----Apologies for cross-postings---- VALA is pleased to advise that full details of the inaugural VALAtech Boot Camp will be available on our Website on Monday 7 December, together with a link to enable registered delegates to apply for a free place in the session(s) of their choice.
Already announced has been the OCLC API Mashathon, on Monday 8 February 2010. We are very pleased indeed to be able to make the following announcement. Please feel free to pass it on! THOMSON REUTERS' TOM TAGUE JOINS VALA CONFERENCE LINE-UP IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA OpenCalais Initiative Lead to Share Insights and Perspectives on Emerging 'Web 3.0' Trends VALA is delighted to welcome Thomas Tague, OpenCalais Initiative lead from Thomson Reuters, to the VALA2010 conference(www.vala.org.au/conf2010.htm). "I am extremely pleased to join the impressive roster of speakers at the VALA conference this year," said Thomas Tague, OpenCalais Initiative lead, Thomson Reuters. "Some of our earliest adopters have been based in Australia, including the pioneering Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, and we look forward to meeting face-to-face with the region's top content experts to exchange insights and ideas on building success in tomorrow's content landscape." OpenCalais is the fastest way to tag the people, places, companies, facts and events in content. Found at OpenCalais.com, the free service makes it easy to streamline editorial processes, enhance the value of content and drive user engagement. ? Tuesday, 9 February, 2:05 - 3:45 p.m., Boot Camp: OpenCalais Workshop: OpenCalais Initiative lead, Thomas Tague will hold a workshop during VALA's first Boot Camp, sharing the top 10 ways to add value to content with the free OpenCalais service. ? Wednesday, 10 February, 3:15 - 4:40 p.m., 'Office Hours' in Thomson Reuters booth (#59 & 60): Tom will be available to answer questions on how OpenCalais can help you streamline content operations and enhance the value of your content. ? Wednesday, 10 February, 4:40 - 5:40 p.m., Top Trends Panel: Tom will join the discussion of the rapidly evolving new content economy, including innovations in the Semantic Web and the dialogue between content and users in next-generation information portals. ? Thursday, 11 February, 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. 'Next up? The Linked Content Economy': Tom will share insights on the emerging media landscape - and the rapidly evolving ecosystem of open data assets - based on more than two years spent meeting with publishers, content curators and entrepreneurs in the 'Web 3.0' space. OpenCalais (www.opencalais.com) is a free Semantic Web service from Thomson Reuters. OpenCalais used natural language processing (NLP) and text analytics to analyse content, finding the entities, facts and events it contains. Used by publishers such as The New Republic, Al Jazeera, CBS Interactive / CNET, and the Huffington Post, OpenCalais allows content providers to build richer and more engaging content. About Thomas (Tom) Tague: Tom Tague leads the Thomson Reuters OpenCalais initiative and overseas the developer community at www.opencalais.com. He is an internationally recognised expert and keynote speaker on top trends in the semantic web, and is a regular on Paul Miller's Semantic Web Gang (http://cloudofdata.com/category/podcast/). About the OpenCalais Initiative: The OpenCalais initiative supports the interoperability of content and advances Thomson Reuters mission to deliver intelligent information by connecting all the world's business-relevant content. It offers free metadata generation services, developer tools and an automatic connection to the Linked Data cloud. The free OpenCalais service and open API makes it easy to automate content operations, enhance content, increase audience engagement and extend distribution across the content ecosystem. Visit OpenCalais.com. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com Alyson Kosina Executive Officer VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. Reg No A0011933K ABN 75 344 574 577 P.O. Box 509 Mooroolbark VIC 3138 Phone: (03) 9725 2725 Fax: (03) 8625 0079 Email: vala at vala.org.au
