Thursday 29th November, Covent Garden, London

Innovations in Web & Enterprise Search

Search Solutions is a special one-day event dedicated to the latest innovations in web & enterprise search. In contrast to other major industry events, Search Solutions aims to be highly interactive, with attendance strictly limited.

The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval.

NOTE: Search Solutions now offers a Tutorial Programme on Wednesday 28th November.

Programme

09:30 - 10:00 Registration and coffee

SESSION 1: WEB SEARCH CHALLENGES

10:00 - 10:10 Introduction
10:10 - 11:10

• Milad Shokouhi, Applied Researcher, Microsoft Research, Time-Sensitive Query Trends in Bing Logs
• Alex Jaimes, Senior Research Scientist, Yahoo! Barcelona, What Can Search Tell Us? A Human-Centered View

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee Break

SESSION 2: PUTTING THE USER FIRST

11:30 - 13:00

• Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Limited, Its not about technology, its about people!
• Emma Bayne, Head of Systems Development, National Archives, Enhancing the Search Experience through Interface Design
• Kristian Norling, CTO, Findwise, What practitioners think about Enterprise Search

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

SESSION 3: BEYOND KEYWORD MATCHING: SEARCHING WITH TAXONOMIES, THESAURI, ONTOLOGIES

14:00 - 15:30

• Stella Dextre Clarke, Chair, ISKO UK, Thesauri, interoperability and the role of ISO 25964
• Leo Sauermann, CEO and Founder, Gnowsis EU, Making Search Personal with NEPOMUK and Refinder
• Charlie Hull, CEO, Flax, Search,plus - building taxonomy, autoclassification and media monitoring tools with open source search software

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

SESSION 4: THE FUTURE OF SEARCH

16:00 - 17:00

• Nicholas Kemp, Principal Scientist, DSTL, Technology Landscaping in DSTL
• Richard Morgan, Client Services and Support Manager, Funnelback, Relevance for the masses

Fishbowl Session

17:00 - 17:30

• Hot topics in search. Want to discuss your own hot topic? Join in, it's a fishbowl session!

17:30 - 20:00 Close & drinks

Location

Search Solutions is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS and is held at the BCS Central London Office:

BCS, 1st Floor
The Davidson Building
5 Southampton Street
London, WC2E 7HA Map

The event will also be followed by the IRSG 2012 AGM (from 18:00).

Registration

Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) are as follows:

Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2012)

• BCS member rate: £99
• Non-member rate: £129
• Student rate: £99

Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2012)

• BCS member rate: £119
• Non-member rate: £149
• Student rate: £99

Registration fees include lunch and a copy of the proceedings. Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks reception in the evening.

For details of the tutorial programme and pricing, please refer to the Search Solutions Tutorials page.

Booking Link: https://events.bcs.org/book/415/.

Closing Date for bookings is 23:59 on Monday 26 November 2012 at 11:59 pm. No more bookings will be taken after this date.

Cancellations & Refunds

Full refund available if cancellation received before 12pm on Monday 19 November 2012. Name substitutions will be allowed if notified before the closing date.

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that the BCS does not issue invitation letters.

Organizers

Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs
Udo Kruschwitz, University of Essex
Andy MacFarlane, City University London
Nilesh Thatte, Fujitsu Services
John Tait, johntait.net ltd.

Contact

For enquiries about the event please contact Tony Russell-Rose, IRSG Vice-Chair: irsg [at] bcs.org