GIC successfully co-organised a workshop on "Semantics in Governance and Policy Modelling" within the 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference that took place on May 29th to June 2nd, in Heraklion, Greece.

The papers presented in this workshop were targeting novel approaches, methods, practices and tools for turning the public information overload into an opportunity for Governance and Policy Modelling with the help of semantics, open data and Public Sector Information reuse, linked data and visual analytics. Specific importance was placed in multidisciplinary approaches, combining theoretical policy making methodologies, advanced ICT and Government 2.0 collaboration practices.

The workshop provided a stand for real-life application examples, showing how stakeholders can gain insight and take action into complex and unpredictable real-life situations at international, national or local level, including: Semantic components for digital public service definition and provision; Semantics for policy modelling, including policy planning and policy impact assessment; Open, governmental data publication and promotion; Linking of open governmental data; Linked data in government data mash-ups; Collaborative analysis and collective intelligence for policy-making, Semantic annotation of public policy and citizen opinion; Semantic components for public deliberation and argument visualization.

photo: The workshop speakers and chair, at the ESWC 2011, May 30th 2011

Audience, Organisers

The audience of the workshop included researchers and practitioners spanning the domains of Semantic Web, Electronic Governance and Policy Modelling, university students and professors of Computer, Management, Social and Public Administration sciences, ICT industry staff engaged in relevant projects and solutions, policy makers and decision drivers at local, national or international levels, public administration officials and industry executives, engaged both in organisational design and ICT deployment.

Workshop Chairs

• Yannis Charalabidis (Corresponding Chair), University of Aegean/GIC Expert, Greece
• Fenareti Lampathaki, National Technical University of Athens/GIC Expert, Greece
• Gianluca Misuraca, JRC - European Commission, IPTS, Spain

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