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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>[Apologies
for multiple postings]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>1st
Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>4th
International Web Rule Symposium:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Research
Based and Industry Focused<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>October
21-23, 2010, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Co-located
with the 13th Business Rules Forum<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://2010.ruleml.org/" title="http://2010.ruleml.org/">http://2010.ruleml.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Overview and Aim<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The International Web Rule Symposium has evolved
from an annual series of international workshops since 2002, international
conferences in 2005 and 2006, and international symposia since 2007. This year,
the 4th International Web Rule Symposium (RuleML-2010) will be held near <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>, co-located
with the 13th Business Rules Forum, the world's largest Business Rules event.
RuleML-2010 is devoted to practical distributed rule technologies and
rule-based applications, which need language standards for rules
(inter)operating in, e.g., the Semantic Web, Enterprise Systems, Intelligent
Multi-Agent Systems, Event-Driven Architectures, and Service-Oriented
Applications.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010 is a research-based, industry-focused
symposium: its main goal is to build a bridge between academia and industry in
the field of rules and semantic technology, and so to stimulate the cooperation
and interoperability between business and research, by bringing together rule
system providers, participants in rule standardization efforts, open source communities,
practitioners, and researchers. The concept of the symposium has also advanced
continuously in the face of extremely rapid progress in practical rule and
event processing technologies. As a result, RuleML-2010 will feature hands-on
demonstrations and challenges alongside a wide range of thematic tracks. It
will thus be an exciting venue to exchange new ideas and experiences on all
issues related to the engineering, management, integration, interoperation, and
interchange of rules in distributed enterprise intranets and open distributed
environments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Conference Theme<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>This year, we particularly welcome submissions that
address applications of Web rule technologies for business and information systems.
We invite you to share your ideas, results, and experiences: as an industry
practitioner, rule system provider, technical expert, developer, rule user or
researcher, exploring foundations, developing systems and applications, or
using rule-based systems. We invite high-quality submissions related to (but
not limited to) one or more of the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Track Topics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules, Semantic Technology, and Cross-Industry
Standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rule Transformation and Extraction<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules and Uncertainty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules and Norms<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules and Inferencing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rule-based Event Processing and Reaction Rules<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rule-Based Distributed/Multi-Agent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>We also welcome submissions on miscellaneous rule
topics, such as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> - Rules and ontologies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> - Execution models, rule engines, and
environments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> - Graphical processing, modeling and
rendering of rules<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Case studies, experience reports, and industrial
problem statements are particularly encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010 Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The RuleML-2010 Challenge is one of the highlights
of RuleML-2010. Rules are used in interesting and practically relevant ways to,
e.g., derive useful information, transform knowledge, provide decision support,
and provide automated rule-based monitoring, enforcement, validation or
management of the behavioral logic of an application. The Challenge offers
participants the chance to demonstrate their commercial and open source tools,
use cases, and applications.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Conference Language<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The official language of the conference will be
English.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Submission<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Authors are invited to submit original
contributions of practical relevance and technical rigor in the field,
experience reports and show/use case demonstrations of effective and practical
rule-based technologies, or applications deployed in distributed environments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010 Submission Guidelines, Springer
Proceedings, Best Paper Award<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Papers must be in English and may be submitted at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
<a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2010"
title="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2010">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2010</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>as:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Full Papers (15 pages in the proceedings)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Short Papers (8 pages in the proceedings)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS
format (<a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html"
title="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a>).
To ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully peer-reviewed by 3
PC members based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity
of exposition. Authors are requested to upload the abstracts of their papers
before May 25, 2010 and to upload their complete papers by June 1, 2010. The
selected papers will be published in book form in the Springer Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) series. The best paper from all submissions will be
determined by the PC and a Best Paper Award will be presented at the Symposium.
All submissions must be made electronically. A selection of revised papers will
be resubmitted to a special issue of a journal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010 Challenge Submission Guidelines<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>To be announced<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Review Process<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The submitted papers will pass the blind review
process. At least three members of the Program Committee will review each
submission.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Abstract submission deadline: May 25, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Paper Submission deadline: June 1, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Notification of acceptance: July 7, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Camera ready due: July 28, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Symposium dates: October 21-23, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Conference Venue<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010 will take place at the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hilton</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mark</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName>,
which is located <st1:metricconverter ProductID="5 miles" w:st="on">5 miles</st1:metricconverter>
southwest of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>. The symposium is co-located with the
13th Business Rules Forum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Hilton</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mark</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>5000 Seminary Road, <st1:City
w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
22311<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Internet: <a
href="http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/DCAAHHF-Hilton-Alexandria-Mark-Center-Virginia/index.do"
title="http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/DCAAHHF-Hilton-Alexandria-Mark-Center-Virginia/index.do">http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/DCAAHHF-Hilton-Alexandria-Mark-Center-Virginia/index.do</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Program Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>General Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mike Dean, Raytheon BBN Technologies, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Said Tabet, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">RuleML
Initiative</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>John Hall, Model Systems, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Antonino Rotolo</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Bologna</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Liaison Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mark Proctor, Red <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Hat</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Track Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules, Semantic Technology, and Cross-Industry
Standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Tracy Bost, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Valocity</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Robert Golan, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">DBMind</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rule Transformation and Extraction<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mark Linehan, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">IBM</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules and Uncertainty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Davide Sottara, University <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Bologna</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules and Norms<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Thomas Gordon, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Fraunhofer FOKUS</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Guido Governatori</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>,
NICTA, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rules and Inferencing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Grigoris Antoniou, Information Systems Laboratory,
FORTH, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rule-based Event Processing and Reaction Rules<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Alex Kozlenkov, Betfair Ltd., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Adrian Paschke, Free <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Univ.</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Berlin</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Rule-Based Distributed/Multi-Agent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Nick Bassiliades, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aristotle</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName> of <st1:City w:st="on">Thessaloniki</st1:City>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Costin Badica, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Craiova</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Romania</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>RuleML-2010 Challenge Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Enrico Francesconi</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">ITTIG-CNR</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Monica Palmirani</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Bologna</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Fabio Vitali, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University
of Bologna</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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