OntologySummit2007/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2007 04 17

= OntologySummit2007 Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 17-Apr-2007 =


 * This session will a 1-hour conference call starting at Tue 17-Apr-2007 8:00am PDT / 11:00am EDT / 5:00pm CET / 15:00 GMT/UTC

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
 * Start Time: 8:00am PDT / 11:00am EDT / 5:00pm CET / 15:00 GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0 Hour
 * Dial-in Number:
 * from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
 * from Europe, call:
 * Belgium 070-35-9989
 * France 0826-100-277
 * Germany 01805-00-7649
 * Ireland 0818-270-034
 * Italy 0848-390-175
 * Switzerland 0848-560-195
 * UK 0870-738-0763
 * callers from other countries please dial into either one of the US or European numbers
 * Conference ID: "5823120#"
 * Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120


 * Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"


 * RSVP to [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated.

Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * PeterYim
 * TomGruber
 * MichaelGruninger
 * SteveRay


 * Expecting: ( * = not yet confirmed whether he/she will be dialing-in)
 * OlivierBodenreider (NLM, NIH)
 * LeoObrst* (Ontolog, MITRE)
 * FrankOlken (NSF)
 * IvanHerman* (W3C)
 * BarrySmith* (NCOR, SUNY-Buffalo)
 * MarkMusen* (NCOR, NCBO, Stanford SMI)


 * Regrets:
 * ChrisWelty - standing regrets for the Tue time slot
 * NicolaGuarino
 * DeborahMcGuinness (Stanford KSL)

Agenda Ideas

 * finalize on all details before the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions
 * tie down program / speakers/ panelists for all workshop sessions
 * (ref. Steve's open invitation) intents to speak received so far: AdrianWalker, PatCassidy, PaolaDiMaio, BillMcCarthy, PeterYim, WernerCeusters
 * sync-up with all symposium presenters
 * overview of draft 'survey input', 'framework', 'populating process' & 'communique'
 * final logistic details
 * any other issues


 * Peter: suggest we invite all F2F session chairs, and all symposium presenter to this call to do a sync-up
 * Peter: suggest we do another final sync-up this Thursday, at the Ontolog weekly call 2007.04.19-10:30am PDT, along with all F2F meeting session organizers and presenters/panelists


 *  ... (please post here; indentify yourself for follow-up purposes)

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * SteveRay took the chair and welcomed everyone


 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Urgent Issues to be covered today:


 * substituting Chris
 * Tom actually doesn't mind running that session by himself


 * finalize on all details before the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions
 * registration status review
 * on-site registrants - ~40 now [Steve]
 * remote registrants - see: OntologySummit2007/RemoteAttendees
 * not a lot of remote registrant yet ... Peter to make one more post to the lists to remind people.
 * tie down program / speakers/ panelists for all workshop sessions
 * sync-up with all symposium presenters
 * overview of draft 'survey input', 'framework', 'population' & 'communique'
 * final logistic details
 * plenary is Tue 9:00~10:30am
 * session-3 Tue 8:00~8:50am then 10:40am~12:00noon (with plenary in between)
 * building, room, ... maps - all session at Lecture Room D of the Main Building
 * dial-in: tolled vs. toll-free calls; supporting skype?
 * Peter / Steve: will try to bridge from the NIST line into the normal Ontolog bridge (so that skype callls can be supported too)
 * audio recording
 * getting together - Sunday (4/22) evening? Monday (4/23) morning?
 * co-sponsor calls - Buffalo(?), U.Toronto-Yes(MG) (like last year)
 * presenters: AdrianWalker (2), PatCassidy (2), PaolaDiMaio (1), BillMcCarthy (OT-Steve to contact Bill), PeterYim (1), BarrySmith-WernerCeusters (1), KenBaclawski (2)


 * Discussion notes:
 * request 'framework' dialog be done on the [ontology-summit-org] list
 * Peter to add Michael to the list

4. Status of developing issues:

(following is where we left off as of the 2007.04.10 call)


 * scheduling and programming for the Apr. 23 & 24, 2007 face-to-face meetings and symposium
 * Monday am: "The Framework" (Agreeing to the final picture) - Co-chairs: LeoObrst / MichaelGruninger
 * Monday pm: "Populating the Framework" (Endorsing the picture) - Chairs: TomGruber
 * (Tueday early am: NIST Interoperability Week Plenary)
 * Tueday am: Finalizing the Communique - Co-Chair: OlivierBodenreider / FrankOlken
 * Tueday pm: The Symposium (public meeting) - Co-Chair: SteveRay / DeborahMcGuinness
 * Keynote: TomGruber
 * Speakers (candidates): co-chairs of each of the workshops sessions (Frameowrk, Populating & Communique); co-chairs of this session: SteveRay, DeborahMcGuinness; ChrisMenzel (Ontology), DeniseBedford (Taxonomy), TomGruber (Folksonomy; keynote), PeterBrown (EU perspectives), ...
 * (updated) appointment of SteveRay & DeborahMcGuinness as co-chairs of the Tuesday pm Symposium session
 * ... we'll try to feature people who can represent the different perspectives of the various constituencies
 * also: a diverse representation (geographically)
 * and, most importantly, by merit ... based on quality and substantive contribution in the virtual discourse and synthesis phase.


