ESWC 2009

The vision of the Semantic Web is to enhance today's Web by exploiting machine-processable metadata. The explicit representation of the semantics of data, enriched with domain theories (ontologies), will enable a web that provides a qualitatively new level of service. It will weave together a large network of human knowledge and makes this knowledge machine-processable. Various automated services will help the users to achieve their goals by accessing and processing information in machine-understandable form. This network of knowledge systems will ultimately lead to truly intelligent systems, which will be employed for various complex decision-making tasks. Semantic Web research can benefit from ideas and cross-fertilization with many other areas: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Databases and Information Systems, Information Retrieval, Multimedia, Distributed Systems, Social Networks and Web Engineering. Many advances within these areas can contribute towards the realization of the Semantic Web.

The 6th Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009) will present the latest results in research and applications of Semantic Web technologies.
ESWC 2009 will also feature a tutorial program, system descriptions and demos, a posters track, a Ph.D. symposium and a number of collocated workshops. The calls for these events are separate and can be found on the conference Web site (http://www.eswc2009.org/).

ESWC 2009 is sponsored by STI2, Semantic Technology Institutes International. For more information on STI2, please visit http://www.sti2.org.

Important Dates:

Papers
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Abstract Submission         December 08, 2008 (compulsory)
Full Paper Submission      December 15, 2008 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification                     February 23, 2009
Camera Ready                 March 09, 2009

Demos
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Submission            January 16, 2009 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification            February 23, 2009
Camera Ready        March 09, 2009

Posters
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Submission            March 23, 2009 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification            April 20, 2009
Camera Ready        May 11, 2009

In-Use Track
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Submission            December 15, 2008 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification            February 23, 2009
Camera Ready        March 09, 2009

Workshops
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Proposal Submission    November 22, 2008 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification                 December 08, 2008

Tutorials
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Proposal Submission         January 07, 2009 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification                     January 21, 2009

Panels
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Proposal Submission         February 02, 2009 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification                     February 23, 2009
Final Panel Description       March 09, 2009

Phd Symposium
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Submission            March 16, 2008 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
Notification            April 13, 2008
Camera Ready        April 27, 2008