Labs at the Europeana Tech Conference 2015
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Text (modified) by Gregory Markus, Europeana Tech Community Manager.
Europeana Creative and its partners will be present at the Europeana Tech Conference 2015 in Paris. On 12-13 February, Europe’s leading technical experts, developers and researchers in the field of digital cultural heritage will convene in Paris for the 2nd EuropeanaTech Conference at theNational Library of France. Attendees and presenters will share knowledge and collaborate on the themes of data modelling, content re-use, discovery, multilingualism and open data. We’re calling it ‘Making the beautiful thing - Transforming technology and culture’.
We’re delighted to be joining and participating together with expert from across Europe and the globe to share progress, address problems, and further the technical aspects of Europeana. Join our technical partners in a dedicated session to explore Europeana Labs.
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Keynote Speakers
The conference will welcome renowned international creative and cultural sector leaders as keynote speakers:
Emma Mulqueeny, Founder and CEO of Rewired State & Young Rewired State, a renowned champion of empowering social change with technology will present ‘Transforming Technology and Culture’.
Andy Neale, Director of Digital NZ; Dan Cohen, the founding Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA); and Tim Sherratt, Manager of Australia’s Trove will discuss ‘Translating the Technology for Use’. They will also participate in a panel discussion. We look forward to hearing how each one of them innovatively presents their country’s cultural heritage to the world.
Chris Welty, of Google Research will present ‘Cloud and Culture: Technologies for culture heritage’. Welty is a semantic web mastermind who worked on on IBM’s Watson, GNU Emacsand developed OntoClean.
Seb Chan, Director of Digital and Emerging Technologies at Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will be ‘Guessing the Future’ of museums. Few professionals are as qualified to make this guess as Seb Chan who spent most of 2014 'rebooting' Cooper-Hewitt. You can read all about it in this glowing review from the New Yorker.
Ignite Talks & Posters
With such a large community spread across the whole continent, it’s hard to stay up-to-date with everyone’s work. So this year the Europeana Tech Conference is offering ‘Ignite’ talk and poster slots: a.k.a. your chance to showcase the fantastic work you do.
If you have an inspiring project you’d like to present at EuropeanaTech 2015, submit your Ignite proposal now. The deadline is Friday 22 January so act fast!
Breakout Sessions
There will be several breakout sessions led by experts in the relevant field who will present ideas and moderate discussion.
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