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Ontology Summit 2014: Face-to-face Workshop and Symposium - Registration, Venue and Access

Event: OntologySummit2014_Symposium (face-to-face workshop) hosted by the NCO_NITRD

The culmination of Ontology Summit 2014 - a 2-day workshop and symposium event in the Greater Washington, DC Area hosted by NCO_NITRD. The event will be held at the NSF Stafford Place (near the Ballston Station of the DC Metro - Arlington, Virginia) and will support both face-to-face (on-site) and virtual (remote) participation! ... Participation is free of charge.

Venue: NSF (4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, USA) - Stafford Place - Room I-1235 (12/F. NSF Board Room)

Date: 28 & 29-April-2014 (Monday & Tuesday) - all day

Session Details: See OntologySummit2014_Symposium

  • The National Science Foundation (NSF) is located at 4201 Wilson Boulevard (Stafford Place I), Arlington, VA 22230. The OntologySummit2014_Symposium will be held in Rm. 1235 (12th floor of NSF Stafford I Building).
  • Before proceeding to the meeting space in Stafford I, Rm. 1235, you must first obtain a visitor's badge at NSF Information and Conference Center Desk. It is located on the first floor of Stafford Place I at the N. Stuart and 9th Streets entrance. Once you have obtained your visitor's badge, please proceed to the meeting location on the 12th floor, Rm. 1235/NSF Boardroom.

Westin Arlington Gateway

801 N. Glebe Road

Arlington, VA 22203

(703) 717-6200

Hotel Reservations: online or call 888-627-7076

http://www.westinarlingtongateway.com/

For Remote Attendees

To register for remote participation, please add your name below (if you are already a member of the Ontolog or Ontology Summit community); if not already involved, please e-mail <peter.yim@cim3.com> with your affiliation and title to register. We need to reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. Make sure you specify which session(s) or which day you plan to attend (ref. OntologySummit2014_Symposium) - if you are only planning to join us on specific session(s) or just one of the two days (not the entire workshop). (Note that there is no fee, and no registration deadline for remote attendance! But please do register so we can prepare enough resources to support everyone.)

Registered Remote Attendees

Conference Call Details

  • Date: Monday & Tuesday, April 28 & 29, 2014
  • Start Time: (both days) 8:30am EDT / 5:30am PDT / 2:30pm CEST / 1:30pm BST / 12:30 UTC
  • Expected Call Duration: please refer to [ agenda details]
  • Dial-in:
    • Phone (US): +1 (206) 402-0100 ... (long distance cost may apply)
      • ... [ backup nbr: (415) 671-4335 ]
      • when prompted enter Conference ID: 141184#
    • Skype: joinconference (i.e. make a skype call to the contact with skypeID="joinconference") ... (generally free-of-charge, when connecting from your computer)
      • when prompted enter Conference ID: 141184#
      • Unfamiliar with how to do this on Skype? ...
        • Add the contact "joinconference" to your skype contact list first. To participate in the teleconference, make a skype call to "joinconference", then open the dial pad (see platform-specific instructions below) and enter the Conference ID: 141184# when prompted.
      • Can't find Skype Dial pad? ...
        • for Windows Skype users: Can't find Skype Dial pad? ... it's under the "Call" dropdown menu as "Show Dial pad"
        • for Linux Skype users: please note that the dial-pad is only available on v4.1 (or later; or on the earlier Skype versions 2.x,) if the dialpad button is not shown in the call window you need to press the "d" hotkey to enable it. ... (ref.)
  • In-session chat-room url:
    • (for day-1) http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/summit_20140428 &
    • (for day-2) http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/summit_20140429
    • instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field from "anonymous" to your real name, like "JaneDoe").
    • 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.
    • thanks to the soaphub.org folks, one can now use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. Digsby or Adium) to join this chatroom. Just add the room as a buddy - (in our case here) summit_20140428@soaphub.org (for day-1) & summit_20140429@soaphub.org (for day-2) ... Handy for mobile devices!
  • For those who cannot join us, or who have further questions or remarks on the summit topic and content, please post them to the [ ontology-summit ] listserv so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.
  • This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: OntologySummit2014_Symposium
  • Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio/video archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

List of Registrants OntologySummit2014_Symposium for on-site attendance

83 people have registered (snapshot as of 2014.04.24-0:00 PDT)