<div dir="ltr"><div>While wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, we would like to add some important dates to your calendar for the new year. </div><div>Get ready for the 17th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2018)!</div><div>Monterey, California (USA), from October 8-12, 2018</div><div><br></div><div>ISWC is the premier venue for presenting innovative systems and research results related to the Semantic Web and Linked Data, attracting a large number of high quality submissions every year and participants from both industry and academia. ISWC brings together researchers from different areas, such as artificial intelligence, databases, natural language processing, information systems, human computer interaction, information retrieval, web science, etc., who investigate, develop and use novel methods and technologies for accessing, interpreting and using information on the Web in a more effective way. </div><div><br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org">http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org</a></div><div>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/InternationalSemanticWebConference">https://www.facebook.com/groups/InternationalSemanticWebConference</a></div><div>Twitter: @iswc2018 (<a href="https://twitter.com/iswc2018">https://twitter.com/iswc2018</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>In this announcement:</div><div>1. Keynote Speakers</div><div>2. Important Dates</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1.Keynote Speakers</div><div>==========================================</div><div>ISWC 2018 is delighted to confirm the following keynote speakers: </div><div><br></div><div>* Jennifer Golbeck (University of Maryland, USA)</div><div>* Natasha Noy (Google, USA)</div><div>* Vanessa Evers (University of Twente, Netherlands)</div><div><br></div><div>More information coming soon: </div><div><a href="http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org/speakers/">http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org/speakers/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Important Dates</div><div>==========================================</div><div>Workshop & Tutorial proposals<span style="white-space:pre">                                                               </span>January 21, 2018</div><div>Workshop & Tutorial proposals notifications<span style="white-space:pre">                                       </span>February 15, 2018</div><div>Abstracts (Research, In-use, Resource tracks)<span style="white-space:pre">                                </span>March 30, 2018</div><div>Papers (Research, In-use, Resource tracks)<span style="white-space:pre">                                      </span>April 6, 2018</div><div>Doctoral Consortium submissions <span style="white-space:pre">                                                 </span>April 13, 2018</div><div>Author rebuttal phase (Research, In-use, Resource tracks)<span style="white-space:pre">       </span>May 7-11, 2018</div><div>Doctoral Consortium notifications<span style="white-space:pre">                                                       </span>May 14, 2018</div><div>Paper notifications (Research, In-use, Resource tracks)<span style="white-space:pre">           </span>May 25, 2018</div><div>Doctoral Consortium camera-ready submissions<span style="white-space:pre">                              </span>May 28, 2018</div><div>Industry papers<span style="white-space:pre">                                                                                           </span>June 1, 2018</div><div>Workshop papers<span style="white-space:pre">                                                                                           </span>June 1, 2018</div><div>End of Early Registration period<span style="white-space:pre">                                                  </span>June 1, 2018</div><div>Poster & Demo submissions<span style="white-space:pre">                                                                     </span>June 8, 2018</div><div>Camera-ready papers (Research, In-use, Resource tracks)<span style="white-space:pre">           </span>June 15, 2018</div><div>Industry papers notifications<span style="white-space:pre">                                                            </span>June 22, 2018</div><div>Poster & Demo notifications sent<span style="white-space:pre">                                                     </span>July 13, 2018</div><div>Workshop papers notifications <span style="white-space:pre">                                                           </span>July 13, 2018</div><div>End of Standard Registration period<span style="white-space:pre">                                                      </span>July 15, 2018</div><div>Industry camera-ready papers<span style="white-space:pre">                                                             </span>July 20, 2018<span style="white-space:pre">                </span></div><div>Poster & Demo camera-ready submissions<span style="white-space:pre">                                            </span>July 24, 2018</div><div>Workshops & Tutorials<span style="white-space:pre">                                                                                </span>October 8-9, 2018</div><div>Conference<span style="white-space:pre">                                                                                                   </span>October 10-12, 2018</div><div><br></div><div>Happy holidays!</div><div>The ISWC Organising Committee (<a href="http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org/organization/">http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org/organization/</a>)</div><div><br></div></div>