 * we need to come to some virtual consensus even BEFORE the face-to-face

HCLS interest group co-chairs: Eric Neumann, Tonya Hongsermeier; Susie Stephens (BioRDF taskforce), Vipul Kashyap (BioONT taskforce); also need to engage more European folks, ...
 * need to finalize on the speaker invitations for the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions and GET THE INVITATIONS OUT!
 * ref: http://interop.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit-org/2007-03/msg00045.html
 * still have no news from Nicola if he could possibly change his mind
 * Leo: 'Framework' session: suggested speakers - LeoObrst, MichaelGruninger, DeborahMcGuinness, MichaelUschold, ChrisWelty, BarrySmith, DeniseBedford, TomGruber, ...
 * 'Populating / categorizing' session: suggested speakers - ChrisWelty, TomGruber, BillAndersen, ConradBock, EvanWallace, ElisaKendall, PatHayes, ChrisMenzel, JohnSowa, MarkMusen, OlivierBodenreider, DeniseBedford, ChristianeFellbaum, DougLenat, RobinMcEntire, Charlynn Clayton (Amgen), Bill Bug (BIRN, Drexel) / Maryann Martone (BIRN, UCSD), W3C Semantic Web
 * 'Communique' session: suggested speakers - OlivierBodenreider, FrankOlken, CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, BobSmith, KenBaclawski, SteveRay, AlanRector / Robert Stevens (Manchester), ChrisChute, ...
 * Symposium session: suggested speakers - SteveRay, NicolaGuarino, TomGruber, ...


 * session co-chairs will make the call on how they will be running their session. Please make sure your speakers/panelists are in communication with you (and knows that they are "on"!)


 * finalize on the speaker invitations for the 4/23 & 24 F2F sessions and get the invitations out
 * Peter: how about sending out a blank invitation for 'conveners' to speak (requesting submission of title, abstract on/before Fri 4/20 and then slides on/before Fri 4/27, if accepted to present.)
 * Peter: suggested criteria - (i) have contributed to the forum discourse (with at least 3 posts), or (ii) have submitted their survey response, or (iii) member of the organizing committee, or (iv) invited by a member of the organizing committee.
 * Steve / Leo: open invitation is good; we need to have a process to make sure we have a good flow on our workshop program. Could have people on a panel too (not just a formal presentation)
 * Steve will send this out to [ontology-summit], organizing commmittee members can forward this
 * finalize symposium chair/co-chair & program/agenda - see above


 * discuss the processing of the OntologySummit2007_Survey and forum discussion inputs, and to coordinate on the preparation for the Apr-23 & 24 Summit face-to-face workshops.
 * Peter: devoting part of the 12-Apr-2007 Ontolog weekly call to do it with Summit conveners. Please come, if possible.


 * Discussion:
 * What could ensure us that we are bringing "value" to the community-at-large (or even the world-at-large), with this "Ontology Summit 2007" endeavor?
 * Steve: focus on the deliverables - and what will 'last' (even after all the discussions and the meetings) - that, possibly, could be the 'framework' that everyone could use in the future


 * volunteered/assigned wiki editors
 * volunteers: CharlesTurnitsa, KurtConrad, BobSmith, KenBaclawski, DougHolmes, SteveRay, DeborahMcGuinness, ChrisMenzel, PatHayes, JohnSowa, PeterYim ... (need more, hopefully from our community champions), plus F2F session co-chairs
 * Now drafting :
 * Framework: LeoObrst, MichaelGruninger, DeborahMcGuinness, with CharlesTurnitsa summarizing 'dimensions' dialog on the wiki
 * Leo: status report - Leo, Micchael & Deborah are in touch, a framework draft is being reviewed by the team now; expecting to post it onto the wiki and the forum before the end of this week (the earlier the better).
 * Populating the framework - TomGruber
 * Communique - OlivierBodenreider, FrankOlken
 * Olivier / Frank: will try to post a draft communique before the next committee call on Apr-17
 * Survey data summary, analysis and synthesis - KenBaclawski, DougHolmes, PeterYim
 * see work-in-progress at: OntologySummit2007_Survey/ResponseAnalysis
 * Formal Ontologists perspective - PatHayes, ChrisMenzel, with JohnSowa as reviewer
 * Taxonomists perspective - DeniseBedford, BobSmith
 * Folksonomists perspective - TomGruber, et al.


 * Outstanding Issue Update:
 * Public Relations & The Press - Steve taking this on
 * Steve already working on a pre-event press release; hopefully one or two articles out before the F2F
 * co-sponsor call
 * Peter: will do one more round of calls, especially to 'co-sponsors' from last year's UpperOntologySummit and to all 'conveners' this year - done!
 * "co-sponsorship" - those who confirmed via the survey has been updated to the wiki already.
 * communique endorsement call
 * Peter: this part was messed up in the survey. I'll make a post to the forum to straighten it out before the F2F. - done!


 * Action Items:
 * Deborah, Leo & Michael to get in touch and start drafting the "framework" - in progress, along with Tom & PatHayes
 * Olivier & Frank are in touch now and will get started on drafting the "communique"
 * Peter to roll up the survey database and send it to KenBaclawski for analysis,; also post it (for open access) so that the session co-chairs sice-and-dice the collected data and make use of them too - done, long with KenBaclawski!
 * note that we'll be devoting part of this Thursday's (17-Apr-2007) Ontolog weekly call to do a final sync-up  for the Apr-23 & 24 Summit face-to-face workshops. (see: ConferenceCall_2007_04_19) ... come if you can.
 * Peter to make a post to [ontology-summit] to ask everyone involved to come join us on Thursday if they can.

5. New Issues:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * ALL: we can do one more final sync-up this Thursday, at the Ontolog weekly call 2007.04.19 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CET, along with all F2F meeting session organizers and presenters/panelists - details at: ConferenceCall_2007_04_19


 * Call adjourned at: 8:48 am PDT ... see you at the face-to-face in Gaithersburg!

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2007.04.17-8:50 PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.