OntologySummit2013/WorkshopRegistration

= OntologySummit2013: Face-to-face Workshop and Symposium - Registration, Venue and Access =

Event:. OntologySummit2013_Symposium (face-to-face workshop)

Venue: NIST (100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA) - Building 101 (Administration Building) ... (Room information to be announced)


 * see: NIST location map, NIST campus map & Meeting Venue. (see below for more information about getting into the NIST campus and the meeting venue.)
 * See: NIST visitor information. We opted out of hotel packages because most organizations tell us that they can get the same or cheaper rates on their own. (We were told the hotels that you are there to attend a meeting at NIST, they will give you a good rate.) The NIST visitor info page provides a list of hotels and other local assets: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/index.cfm

Date:. 2 & 3-May-2013 (Thursday & Friday) - all day

Session Details:. see OntologySummit2013_Symposium

For On-site Attendees:
Due to the fact that this event is being held at a US Government Facility, on-site participants must be pre-registered beforehand to get a pass into the NIST campus. Please register at the NIST event page via the "CONFERENCE REGISTRATION" link there. Registration for on-site participation is open until Mon 22-April-2013

Anyone who has registration-related question could try e-mailing: Angela Ellis  or call (+1)301.975.3881 (and copy ,  and )

On-site attendees should plan to arrive at the NIST (Gaithersburg, Maryland, US) campus by about 8:00am EDT on May-2 (day-1), to allow time for proceeding to the conference venue from the gate, registration, and getting settled in before the symposium program starts at 9:00am EDT.


 * For registered attendees, you should have received (via email) a "Dashboard Gate Pass". if you are planning to drive yourself onto the NIST campus, please print that Dashboard Gate Pass and place it on the DASHBOARD OF YOUR CAR.


 * When entering the NIST Main Gate, please do not get out of your vehicle. Have your Gate Pass and drivers license on your hand ready to show the NIST Police Officer. If you are a non-US citizen, also have your passport available.


 * This procedure will expedite the process of getting through the NIST Main Gate. Then proceed forward. At the stop sign, turn left. Follow the main road until you get to the first intersection and turn left. The parking lot is on the immediate right. Your conference is being held in the Administration Building 101.


 * If you are riding the metro, bus or shuttle service, please print that "Gate Pass" and have it with you when you arrive. Please have a photo ID ready to show the NIST Police Officer at the Main Gate.  If you are a non-US citizen, also have your passport available.


 * Conference registration is held in the Administration Building 101. See: NIST campus map & Meeting Venue

See: a snapshot of our [ List of Registrants for on-site attendance] (if you just registered yourself, you may not be on the list; however, if you have reasons to believe that you may not have been properly registered, please email Angela Ellis  (and copy ,  and ), so we can help follow-up on the matter.)

For Remote Attendees:
To register for remote participation, please add your name (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the Ontolog community) below, or e-mail  so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation. Make sure you specify which session(s) or which day you plan to attend (ref. OntologySummit2013_Symposium) if you are only planning to join us on specific session(s) or just one of the two days and not the entire workshop. ... Thanks. (Note that there is no fee, and no registration deadline for remote attendance! ... but please do register so we can prepare enough resources to support everyone.)

Registered Remote Attendees:

 * ElizabethFlorescu
 * RaviSharma
 * TillMossakowski
 * BevCorwin
 * SamirTartir
 * CarmenChui
 * MarcelaVegetti
 * FrancescaQuattri
 * TorstenHahmann
 * BevCorwin
 * LaVernPritchard
 * AliHashemi (possibly, only the first day)
 * BruceBray ...
 * RobertRovetto
 * RexBrooks
 * ChristianHempelmann
 * MeganKatsumi
 * AstridDuqueRamos
 * (add your name here (above); if you don't already have a namesake page on this wiki, please include your affiliation; or email  to register your remote participation ... if you are planning to attend only a part of the workshop, kindly specify which portion of the agenda we should be expecting you at.

