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Dear Colleague, ****Please feel free to pass on this message***** It is with regret that VALA advises delegates to the VALA2010 conference that Dr Xiaolin Zhang, the Executive Director of the National Library of the Chinese Academy of Science, is unable to attend the VALA2010 conference to give his keynote address. Dr Zhang is unable to attend because of family health issues. However, in his place, VALA is delighted to announce that Tom Tague from OpenCalais in Boston will be giving a keynote address on the Semantic Web. Tom Tague is internationally recognised as a speaker on the Semantic Web. He gave a keynote address at last year?s Semantic Web conference in the USA http://www.semantic-conference.com/session/2120, and has participated in a number of the Tallis Semantic Gang session of podcasts http://semanticgang.talis.com/tom-tague. Thomas (?Tom?) Tague leads the Thomson Reuters OpenCalais initiative, spearheading strategy and product development. He also oversees the OpenCalais developer community at OpenCalais.com, evangelising the Calais Web service and its free and open API while working closely with commercial and non-commercial developers as well as publishers and media providers of all kinds. Previous positions include Executive Vice President, Client Solutions for Darwin Partners, and co-founder and COO for Tessera Enterprise Systems, as well as senior roles at Epsilon and Electronic Data Systems (EDS). On behalf of the VALA Programme Committee, we welcome you to the VALA2010 conference to hear Tom Tague?s plenary address in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 February. See the VALA2010 Programme web site for details http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010/prog2010.htm#tue. VALAtech Boot Camp News Still deciding about the Boot Camp Sessions? There are still some places at some sessions, which are free to registered delegates. Full details at http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010/boot2010.htm. VALA2010 L-Plate Series Interested in the L-Plate Series instead? Despite an early flood of applications, there are also still some places available, which are free to registered delegates. Full details at http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010/lplt2010.htm. VALA looks forward to seeing you at the Conference - less than two weeks to go! 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
