1. Industry Area Outreach Robert Meersman (VUB STARLab) Alain Léger (France Telecom) Madrid Kick-off 3-4 Feb 2004

2. Main Goal Promote greater awareness and faster take-up of SW technology by industry –in close and permanent synergy with the research area How? create a feedback loop between industry and research, including education and training Academia Industry “bridge the gap” between industry and research (bi-directional process!)

3. Key Focus A: setting up Formulate new scientific challenges from industrial needs Establish Industrial Board (inspired by OntoWeb/SIG4) Collect and analyse business uses cases, systemic requirements Evaluate technology with respect to industrial needs Propose methods of evaluating ontology usability and usefulness Analyse utility of ontology-based tools Propose a unified SW framework for interoperability and services Establish cross-project research through related efforts Cooperate with other networks and projects (e.g. Agentcities, REWERSE, OntoWeb, SWWS, DIP, …

4. Key Focus B: outreach Show the added value of Semantic Web technology in applications Identify, capture and promote successful business stories Produce technology roadmaps Organize promotional events: seminars, workshops, conferences Creation of Semantic Web Portal For integrating the activities of KWeb partners For promotion of technology to industry activities Establish requirements for “Ontology Outreach Authority” As meeting place for interacting with industrial parties Future certification and publication of ontologies, and ontology-based tools Make recommendations on how to develop and deploy ontologies Capture best practices and guidelines for deployment Contribute to standards work (inspired by OntoWeb/SIG1)

5. Work Plan WP 1.1: Industrial application needs (Started, led by FT) WP 1.2: Evaluation for technology selection (Start mo.6, led by VUB) WP 1.3: Technology recommendations (Started, led by VUB) WP 1.4: Promotion of ontology technologies (Start mo.6, led by UIBK) WP 1.5: Cross-network cooperation (Started, led by UIBK) WP 1.6: Semantic portal infrastructure (Started, led by UPM)

6. Main Dependencies Scalability WP 2.1 Dynamics WP2.3 SW Services WP2.4 Technology Evaluation WP1.2 SW Portal WP1.6 Virtual Res. Center WP2.6 Edu. delivery Platform WP3.3 Cross-network Cooperation WP1.5 Edu. Content WP 3.2 ResearchIndustryEducation

7. Thank You