[CFP] BAST2007: Business added-value of semantic technologies, Vienna, Austria May31, June1 2007

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                        CALL FOR PAPERS

                           BAST2007
                   http://events.deri.at/bast2007/

                    May 31 - June 1, 2007

                       1st workshop on
          BUSINESS ADDED-VALUE OF SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES

                        at  ESTC 2007 (http://www.estc2007.com)
           1st European Semantic Technology Conference
              May 31 � June 1, 2007 Vienna, Austria
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MAIN TOPICS

** APPLICATIION OF SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN ENTERPRISES
** BENEFIT OF SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN ENTERPRISES
** ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE DUE SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN ENTERPRISES


CIOs are starting to acknowledge the technical value of semantic
technologies for enterprises. In the last five years early adopting
players have been increasingly using them in various application
settings ranging from content management to enterprise integration
platforms. Despite this promising position, it is still difficult to
argue in favor of semantic technologies in front of the CFOs because
of the lack of convincing measurable benefits.
The workshop addresses the value proposition of semantic technologies
for business purposes. It is intended as a networking event for early
adopters willing to share their experiences in adopting semantics at
corporate level, and for other interested parties looking for best
practices and success stories with this respect. In particular we aim
at experience reports from enterprises addressing

** benefits of semantic technologies in SOA-based enterprise architectures
** benefits of semantic technologies for multi-device management
** efforts and problems occurring in adopting semantic technologies at
corporate level, including the changes

triggered by this adoption at process and organizational level, and
the need for training and additional know-how

** evaluation criteria and methods to assess the quality and compare
alternative technological solutions.
** the way the usage of semantics achieves efficiency gains
** instruments to derive and estimate the value of semantic
technologies from quantitative and qualitative

criteria, and to visualize the effect on overall costs and revenues
according to the economic value added principle

The workshop also seeks for original academic work in the respective
field including
** methods to estimate the cost of introducing semantic technologies
into enterprise environments
** methods to anticipate the cost savings achievable through semantic
technologies
** methods to estimate the option of investing in semantic
technologies in terms of their potential business value.


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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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We invite submissions of experience reports or research reports
reflecting both research in progress and validated results that
address any relevant dimension of the problem.

Interested parties are invited to submit experience reports of up to 5
pages or research reports of up to 8 pages, which will be reviewed by
the members of the programme committee for feedback purposes.
Additionally, please send an abstract (max. 300 words) including
title, main message (problem statement � approach - solution) and a
short CV of the presenter. Alternatively, we accept the slides used in
the presentation and the abstract.

Submission of papers will take place electronically at the workshop
website or can be send by email to the workshop organizers.

For accepted submissions, at least one author must register for the
workshop in order for the paper to be scheduled in the workshop
program. At the workshop we expect a 30 min. presentation of the
reported results and 15 min. discussion.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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May 14, 2007 			Paper submissions due
May 21, 2007 			Acceptance notification
May 31, 2007 11:00 � 15:30 Workshop at the ESTC 2007


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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Elena Simperl, DERI Innsbruck, Austria
Christoph Tempich, Detecon International GmbH, Germany

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Witold Abramowicz, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Christopher Bussler, Cisco, US
Alistair Duke, BT, UK
Martin Hepp, DERI Innsbruck, Austria
Thomas Hoppe, T-Systems, Germany
Ora Lassila, Nokia, US
Alexander L�ser, SAP AG, Germany
Christian M�ws, Detecon, Germany
Atanas Kiryakov, Ontotext, Bulgaria
Janne Saarela, Profium, Finland
Klaus Schild, Toll-Collect GmbH, Germany
Raphael Volz, Institut FZI, Universit�t Karlsruhe, Germany

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CONTACT
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Elena Simperl, DERI Innsbruck, Austria
first name.surname at deri.org

Christoph Tempich, Detecon International GmbH, Germany
first name.surname at detecon.com

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