Date and time:
March 19, 2009
7:00-9:00 p.m.
6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner at La Madeleine for those who would like to join us. (Directions below)
Location:
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center
4805 Edgemoor Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814 View Mapquest map
Description
This evening session is a tangible guided tour of innovative semantic web applications and user interfaces. What is being adopted from current Internet - and Rich Internet - apps and sites? What new design concepts might be possible now or in the future? We'll discuss the opportunities, issues, and implications for people who will be users of the "linked web of data" (without their having to be engaged in its development and data modeling). And we'll continue to ask one of our favorite questions: How can it be made easier and more useful?
This talk is relevant to designers, semantic web developers, usability professionals, and business people.
This event is co-sponsored by the Washington Semantic Web Meetup.
Biographies: Duane Degler, is a partner in Design for Context, a local usability
design consultancy. He has over ten years of experience in the design of
semantics-based applications and web sites, and over 20 years
consulting experience in knowledge management and business performance.
He has led software projects for commercial and government clients in
the US and Europe. Duane
co-organizes the Semantic Web User Interaction workshop series and is a participant
in the UPA Usability Body of Knowledge
project. He studied Communications with a focus on the human change impacts
arising from new technology adoption.
Cost
Free
Directions to the Program:
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center is located at 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814. The Center is in the two-story County office building on the plaza level of the Metropolitan complex, above a County parking garage.
By Car:
The entrance to the parking garage is marked with a large blue Bethesda Center parking sign. Parking is available in the garage - $.75 per hour short-term (3 hours or less), $.50 per hour for over 3 hours. If you are coming south on Old Georgetown Road (from the Beltway use exit 36), turn right on Woodmont Avenue and the parking entrance is almost immediately on your left (second driveway). If you are coming south on Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike, turn right onto Woodmont Avenue, go south for approximately one mile, cross Old Georgetown Road, and the parking garage entrance is the second driveway on your left. If you are coming north on Wisconsin or west on Rt. 410, take Old Georgetown Road north, turn left at the second traffic light (Woodmont Ave.) and the garage entrance will be on your left (it's the second driveway). Take the elevators from the parking garage to the plaza level (P). The building is located at the center of the plaza. County and American flags and a sign bearing the County seal mark the entrance to the building.
By Metro, Bus or on Foot:
The building is located across the street from the Bethesda Metro station. From the Bethesda Metro Station, take the escalator from the bus bay to the plaza level, turn left, walk past the clock tower and across to the Metropolitan plaza using the pedestrian bridge. If you are walking from any other location, the Center's street entrance is at 4605 Edgemoor Lane (corner of Old Georgetown and Edgemoor) and is marked with County and American flags. Take the elevator to level 2 for meeting rooms.
Directions to Dinner:
La Madeleine is located at:
7607 Old Georgetown Rd
Bethesda, MD 20814.
The restaurant is a short walk from the Bethesda Metro stop. View the MapQuest Map
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