This conference series started its life as the European Semantic Web Symposium (ESWS), which was held in Heraklion, Greece in May of 2004. The event was established by the SEKT<\/a>, DIP<\/a>, and KnowledgeWeb<\/a> projects that made up the SDK cluster. Based on the success of this first event, the symposium was expanded and upgraded to a conference with the new name the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC). From 2005 through to 2008 the conference has grown in stature and quality, visiting Budva in Montenegro, Innsbruck in Austria, and Tenerife in Spain. The SDK Cluster that initially established the conference series later became known as ESSI with the addition of the ASG<\/a> project. ESSI was the major seed for the establishment of STI International, which now runs the series as one of its major activities. In 2009 the conference returned to its spiritual home in Heraklion, Greece. From 2010 on, the ESWC is named ‘Extended Semantic Web Conference’ to underline the extended scope and international character behind the event.<\/p>\n

The ESWC conference series rule document can be downloaded here:\u00a0Rules of ESWC<\/a><\/p>\n

Past Conferences<\/h3>\n

1st European Semantic Web Symposium (ESWS2004)<\/a>
\nDate: May 10 – 12, 2004
\nLocation: Heraklion, Greece
\nAcademic Track Chairs: Dieter Fensel, Rudi Studer
\nIndustrial Track Chair: Christoph Bussler<\/p>\n

2nd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2005)<\/a>
\nDate: May 24 – June 01, 2005
\nLocation: Heraklion, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: J\u00e9r\u00f4me Euzenat
\nProgram Chair: Asunci\u00f3n G\u00f3mez P\u00e9rez<\/p>\n

3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2006)<\/a>
\nDate: June 11 – 14, 2006
\nLocation: Budva, Montenegro
\nGeneral Chair: John Domingue
\nProgram Chair: York Sure<\/p>\n

4th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2007)<\/a>
\nDate: June 03 – 07, 2007
\nLocation: Innsbruck, Austria
\nGeneral Chair: Enrico Franconi
\nProgram Chairs: Michael Kifer, Wolfgang May<\/p>\n

5th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2008)<\/a>
\nDate: June 01 – 05, 2008
\nLocation: Tenerife, Spain
\nGeneral Chair: Manfred Hauswirth
\nProgram Chairs: Sean Bechhofer, Manolis Koubarakis<\/p>\n

6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2009)<\/a>
\nDate: May 5 – June 1, 2009
\nLocation: Heraklion, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: Fabio Ciravegna
\nProgram Chairs: Lora Aroyo, Paolo Traverso<\/p>\n

7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2010)<\/a>
\nDate: May 30 – June 3, 2010
\nLocation: Heraklion, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: Lora Aroyo
\nProgram Chairs: Grigoris Antoniou, Eero Hyv\u00f6nen<\/p>\n

8th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2011)<\/a>
\nDate: May 29 – June 2, 2011
\nLocation: Heraklion, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: Grigoris Antoniou
\nProgram Chairs: Marko Grobelnik, Elena Simperl<\/p>\n

9th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2012)<\/a>
\nDate: May 27 – June 31, 2012
\nLocation: Heraklion, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: Elena Simperl
\nProgram Chairs: Philipp Cimiano, Axel Polleres<\/p>\n

10th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2013)<\/a>
\nDate: May 26 – May 30, 2013
\nLocation: Montpellier, France
\nGeneral Chair: Philipp Cimiano
\nProgram Chairs: Valentina Presutti, Oscar Corcho<\/p>\n

11th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2014)<\/a>
\nDate: May 25 – May 29, 2014
\nLocation: Heraklion, Crete, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: Valentina Presutti
\nProgram Chairs: Fabien Gandon, Claudia d\u2019Amato<\/p>\n

12th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2015)<\/a>
\nDate: May 31 – June 4, 2015
\nLocation: Portotoz, Slovenia
\nGeneral Chair: Fabien Gandon
\nProgram Chairs: Harald Sack, Marta Sabou<\/p>\n

13th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2016)<\/a>
\nDate: May 29 – June 2, 2016
\nLocation: Anissaras, Crete, Greece
\nGeneral Chair: Harald\u00a0Sack
\nProgram Chairs: Mathieu D’Aquin, Eva Blomqvist<\/p>\n

14th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2017)<\/a>
\nDate: May 28 – June 1, 2017
\nLocation: Portoroz, Slovenia
\nGeneral Chair: Eva Blomqvist
\nProgram Chairs: Diana Maynard, Aldo Gangemi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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