The panel picker for SXSWi went live this
morning, and Twine has propsed several submissions. Browsing through the huge list of
proposals (over 2200), it’s clear that the Semantic Web will be popular
topic at this year’s conference.
With “Beyond Algorithms: Search
and the Semantic Web,” we are planning to offer both an overview of the
current state of the technology, as well as a careful look at what needs to be
addressed for semantic search to finally reach its potential. We think that
semantic search needs to be present, personalized, and precise. What are the
catalysts? What are the roadblocks?
At last week’s SES Conference in San Jose,
the interactions on and around our
“Don’t Call it a Comeback: Semantic Technology and Search” panel showed
just how complex these issues are, so we anticipate a lively and wide-ranging
discussion for the panel at SXSWi 2010.
We have also proposed a panel on interfacing
content streams as real-time interaction becomes the Web’s dominant paradigm.
As we showcased with Twine’s
new interface visualization this summer, we feel there are better ways to
organize and interact with the stream, and our panel “Islands in the Stream: Interfacing
Real-time Content” will address user experience and interface design for
the real-time Web from a variety of perspectives.
We also want to note that Brendan Kessler,
the Founder and CEO of ChallengePost,
has submitted a panel on “Why
Challenge Prizes are the Future of Innovation”.
My $10K
challenge to design unblockable, anonymous, and encrypted mobile internet
access is still open, and I will be joining the discussion on the panel, as
well.
Thanks for your consideration, and please
help us bring these ideas to SXSWi next by voting for the panels!
