[Fwd: [announce] SECOND ANNUAL OASIS SYMPOSIUM - THE FUTURE OF XMLVOCABULARIES]

["Monica J. Martin" <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

Each member or observer that will be attending the OASIS symposium, 
please let me know if there is an interest in an ebBP meeting. Thanks.
Jane Harnad wrote:

>SECOND ANNUAL OASIS SYMPOSIUM - THE FUTURE OF XML VOCABULARIES
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>Website: http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/
>Dates: 24-29 April 2005
>Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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>The OASIS Symposium is a two-day event that blends technical and
>application-oriented presentations with invaluable networking
>opportunities. Preceding the OASIS Annual General Members Meeting and
>three days of OASIS TC meetings, the Symposium represents the largest
>face-to-face gathering of OASIS members., The OASIS Technical Advisory
>Board presents a program that brings together leading experts sharing
>their understanding and experience to help the XML and OASIS community
>build stronger, more useful vocabularies. Sessions consider a full range
>of topics including UBL, Versioning and Development, Semantics and
>Ontologies, and Experiences/Case Studies/Verticals. Of particular
>interest this year, are presentations focusing on lessons developers and
>designers have learned (and are continuing to learn) about the evolution
>of vocabularies.
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>PRE-SYMPOSIUM TUTORIALS - on Sunday, 24 April are FREE to all Symposium
>Registrants. The list of tutorials include: 
>~  Creating UBL Conformant Schema
>~  Information Constraint Processing with IBM's BICS 
>~ Document Engineering: Designing Documents for Transactions and Web
>Services 
>~ The Web Services Modelling Ontology 
>MORE DETAILS:
>http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/tutorials.php
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>SYMPOSIUM PRESENTER LINE-UP:
>~  William Barnhill, Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton 
>~  Jon Bosak, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>~  Anthony Coates, Chief Architect, London Market Systems 
>~  David Connelly, CEO, Open Applications Group 
>~  Peter Denno, Computer Scientist, NIST 
>~  Alan Doniger, Chief Technology Officer, Petrotechnical Open Standards
>Consortium 
>~  Bob DuCharme, Consulting Software Engineer, Reed Elsevier 
>~  Paul Ehrlich, Individual 
>~  Jim Gabriel, Architect, digitalML Ltd.
>~  Erik Hennum, Information Architect / IBM DITA Domains Architect, IBM
>Corporation 
>~  Ken Laskey, Lead Engineer and Technical Lead, Mitre Corporation 
>~  Dave Orchard, Technical Director, BEA Systems, Inc.
>~  Ash Parikh, Director of Development and Technology, Raining Data
>Corporation 
>~  Ellen Perry, Manager, MTG Management Consultants, LLC 
>~  Martin Roberts, B2B Solutions Designer, BTplc 
>~  John Ruegg, Director, LA County Information Systems Advisory Body 
>~  Bryan Schnabel, Information Architect, Individual 
>~  Gunther Stuhec, Standards Architect, SAP 
>~  Paul Tearnen, VP Standards Management, RosettaNet 
>~  Darrel Thomas, Chief Technologist, EDS Hosting Services
>MORE DETAILS:
>http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/program.php
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>RELATED EVENTS HELD INCONJUNCTION WITH THE SYMPOSIUM INCLUDE: 
>~  The OASIS Annual General Meeting (AGM) ~  OASIS Technical Committee
>Meetings ~  Birds-of-a-Feather (BoFs)~  OASIS TC Lightning Rounds ~
>Beyond Robert's Rules: Effectively Chairing an OASIS Committee Workshop
>~ OASIS Book Table 
>MORE DETAILS -
>http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/related_events.php
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>REGISTRATION EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT AVAILABLE 
>Register for the Symposium before 1 April 2005 to take advantage of
>the early-bird discounted fee of 350 USD for OASIS Members and 400 USD
>for non-members.After the early-bird deadline, the cost increases by 50
>USD. Symposium registration includes access to all Symposium sessions,
>luncheons, coffee breaks, receptions, and associated materials, as well
>as access to Pre-Symposium Tutorials. 
>MORE DETAILS:  -
>http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/registration.php
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>ACCOMMODATIONS - ROOM BLOCK DEADLINE IS 28 MARCH 
>A limited number of rooms are available at the special OASIS Symposium
>rate of 179 USD/single and double. High-speed wireless Internet access
>in both the sleeping and meeting rooms are included in the above group
>rate. Please make your reservations by calling the hotel directly,
>identifying yourself as an "OASIS Symposium Attendee".  The deadline for
>securing this rate is 28 March 2005, however, it is very possible that
>the OASIS room block will sell out before that date. The event coincides
>with the popular New Orleans Jazz Festival. All attendees are advised to
>reserve early!
>MORE DETAILS:  -
>http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2005/hotel_info.php
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