Keynote Speakers

Dr. Sören Auer

University of Leipzig, Germany

Dr. Sören Auer leads the research group Agile Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web (AKSW) at Universität Leipzig. His research interests include semantic data web technologies, knowledge representation, engineering & management, usability, agile methodologies as well as databases and information systems. He aims to combine strong theoretical results with high-impact practical applications. Sören is author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications resulting in a Hirsch index of 15. Sören is leading the large-scale integrated EU-FP7-ICT research project "LOD2 - Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data". Sören is founder (respectively co-founder) of several high-impact research and community projects such as the Wikipedia semantification project DBpedia or the social Semantic Web toolkit OntoWiki. He is co-organiser of several workshops, programme chair of I-Semantics 2008, OKCON 2010, ESWC 2010 and ICWE 2011, area editor of the Semantic Web Journal, serves as an expert for industry, the European Commission, the W3C and is member of the advisory board of the Open Knowledge Foundation.

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Title of presentation: Linked Data an easy entry into service-oriented architectures? [abstract]

Prof. Jörg Becker

University of Münster, Germany

Jörg Becker is a Full Professor for Information Systems and Information Management at the University of Münster and Managing Director of the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) - an international network of scientists conducting cooperative research in the field of information systems. Since 2008 he has been the Vice-Rector for Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance of the University of Münster.

His research interests include Conceptual Modeling, Business Intelligence, and Business Process Management as well as their application in the fields of retail, e-government, and service science.

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Title of presentation: Process Management – The Next Steps [abstract]

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Abstracts

Sören Auer: Linked Data an easy entry into service-oriented architectures?

Over the past 4 years, the semantic web activity has gained momentum with the widespread publishing of structured data as RDF. The Linked Data paradigm has therefore evolved from a practical research idea into a very promising candidate for addressing one of the biggest challenges in the area of the Semantic Web vision: the exploitation of the Web as a platform for data and information integration. The question which will be discussed in this talk is whether Linked Data can complement and facilitate Service-Oriented-Architectures in the Enterprise. We will introduce the main concepts and ideas behind Linked Data and look into how these can be applied in the enterprise context.

Jörg Becker: Process Management – The Next Steps

Effective process management is an essential success factor for organizations. Organizations in all domains require lean and efficient processes to remain competitive. However, the implementation of an appropriate process management is a challenging and error-prone endeavor. As a major reason for this, the lack of effective and comprehensible methods has been identified. Moreover, due to rising market dynamics detailed knowledge of the internal business processes is crucial to develop competitive advantage. Market trends have to be identified and needs for action have to be established early to be prepared for market changes and to react accordingly. Therefore, it is necessary that the company’s processes are transparent and starting points can be identified quickly. Concentrating on this aim, an approach is needed to support the capturing of processes in a meaningful and syntactically correct way to be able to improve them in a goal-oriented fashion.