SMWCon Spring 2011


SMWCon Spring 2011
The 3rf conference on Semantic MediaWiki (SMWCon) brings together developers, users, and organizations from the semantic wiki community around the world.
Conference details
Location Raytheon BBN Technologies office in Arlington, Virginia, USA
Start: April 28, 2011
Finish: April 30, 2011
General Chair: Jesse Wang
Local Chair:
Program Chair:




Type: SMWCon
Audience: Everyone
Feed: RSS feed, Atom feed
Wikidata-ID: Q42407148
Address
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1300 North 17th Street, Arlington, VA 22209
Raytheon BBN Technologies office in Arlington, Virginia, USA
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Washington, D.C. in the spring

The Spring 2011 SMWCon was held on April 28-30, 2011 at the Raytheon BBN Technologies office in Arlington, Virginia, in the Washington, DC area.

It was the longest SMWCon yet, at three days, and included a "tutorial day" for the first time. The basic schedule was:

  • Tutorial Day: Thursday, April 28 (NEW)
  • Conference: Friday, April 29: presentations, case studies, applications
  • Conference: Saturday, April 30: more presentations, plus panel and group discussions

SMWCon has so far been a twice-yearly Semantic MediaWiki Conference. For more information, see SMWCon.

General info[edit]

Description[edit]

SMWCon brings together developers, users, and organizations from the Semantic MediaWiki community around the world.

As with the previous SMWCons, SMWCon Spring 2011 will include presentations and discussions about current applications and the future development of Semantic MediaWiki and its extensions and applications. Participants are invited to present their own work and to discuss experiences and ideas. While the conference will have scheduled presentations, each will encourage free discussion and a rapid exchange of ideas.

View the event on LinkedIn here.

Follow along on IRC using #semantic-mediawiki.

Location[edit]

BBN Meeting Location, ride elevators to 6th floor

The conference will take place at the Raytheon BBN Technologies office at:

1300 North 17th Street, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22209
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You can see directions to get there by car or metro here. The location is a short metro ride from Washington Reagan National Airport. It is a 30 minute taxi ride from Washington Dulles Airport. Parking at the BBN Technologies building is $14 per day. You can gain access to the parking deck from 17th street, just past the building.

BBN is the black glass building.

For security reasons, attendees need register with our host BBN (same-day on-site registration is OK, only on weekdays).



Walking Directions from the Rosslyn Metro Station[edit]

From the Rosslyn Metro Station, exit the station onto N. Fort Meyer Dr. which is the small exit up a few steps directly behind you as you exit through the gates at street level (not the street where the bus stops are). Turn left and walk 1/2 block to Wilson Blvd. Turn Right onto Wilson and walk up the hill one block towards the Hyatt Hotel. Turn Left onto Nash St., and Nash will end at 1300 N. 17th St.

Travel[edit]

For international attendees who may need a visa, you can find more information about our invitation letter.

Suggestions and deals for flight arrangements:

Suggestions and deals for nearby hotels:

Be advised: Rt. 66 eastbound is HOV-2 from 6:30am-9:00am, so if you plan to commute into Arlington, either carpool or take alternate Rt. 50.

News[edit]

  • On January 15, 2011, organization committee generally agreed on conference dates, fees and content.
  • On October 26, 2010, Pre-conference survey is sent out; here is the real-time result.
  • On October 12, 2010, Raytheon BBN Technologies agreed to provide hosting services.

If you, or someone you know, are interested in sponsoring any part of the event, please contact Jesse Wang or anyone in our SMWCon organization committee.

Tutorial Day[edit]

On Thursday, April 28, we will have our first-ever Tutorial Day: a full day of instruction, meant to provide a solid basis of understanding for anyone who wants to use or administer Semantic MediaWiki. Everyone from complete newcomers to MediaWiki to people already using the software should be able to benefit.

Each section will be about 1.5 hours long, which may include a 10-minute break (optional, decided by tutorial speakers). There will be 30 minutes coffee break between sections in the morning and afternoon. Lunch break will be 1.5 hours.

Tutorial fee is $100/person ($50/student) including lunch and snack/drink.

Before the tutorial, there will be a short talk by our host BBN Technologies on logistics and security.

SMWCon Spring 2011 - Tutorials

Group Dinner[edit]

We will enjoy a relaxed group dinner on Thursday, April 28, 2011 following the Tutorial. All conference and tutorial attendees are welcome.

  • Location: Piloa; 3 blocks from BBN.
  • Time: 6pm
  • Cost: conference and tutorial combined attendees - no additional cost. conference only attendees - $30/person

We have arranged for a prix fixe menu. You can take a look at it and get an idea of your order.

Conference Days[edit]

The SMWCon 2011 Spring will be on Friday and Saturday 4/29-4/30.

