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<h1>W3C Semantic Tour</h1>
<h1>10 - 24 June 2003</h1>
<p>The World Wide Web Consortium (<a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C</a>) is
holding a series of one day events across Europe from June 10 to 24, 2003.
The goal of this <strong>W3C Semantic Tour</strong> is to promote W3C
technologies bringing to the Web the idea of having data defined and linked
in a way that it can be used for more effective discovery, automation,
integration, and reuse across various applications.</p>
<p>The Tour will visit <a href="#Roma">Rome</a>, <a
href="#London">London</a>, <a href="#Munich">Munich</a>, <a
href="#Athens">Athens</a> and <a href="#Brussels">Brussels</a>. All events
are open to the public and free of charge. The schedule is as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tuesday <strong>10 June</strong> 2003, <strong>Rome</strong></li>
<li>Thursday <strong>12 June</strong> 2003, <strong>London</strong></li>
<li>Tuesday <strong>17 June</strong> 2003, <strong>Munich</strong></li>
<li>Thursday <strong>19 June</strong> 2003, <strong>Athens</strong></li>
<li>Tuesday <strong>24 June</strong> 2003, <strong>Brussels</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Please note that the talks' slides will be available either on a local
agenda or on the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/Overview.html">Upcoming
Talks</a> page.</p>
<p>The mission of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is to "lead the Web to
its full potential" by evolving the Web as a universal, interoperable,
robust, scaleable, and accessible infrastructure. W3C is the organization
where core Web technologies are developed, and W3C's main deliverables are
its Recommendations (specifications).</p>
<h2>Semantic Web</h2>
<p>Semantic comes from the Greek words for <em>sign</em>, <em>signify</em>,
and <em>significant</em>, and today means of or relating to meaning, often in
language. Call the Semantic Web the world’s largest, bottom-up,
never-ending systems integration project, with the goal of making everything
interoperate intelligently.</p>
<p>Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web back in 1989, had this
vision, now shared by many, of a Web of data which machines can process.</p>
<blockquote>
<em>"The Semantic Web is an extension of the current web in which
information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and
people to work in cooperation."</em> -- Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, Ora
Lassila, <a
href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=00048144-10D2-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21&catID=2">The
Semantic Web</a>, Scientific American, May 2001</blockquote>
<p>The mix of content on the Web has been shifting from exclusively
human-oriented content to more and more data content. For the Web to reach
its full potential, it must evolve into a Semantic Web, providing a
universally accessible platform that allows data to be shared and processed
by automated tools as well as by people.</p>
<p>The Semantic Web is an initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),
and the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/">W3C Semantic Web Activity</a>
has been established to serve a leadership role, in both the design of
specifications and the open, collaborative development of technology.</p>
<h2><a name="Roma" id="Roma">W3C in Rome, Italy - Pontificia Università
Gregoriana - 10 June</a></h2>
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<dt><strong>Detailed Agenda</strong>: available in <a
href="http://www.w3c.it/events/st/">Italian</a></dt>
<dt></dt>
<dd><p><strong>Invited Speakers</strong>:</p>
<p>* Daniel Dardailler - W3C Associate Chairman for Europe</p>
<p>* Massimo Marchiori - W3C/MIT</p>
<p>* Michele Missikoff - CNR-IASI</p>
<p>* Nicola Guarino - CNR-ISTC</p>
<p>* Jeremy J. Carroll - HP Labs</p>
<p>* Guido Vetere - IBM Software Group Rome Lab</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Rome Registration page</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Where</strong>: <a href="http://www.unigre.it/">Pontificia
Università Gregoriana</a>, Piazza della Pilotta, 4, 00187, Roma</p>
<p><strong>Tel.</strong> 06-67011</p>
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<p><strong>Local Organizer</strong>: <a
href="mailto:Oreste.Signore@cnuce.cnr.it">Oreste Signore</a> - <strong><a
href="http://www.w3c.it/">W3C Italy Office</a></strong></p>
<h2><a name="London" id="London">W3C in <strong>London, United Kingdom -
Regents Park - 12 June</strong></a></h2>
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<dl>
<dt><strong>Detailed <a
href="http://www.w3c.rl.ac.uk/FutureEvents/sw_tour/London_event_announce.html">Agenda</a></strong></dt>
<dt></dt>
<dd><p><strong>Invited Speakers</strong>:</p>
<p>* Ora Lassila - Nokia</p>
<p>* Ivan Herman - W3C Head of Offices</p>
<p>* Brian Matthews - CCLRC Rutherford Appleton laboratory</p>
<p>* Andy Seaborne - Hewlett Packard Research Lab.</p>
<p>* Michael Moss - Rolls-Royce</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Exhibitors - W3C Members in UK and Ireland</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>London Registration Page</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Where</strong>: Regents Park, <a
