Knowledge Technologies Conference 2002 - Schedule
Knowledge Technologies Conference 2002 / March 11-14, 2002 - Westin Seattle Hotel - Seattle, WA - USA
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Sunday, March 10
Pre-Conference Tutorials
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Practical Ontology Construction
ADAMS ROOM
Instructor: Carsten Tautz, Manager Research & Consulting, empolis Knowledge Management Division, Bertelsmann Mohn Media
Group
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Overview of Topic Maps
OLYMPIC ROOM
Instructors: Michel Biezunski, Consultant and Steven Newcomb, Consultant, Coolheads Consulting
Monday, March 11
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Opening Keynote - VASHON ROOM
Once & Future Knowledge
Dr. Richard L. Ballard, Knowledge Foundations, Inc.
Fasten Your Taxonomies; Hold on for the Classification Revolution
Dr. Claude Vogel, Semio Corporation
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Standards Updates - VASHON ROOM
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon - CASCADE 2
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Conference Workshops
Green Track: KM Management Strategies - CASCADE 1A
* Knowledge Management Strategies to Improve Business Performance
Chris Paladino, Accenture
* A 12 Step Guide to Calculating the ROI of Knowledge Sharing Solutions
Hossein Mousavi, AskMe Corporation
Blue Track: KM Implementation Strategies - CASCADE 1B
* Managing Communities of Practice
Greg Searle, Tomoye
* Building an XML Community of Practice
Scott Tsao, The Boeing Company
Gold Track: Knowledge Topics for Newcomers - CASCADE 1C
* The Role of Ontologies & Taxonomies in Knowledge Technologies
Carsten Tautz, empolis knowledge management GmbH
* Introduction to RDF
Uche Ogbuji, Fourthought, Inc.
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Conference Workshops
Green Track: KM Applications - CASCADE 1A
* Call Centers Powered by Knowledge Technologies
Jasmin Franz, empolis GmbH
* Text Mining: Tools, Techniques, and Applications
Nathan Treloar, AvaQuest
Blue Track: KM Technical Topics - CASCADE 1B
* Nexist: An Open Source Knowledge Toolkit
Jack Park, ThinkAlong Software
* KM: Practical Application of Advanced Technology
James Bair, Strategy Partners International
Gold Track: Knowledge Topics for Newcomers - CASCADE 1C
* Introduction to Topic Maps
H. Holger Rath, empolis GmbH
* Introduction to Semantic Web
Eric Miller, World Wide Web Consortium
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Nocturne: RDF Schema for Topic Maps - CASCADE 1A
Tuesday, March 12
9:00 am - 10:30 am Conference Workshops
Green Track: Topics for Managers - ADAMS ROOM
* KM and Dehumanization: A Reason to Resist
Donald Belles, The Boeing Company
* Effective Knowledge Organization Across All Media Types
John-Henry Gross, Convera
Blue Track: Knowledge Organization Strategies-OLYMPIC ROOM
* Document Ontologies in Library and Information Science
Allyson Carlyle, Information School, University of Washington
* Strategies for Subject Navigation of Linked Web Sites using RDF Topic Maps
Jean Godby, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Gold Track: Late-Breaking News - ST. HELEN ROOM
(until 9:45 am)
* The Reference Model for ISO 13250 Topic Maps
Michel Biezunski and Steve Newcomb, Coolheads Consulting
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Conference Tracks
Green Track: Wireless Knowledge - ADAMS ROOM
* Knowledge Building Through Wireless: A Philippines Case Study
Janette Toral, DigitalFilipino.com
* Speed to Knowledge
Roger Mizumori, Mobile Management Forum
Blue Track: KO Technical Topics - OLYMPIC ROOM
* Layered Information Modeling and a Knowledge Organization Paradigm
Joseph Tennis, University of Washington, Information School (iSchool)
* Application and Evaluation of the Topic Map for Organizing Japanese Cultural Resource Data
Mari Nagase, PhD, Shizuoka University and Motomu Naito, Incubate Inc.
Gold Track: KM Implementation Strategies - ST. HELEN ROOM
* Building a Topic Maps Repository
Xia Lin, Drexel University
Jian Qin, Syracuse University
* Making Knowledge Management Work with XML, XLink, Topic Maps, and AI
H. Holger Rath, empolis GmbH
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon with Exhibits - GRAND BALLROOM
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Conference Tracks
Green Track: Topics in KO & KR - ADAMS ROOM
* netOrganization
Angelo Canaletti BrainWorkers Ltd.
* A Common Ontology for Linguistic Concepts
Scott O. Farrar University of Arizona
Blue Track: Knowledge Representation - OLYMPIC ROOM
* Context Graphs, Concepts, Knowledge and the Semantic Web
David Dodds, DDWyndham
* A Standard for Knowledge Verification Through Source Representation
John Spragge, Dancing Cat Software
Gold Track: Tools and Services - ST. HELEN ROOM
* Electronic Publishing: weLEAD in Learning
Howard Baker, University of Louisiana Monroe
* Smart Knowledge Management for Uncertain Times
Sudheer Koneru, Click2learn
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Conference Tracks
Green Track: Topic Maps for Implementers - ADAMS ROOM
* Methods for the Automatic Construction of Topic Maps (double session)
Eric Freese, ISOGEN International and Steve Pepper, Ontopia
Blue Track: RDF (until 4:45 pm) - OLYMPIC ROOM
* RDF Powers the Next-Generation Application
Uche Ogbuji, Fourthought, Inc.
Gold Track: Knowledge Technology Futures - ST. HELEN ROOM
* Metaphorical Processing in Knowledge Technology and AI
David Dodds, DDWyndham
* Metaphorical Interfaces
Kurt Cagle, Cagle Communications
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Reception with Exhibits - GRAND BALLROOM
Wednesday, March 13
9:00 am - 10:30 am Conference Workshops
Green Track: Semantic Web - ADAMS ROOM
* Towards a Semantic Taxonomy
Kurt Conrad, Sagebrush Group and Bo Newman, The Knowledge Management Forum
* Introduction to the Semantic Web
Suellen Stringer-Hye, Vanderbilt University
Blue Track: Semantic Web - Technical - OLYMPIC ROOM
* Where are the Sematics in the Semantic Web?
Michael Uschold, The Boeing Company
* DAML and RDF Topic Maps
Nikita Ogievetsky, Cogitech, Inc.
Gold Track: Tools and Services - ST. HELEN ROOM
* The empolis Knowledge Suite - A Unique Combination of Unique Tools
H. Holger Rath, empolis GmbH
* The Omnivore: Knowledge Interchange using Topic Maps in Arbitrary Syntaxes
Sam Hunting, eTopicality, Inc.
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Knowledge Communities Panel - CASCADE 1A
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon with Exhibits - GRAND BALLROOM
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Closing Keynote - CASCADE 1 A
Negotiation Instead of Legislation
John Sowa, Chief Scientist - Genumerix, Inc.
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