Agenda At-a-Glance
Wednesday, August 19

Full Schedule Tue, Aug 18 Wed, Aug 19 Thu, Aug 20
Wednesday, 8/19/2015
Joint Opening Keynotes - Smart Data and NoSQL Now 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The Internet Enterprise: How to Scale Out for High Performance Customer Engagement Billy Bosworth, DataStax
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Industry Trends
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
Joint Opening Keynote 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
How Cognitive Computing Will Drive the Future of Analytics Subutai Ahmad, Numenta, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Cognitive Computing
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
Joint Opening Keynote 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The Algebra of Data Robin Bloor, The Bloor Group
Business/Strategic
Technical - Introductory
Industry Trends
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
Break 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Sessions and Panels 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Reasoning Over Big Data Stores Eric Little, OSTHUS Inc.
Technical - Introductory
Big Data
Graphs
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
The Wikidata Query Service - A Knowledge Graph Application Powered by Blazegraph Peter Haase, Metaphacts, GmbH
Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP, LLC
Stanislav Malyshev, Wikimedia Foundation
Technical - Intermediate
Graphs
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
Leveraging AI on Data to Get Smarter Faster Steven Gustafson, GE Global Research
Donald Thompson, MAANA
Business/Strategic
Artificial Intelligence
Internet of Things (IoT)
Yes it Works: Semantic Technologies for Risk Controls and Compliance Certification Elie Abi-Lahoud, Quarule, Inc.
Wesley Moore, Quarule, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Business Applications
On the Edge: How to Overcome the Content-Related Challenges of Building a Semantic Publishing System Fran Alexander, BCA Research
Business/Strategic
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Semantic Repository of Linked Data for Interoperability of Software Defined Car Pratikkumar Desai, Movimento Group
Technical - Intermediate
Semantic Technology
Move Over Siri, the Future of All Devices is Voice Tim Tuttle, Expect Labs
Technical - Introductory
Machine Learning
Practical Applications of Semantic Web in Pharma Ranga Chandra Gidivada, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Technical - Intermediate
Semantic Technology
The Case for Cognitive Computing Susan E. Feldman, Synthexis, Cognitive Computing Consortium
Business/Strategic
Cognitive Computing
FIBO Keynote 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Break 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Smart Data Products and Systems 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Beyond Semantic Web Standards - Enterprise Deployments Require More From Linked Data: A Decade of Experience at Oracle Xavier Lopez, Oracle
Matt Perry, Oracle
Souripriya Das, Oracle
Product/Service Offering
Semantic Technology
SharePoint meets Semantics: Content Navigation & Intelligent Findability Inside the World's Most Prolific Collaboration Platform Bryan Bell, Expert System
Business/Strategic
Semantic Technology
Using the Algebra of Data Makes Business Analytics Affordable Robin Bloor, The Bloor Group
Rich Benci, Algebraix Data Corp.
Business/Strategic
Evolving Analytical Tooling
Take the “Smart” Approach to your Data Lake Strategy Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics
Business/Strategic
Semantic Technology
Hunting Criminals with Hybrid Analytics, Semi-supervised Learning & Agent Feedback David Talby, Atigeo
Claudiu Branzan, Atigeo
Business/Strategic
Big Data
FIBO Sessions 1: Semantic Lineage and Mapping 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Leveraging FIBO to build out a Business Architecture Model Dean Allemang, Working Ontologist, LLC
Technical - Introductory
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Agile Enterprise Ontology Dave McComb, Semantic Arts
Technical - Introductory
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
A Semantic Solution for Financial Regulatory Compliance Mike G. Bennett, Hypercube Ltd.
Technical - Introductory
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Break 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Sessions and Panels 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
How to Analyze 72 Billion Messages a Day to Find Trends Nova Spivack, Bottlenose
Barry Dauber, Bottlenose
Technical - Introductory
Big Data
Evolving Analytical Tooling
Spark and SPARQL for the Intelligent Data Lake Jans Aasman, Franz Inc
Technical - Intermediate
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
Designing Hybrid Data Solutions with NoSQL and RDF Kurt Cagle, Semantical, LLC
Business/Strategic
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
The PNNL Streaming HYpothesis REasoning (SHYRE) Use Case William P Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Deborah L McGuinness, RPI and McGuinness Associates
Technical - Advanced
Semantic Technology
Deep Learning for Real Problems in Language and Image Understanding Richard Socher, MetaMind
Technical - Intermediate
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Semantic Intelligence to Find the Right Clients – Successful Marketing & Sales Processes in High Value Private Business Leo Keller, Blue Ocean Semantic Web Solutions GmbH Zürich-Switzerland
Business/Strategic
Business Applications
Schema.org - Extending Benefits Richard Wallis, Data Liberate
Technical - Intermediate
Standards
She Said, It Said… - How We Learn From Dialogs Between Humans and Virtual Assistants Eric Aili, Artificial Solutions
Sonja Petrovic Lundberg, Artificial Solutions
Technical - Intermediate
Natural Language Processing
The Commercialization of Cognitive Systems: Transforming the Software Market David Schubmehl, IDC
Business/Strategic
Cognitive Computing
Lunch Break 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Keynote Presentation (Each session 30 minutes) 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Smart Machines - and What They Can Still Learn from People Gary Marcus, NYU
Business/Strategic
Industry Trends
Neuroscience
RoboBrain: Large-Scale Knowledge Engine for Robots Ashutosh Saxena, Stanford University
Aditya Jami, Predict Effect
Technical - Intermediate
Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Machine Learning
FIBO Sessions 2: Semantic Reasoning in the Financial Industry 01:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Getting Value from Ontologies in Today’s IT Environment Pete Rivett, Adaptive, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Thoughts on FIBO for Compliance: A Blind Date with a Nascent Standard Wesley Moore, Quarule, Inc.
