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Program Westfields Marriott, Chantilly, VA June 8–9, 2009

Day One: June 8, 2009

Technology and Language Track Partners and Solutions Track Tutorials
7:30Registration and Breakfast
8:30 Welcome and Conference Overview Carl Hoffman
8:35 Day One Keynote Address Finding the Ground Truth: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in the Middle East Michael Totten, Foreign Correspondent and Foreign Policy Analyst
9:20 Plenary Basis Technology Update Carl Hoffman & Benson Margulies
10:10Break
10:35 The Modern-Day Chinese Puzzle: Automated Chinese Text Analysis Joe Ho Enabling the National Harmony Database Kristin Summers, CACI & Benson Margulies Guided Tour of the Rosette Linguistics Platform Ken Glidden
11:20Break
11:25 The Names of Afghanistan: Understanding Pashto and Dari Names Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D. Annotations: An Overview of Computer-Aided Document Mark-up Systems Tom Keenan, USA Department of Defense & Benson Margulies Lucene and Solr for the Rest of the World Teruhiko Kurosaka,
12:10Lunch
13:25 New Developments in Name Analysis David Murgatroyd
14:15 It’s All in the Palm of Your Hand: An Overview of Cell Phone Forensics Heather Mahalik Real-World Issues of Name Translation Robert Muir, Abraxas Corporation Guided Tour of the Rosette Linguistics Platform (repeat) Ken Glidden
15:00Break
15:25 You say “Jamāl”; he writes “Djamel”: Influences on Western Transliteration of Arabic Names Zina Saadi Open Source Search Powered by Solr Erik Hatcher, Lucid Imagination & Teruhiko Kurosaka Sit! Down! Extract! Teaching New Tricks to Your Entity Extractor Brandon Mensing
16:10Break
16:15 Making Your Name Search Cross-Lingual David Murgatroyd Crossing the Language Barrier: Translingual Search & Discovery Steve Cohen Introduction to Transliteration Assistant & Knowledge Center Youssef Fayed & Mary Galvin
17:00Evening Reception

Day Two: June 9, 2009

Technology and Language Track Partners and Solutions Track Tutorials & Roundtables
8:00Registration and Breakfast
8:55 Welcome and Conference Overview
9:00 Day Two Keynote Address Beyond Keyword Search: The Changing Face of Information Access Susan Feldman, IDC Research
9:50Break
10:15 One Language, Many Dialects: An Analysis of Arabic Dialects Zina Saadi Activate Your Data with Active Intelligence Andrew McKay, Senior Vice President – Attivio & Joe Ho Introduction to Transliteration Assistant & Knowledge Center (repeat) Youssef Fayed & Mary Galvin
11:00Break
11:05 Global Anti-Money-Laundering Compliance: Challenges and Solutions Steve Kearns Indexing Human Language for the Warfighter Chris Biow, Mark Logic & Steve Cohen Roundtable Discussion TBD
11:50Lunch
13:05 Extracting Searchable Text from Arabic PDFs Brian Carrier, Ph.D. Information Access and Guided Summarization: International Support Michael Mohler, Endeca & Ken Glidden Roundtable Discussion Media and Cell Phone Exploitation Brian Carrier, Ph.D. & Heather Mahalik
15:00Break
15:05 Graphic proficiency in the Nastaliq lands: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan Tom Milo Drive Analysis in a Flash Simson Garfinkel, Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School Next Steps for Names Robert Muir, Abraxas & David Murgatroyd
15:50End of Sessions

*Conference agenda and schedule are subject to change.