SemTech Conference Unveils Major Advances in Web 3.0 and Semantic Technologies that Customers Can Use Today

Culver City, CA (PRWEB) May 19, 2009

SemTech 2009, the industry's largest conference on semantic technologies, today announced keynote sessions, sponsors, and forthcoming industry news. To be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, 14-18 June, the five day annual SemTech conference draws hundreds of executives, technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics, and evangelists from across the globe to experience more than 220 hours of business and technically-oriented presentations.

"Our keynote speakers are going to show us all some fabulous opportunities for Semantic Technology today, from the stunning interface of Siri to new publishing platforms at the New York Times" said Tony Shaw, SemTech Conference Chair and Editor of SemanticUniverse.com. "The Semantic Search panel is the first time the heavyweights of Semantic Search have assembled in one place to discuss the technology and business of semantic search. And our opening Keynote, Tom Tague of Thomson Reuters, has probably met with more "real" customers and developers in the last year than any other individual so his assessment of the biggest opportunities and challenges for semantic products is going to set the tone for the entire conference."

SemTech's lively keynote presentations are a popular industry draw, where luminaries and innovators share their unique perspective on the role of semantics. They include:

• Tuesday, 16 June (8.30-9.15AM)-- The Big Picture: How Semantic Technologies Introduce a New Paradigm for Interaction

Presenter: Tom Tague, Calais Thomson Reuters

• Tuesday, 16 June (9.15-10.00AM)-- The Game Changer: Bringing Intelligence to the Interface

Presenter: Tom Gruber, Siri

• Wednesday, 17 June (8.30-9.45AM) -- Executive Round Table: Semantic Search

Moderator: Carla Thompson, Guidewire Group.
Panelists: Tomasz Imielinski, Ask.com; Peter Norvig, Google; Riza Berkan, Hakia; Scott Prevost, Microsoft Live Search/Powerset; William Tunstall-Pedoe, TrueKnowledge; Andrew Tomkins, Yahoo!Search

• Thursday, 18 June (8.30-9.30AM) -- Semantics at The New York Times

Presenters: Rob Larson and Evan Sandhaus, The New York Times

As the leading platform for launching semantics-based initiatives and products, SemTech anticipates numerous industry announcements from an array of participants such as:

• (Platinum Sponsor) STI International
• (Gold Sponsors) Calais Thomson Reuters; Collibra; Franz; TopQuadrant; and Zepheira
• (Silver Sponsors) AdaptiveBlue, Cambridge Semantics, and Ontos
• (Exhibitor) iQuest Analytics
• (Supporting Sponsors) Guidewire Group and W3C

Additional event sponsors and exhibitors include: Platinum--Metatomix and Oracle; Gold--Ontotext; Silver--BBN Technologies, Microsoft Live Search, Saltlux, SemanticV, TextWise, and Yahoo!Search; Exhibiting Sponsors--Cycorp, Expert System, and KBSI; and Supporting Sponsors--Peer39, and Project10X. Select sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are still available; please contact Steve Bastasini on +1 415 740 5528 or steve(AT)semanticuniverse(DOT)com for more information.

SemTech Media Partners include KMWorld, Mashable, and ReadWriteWeb. Registration is available free of charge to credentialed members of the press and analyst community; for more information, contact Sally Khudairi on +1 617 921 8656 or sk(AT)haloworldwide(DOT)com.

For the full conference program and to register, please visit the conference website.

ABOUT SEMTECH
Now in its fifth year, SemTech is the world's largest conference on semantic technologies. SemTech is the only event focused on the commercialization of semantic technologies, bringing the most recognized names, knowledge, leadership, and innovation in the semantic community together at one location. SemTech is owned and operated by Semantic Universe--the semantic industry's trusted information resource. Semantic Universe is a joint venture between Wilshire Conferences and Semantic Arts, whose portfolio of services and events are the industry standard for education and professional development. They include Enterprise Data World; the international Data Governance series; Designing and Building Business Ontologies; Enterprise Information Management Conference; and Information and Data Quality Conference; as well as the Data Strategy Best Practices Council and Data Strategy Journal. For more information, visit SemanticUniverse.com.

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