AGI GeoCommunity ’10: Prof Nigel Shadbolt

13 July 2010, 2:25pm

AGI is extremely pleased to announce that Professor Nigel Shadbolt will be presenting the AGI GeoCommunity ’10 final conference plenary session.

More information: http://www.agigeocommunity.com/

Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deputy Head (Research) of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He 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.

In June 2009 together with Sir Tim Berners-Lee he was appointed an Information Advisor by the Prime Minister to help transform public access to Government information. A major output of this work has been the widely acclaimed data.gov.uk site - a single point of access for all Government non-personal public data. In May 2010 he was appointed by the Coalition Government to the Public Sector Transparency Board responsible for setting open data standards across the public sector and developing the legal Right to Data. He also chairs the Local Data Panel seeking to promote and develop open data approaches within Local Government.

Amongst his many other achievements, Professor Shadbolt was President of the British Computer Society in its 50th Anniversary year.

“We are thrilled to have such an important, topical and influential speaker joining us at AGI GeoCommunity ‘10”, said Chris Holcroft AGI Director. “We have a compelling and diverse mix of content and speakers for the conference, including a range of excellent keynote and plenary presenters. Professor Shadbolt’s agreement to participate completes our line-up and offers an outstanding opportunity for delegates to come and listen to a luminary for the Web and Open Data”, he added.

About AGI GeoCommunity '10

AGI GeoCommunity '10: Opportunities in a Changing World - will be held in Stratford-upon-Avon on September 28th to 30th 2010.

The AGI GeoCommunity series has a proven reputation as a 'must-attend' event for a range of service delivery managers and information management and technology professionals.

Previous delegates and speakers have been drawn from Central and Local Government, Utilities, Health, Emergency Services, Infrastructure, Insurance, Marketing, Business Intelligence, Finance and Technology sectors.

The AGI GeoCommunity '10 conference will open on the 29th September and offer two full days of thought leadership, practical education, knowledge transfer and real world best practice and case studies. A pre-conference 'Icebreaker' evening event will be hosted by popular demand on 28th September 2010.

Attendance at AGI GeoCommunity '09 increased 5% against 2008, attracting 625 people. The residential format, introduced in 2007, is now well established and the event has proven its growth and sustainability.

The conference paper programme is available here:
http://www.agi.org.uk/call-for-papers/

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