This symposium aims at proliferating the understanding of semantics, especially its usage within enterprises. It will take place on October 24th, 2011 in Bonn, co-located with the International Semantic Web Conference, and organised by the SEALS Partner FZI Karlsruhe.

On the one hand, speakers from industry show applications of semantics within various projects relevant within different application areas ranging from environmental information portals to automation and mechanical engineering. On the other hand, technologies developed within the Core technology Cluster of the THESEUS programme and now ready for usage in different applications are presented and demonstrated. These tools cover technologies like semantic search, reasoning, mapping of ontologies, disambiguation of entities and managing changes within knowledge bases. Within a panel discussion aspects like funding, strategies to bring semantics into real-world applications and future research with respect to future applications of semantics are discussed.

Bringing together researchers and representatives from industry is a special focus of this symposium. Registration is required, but there is no attendance fee. For more information and registration please access www.fzi.de/theseus-symposium