place in other European cities
on different dates.
The subject of these events is "WWW the Semantic Web". The Web
is an application built on top of the Internet and, as such, has
inherited its fundamental design principles. Along with evolution (accomodate
future technologies) and decentralization (eliminate dependencies),
This concept of "Semantic Web" closely relates to the mission of
W3C, that produces and publishes on XML based "Recommendations" ("standards",
specifications) for further Web evolution. XML for instance was a
"Recommendation", that originated from W3C in 1998.
Today the current and future WWW without XML would be unthinkable.
Programme
- 09.00 Registration
- 10.00 Welcome - Frank Roos - Manager W3C Benelux Office
- 10.00 Franco Mastroddi - Information Society DG unit E2
- 10.30
Daniel Dardailler - Associate Chairman for Europe
(Overview of W3C operations and activities)
- 11.00 Break
- 11.30 Ivan Herman - W3C Head of Offices
(High-Level Overview of
W3C Technologies)
- 12.15 Discussion
- 12.45 Lunch break
- 13.45 Frank van Harmelen - Free University Amsterdam (Semantic Web: Why and (a little bit) How)
- 14.30 Ivan Herman - W3C Head of Offices
(Semantic Web Overview)
- 15.15 Break
- 15.45 Peter Brown - European Parliament ParML Coordination (The European Parliament and
the Semantic Web - some considerations)
- 16.15 Questions and answers panel discussion - chaired by Frank Roos Manager of the W3C Benelux Office
- 17.00 End
Audience
In random order:
- Those who are interested
- W3C members
- Policy makers and decision makers (in the ICT world)
- Technicians (in the ICT world)
- Representatives of the media
Registration
Registration till 17 June 2003 through an
online registration facility of Congress Bureau of the CWI or
by sending an e-mail to
.
There is no registration fee for the full day.
Lunch and coffee are included.
More information
More information can be provided by
(Frank Roos).
Press contacts
Press contacts:
(W3C European Communications Officer) and
(Frank Roos).
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