Program

Workshop on Knowledge Management and Semantic Technologies for e-Participation

Program

The workshop will be a half-day workshop. After the presentation of papers, discussion sessions will focus on:

· Synergies between KM and eParticipation from existing research results

· Opportunities for future innovative research for KM and semantic technologies in eParticipation

12.30—13.30	Welcome and light lunch
13.30—13.45	Introduction	Gregoris Mentzas, ICCS of NTUA
13.45—14.00	Knowledge management aspects in eParticipation contexts	Andreas Rosendahl and Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau
14.00—14.15	The need for semantic technologies to Support Policy-Making	Ann Macintosh,Napier University
14.15—14.30	An eParticipation ontology as basis for the Demo-net virtual centre of excellence	Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau
14.30—14.45	Strategies to organize and access knowledge in a civic online community: the need and some research directions	Cristian Peraboni and Fiorella de Cindio, Università degli Studi di Milano
14.45—15.00	NLP for eParticipation	Claudia Soria and Nicoletta Calzolari, CNR
15.00—15.15	Visualization of knowledge in the eParticipation ontology	Andreas Rosendahl, University of Koblenz-Landau
15.15—15.30	Coffee break
15.30—17.00	Exploiting current research Topics to be discussed: · main technological/social elements of KM that are applicable to eParticipation · Requirements from eParticipation that can be covered by existing KM technologies/tools	Moderator: Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau
17.00—18.30	Exploring future research Topics to be discussed: · main technological/social elements of KM that are applicable to eParticipation · Requirements from eParticipation that can be covered by existing KM technologies/tools	Moderator: Ann Macintosh,Napier University
18.30	Closing of workshop	Gregoris Mentzas, ICCS of NTUA