** About 250 participants have already registered. Please note that the deadline for early registration will end tomorrow, July 31. **

From September 2 – 4, 2009 I-SEMANTICS brings together LOD aficionados in GrazGraz is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria. It has a population of 291,890 as of 2010 (of which 258.605 have principal residence status). Graz has a long tradition as a student city: its six universities have more than 44,000 students. .../Austria. Chris Bizer (FU BerlinFreie Universität Berlin is one of the leading research universities in Germany and distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. Freie Universität Berlin is the largest of the three universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on humanities and social ...) will give an invited talk on “The Emerging Web of Linked Data” and the winners of the Triplification Challenge ’09 will be honoured.

Submissions to the Triplification Challenge ’09 are still possible till August 9, 2009. The descriptions should be submitted electronically via email to Michael Hausenblas with the subject Triplification Challenge.

Further highlights of the conference will be …

Keynote presentations from

• Paolo Traverso (FBK, Italy)
• Eric Tsui (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ChinaChina is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity. In 1949, when major combat ended in the Chinese Civil War, two political entities emerged having the term "China" in their names: File:Flag of the People's ...)
• Peter Kropsch (Austrian Press Agency, Austria)

Pragmatic Web Track

We are delighted to host the 4th AIS SigPrag International Pragmatic Web Conference Track at I-SEMANTICS. The special track  is centered around the study of “pragmatics” in the Semantic Web. It draws attention to how communicative actions with a pragmatic context are performed via Web media and illuminates how mutual understanding and commitments to actions can evolve in conversations. For additional information see http://www.pragmaticweb.info/

International Cooperation Event

Due to the huge success in the last two years the Styrian Economy Funding Agency (SFG) in cooperation with the Enterprise EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea to the ... Network (EEN) again decided to organize an International Cooperation Event. You can sign up for the International Cooperation Event free of charge by registering on the official cooperation event website.

I-KNOW ’09 – International Conference on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Technologies

I-SEMANTICS ’09 will be held concurrently with I-KNOW ’09. This special concept aims at bridging the gaps between the various communities and their technology fields. The overall program includes about 90 scientific presentations from all over the world. A German-speaking industry track offers about 30 industry presentations and an exhibition.

We look forward to welcoming you to Graz in September 2009!