Semantic Web Conference

Invitation to
"Semantic Web Conference"

It is defined by W3C that Semantic Web is a vision : the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications.

Since Semantic Web was proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1999, it has been regarded as one of the most promising Web technologies for the next generation, which may be able to promote the 2nd IT revolution and has been studied by many research projects in Europe and the United States.

Under these circumstances, Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing, Japan (INTAP) and Keio Research Institute at SFC are to hold the following conference.

By this conference, the organizers wish that IT-related researchers in Japan will deepen their recognition on the technology and they will promote their research.

At the conference, there are presentations made by overseas and domestic researches about the latest situation of technology development of Semantic Web and XML together with the past history and future prospect of standardization activities by W3C.

In addition, there are presentations made from the business point of view by researchers of private enterprises about the latest situation of Semantic Web and XML technology.

The organizers strongly wish that as many people as possible who are interested in this new kind of technology will participate in the conference.

(Conference Details)

Conference Name :

"Semantic Web Conference"

- Latest Situation of the Next Generation Web Technology which may be able to promote the 2nd IT revolution -

Date and time :

October 29th, 2001 (Mon.) 13:30 - 17:30

Venue :

The Hall of North Building at the Mita Campus of Keio University
(2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo Tel (+81-3-3453-4511)

Organized by :

Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing, Japan (INTAP)
and
Keio Research Institute at SFC

Sponsored by :

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
(METI: Final approval of sponsorship will be obtained later)
and
three organizations such as

Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
Internet Association Japan (IAjapan)
Information Processing Society of Japan(IPSJ)

Cosponsored by :

Nikkei Internet Technology

Participants :

Approximately 200 persons

Program :

13:30-13:35: Welcome Speech by Organizer
13:35-13:45: Honorable Guest Speech (METI Executive Officer to be invited)
13:45-14:15: Standardization Activities by W3C
(Dr. Nobuo Saito, Vice-president, Keio University)
14:15-15:05: Dublin Core Metadata at OCLC
(Mr. Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative,Online Computer Digital Library Center Office of Research):Presentation to be made in English and translated to Japanese literally
15:05-15:20: (Coffee time)
15:20-16:00: Current Situation and Perspective of Semantic Web and XML
(Prof. Tatsuya Hagino, Faculty of Environmental Information, and Director, SFC Information Technology Center of Keio University)
16:00-16:30: RDF and RDF Schema (Mr. Noboru Shimizu, NEC Corp.)
16:30-17:00: DAML+OIL, Ontology (Mr. Makoto Imamura, Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
17:00-17:30: Metadata Application System (Mr. Jun-ichi Toyouchi, Hitachi, Ltd.)

(Chaired by Mr. Akifumi Kambara, INTAP)

Contact :

If you have any question or are interested in joining the conference, please make contact with the following person.

Takeshi Imai, Senior Researcher,

INTAP

Tel +81-3-5977-1301

Fax +81-3-5977-1302

E-mail:imai@intap.or.jp