[Corpora-List] Search Solutions 2011: Final Programme announced

[Kruschwitz U]

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    *** Early Bird Rates end 23:59 on 31-Oct-2011 ***
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SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2011

Wednesday 16th 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 Tuesday 15th 
November.

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09:30 - 10:00 Registration and coffee

SESSION 1: THE CHANGING FACE OF SEARCH
10:00 - 10:10 Introduction
10:10 - 10:35 John Tait, Principal, johntait.net Ltd,
               Using Physical Quantities in Finding Similar Documents
10:35 - 11:00 Lewis Crawford, Web Archiving Programme Technical Lead, 
British Library,
               Analytics and Access to the UK Web Archive
11:00 - 11:25 Toby Mostyn, CTO, Polecat,
               Search for Public Conversations

11:25 - 12:00 BREAK

SESSION 2: WEB SEARCH CHALLENGES
12:00 - 12:25 Ricardo Baeza-Yates, VP Research, Yahoo!,
               Beyond the Ten Blue Links
12:25 - 12:50 Gabriella Kazai, Research Consultant, Microsoft Research 
Cambridge,
               Crowdsourcing Search Relevance

12:50 - 14:00 LUNCH

SESSION 3: ENTERPRISE SEARCH
14:00 - 14:25 Marianne Sweeney, Principal, Daedalus Information Systems,
               Successful Enterprise Search by Design
14:25 - 14:50 Matt Taylor, General Manager, Funnelback,
               Search Experience Management - Techniques for Search Success
14:50 - 15:15 Iain Fletcher, VP Marketing, Search Technologies,
               A New Content Processing Framework for Search Applications

15:15 - 15:45 TEA BREAK

SESSION 4: BEYOND SEARCH: CONTENT ANALYSIS
15:45 - 16:10 Jarred McGinnis, Research Manager, Press Association,
               The Press Association Approach to Search and News
16:10 - 16:35 Ian Kegel, Technical Group Leader, British Telecom,
               Broadband TV and Recommendation: Improving the customer 
experience
16:35 - 17:00 Kristian Norling, Senior Consultant, Findwise,
               Information flow on the intranet at Region Västra Götaland

Fishbowl Session:
17:00 - 17:30 Hot topics in search. Want to discuss your own hot topic?
Join in, it's a fishbowl session!

17:30 - 20:00 DRINKS RECEPTION

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

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.

For further details, including registration, see:
http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2011/sse2011.php
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-- 
Dr Udo Kruschwitz
University of Essex
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
U.K.

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