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Join us for an engaging panel on the topic of What’s New and What’s Hot in the Semantic Web\/Tech area followed by Q&A. We’ll wrap up the meetup with a brainstorm on interesting topics for the next 6 months of meetups.PanelistsJames LeighJames is a longtime Web standards proponent. He uses his wide-ranging\u00a0experience in Web development to move semantic Web technologies from the\u00a0research lab to practical solutions, improving business productivity and\u00a0efficiency. He has been an active architect and leader on some of the\u00a0most well known and used semantic web Open Source Software projects\u00a0including RDF4J\/OpenRDF Sesame library, an RDF library for parsing,\u00a0indexing, and querying RDF using SPARQL; OpenRDF AliBaba and Elmo\u00a0RDF-object mapper for aspect\/subject oriented composition of object\u00a0rules; PURL server, a distributed resource identifier management system;\u00a0and Callimachus, a Linked Data management system.Mark van BerkelMark is the founder and creator of Schema App. A Semantic technology platform that structures data into schema markup to be consumed by search engines. He works day in and day out figuring out how to leverage the flexibility of SemTech to deliver value to marketers. He has a Masters in Engineering from the University of Toronto, where he studied Semantic Technology with Michael Gruninger.Bart GajderowiczBart is a fourth year PhD candidate in the\u00a0Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Dept.\u00a0at the\u00a0University of Toronto, under the supervision of Professors\u00a0Mark S. Fox\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Gr\u00fcninger. He is a member of the\u00a0Centre for Social Services Engineering\u00a0working on the\u00a0Social Service Simulator\u00a0project.\u00a0He holds a MSc and BSc degrees in\u00a0Computer Science\u00a0from Ryerson University where he co-founded the Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Laboratory. \u00a0Bart’s current work applies artificial intelligence (AI) techniques towards understanding human behaviour, with application in evaluating social service policies.\u00a0His research interests focus on Human-AI interaction and collaboration. Prior to joining the CSSE, Bart spent 12 years as a Software Engineer.Resources from PanelContent Filtering in the Context of Semantic TechnologyFundamentals on Semantic WebOnline training pageSemantic Arts;\u00a0Dave McComb & Michael Uschold. Creators of the Gist Ontology: https:\/\/www.semanticarts.com\/gist\/Semantic Search Marketing Google + CommunityDavid Wood’s book on Linked DataTopic Suggestions for Future MeetupsHow to get developers excited about the Semantic WebDeep dive into schema.org and semantic tech for digital marketingHow to get enterprise adopting Semantic Tech, seeing valueFintech and the Semantic WebIf you have other suggestions, post them in the chat on the Meetup Group.At Schema App, one of our core values is to always be learning and teaching. That’s why we love talking with other structured data experts!Are you ready to unleash the power of structured data?Let’s Talk Martha van Berkel CEO Martha van Berkel is the co-founder and CEO of Schema App, an end-to-end Semantic Schema Markup solution provider based in Ontario, Canada. She focuses on helping SEO teams globally understand the value of Schema Markup and how they can leverage Schema Markup to grow search performance and develop a reusable content knowledge graph that drives innovation. Before starting Schema App, Martha was a Senior Manager responsible for online support tools at Cisco. 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