Next Generation Search Forum Tokyo

The importance of next-generation search is growing beyond the Internet and the enterprise to the way we work. The result is the emergence of search-based applications for finance, publishing, e-discovery, e-commerce, business intelligence, and more. The next technology you adopt must be able to serve your company or application for years. This showcase of presentations by leaders in next-generation search technology as well as leading online content portals can help you make that critical decision.

In the past year, the widespread adoption of open source search solutions Lucene, Solr and Nutch have fueled the growth of search-based applications, appealing to users as a more flexible and cost-effective solution. Organizations such as IBM Omnifind, Disney, Monster.com job search, and Wikipedia are among Lucene adopters. Experts at the forum will present technical tutorials about Lucene and Solr and discuss its pros and cons.

Next-generation search users demand more than just a list of search results. Text analytics enables search to take the next step、 providing pre-analysis of the results with drill-down, clustering and faceting results around key ideas and topics. Learn about how text analysis is changing the face of search to engage the user with search results customized to their requirements.

Our full-day program will feature a plenary track including a welcoming address from the US Embassy in Tokyo, a keynote speech, and presentation time dedicated to each of the forum partners, followed by breakout sessions for tutorials, in-depth product overviews, and hands-on demonstrations.

We hope you will be able to join us in Tokyo on April 22. We’re looking forward to working with your team to accelerate your entry into the Japanese market.

There is no charge for this event, although pre-registration is required by April 14, 2010.