The Semantic Technology Conference Announces Keynote Speakers for 2nd Annual Conference; Conference Focuses on the Commercialization of Emerging Semantic Web Technologies.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Semantic Technology Conference (SemTech 2006), the leading conference on semantic technology in the U.S., today announced its lineup of keynote speakers for SemTech 2006 on March 6-9, 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

The featured speakers are:

--James Hendler from the University of Maryland and Ora Lassila of Nokia Research Center who will discuss the "Current Status and Future Promise of the Semantic Web." Hendler and Lassila are co-authors (with Tim Berners-Lee) of the seminal Semantic Web article that appeared in Scientific American five years ago.

--Deborah McGuinness of Stanford University, and one of the most prominent academic voices of the intersection of semantic web technology and business, will delve into the topic of "Making Web Applications Trustable."

--Mills Davis of Project 10X will speak about "The Market for Semantics," and will share the research and analysis that has gone into his recent ground-breaking report "Semantic Wave 2006: Executive Guide to Billion Dollar Markets."

The four-day conference sessions and keynotes will explore the commercialization and emerging applications of semantic technologies in both enterprise systems and the Internet. SemTech 2006 is designed for IT business executives -- CTOs, CIOs, VCs, CEOs, and other decision makers challenged with making systems more productive, by making the meaning of information more explicit, so that it can be understood by computers.

"This is our second year producing the Semantic Technology Conference and the interest from all industry sectors is tremendous in the subject of semantics," said Tony Shaw president of Wilshire Conferences. "This is a technology with a potentially ubiquitous impact on IT. For those who attend, our goal is to provide practical education and information that can be applied today."

Conference Sessions

Additional speakers include Eric Miller, the Semantic Web activity lead for the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium); Doug Lenat, founder of Cycorp; and Dave McComb, author of the book "Semantics in Business Systems."

With more than 80 different sessions, SemTech 2006 has something for everyone -- from basic non-technical business sessions on "Semantics in Perspective" to more technical discussions on "Semantics in GRID Computing," "Semantic Web Services," and specific industry ontologies.

SemTech 2006 is co-sponsored by major industry players including Cerebra. Cerebra leads the way in technology innovation and driving standards in the application and commercialization of semantic technology to unify data, content, and policy across organizations.

For more information or to register for this event, please visit www.semantic-technology.com.

About The Semantic Technology Conference

The Semantic Technology Conference (SemTech) is the leading educational conference on the commercial applications and opportunities for the burgeoning semantic technology industry. Launched in 2005, the conference immediately established itself as the convergence point for developers, entrepreneurs, investors and corporate customers. SemTech is organized by Wilshire Conferences (www.wilshireconferences.com) of Los Angeles and Semantic Arts (www.semanticarts.com) based in Boulder, Colorado. Wilshire Conferences is an IT-education firm that specializes in organizing events in which corporate practitioners can meet and share implementation experience. Semantic Arts is a boutique software architecture firm. Dave McComb, president of Semantic Arts and author of "Semantics in Business Systems" (Morgan Kaufmann) is the conference chairman.