SMWCon Spring 2015

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SMWCon Spring 2015
The 11th conference brings together developers, users, and organizations from the Semantic MediaWiki community around the world.
Conference details
Location St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Start: 2015/05/06
Finish: 2015/05/08
Calendar:
General  Chair:
Local Chair: Chris Koerner
Program Chair: Paul Boal
Type: SMWCon
Audience: Everyone, Developers, Community, Business people, Academics, Admins, New users
Feed: RSS feed, Atom feed
Address
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911 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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The Spring 2015 SMWCon will be held May 6-8 in St. Louis, Missouri.

SMWCon is a twice-yearly event for users and developers of Semantic MediaWiki.

Following the success of recent SMWCons, we plan to have one tutorial day and two conference days.

If you have questions please contact the organizers.

We hope to meet you in St. Louis!

Location

St. Louis is the "Gateway to the West" and one of the most vibrant communities in the Mid-Western United States. Among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the US, St. Louis is home to several major corporations such as Anheuser-Busch, Express Scripts, and Peabody Energy. St. Louis is also home to numerous attractions and parks. The City Museum, Forest Park, the Gateway Arch, and the St. Louis Zoo - just to name a few. With projects like Arch Grants, LaunchCode, and LockerDome, St. Louis is growing as a tech hub for new startups and entrepreneurs.

Read more about our venue.

Schedule

Coming Soon

Roughly we'll have the first day be a focus on tutorials around SMW and related technologies (extensions (like Semantic Forms), integrations (like using the External Data extension), and more). The second day will be a more traditional track of 30-45 minute presentations on various topics. The last day will continue presentations and community discussions.

Proposed talks

You can add the name of your talk and the link to its description here and it will be added to the program. (You can use the Talk form to create pages for talks.)


Proposed Tutorials

The tutorials help newcomers and old hats alike. Please add any proposed tutorials you'd like to see.

  • Introduction to Semantic MediaWiki and the concept of the semantic web.
  • The benefits of a wiki farm vs a set of independent wiki installations, and how to install.

Proposed Topics for community discussions

The discussion is one of the most important part of the conference. Please add issues you want to discuss.

Sponsors

  • Mercy, a Catholic, non-profit, healthcare system serving across the mid-west is one of our sponsors.
  • SNPedia, a wiki-based bioinformatics web site that serves as a database of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).

Informal attendee list

This is a very preliminary list. If you are planning to attend, please add your name below.

  1. Chris Koerner
  2. Paul Boal
  3. Mark A. Hershberger
  4. Yaron Koren
  5. Mike Cariaso re: SNPedia
  6. Isaac Farley
  7. Peter J. Woudsma
  8. John McClure
  9. Andrew Geary

Registration

Registration is available through Eventbrite.

http://smwcons2015.eventbrite.com

Academic Pricing

Attendees from education organizations can purchase a discounted ticket. Proof of affiliation may be requested.

Venue Information

SMWCon will be hosted at T-REX, a co-working space and tech incubator. T-REX is located in the heart of downtown St. Louis. It's within walking distance of the majority of hotels and public transportation.

Travel

Lambert St. Louis International Airport

St. Louis is home to the Lambert St. Louis International Airport. Airlines include Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United, and US Airways.

From the airport you can take either a taxi, of which there are many servicing the terminals or use public transportation. Uber also operates it’s “Uber Black” services within the city.

Public Transit

Metrolink

St. Louis has a light-rail system that terminates at the Lambert Airport. From the airport you can buy a one-way ticket, round-trip, or multi-day pass which will take you into downtown St. Louis.

The two closest stations to the conference venue are the Convention Center Metrolink Station, and the Union Station Metrolink Station. Both are a short (<1mile) walk to the conference location.

MetroBus

We also have a robust GPS-tracked bus system within the city and surrounding county. More details at: http://www.metrostlouis.org/


Accommodations

Hotels

There are many options for lodging during the event. Many of these hotels are located a mere block or two from the nearest light rail station. All are less than a mile from either suggested venues.

Here’s just a few options.


Dining

If attendees arrive early, or stay later, there are a ton of great local restaurants to try.

  • Caruso’s Deli - a great local deli that’s been around for years. Best sandwiches in St. Louis.
  • Bailey’s Range - a contemporary venue with fresh takes on traditional recipes.
  • Schlafly Tap Room - a local brewery with more types of beer than you could imagine.
  • Mango - an upscale Peruvian restaurant with a splendid bar and wine election. If the weather is agreeable their outside patio is a joy.

Other Things to Do

  • The Gateway Arch is about 1.3 miles from the conference venue
  • St. Louis Cardinals home game (Two games at 7:15pm. Tue, 5/5 and Wed, 5/6 against the Chicago Cubs)
  • Union Station
  • St. Louis Public Library
  • City Museum - a unique playground for adults and children alike.

Social Media

Feel free to join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #SMWCon.

Semantic MediaWiki itself is at @SemanticMW

Local Organizers are @ckoerner and @paulboal

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