i-KNOW 2012

Keynotes

We are very excited to present to you the keynoters who we have the honor of presenting at I-Know 2012:

Lora Aroyo

Associate Professor of Intelligent Information Systems Web and Media within the Department of Computer Science at the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Lora has gained fame through her work on integrating Web and TV data with the help of semantics (watch Social Web & TV scenarious; watch the Social Web & TV demonstrator). Within her keynote she will give insights into this emerging field and its opportunities.

Erik Duval

Professor in the research unit on human-computer interaction, at the computer science department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Erik’s current favorite research topics focus on Research 2.0 and Learning Analytics. In his keynote he will present ideas on how to innovate research practices. He will also be a key participant of our Research 2.0 Special Track. In general, Erik’s research focuses on management of and access to structured and unstructured data, including federated search, harvesting, content management, but also more end user oriented aspects like information visualization, mobile information devices, multi-touch displays and mash-ups. Erik has been applying his research results to technology enhanced learning and ‘research2.0′.

David Mallon

Vice President and Research at Bersin & Associates.

David has more than fifteen years of experience in corporate learning strategies, programs and processes and in the selection and implementation of learning and performance solutions and related technologies. Mallon is a frequent presenter at key industry events such as those of ASTD, the e-Learning Guild, Online Educa and the UK’s Learning and Skills Group. His keynote will examine the business value of a high-impact learning culture such as reflection, knowledge sharing and empowerment. For instance, companies with such a culture are 18% more likely to be a market-share leader in one or more of their markets. Moreover, following topics will shortly be outlined:

  • The critical dimensions and practices that define a High Impact Learning Culture™
  • The surprising truth about what is and is not important
  • The connection of learning culture to business performance
  • Seven repeatable strategies to make learning pervasive, including actual companies’ success case examples
  • A check list for your next steps

Andreas Schneider

Vice President Life Science Alliances at Roche Diagnostics.

Besides being the vice president of the Life Science Alliances at Roche Diagnostics, Andreas is acting as an active member in the global PAT CoP (Community of Practices) Steering Committee, as a co-chair of PAT CoP global Data Management Team, and as a committee member at the ISPE International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.

Andreas has among others much experience in pharmaceutical industry and PAT.

 Chris Welty

Research Scientist at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, NY.

Chris is best known for his work on ontologies, in the Semantic Web, and specifically the OntoClean project. Chris will contribute his vast experiences on Semantics to the conference. He is a Research Scientist at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, NY, and formerly a professor in the Computer Science Department of Vassar College and a distinguished lecturer of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Synergies of Knowledge Computing Disciplines

i-KNOW 2012 brings together international researchers (in the English speaking i-Science Track) and practitioners (in the German speaking i-Praxis Track) from the fields of knowledge management and knowledge technologies. Opening and closing keynotes and a conference-wide i-Exhibition complete the i-KNOW conference program.

From both research and innovative practice perspectives the following topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:

  • Knowledge Management
  • Knowledge Technologies
  • Knowledge Context, Sensors, and Mobile Devices
  • Knowledge Evolution
  • Knowledge Discovery

i-KNOW 2012 will be held concurrently with I-SEMANTICS 2012, the International Conference on Semantic Systems.