[Call for Participation – apologies for cross-posting]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in the 5th International Conference on Semantic Systems (i-Semantics 2009) and the 4th AIS SigPrag International Pragmatic Web Conference Track (ICPW 2009) which will be held at together with the i-Know 2009, 2 - 4 September 2009, Messecongress|Graz, Austria.

i-Semantics 2009: http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/

Pragmatic Web: http://www.pragmaticweb.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=1

All together we received 128 submissions from which 20 full papers and 9 short papers were selected for i-Semantics 2009 and 5 full papers and 5 short papers were selected for the Pragmatic Web conference track. More than 400 participants have already registered to I-SEMANTICS ’09 / ICPW 2009.

Deadline for online registration ends on Friday, 28th at 5pm.

You will be offered an exciting venue to exchange new ideas and learn more about Semantic Web, Pragmatic Web, Corporate Semantic Web, Linked Open Data Web, Social Semantic Web, Organizational Semiotics, as well as practical developments, standards and experiences in latest industry technologies in these fields.

The program is available at: http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/program

Highlights of the program

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- 3 Keynotes

x Peter Kropsch (CEO Austrian Press Agency)

When technologies are drivers, integrated concepts are needed for success!

x Paolo Traverso (Director of the Center for Information Technology – IRST)

Towards a Future Internet of Services and Content

x Professor Eric Tsui (Associate Director of the Knowledge Management Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)

KM education, adoption and research in Hong Kong: The KMRC perspective

- 4th AIS SigPrag Pragmatic Web Conference Track

x Pragmatic Web Panel Discussion

x Pragmatic Web Tutorial by Ronald Stamper(Professor (retired) University of Twente) about Organizational Semiotics and Pragmatic Web

- 3rd International Cooperation-Event

- LINKED OPEN DATA Triplification Challenge

- Exibition

- Semantic Web Industry Day

- Panel Discussion

- Paper Presentations

We are looking forward to welcome you in Graz!

Your i-Semantics/Pragmatic Web team