Ontology Summit 2008: Face-to-face Workshop Registration

Event: . OntologySummit2008 face-to-face workshop

Date: . 28 & 29-April-2008 (Monday & Tuesday) - all day

Session Details: . see /FaceToFaceAgenda

For On-site Attendees

...The original NIST program and registration page is at this link. Registration for on-site participation is now closed. See below to get registered for remote participation.

Anyone who has registration-related question could try e-mailing: Mark Carlisle <carlisle[at]cme.nist.gov> or call (+1) 301.975.2776 (the number that was included in people's registration confirmation message.

For Remote Attendees

... to register for participation, please add your name (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the Ontolog community) below, or e-mail <peter.yim@cim3.com> so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. Make sure you specify which session(s) you plan to attend (ref. OntologySummit2008/WorkshopRegistration/FaceToFaceAgenda) if you are only planning to join us on specific session(s) and not the entire workshop. ... Thanks. =ppy

Registered Remote Attendees

• Teresa Bailey (NASA/JPL) - Apr-28 all day and Apr-29 pm
• Carl Mattocks - Apr-28 only
• Arturo Sanchez
• Michael Pendleton (EPA) - both 4/28 & 4/29 full day
• Bruce Bargmeyer - April 28 & 29
• Peisheng Zhao (GMU) - April 28 & 29
• -- Wolfgang Mayer (University of South Australia) - previously registered; now unable to attend
• Rex Brooks - April 28 only
• Denise Bedford - switched from on-site to remote participation
• John Graybeal
• John Bateman
• Maryann Martone (UCSD) - switched from on-site to remote participation
• Bob Smith -morning of the 28th, all day on 29th
• Antoinette Arsic - both
• William Bug (UCSD) - both
• Boris Petkoff (Accord Systems, Berlin, Germany)
• Nancy Lawler
• Brand Niemann, US EPA and SICoP (switched from on-site to remote participation)
• John Cabral
• Mike Pendleton (EPA)
• (add your name here)

Conference Call Details

• Date: Monday & Tuesday, April 28 & 29, 2008
• Day-1 Start Time: 5:30am PDT / 8:30pm EDT / 12:30 UTC
  • ref: World Clock
  • refer to the OntologySummit2008/WorkshopRegistration/FaceToFaceAgenda to session timing details
• Expected Call Duration: 2 days (may break in 4/28 am, 4/28 pm, 4/29 am & 4/29 pm.)
• Dial-in Number:
  • Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120
  • When calling in from a phone, use Conference ID: "5823120#"
  • from a US telephone (US): +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
  • from Europe, call:
    • Austria 0820-4000-1574
    • Belgium 070-35-9989
    • France 0826-100-277
    • Germany 01805-00-7649
    • Ireland 0818-270-034
    • Italy 0848-390-175
    • Netherlands 0870-001-932
    • Spain 0902-886-051
    • Switzerland 0848-560-195
    • UK 0870-738-0763
  • callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers

• Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
  • view-only password: "ontolog"
  • if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts.
  • people behind corporate firewalls may have difficulty accessing this. If that is the case, please download the [ slides] [ below] and running them locally. The speaker(s) will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk.

• Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips

• This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda

• Please note that this session will be recorded, and the audio archive, along with the entire proceedings of the session, are expected to be made available as open content to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

Questions, Answers & Discourse for remote participants

• (Unless the conference host has already muted everyone) Please mute your phone, by pressing "*2" on your phone keypad, when the talk is in progress. To un-mute, press "*3"
• If you want to speak or have questions or remarks to make, please "raise your hand (virtually)" by pressing "11" on your phone keypad. You may speak when acknowledged by the speaker or the session moderator. Test your voice and introduce yourself first before proceeding with your remarks, please.
• You can also type in your questions or comments through the browser based chat session by:
  • pointing a separate browser tab (or window) to http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room and enter: Room="ontolog-summit-2008" and My Name="Your Own Name" (e.g. "JaneDoe")
  • or point your browser to: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/ontolog-summit-2008
    • instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field). You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen.
• For those who have further questions or remarks on the topic, please post them to the [ontology-summit] forum so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse. (One needs to be subscribed to this archived mailing list first before posting. See subscription details here.)