[Corpora-List] Search Solutions 2012: November 29, London

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    *** Early Bird rates end 23:59 on 31-Oct-2012 ***
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SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2012

Thursday 29 November, Covent Garden, London

Innovations in Web & Enterprise Search


Search Solutions is a special one-day event dedicated to the latest
innovations in web & enterprise search. In contrast to other major
industry events, Search Solutions aims to be highly interactive, with
attendance strictly limited.

The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by
influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in
search and information retrieval.

NOTE: Search Solutions now offers a Tutorial Programme on Weds 28 November.

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09:30-10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00-10:10 Introduction
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SESSION 1: WEB SEARCH CHALLENGES

10:10-11:10
                  Milad Shokouhi, Applied Researcher, Microsoft 
Research, Time-Sensitive Query Trends in Bing Logs
                  Alex Jaimes, Senior Research Scientist, Yahoo! 
Barcelona, What Can Search Tell Us? A Human-Centered View

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11:10 -11:30 Coffee Break
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SESSION 2: PUTTING THE USER FIRST

11:30-13:00
                  Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus 
Limited, It's not about technology, it's about people!
                  Emma Bayne, Head of Systems Development, National 
Archives, Enhancing the Search Experience through Interface Design
                  Kristian Norling, CTO, Findwise, What practitioners 
think about Enterprise Search

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13:00-14:00 Lunch
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SESSION 3: BEYOND KEYWORD MATCHING: SEARCHING WITH TAXONOMIES, THESAURI 
& ONTOLOGIES

14:00-15:30
                  Stella Dextre Clarke, ISKO chair, Thesauri and 
interoperability with other vocabularies
                  Leo Sauermann, CEO and Founder, Gnowsis EU, Making 
Search Personal with NEPOMUK and Refinder
                  Charlie Hull, CEO, Flax, Search,plus - building 
taxonomy, autoclassification and media monitoring tools with open source 
search software

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15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
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SESSION 4: THE FUTURE OF SEARCH

16:00-17:30
                  Nicholas Kemp, Principal Scientist, DSTL, Technology 
Landscaping in DSTL
                  Nick Patience, Director of Product Marketing & 
Strategy, Recommind, TBD
                  Fishbowl session: Hot topics in search

17:30 - 20:00 DRINKS RECEPTION

The event will also be followed by the IRSG AGM (from 18:00).


CONFIRMED TUTORIALS (Weds 28 November)

     Dr. Dell Zhang, Birkbeck, University of London
     MapReduce Algorithms in Information Retrieval

     Dr. John Tait, johntait.net ltd
     Patent Searching and Landscaping

     Dr. Michael Oakes, University of Sunderland
     Applications of Text Processing

     Dr. Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs
     Designing Search Usability


LOCATION

Search Solutions is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group
of the BCS (British Computer Society), and is held at the BCS Central London
Office:

BCS, 1st Floor
The Davidson Building
5 Southampton Street
London, WC2E 7HA
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.8404


REGISTRATION

Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) are as follows:

Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2011)
* BCS member rate: £99
* Non-member rate: £129
* Student rate: £99

Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2011)
* BCS member rate: £119
* Non-member rate: £149
* Student rate: £99

Registration fees include lunch and a copy of the proceedings. Tea and
coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks 
reception
in the evening.


TUTORIAL REGISTRATION

Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) are £90 per tutorial.


For further details of Search Solutions see:
http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2012/sse2012.php

For further details of the tutorial programme, see:
http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2012/ss2012tutorials.php





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