Agro-Know Technologies is a young start-up company that has a clear research focus on knowledge-intensive technology innovation for agriculture and rural development. Agro-Know develops systems and services for agricultural knowledge organization and delivery, using Semantic Web technologies and Web 2.0 tools. It also explores their deployment and testing in sectors such as education & training, commerce, and public administration. Agro-Know is following European and international standardization initiatives in relation to the agricultural data representation and storage, with involvement in fora such as the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) initiative of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). AK members are active contributors in such initiatives, working on agricultural information standards and specifications, agricultural metadata and ontologies, as well as agricultural taxonomies and thesauri. [learn more...]

The agINFRA project will introduce agricultural scientific communities into the vision of open and participatory data-intensive science. agINFRA goes beyond the state-of-the-art in two key issues. First, by offering a research infrastructure that can facilitate agricultural research and an expansion and globalization of existing efforts to standardize and harmonize access to agricultural research data. Second, by exploiting semantics and ontologies through a Linked Data framework specified and hosted under the umbrella of the CIARD (Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development) movement, facilitated by FAO of the UN. The infrastructure will provide, through Linked Data, a means of exposing semantics-aware information combined with a service-based interface to access the advanced and tailored computing capabilities of agINFRA using a cloud computing paradigm. The project will ensure interoperability within and across e-Infrastructures and further promote the concept of open access by joining forces with major open access initiatives. [learn more...]

JES & Co., a publicly funded 501(c)(3) education research organization in the U.S., is a leader in research and deployment of education programs based on open standards—particularly W3C standards guiding development of Linked Data and the Semantic Web. With 20 years of experience in interoperability and portability of educational resources, organizations around the world come to JES & Co. for leadership and guidance on education programs and initiatives. Since its establishment in the early 1990s, JES & Co. has led and managed The Achievement Standards Network (ASN), The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the Gateway to 21st Century Skills (formerly known as GEM), the Dell Academy, the Intel Student Certification Program, and Microsoft's Partners in Learning. [learn more…]

Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) was established in 2006 by the State Government of Sarawak. The Bureau is a non-profit company whose aim is to bring Sarawak to the forefront as a competitive destination for international meetings. The Bureau provides professional advice to meeting planners and is an impartial and unbiased source between planners and local industry suppliers. The goal of the Bureau is to help connect NGOs, corporations and government bodies with whatever necessary to make international conventions a success in Sarawak. [learn more…]

MIMOS Berhad is a leader in ICT innovations, pioneering new market creations for partners through patentable technologies for economic growth. With over 25 years of experience and legacy, MIMOS contributes its core technological competencies to the industry towards raising Malaysia's local, regional and international market competitiveness. Led by accomplished leaders, MIMOS is powered by over 600 researchers, scientists and engineers who work on world-class design, research and development. [learn more…]