SMWCon Spring 2014

The Spring 2014 SMWCon was held May 21-23 in Montréal, Canada. SMWCon is a twice-yearly event for users and developers of Semantic MediaWiki. You can read the conference announcement and [[Media:Smwcon spring2014 poster.pdf|download]] the official poster and help us distribute it.

Location
The Spring 2014 SMWCon was held at Concordia University in Montréal. Montréal is the second-largest city in Canada and the metropolis of the province of Quebec. Rich in culture and history, Montréal has earned itself a reputation as one of the liveliest cities in North America for its festivals during summer time.

For more information about the conference series, see SMWCon. For general discussions or questions about this conference, please use the user mailing list.

Proposed talks
''You can add the name of your talk and the link to its description here and it will be added to the program. (You can use the Talk form to create pages for talks.)''

Topics for community discussions
''The discussion is one of the most important part of the conference. Please add issues you want to discuss.''

Sponsors

 * Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University is our Gold sponsor
 * Concordia University, Montreal is our Platinum sponsor

Informal attendee list
If you are planning to attend, feel free to add your name below; though please make sure to also register.
 * 1) René Witte
 * 2) Bahar Sateli
 * 3) James Montalvo
 * 4) Daren Welsh
 * 5) Peter J. Woudsma
 * 6) Chris Koerner
 * 7) David Mason
 * 8) Guillaume Coulombe
 * 9) Liliane Fallon
 * 10) Yoann Ochietti
 * 11) Jimmy St-Germain
 * 12) Yves Otis
 * 13) Emmanuel Décarie
 * 14) Bernadette Clemente
 * 15) Cindy Cicalese
 * 16) Jason Ji
 * 17) Nancy Krautmann
 * 18) Alain Désilets
 * 19) Joel Sachs
 * 20) Yolanda Gil
 * 21) Isaac Farley
 * 22) Andrew Geary
 * 23) Louis-Philippe Durocher
 * 24) Pierre Deschênes
 * 25) Matt Hall
 * 26) Markus Krötzsch
 * 27) Emna Mezghani
 * 28) Frank Taylor
 * 29) Marcus Gilliam
 * 30) Jamal Rahal
 * 31) Joel Natividad
 * 32) Yaron Koren
 * 33) Nicolas NALLET
 * 34) Nele Noppe
 * 35) Ali King
 * 36) Régis Barondeau
 * 37) Barry Grenon

Registration
Registration is now open through EventBrite. The early Bird registration deadline ended April 30th, EDT.

CONCORDIA STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: We offer 5 scholarships for eligible Concordia students to cover the registration fees. For competition details, please visit http://www.semanticsoftware.info/smwcon2014-scholarships Application deadline is Monday, May 12th.

Visa Letters
If you need an invitation letter for acquiring a Canadian visa, please contact Bahar Sateli.

Venue Information
Please check out the /Local Information/ page for more information on the venue, travel and accommodation options.