Wednesday 29th November, 2017, Covent Garden, London
Innovations in Search & Information Retrieval
Search Solutions is the premier UK forum for presentation of the latest innovations
in search and information retrieval. In contrast to other major industry events,
Search Solutions aims to be highly interactive, with attendance strictly limited.
The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential
industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval.
NOTE: Search Solutions offers a Tutorial Programme on Tuesday 28th November, 2017.
Programme
09:30 - 10:00 Registration and coffee
SESSION 1: BEYOND KEYWORD MATCHING: SEARCHING WITH TAXONOMIES & KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS
- 10:00 - 10:15
Introduction
- 10:15 - 10:45 Edgar Meij, Bloomberg
Semantic Search and recommendations at Bloomberg
- 10:45 - 11:15 Mark Fea, LexisNexis
The Search elixir - Building, applying and harnessing taxonomies to improve search relevance
11:15 - 11:45 BREAK
SESSION 2: NEW CHALLENGES: MISINFORMATION, FAKE NEWS & TOXIC CONTENT
- 11:45 - 12:15 Mark Harwood, Elastic
Tackling toxic content with the elastic stack
- 12:15 - 12:45 Anna Kolliakou, King's College London
Computing veracity in PHEME: trend detection and intervention for mental health
- 12:45 - 13:15 Phil Bradley, Independent Consultant
The facts about fake news
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH
SESSION 3: FROM SEARCH TO CONVERSATION
- 14:15 - 14:45 Filip Radlinski, Google
A Theoretical Framework for Conversational Search
(based on this paper A Theoretical Framework for Conversational Search )
- 14:45 - 15:15 Fabrizio Silvestri, Facebook
Search at Facebook
15:15 - 15:30 BREAK
SESSION 4: BEYOND WEB SEARCH
- 15:30 - 16:00 Nicola Cancedda, Bing/Microsoft
Reply With: Suggesting Email Attachments
- 16:00 - 16:30 Mark Stanger, Elsevier
Elsevier DataSearch: The challenges of building a search engine for research data
- 16:30 - 17:00 Lightning Talks (feel free to step up and present YOUR five-minute talk)
- 17:00 - 17:30 OUR TRADITIONAL FISHBOWL SESSION
17:45 DRINKS!
The IRSG 2017 AGM
will take place a day before on Tuesday 28th November (from 18:00).
Location
Search Solutions 2017 is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group
of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and is held at the BCS Central London Office:
BCS, 1st Floor
The Davidson Building
5 Southampton Street
London, WC2E 7HA
Map
Registration
Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) are as follows:
Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2017)
- BCS/ISKO member rate: £99
- Non-member rate: £129
Full Rates (from 01-Nov-2017)
- BCS/ISKO member rate: £119
- Non-member rate: £149
Registration fees include lunch and a copy of the proceedings.
Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks reception
in the evening.
For details of the tutorial programme and pricing, please refer to the
Search Solutions Tutorials page.
The registration is now open.
Booking link: https://events.bcs.org/book/2719/
Closing date for bookings is Sunday 26 November 2017 at 11:59 pm. No more bookings will be taken after this date.
Cancellations & Refunds
full refund will be issued if a cancellation is received within 14 days of the booking date or by 12:00 pm on Tuesday 21st November 2017, otherwise, name substitutions will be allowed if notified before the closing date.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that the BCS does not issue invitation letters.
Fee Waivers for Students
We are pleased to announce up to five fee waivers for students wishing to attend Search Solutions this year. For more information, please check this page.
Organizers
Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs
Udo Kruschwitz, University of Essex
Andy MacFarlane, City University London
John Tait, johntait.net ltd.
Dyaa Albakour, Signal Media Ltd.
Ingo Frommholz,University of Bedfordshire.
Contact
For enquiries about the event please contact Tony Russell-Rose, IRSG Vice-Chair: irsg [at] bcs.org
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