EDF2012 Speaker News: Professor Nigel Shadbolt confirmed as keynote speaker

The programme for the European Data Forum 2012 (EDF2012) - that takes place at the Copenhagen Business School from 6 - 7 of June 2012 - is set up by the EDF2012 organising team at the moment. We are very happy to announce the confirmation for a keynote talk by Professor Nigel Shadbolt at the EDF2012 conference! The keynote will take place on the second conference day, 7th of June 2012, 09.30am CET in the main conference track (see also EDF2012 conference program).
Professor Nigel Shadbolt is one of the key persons in the field of data management and open data in Europe and beyond. He is Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Southampton and Head of the Web and Internet Science Group.
Furthermore Nigel Shadbolt is a Director of the Web Science Trust, and of the Web Foundation - both organisations have a common commitment to advance our understanding of the Web and promote the Web's positive impact on society.
Shadbolt has also - beside Sir Tim Berners-Lee - been named as co-directors of a new world-leading Open Data Institute, established by the UK Government to innovate, exploit and research Open Data opportunities.
For more information take a look at the EDF2012 keynote page.
EDF2012
The European Data Forum 2012 (EDF2012) is a meeting place for industry, research, policymakers and community initiatives to discuss the challenges of Big Data and the emerging Data Economy and to develop suitable action plans for addressing these challenges.
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If you are interested to speak at the EDF2012 please read the Call for Participation and submit your presentation proposal soon: http://www.data-forum.eu/registration
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The EDF2012 conference team is looking forward to meeting you in Copenhagen in June!