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Thursday & Friday, May 2 & 3, 2013
 * Start Time: (both days) 9:00am EDT / 6:00am PDT / 3:00pm CEST / 2:00pm BST / 13:00 UTC
 * World Clock ref: [ Thursday 2-MAY ] and [ Friday 3-MAY ]
 * please try to dial-in about 10 minutes before the scheduled start time
 * Expected Call Duration: please refer to agenda details
 * Dial-in:
 * Phone (US): +1 (206) 402-0100 ... (long distance cost may apply)
 * ... [ backup nbr: (415) 671-4335 ]
 * when prompted enter Conference ID: 141184#
 * Skype: joinconference (i.e. make a skype call to the contact with skypeID="joinconference") ... (generally free-of-charge, when connecting from your computer)
 * when prompted enter Conference ID: 141184#
 * Unfamiliar with how to do this on Skype? ...
 * Add the contact "joinconference" to your skype contact list first. To participate in the teleconference, make a skype call to "joinconference", then open the dial pad (see platform-specific instructions below) and enter the Conference ID: 141184# when prompted.
 * Can't find Skype Dial pad? ...
 * for Windows Skype users: Can't find Skype Dial pad? ... it's under the "Call" dropdown menu as "Show Dial pad"
 * for Linux Skype users: please note that the dial-pad is only available on v4.1 (or later; or on the earlier Skype versions 2.x,) if the dialpad button is not shown in the call window you need to press the "d" hotkey to enable it. ... (ref.)


 * In-session chat-room url:
 * (for day-1) http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/summit_20130502 &
 * (for day-2) http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/summit_20130503
 * instructions: once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field from "anonymous" to your real name, like "JaneDoe").
 * You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen.
 * thanks to the soaphub.org folks, one can now use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. gtalk) to join this chatroom. Just add the room as a buddy - (in our case here) summit_20130502@soaphub.org (for day-1) & summit_20130503@soaphub.org (for day-2) ... Handy for mobile devices!


 * (optional: we may or may not be featuring this support, depending on the venue) - 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"
 * people behind corporate firewalls may have difficulty accessing this. If that is the case, please download the slides as described below and running them locally. The speaker(s) will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk.
 * All you would need to do is to download the presentation for each speaker by clicking on the [ slides ]  link associated with each agenda item


 * For those who cannot join us, or who have further questions or remarks on the summit topic and content, please post them to the [ ontology-summit ] listserv so that everyone in the community can benefit from the discourse.


 * Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips


 * This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2013_Symposium


 * Please note that this session may be recorded, and if so, the audio/video archive is expected to be made available as open content, along with the proceedings of the call to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

List of Registrants OntologySummit2013_Symposium for on-site attendance
40 people have registered (snapshot as of 2013.04.18-9:13am EDT)


 * AdrianBaranyuk
 * AllenEgonCholakian
 * AmandaVizedom
 * BobNatale
 * BobSchloss
 * BrandNiemann
 * DennisWisnosky
 * DouglasFoxvog
 * FouadRamia
 * FredHosea
 * GeorgeStrawn
 * GilbertoFragoso
 * HansPolzer
 * JerrySmith
 * JoanneLuciano
 * KarenGuertler
 * KathleenPalcher
 * KeithDeweese
 * KenBaclawski
 * LeoObrst
 * MarkLuker
 * MatthewWest
 * MichaelBarnett
 * MichaelDenny
 * MichaelFitzmaurice
 * MichaelGruninger
 * MikeBennett
 * MikeDean
 * NurhamizahBintiMohdHamka
 * PatrickCassidy
 * PavithraKenjige
 * PeterYim
 * RamSriram
 * RaviSharma
 * RodMorgan
 * SteveRay
 * TerryLongstreth
 * ToddSchneider
 * YanWu
 * YaShianLiBaboud
 * KenAllgood