The Semantic Web, eGov and Homeland Security - Updated 9/15/2003

Semantic Web technologies are spearheading the Government's efforts for information integration, application interoperability and asymmetric search! 

• September 8th, 2003 Semantic Technologies for E-Gov Workshop
  From the agenda ...
  
  UPDATE:
  The presentation and handout were very popular and generated tremendous excitement.  The momentum for semantic web technologies is clearly building amongst government agencies.
  
  White House Conference Center, Truman Room, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• 8:30 - Welcome and Logistics - Brand Niemann, Chair, CIO Council's Web Services Working Group.
  8: 45 - Keynote. The Semantic Web and DOD's Virtual Knowledge Base (VKB). Michael Daconta, Chief Architect on DOD's VKB and senior author of "The Semantic Web: A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management" (Wiley Technology Publishing, May 2003). Presentation, Demonstrations, and Discussion.
  
  Additional information available at http://www.web-services.gov/
  
  
• eGov 2003.  The emerging Semantic Web and its Benefits for Homeland Security.  Here is a pdf file of the presentation.  More information on this on the conferences page.
  
  
• More to follow...