The fee for the conference is $60/person ($30/student), including lunch and snacks/drinks for both days.

If you attend both the conference and the tutorial, the combined fee is $140/person ($70/student).

Combined conference fees also include a group dinner on Thursday evening (April 28, 2011). For people who only pay for the conference, the dinner is about $30/person extra.

Below is the current schedule for the conference:

SMWCon Spring 2011 - Conference Schedule

Things to do around the DC area[edit]

  • Washingtonian Restaurant Resource [1]
    • Gives a list of the 100 best restaurants in the Washington Area, and also the best Cheap Eats.
  • Washington Post Going Out Guide [2]
    • Gives a list of things happening around the DC area

Restaurants

  • Clarendon
    • Just two stops west on the Orange line, about 1.5 miles from the conference
    • Many good restaurants and bars
      • Liberty Tavern [3]
      • Restaurant 3 [4]
      • Circa [5]
      • Boulevard Woodgrill [6]
      • Mexicali Blues [7]
      • Faccia Luna [8]
  • Rosslyn
    • Cafe Asia [9]
    • Ray's Hell Burger
    • Ray's the Steaks
  • Dupont Circle
    • Take the orange or blue line to Metro Center, switch to the Red line to the Dupont Circle stop
    • Ideas for Restaurants and Bars [10]
  • China Town
    • Take the blue or orange line to metro center and walk a few blocks
    • Restaurant Ideas:
      • Matchbox [11]
      • Jaleo [12]
      • Ping Pong Dim Sum
  • Adam's Morgan/ U Street
  • Walking distance to Washington Monument
    • Old Ebbit Grill [16]

Museums/Monuments:

  • Smithsonian Museums [17]
  • Newseum [18]
  • Spy Museum [19]
  • Iwo Jima Memorial [20]
    • Located in Rossyln, just a few blocks away from the conference
  • Arlington National Cemetery [21]
    • viewable from Iwo Jima
    • Metro on blue line to Arlington Cemetery Metro stop
  • National Mall [22]
  • The National's Baseball team is in town this weekend
    • Saturday 4/30 Game at 4:05
    • Sunday 5/01 Game at 1:35
    • [23]
  • Farmer's Market in Dupont Circle on Sunday [24]
  • Eastern Market is a large farmers market open on the weekends [25]

Registration[edit]

Fee summary[edit]

  • Tutorial only (includes a dinner): $100/p (student fee: $50/p)
  • Conference only (includes NO dinner): $60/p (student fee: $30/p)
  • Combined tutorial and conference (includes a dinner): $140/p (student fee: $70/p)
  • Dinner for conference-only attendees: $30/p
  • For tutorial, keynote speakers and sponsors (includes a dinner): $0/p

The shop takes payments in USD, using any of these methods:

  • Credit card
  • Direct debit
  • Prepayment
  • Paypal

Please go to the ticket shop to register and purchase the ticket(s) you need: SMWCon 2011 Ticket Sales


Please bring a hardcopy of your ticket to the event!

Notes:

  • Tutorial speakers must register, too. Please buy the ticket "Ticket for tutorial speaker (includes a dinner)". We advise to buy the ticket as soon as you are sure that your tutorial is accepted.
  • If you are a student, please bring a proof of your status to the event.
  • Dinner is budgeted at $30-40/p, and is included for people attending the tutorials. Unfortunately, we cannot reduce the fee for people who don't wish to attend the dinner. For conference-only attendees, the dinner costs $30 extra per person.

Attendees[edit]

Please put your name below if you will be attending SMWCon.

  1. Jesse Wang
  2. Keith Fligg
  3. Andrew Cowell
  4. Eric Bell
  5. Clarence Dillon
  6. Suzy Tonini
  7. Yaron Koren
  8. Desirée Gennaro
  9. Bernadette Clemente
  10. Kelly Hatfield
  11. Keven Ring
  12. David Multer
  13. Daniel Hansch (ontoprise)
  14. Michael Erdmann
  15. Mary Beebe
  16. John Hebeler
  17. Wil Smith
  18. Mark Greaves
  19. Joel Natividad
  20. John Callahan
  21. Mike Dean
  22. Mason McLead
  23. Ning Hu
  24. Dorene Ryder
  25. Suzanne Collier
  26. Kristen Hunt
  27. Kazuhiro Kawaguchi
  28. Mike Cariaso
  29. Sherrod DeGrippo
  30. Yuna Wong
  31. Edward Swing
  32. Katie Filbert (User:Aude)

Pictures[edit]

SMWCon Spring 2011 Picasa Web Album

Video[edit]

Video of presentations from the Spring 2011 SMWCon will become available as they are processed and uploaded. The videos which have been completed so far are listed below:

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