The Expert Forum is an opportunity for leading experts to meet and debate important issues in their field, both with each other and with an audience eager to learn some of the inside tracks and forthcoming trends in the XML world. The aim is to be informative, controversial and entertaining.

Each forum lasts a full day, is chaired by an industry expert and is structured with short presentations, discussion sessions and interactive exercises. Proceedings from the forum, including the results of the interactive exercises, will be published alongside the presentation materials from the invited experts.

RDF and the Semantic Web - 30th July
Of all the new technologies that have emerged in the last ten years of web-mania, the ones collectively described as Semantic Web technologies are potentially the most exciting. These technologies have the potential for turning the terabytes of chaotic content on the web into a knowledge bank that can fuel the next generation of reasoning and inference engines.

This year's expert forum will be chaired by the inimitable Peter Flynn and feature many of the leading lights in the world of the Semantic Web. Come and hear them discuss the state-of-the-art and make your contribution as to where the technology should move in the years ahead.

XSLT - 31st July
Three and a half years on and XSLT v1.0 is being used by thousands of people, for thousands of different uses. Even with its current limitations XSLT it has transformed the business of information processing across the world.

Now, with XSLT v2 finally on it's way. CSW would like you to attend a one day expert forum to discuss the many new tips and tricks you'll be using in the next four years.

The expert forum this year will be chaired by Bob DuCharme and include industry experts such as Jeni Tennision. Up for discussion will be anything and everything to do with XSLT. We're expecting many attendees from the famous XSL-List so come along, meet and make friends, and especially join the debate!

To register for the Expert Forums, complete and return the booking form or contact Summer.School@csw.co.uk for further information