Goodbye lecture Aernout Schmidt and 25 years of eLaw@Leiden

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At the end of March, Aernout Schmidt will turn 65, and eLaw@Leiden will turn 25. These two “life events” will be commemorated in the following way:

  • Friday 26 March, at 16:15
    Goodbye lecture of Aernout titled “Met de kennis van nu” in the “Groot Auditorium”, followed by reception.
  • Saturday 27 March
    elaw25jaar-symposium. You are kindly requested to register. See here for more details.
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Semantic Web meeting on Linking Open Dutch Data

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On Friday, February 12th, the VU University Amsterdam will organise a Dutch Semantic Web Meetup on the topic of Linking Open Dutch Data. With the recent launch of e.g. the UK‘s http://data.gov.uk portal, this application area of Semantic Web technology currently has a lot of momentum.

See http://esw.w3.org/topic/DutchSemanticWebMeetups for more information and registration details.

Rinke Hoekstra

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Jurix 2009 – Call for Participation

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JURIX, the Dutch Foundation for Legal Knowledge Based Systems, has organized successful conferences on the subject of Legal Knowledge Based Systems and Information Systems for over 20 years. In these years, the annual JURIX conference has become an well-known meeting point for scholars as well as practitioners in this field.

The twenty-second edition of this conference will be from 16-18 December, 2009 and is hosted by Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The conference proceedings will be published by IOS Press (Amsterdam, Berlin, Oxford, Tokyo, Washington DC) in their series ‘Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications.’

Conference dates
December 16, 2009:
o Workshop “AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems (AICOL-09)”
o Tutorial “Natural Language Processing Techniques for Managing Legal Resources on the Semantic Web”
o Tutorial “Business Process Compliance”
December 17-18, 2009:
o JURIX main conference, including invited lectures by Richard De Mulder and Marie-Francine Moens
December 17:
o Conference dinner

Conference program and fees
A total of 21 papers will be presented during the conference. A full program can be found at the JURIX 2009 web site (www.frg.eur.nl/jurix2009), which also contains detailed information about the conference fees and how to register.

Visiting Rotterdam
Rotterdam is a modern, international city. The port of Rotterdam is by far the largest in Europe, but the city has much more to offer, such as a striking modern architecture, several theaters and a lively shopping district. Erasmus University’s campus is situated a few kilometers east of the city centre, with good public transport connections. Information about getting to Rotterdam and examples of suitable hotels can be found at the JURIX 2009 website (www.frg.eur.nl/jurix2009).

Additional information
You can contact the conference organizers by sending an email to:
Kees van Noortwijk (organising chair): jurix2009@law.eur.nl
Guido Governatori (program chair): guido.governatori@nicta.com.au

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