Very shortly after the largest DBpedia meeting to date we are crossing Atlantic for the second time. We are happy to announce that the 8th DBpedia meeting will be held in Sunnyvale on October 27th 2016, hosted by Yahoo.

The event will feature talks from Yahoo, IBM Watson, LinkedIn and Lattice amongst others. The topics will include knowledge graphs & machine learning, open data, open source and startups.

Please read below on different ways you can participate. We are looking forward to meeting again in person with the US-based DBpedia community.

Quick facts

• Web URL: http://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/California2016

• Hashtag: #DBpediaCA

• When: October 27th, 2016

• Where: Yahoo! Building E, 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA.

• Host: Yahoo

• Call for Contribution: Submit your proposal in our form

• Registration: through eventbrite (limited seats)

Program

Organisation

• Nicolas Torzec, Yahoo Knowledge Graph.

• Pablo N. Mendes, Lattice Data Inc.

• Dimitris Kontokostas, DBpedia Association and AKSW, Uni Leipzig

• Sebastian Hellmann, DBpedia Association and AKSW, Uni Leipzig

Registration

Attending the DBpedia Community meeting is free of charge, but seats are limited. Make sure to register to reserve a seat.

Call for Contribution

Please submit your proposal through our form. Contribution proposals may include (but are not limited to) presentations, demos, lightning talks, panels and session suggestions. We intend to accept as many proposals as possible in the available meeting time.

Location

The meeting will take place at the Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale.

Address:

• Yahoo! (Building E), 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA)

WiFi: YGuest

Acknowledgments

If you would like to become a sponsor for the 8th DBpedia Meeting, please contact the DBpedia Association.