Current Sponsors

 

Empolis

Empolis is a software company specialised in knowledge management and information access technologies. Knowledge based technologies form the basis for empolis' products.

Starting from core Case-Based Reasoning technology, empolis has evolved its tools towards a semantic processing technology. It is a platform for the implementation of hybrid intelligent applications that can make use of a variety of AI technologies, including e.g., the CBR kernel, a rule engine, machine learning and user modelling techniques, to name a few. Today we offer a complete framework for setting up intelligent content management, knowledge management, retrieval and assistance systems. Empolis is the only search engine vendor which fully integrates fulltext, associative, and structured search.

NeOn

NeOn is a 14.7 million Euros project involving 14 European partners and co-funded by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme. NeOn started in March 2006 and has a duration of 4 years. Our aim is to advance the state of the art in using ontologies for large-scale semantic applications in the distributed organizations. Particularly, we aim at improving the capability to handle multiple networked ontologies that exist in a particular context, are created collaboratively, and might be highly dynamic and constantly evolving.

Ontoprise

Know how to use Know-how - ontoprise offers innovative software solutions based on ontologies (knowledge models) which homogenise your company's specific expertise. ontoprise's products facilitate the search so that the user can quickly and easily find relevant information. They enable reapplication of acquired knowledge so that problems need not be solved more than once, and allow integration of content from diverse sources so that the user obtains a unified view of heterogeneous data.

 Orange - France Telecom

France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, serves almost 160 million customers on five continents (220 countries or territories) as of December 31, 2006 , of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 51,7 billion euros in 2006. Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will allow the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and to make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe . On June 2006, Orange thus became the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile in France , the United Kingdom , the Netherlands and Spain , and Orange Business Services the brand name for the services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is number two mobile operator and provider of Internet services in Europe and amongst the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

Telekom Austria

With its wireline and wireless operating segments, Telekom Austria is a successful full service provider of multimedia solutions. Our technology leadership and innovative power form the basis for our strong market position and – even more important – satisfied customers. In addition to its operations in Austria , the wireline segment is also represented in the Czech Republic with Czech On Line, a leading Internet service provider. In 2005, our wireline segment generated revenues of EUR 2,135.2 million. Besides fixed line telephony, the wireline segment comprises data and IT solutions, Internet access and media, value-added and wholesale services. The wireless segment is represented by the mobilkom austria group – mobilkom austria and its international companies Mobiltel in Bulgaria , Vipnet in Croatia , Si.mobil in Slovenia and mobilkom liechtenstein in Liechtenstein . The wireless segment generated revenues of EUR 2,489.2 million in 2005.