href="http://www.londonzoo.co.uk/weddings/wedl_0000001067.html">Huxley
Conference Theatre</a>, London, NW1 4RY</p>
<p><strong>Tel:</strong> 020-7449 6260 ; <strong>Fax:</strong> 020-7722
2852</p>
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<p><strong>Local Organizer</strong>: <a
href="mailto:m.d.wilson@rl.ac.uk">Michael Wilson</a> - <strong><a
href="http://www.w3c.rl.ac.uk/">W3C UK and Ireland Office</a></strong></p>
<h2><a name="Munich" id="Munich">W3C in Munich, Germany - Astron Hotel
Muenchen Deutscher Kaiser - 17 June</a></h2>
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<dt><strong>Detailed Agenda</strong>: available in <a
href="http://www.w3c.de/Events/2003/SWtour.html">German</a></dt>
<dt></dt>
<dd><p><strong>Invited Speakers</strong>:</p>
<p>* Philipp Hoschka - W3C Deputy Director for Europe</p>
<p>* Ivan Herman - W3C Head of Offices</p>
<p>* Mario Jeckle - Daimler-Chrysler</p>
<p>* Jürgen Angele - Ontoprise</p>
</dd>
<dt></dt>
<dd><strong>Munich Registration page</strong>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Where</strong>: <a
href="http://www.nbportal.com/germany/munich/astronmuenchendeutscherkaiser.asp">Astron
Hotel Muenchen Deutscher Kaiser</a>, Arnulfstr. 2, Munich</p>
</dd>
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<p><strong>Local Organizer</strong>: <a
href="mailto:Klaus.Birkenbihl@w3c.de">Klaus Birkenbihl</a> - <strong><a
href="http://www.w3c.de/">W3C Germany and Austria Office</a></strong></p>
<h2><a name="Athens" id="Athens">W3C in Athens, Greece - Hotel Divani Caravel
- 19 June</a></h2>
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<dt><strong>Detailed Agenda</strong>: available in <a
href="http://www.w3c.gr/office/events/2003/st/agenda.el.html">Greek</a> and
in <a
href="http://www.w3c.gr/office/events/2003/st/agenda.en.html">English</a></dt>
<dt></dt>
<dd><p><strong>Invited Speakers</strong>:</p>
<p>* Daniel Dardailler - W3C Associate Chairman for Europe</p>
<p>* Stelios Orphanoudakis - ERCIM and ICS-FORTH Director</p>
<p>* Pantelis Tzortzakis - FORTHnet S.A.</p>
<p>* Dominique Hazaël-Massieux - W3C Team Member</p>
<p>* Grigoris Antoniou - ICS-FORTH</p>
</dd>
<dt></dt>
<dd><strong>Athens Registration page</strong>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Where</strong>: <a
href="http://www.divanis.gr/divanicaravel/">Hotel Divani Caravel</a>, 2
Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue, Athens (<a
href="http://www.divanis.gr/divanicaravel/map.htm">Access Map</a>)</p>
<p>Tel: +30 210 7207000.</p>
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<p><strong>Local Organizers</strong>: <a
href="mailto:adoxast@ics.forth.gr">Anna Doxastaki</a> and <a
href="mailto:markatos@ics.forth.gr">Evangelos Markatos</a> - <a
href="http://www.w3c.gr/"><strong>W3C Greece Office</strong></a></p>
<h2><a name="Brussels" id="Brussels">W3C in Brussels, Belgium - Diamant
Building Congress Centre - 24 June</a></h2>
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<dt><strong>Detailed Agenda</strong>: available in <a
href="http://www.w3c.nl/bruxelles_24juin2003.shtml">French</a>, <a
href="http://www.w3c.nl/brussel_24juni2003.shtml">Dutch</a> and <a
href="http://www.w3c.nl/brussels_24june2003.shtml">English</a></dt>
<dd><p><strong>Invited Speakers</strong>:</p>
<p>* Ivan Herman - W3C Head of Offices</p>
<p>* Daniel Dardailler - W3C Associate Chairman for Europe</p>
<p>* Frank van Harmelen - Free University Amsterdam</p>
<p>* Franco Mastroddi - Information Society DG unit E2</p>
<p>* Peter Brown - European Parliament</p>
</dd>
<dt></dt>
<dd><strong>Brussels Registration page</strong>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Where</strong>: <a href="http://www.diamant.be/">Diamant
Building Congress Centre</a>, 80 Bd A. Reyers, Bruxelles</p>
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<p><strong>Local Organizer</strong>: <a href="mailto:F.A.Roos@cwi.nl">Frank
Roos</a> - <a href="http://www.w3c.nl/"><strong>W3C Benelux
Office</strong></a></p>
<h2>Press Contact</h2>
<p>Marie-Claire Forgue - <a href="mailto:mcf@w3.org">mcf@w3.org</a> - +33 4
92 38 75 94</p>
<h2>About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]</h2>
<p>The W3C was created to lead the Web to its full potential by developing
common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.
It is an international industry consortium jointly run by the <a
href="http://www.lcs.mit.edu/">MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT
LCS)</a> in the USA, the <a href="http://www.ercim.org/">European Research
Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics</a> (ERCIM) headquartered in
France and <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio University</a> in Japan.
Services provided by the Consortium include: a repository of information
about the World Wide Web for developers and users, and various prototype and
sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology. To date, 410+
organizations are <a href="/Consortium/Member/List">Members</a> of the
Consortium. For more information see <a href="/">http://www.w3.org/</a></p>
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<address>
<a href="mailto:mcf@w3.org">Marie-Claire Forgue</a> - W3C European
Communications Officer
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