Elie Abi-Lahoud, Quarule, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Applying FIBO for Operational Benefit: An exploration of FIBO’s semantic capabilities for various financial use cases David Newman, Wells Fargo
Technical - Introductory
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Exhibits Open 02:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Break on Exhibit Floor 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Sessions and Panels 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Is "Deep Learning" really a Big Deal? Dave Sullivan, Blackcloud BSG
Technical - Intermediate
Deep Learning
Discovering the Power of Dark Data Emil Eifrem, Neo Technology
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Graphs
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
Better Together - Triples, Documents, and Data in Combination Stephen Buxton, MarkLogic
Business/Strategic
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
The Five Tribes of Machine Learning, and What You Can Take from Each Pedro Domingos, University of Washington
Technical - Intermediate
Machine Learning
A Website’s Structured Data Success Story Jarno van Driel, Sanoma Digital NL
Case Study
Search
Being Smart About Aggregated User Content: Lessons Learned from Analyzing One of the Largest Repositories of User Generated Content Ever Assembled Tim A. Musgrove Ph.D, Temnos
Technical - Intermediate
Context/Sentiment Analysis
Text Analysis
Intelligent Interactions with Search Results: Getting Beyond Those Blue Results Lists Tom Reamy, KAPS Group
Case Study
Search
Deep Learning for Diagnosing Disease Ahna Girshick, Enlitic
Technical - Introductory
Deep Learning
Break 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Smart Data Products and Systems 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Automating Interoperability for the Composable Enterprise Dave Duggal, EnterpriseWeb
Technical - Intermediate
Cloud Computing
Achieving a 200% Increase in Time Onsite with the Blazegraph High Availability Graph Database Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP, LLC
Product/Service Offering
Graphs
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
MetaExpert Systems for Enterprises Alex Seregin, MetaFormula Inc
Jeff (Yefim) Zhuk, ITS, Inc
Product/Service Offering
Knowledge Engineering and Management
22otters: A Targeted, Customizable, Intelligent Personal Assistant for Patient Care Charles R Jankowski, Gamgee
Ann Thyme-Gobbel, Gamgee
Technical - Advanced
Natural Language Processing
Ontotext GraphDB™ Connectors: Powering Complex, Faceted Search Queries Marin Dimitrov, Ontotext
Technical - Advanced
Graphs
Shared Session - NoSQL Now and Smart Data
FIBO Sessions 3: FIBO in Reality 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
FIBO Lessons Learned with a Big Bank Elisa Kendall, Thematix Partners LLC
Business/Strategic
Case Study
Financial Industry
LEI Resolver and Global LEI URI Identifier Randall Coleman, Wizdom Systems Inc.
Technical - Introductory
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Building The Finance Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) Dennis Wisnosky, EDM Council
Business/Strategic
Financial Industry
Semantic Technology
Break 04:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Sessions and Panels 04:45 PM - 05:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Creating Personal Profiles Across Time and Distance Duane Degler, Design for Context
Technical - Intermediate
Modeling
Ontology Alignment in Business and in Life Richard I Mallah, Cambridge Semantics, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Knowledge Engineering and Management
Semantic Interoperability in HealthCare Ranga Chandra Gidivada, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
David Booth, Hawaii Resource Group
Technical - Introductory
Semantic Technology
Semantic Analytics Thomas J Kelly, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Arthur Keen, Keen Analytics
Technical - Intermediate
Data Science
Affective Search: How Does Affect Impact Web Search Performance? Towards Smart Emotional Neuro Search Engines: An Extension of the Human Brain Niloufar Sarraf, QUT
Technical - Introductory
Research
Streaming Analytics and Cognitive Computing: Changing the Game Jason Bloomberg, Intellyx
Business/Strategic
Industry Trends
Applying Deep Learning to Recommender Systems - Making Smart Systems Smarter Sumeet Vij, Booz Allen Hamilton
Technical - Intermediate
Deep Learning
Exhibits and Reception 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM


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