SEMIC 2014 - Semantic Interoperability Conference

Dinu Codreanu

Published on: 16/01/2014 Last update: 09/10/2017 Event Archived

09/04/2014

Athens, Greece
Where to stay?
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Arriving earlier or staying on?
Would you like to stay on and enjoy Athens? Will you arrive earlier and have time for an evening in the city? Find out more about what Athens can offer to you on the breathtaking Athens website or download the Athens City Guide applications. To discover more about Greece and its wonderful heritage, visit the http://www.visitgreece.gr/ webpage.
Greek National Centre for Public Administration
The National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA) is situated in Tavros area (177 78), on 211 Pireos Street.
Access
To reach our premises you can take the following Means of Public Transport:
Metro: Line M3 and get off at Keramikos Station, walk up to Pireos Str. (18 minutes walking distance). Click this link for an itinery via Google maps.
Electrical Train: Get off at Tavros Station, then walk towards Pireos Str. (appr. 12 minutes walking distance)
Bus: a) No 049: from Omonoia Square, get off at Tavros Station
b) No 914: from Omonoia Square, get off at Tavros Station
c) No 815: from Goudi, you pass from Vass. Sofia’s Ave, Panepistimiou Str., Omonoia Squ., get off at Tavros Station
Shuttle service
A shuttle service will be provided from and to the meeting center.
Registered participants will receive an email with detailed information regarding the organisation of this service.
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Learn from the trailblazers!

SEMIC 2014 brings together both the experts driving the practice of semantic technologies and those who have first-hand experience of implementing these standards in cross-border e-Government applications.

It's your chance to learn more about semantic technologies, be inspired by real-life case studies and share your own experience.

What to expect on the day

SEMIC 2014 offers a unique opportunity to explore how Public Administrations can use semantic technologies to make information exchange efficient and effective, allowing them to operate at lower costs and provide better services. The conference will be held in Athens on the 9th of April 2014, under the auspices of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Governance.

The conference addresses topics such as:

Metadata management and governance;
E-Document engineering methods;
Linked open government data;
Open Standards for eGovernment;
Core Vocabularies;
Data interoperability.

This one-day conference is organised by the ISA Programme of the European Commission. Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required and places are limited.

Meet our Keynote Speaker

Kshemendra Paul - Information Sharing Environment, United States

President Obama appointed Kshemendra Paul as the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), and Mr. Paul assumed the position on July 6, 2010. The Program Manager has government-wide authority to plan, oversee the build-out, and manage use of the ISE. The Program Manager also co-chairs the White House’s Information Sharing and Access Inter-agency Policy Committee (ISA-IPC).
Mr. Paul is a recognized leader across the public sector championing best practices for information sharing and access. He brings a wealth of experience in developing and implementing government- wide information technology systems, standards, and architectures, as well as working with State and local officials on information sharing standards and architecture.

Mr. Paul began his work in the Federal government at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2005 where he served as Chief Architect. While at DOJ, he led delivery and initial adoption of the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) across the national public safety, law enforcement, and homeland security sectors - an effort that has been highlighted as a critical component of the ISE’s success. In this role he led efforts around data standards and inter-operability across Federal, State, local, tribal, and private sector stakeholders.

Conference Programme

8:30 -

9:15

Registration & Coffee

9:15 -

9:30

Opening- Greek Presidency

Paraskevi (Evy) Christofilopoulou, Deputy Minister- Hellenic M inistry of Administrative Reform and e- Governance

9:30 -

9:40

Welcome to SEMIC 2014

Gertrud Ingestad, Director- DG Informatics B-Information Systems and Interoperability Solutions

9:40 -

9:50

ISA fostering semantic interoperability between public administrations in Europe

Vassilios Peristeras, Programme Manager- Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations - ISA Programme - European Commission

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9:50 -

10:35

Keynote talk

Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager- Information Sharing Environment, United States

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10:35 -

11:00

Coffee break

Session I: Metadata Governance and Management

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