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Forwarded on behalf of Ted Fons. Roy *From: Ted Fons **<[log in to unmask]>* <[log in to unmask]> *Date:* January 14, 2016 at 6:18 PM *To:* [log in to unmask] *CC:* "Svensson, Lars" <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] *Subject:* Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting on Big Data & Linked Data, Chicago USA, August 2016 Greetings Colleagues- The IFLA Information Technology Section and the Academic and Research Libraries Section, Big Data Special Interest Group, and the Semantic Web Special Interest Group are jointly sponsoring a satellite meeting that will be of high interest to those interested in semantic web for libraries and Big Data topics. Please see our call for papers here: http://2016.ifla.org/cfp-calls/information-technology-joint-with-academic-and-research-libraries-big-data-special-interest-group-and-semantic-web-special-interest-group The title of the day-long meeting is Data In Libraries: The Big Picture. The meeting is on Wednesday, August 10 at the University of Chicago. The meeting is conveniently scheduled for travelers to also attend the IFLA world congress in Columbus, Ohio beginning the following weekend. Please see the link above for more details on the topics and requirements for paper submission. Please also note that the deadline for abstracts is 21 February. That gives you time to plan and write a proposal now, well before the deadline. See you in Chicago... -Ted