RuleML-2008 Fall Program

["Jane Harnad" <jane.harnad@oasis-open.org>]

[The following message is sent on behalf of the organizers of RuleML-2008]

OASIS Members Receive a %10 Discount
  
This annual International Symposium on Rule Interchange and Applications
RuleML-2008 <http://2008.ruleml.org/>  brings together the best minds from
around the world to discuss and exchange new ideas, standards, practical
developments and experiences on issues pertinent to the interchange and
applications of rules in open distributed environments such as the Web. 

The Symposium (RuleML-2008 <http://2008.ruleml.org/> ) will enable delegates
to better understand Web Rules and Rule-Based Event Processing technologies
and their potential, and how to exploit these technologies in their
organizations. Enterprise architects, CTOs, senior business strategists,
researchers and R&D scientists, chief operating officers, CIOs, IT
implementers, project and program managers, system integrators, and senior
IT decision-makers will all be converging on RuleML-2008 which will take
place, October 30-31, 2008, in Orlando, Florida, co-located with the 11th
International Business Rules Forum (BR Forum
<http://www.businessrulesforum.com/> ). Speakers, attendees and supporters
of these aspects of Web rules and standards all look forward to sharing new
insights whilst learning from the broad network of professionals and
world-class scientists.  

Highlights of RuleML-2008 include:

- Keynotes:
   * David Luckham (Stanford University, USA) on complex event processing.
   * Michael Kifer (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA),
     on W3C's Rule Interchange Format (RIF). 
   * Paul Haley (Haley Ltd) on business rules.
   * 4th speaker (pending)

- Joint Lunch Panel with the Business Rules Forum about "Rules on the Web"

- RuleML-2008 Challenge with prestigious prices

- Lightning talks / Highlight talks

Papers will be published in Springer LNCS proceedings and a special journal
issue (IEEE TKDE pending) is forthcoming.

As an event supporter, all OASIS Members are entitled to a special
non-member discounted registration rate of %10 on the registration fee.
Members should use promotional code OASIS when registering online at:
http://2008.ruleml.org <http://2008.ruleml.org/> 

Group Discounts available for 3+ attendees from the same company.

For registration information, including group discounts, special hotel
rates, or to see a full conference program, please visit the conference
website (http://2008.ruleml.org <http://2008.ruleml.org/> ).

A RuleML-2008 Challenge with prizes will be organized to demonstrate tools,
use cases, case studies and applications.

Make RuleML-2008 your Web Rules showcase!