ATTENTION!!! To RSVP please go to the LA Semantic Web group page here: http://j.mp/lasemweb-0311
We need a single RSVP list in order to arrange for badges and parking. Event will be closed for RSVPs by April 24th, so hurry up.
This will be a joint meetup between LA Sematic Web, LAPHP, LAMySQL and LAWebSpeed groups.
Semantic Web (aka Web 3.0) technologies are rapidly gaining popularity, however often they are not very well understood within the developer community. Due to the popular demand we decided to make the introduction talk to give the high level overview on what it is all about.
SPEAKERS
Eric Franzon is an executive with experience in highly technical subject areas, business analysis, marketing, communications, and operations. Semantic Technology/Web 3.0 evangelist, consultant and business analyst.
Eric helped build the Semantic Technology ("SemTech") Conference, is VP Community at SemanticWeb.com, and is an Affiliate Analyst with Chris Shipley's Guidewire Group.
Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on using and evangelizing forward-leaning technologies. He has a background as a system architect, a developer, a security consultant, a mentor, a team lead, an author and a trainer and operates in all of those roles as needed. His experience has spanned the online game, defense, finance, academic, hospitality, retail and commercial domains. He has worked with a wide variety of technologies such as network matrix switch controls, 3D simulation/visualization, Grid Computing, P2P and Semantic Web-based systems. He is President of Bosatsu Consulting, Inc. and lives in Los Angeles, CA.
TOPIC
Introduction to Semantic Technologies - Your On-Ramp to the Web of Data
So, you're interested enough in Web 3.0/Semantic Web to come to a Meetup. You know that people are talking about it, but you aren't exactly sure why. What is it really? And what is it not? What's the value? What are all these acronyms people keep talking about: RDF, OWL, SPARQL? What's a "triple" and why should you care? Does this have anything to do with "linked data"?
Maybe you already know the answers to these questions, but when you talk about SemWeb to friends and colleagues, they back slowly away... At this Meetup, we'll address some of these core questions in an easy-to-understand way – even if you have never seen a line of computer code.
Come join reknowned presenter Brian Sletten (Bosatsu Consulting) and Eric Axel Franzon (SemanticWeb.com) for this friendly and fun introduction!
Attendees will learn:
- The basics of core Semantic Technologies
- How the technologies are being used today
- More technical folks will also learn some helpful ways to simply and clearly explain SemTech to their favorite business user, web developer, potential investor, or barrista!
SPONSORS
Fox Digital Media is hosting the location for us.
10201 West Pico Blvd, Building 103, Room 1150 A (Learning Center)
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Refreshments TBA.
RAFFLE
TBA (probably some books from Apress).
HOW TO ENTER THE RAFFLE
Tweet or Share on Facebook a thank you to our sponsors & use our group hashtag #LASemweb.
PARKING
Parking will be provided. We will update this page as well as email attendees when the parking lot is finalized.
GIVE A RIDE, GET A RIDE
If you'd like to carpool, please post your location in the carpool thread.
It's always a shame when we hear that someone wanted to attend but couldn't because of the distance.
SPECIAL NOTE:
We will need people to RSVP with their full name in order to arrange badges and parking. RSVP's will be closed April 24th in order to provide lead time for this purpose.
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
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@temojin
@ericaxel
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@joedevon
@olegbaranovsky
Sponsors:
WebMediaBrands
Hashtag (please use this one when tweeting about this event)
#LAWebspeed
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