A 2020 Semantic Web vision for the real world | Panel Discussion

David Amerland, George Anadiotis, Panos Alexopoulos, and Teodora Petkova, have a few things in common. Besides being successful professionals, each in their own way, they also share a passion not many people share: the Semantic Web. As the Semantic Web is turning 20, they come together to talk about the passion.

The first rule of the Semantic Web in the 2020's is, you don't talk about the Semantic Web. Most people don't. For most people, the Semantic Web is something they may be vaguely familiar with, and perhaps something that has been tried, and failed. Truth is, you may not know it, but you use the Semantic Web every day, and you love it.

The Semantic Web, soon to celebrate its 20th anniversary, may not enjoy the kind of universal acclaim the WWW got on its 30th birthday, although both were kickstarted by Tim Berners Lee. It does, however, underpin Knowledge Graphs, and in that sense, it is in its heyday. We have known, loved, and used the Semantic Web for a long time, and we'll share why we think you should, too.