If you are present online, then the Semantic Web is going to impact your business. If you store huge amounts of data then the Semantic Web is also going to impact your business. Momentum has gathered with the Semantic Web especially since Facebook announced the Open Graph protocol at F8. Google and Yahoo search engines use Semantic Web technologies to better understand web pages and put them into context. Your business can also use the Semantic Web internally to better organise it’s Data. Some businesses and organisations using and benefiting from Semantic Web technologies are:

• BBC
• New York Times
• Guardian newspaper UK
• EDF
• NASA
• University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
• Renault
• AUDI
• Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Statoil, Norway
• Chevron, United States
• Bankinter, Spain
• Sun Microsystems
• Tata Consultancy Services Limited, India

Programme Outline

Many businesses have heard about the Semantic Web and may be wondering what it is. Companies rich in silos of data may be considering the use of and implementing Semantic Web technologies to integrate the different data stores.

The Semantic Web tends to come across as complicated to many business holders. The aim of this workshop is to give you a gentle introduction to it and the new technologies associated. During this workshop you will learn how to determine whether the Semantic Web is relevant for your business and your target market. In this workshop you’ll discover:

Overview

• What the Semantic Web is.
• Why it is important to know about it and the competitive advantage it can give to your business.
• The need to be progressive and move on with the new technology as it emerges.
• A Web of data versus a Web of Documents – the difference.
• An introduction to Semantic Web technologies.
• What Linked Data is.
• Who has benefited from implementing it
• Who are the big players and how they are shaping the landscape

Outcomes

The attendee should have a broad overview of what the Semantic Web is, an understanding of some of the technologies involved. They will also know What businesses are using the Semantic Web and how it have benefited them. They will understand the impact on their business.

• Date: Wednesday, 28th of July 2010
• Time: 2:00pm – 6:00 pm
• Location: The Best Western Premier Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place, Dublin – (MAP)
• Cost: €200

Educator

Knud Möller is a Web and Semantic Web researcher at DERI, where he spent several years working on topics such as collaborative technologies, data lifecycles and networked knowledge. He received a PhD from the National University of Ireland, Galway on the topic of “Lifecycle Support for Data on the Semantic Web”, and also holds an MA in linguistics from the University of Cologne, Germany, and a BA from the University of Bergen, Norway. Knud has published and continues to publish his research in a range of papers and has applied it in a range of European projects, such as Nepomuk and FAST.