Mike’s Public Presentations

For many years, Mike’s presentations were mostly before customers and investors, which can not be listed. However, his public presentations, testimony and invited lectures include:

“Linked Data Needs To Live Up To The Hype, And Soon,” interview by SemanticWeb.com, http://semanticweb.com/linked-data-needs-to-live-up-to-the-hype-and-soon_b874, November 1, 2010.

Keynote Address, “Bridging the Gaps: Adaptive Approaches to Data Interoperability,” DC-2010 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Pittsburgh, October 22, 2010.

“MIKE2.0 for the Semantic Enterprise,” refereed speaker, 2010 Semantic Technology Conference, San Francisco, June 24, 2010.

“Sizzle for the Steak: Rich, Visual Interfaces for Ontology-driven Apps,” refereed speaker and demo, 2010 Semantic Technology Conference, San Francisco, June 23, 2009.

“BKN: Building Communities through Knowledge, and Knowledge Through Communities,” refereed speaker at the 2009 Semantic Technology Conference, San Jose, CA, June 16, 2009.

“Internet Search Luminary Interview,” multi-part interview by the Federated Search blog (http://federatedsearchblog.com/), Sol Lederman, editor, Intro and Parts I to IV (Oct. 17, Oct. 24, Oct. 31, Nov. 7 and November 14, 2008).

“DBpedia, UMBEL & the Future Web’s Ecology – interview with Mike Bergman & Sören Auer,” interview by the Semantic Puzzle, http://blog.semantic-web.at/2008/11/10/umbel-dbpedia-futureweb-ecology-interview/, November 10, 2008.

“UMBEL: A Lightweight Subject Reference Structure for the Web,” invited presentation before the Ontolog Forum, Online Web presentation, September 25, 2008.

Panelist, “Linked Data Workshop,” panelist member at the LinkedData Planet Conference, New York City, NY, June 17, 2008.

“zLinks: Semantic Framework for Invoking Contextual Linked Data,” (with F. Giasson, presented by Kingsley Idehen), demo presentation and paper at WWW 2008 Workshop: Linked Data on the Web (LDOW2008), Beijing, China, April 22, 2008.

“Tricks and Pitfalls in Major Investment Financing,” invited presentation before the Eastern Iowa Angel Investors, Coralville, IA, September 16, 2004.

“National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program,” invited presentation before the U.S. Library of Congress staff, Washington, DC, April 4, 2003.

“BioStream — Bioinformatics Data Management Software System,” Iowa State University Genome Informatics Seminar, Ames, IA, May 21, 2002.

“Deep Content Discovery and Aggregation on the Web,” Search Engines Strategy Conference, Boston, MA, March 21, 2001.

Keynote speaker, “Content Discovery and Aggregation on the Web,” National (NFAIS) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 26, 2001.

“Bioinformatics Data Consolidation and Analysis,” Iowa State University, Ames, IA, January 19, 2001.

“America’s Energy ‘Demonstration Gap’: Restoring Leadership Through Public-Private Partnerships,” testimony before U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Washington, DC, February 22, 1989.

Keynote speaker, “The Challenge of Commercialization: A Case Study of Public Power’s Multi-Megawatt Fuel Cell Demonstration,” 1988 Fuel Cell Seminar, Long Beach, CA, October 23 26, 1988 (with R. Belval).

“Modeling Considerations for Small Systems,” presented at APPA’s Integrated Resource Planning workshop, Denver, CO, October 3-4, 1988.

“FERC’s Proposals on Independent Power Producers,” presented before the American Public Power Association’s Task Force on Restructuring, Washington, DC, April 28, 1988.

“Cost-Effective Solutions for Utility Computing Needs in Lesser Developed Countries,” presented before the Energy Department of The World Bank, Washington, DC, April 21, 1988.

“COMPLEAT: A Community-Oriented Tool for Least-Cost Utility Planning,” presented before the U.S. Department of Energy’s LCUP Program grantees, Aspen, CO, April 13, 1988.

“Lessons from Public Power’s Fuel Cell Demonstration Project,” presented before the Fuel Cell Users Group’s Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 30, 1988.

“Market and Decision Factors Affecting Public Power’s Interest in Fuel Cells,” presented before the Public Power Fuel Cell Workshop, Hartford, CT, October 8 9, 1987.

“PowerManager: Integrated Utility Software for Smaller Electric Systems,” presented before the Annual Meeting of ElectriCities of North Carolina, Kiawah Island, SC, August 15, 1987.

“How Can the Smaller Utility Meet the Growing Demands for Excellence?,” presented before the Northeast Public Power Association’s Second Annual Office Conference, Worchester, MA, May 13, 1987.

“Integrated Utility Software for Smaller Electric Systems,” presented before Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency Computer Conference, Sioux Falls, SD, January 14 15, 1987.

“Cost-Effective Solutions to Municipal Computing Requirements,” presented before the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, September 16 18, 1986.

“Preliminary Results from APPA’s 1986 Computer Survey,” and “An Overview of the PowerManager Integrated Software Package,” presented before the American Public Power Association’s Fourth Annual Microcomputer Applications Workshop, Boston, MA, July 14 17, 1986.

“PowerManager Demonstration,” presented before the American Public Power Association’s National Conference, Toronto, Ontario, June 16 18, 1986.

“An Introduction to APPA’s PowerManager Software,” presented before the Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, June 11 13, 1986.

Session chairman, “Commerical Sector Applications of Heat Pumps,” joint APPA/EEI/EPRI/NRECA Conference on Meeting Consumer Needs with Heat Pumps, Kansas City, KS, April 7 8, 1986.

Invited participant, DOE Electrical Energy Systems Division Workshop on Technology Transfer, Alexandria, VA, March 20 21, 1986.

Luncheon speaker, EPRI Municipal Solid Waste Conference, Madison, WI, November 19 20, 1985.

Session chairman, “Biomass Energy,” 20th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Miami Beach, FL, August 18 23, 1985.

“Industry Research and Development,” presented before the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, June 26, 1985, Brainerd, MN.

“Alternatives/Renewable Sources of Power as Energy Solutions,” presented before the New York Society of Security Analysts, New York, NY, June 20, 1985.

“Getting to Know Your Customers: Surveys, Focus Groups, Census Profiles, Billing Data and Meetings With Key Customers,” presented before the American Public Power Association’s “Managing Energy Sales to Keep Costs Low” Marketing Workshop, Kansas City, KS, May 30 31, 1985.

“Computer Applications for Electric Utilities,” presented before the Third Annual Transmission and Distribution Expo, Chicago, IL, May 14 16, 1985.

“APPA’s Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments (DEED) Research Program,” presented before the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Public Power Agency, Grand Rapids, MI, April, 1985.

“Microcomputer Applications for Electric Utilities,” presented before the Washington chapter of the Power Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Washington, DC, January 15, 1985.

“Recent Developments in APPA Microcomputer Activities,” presented before the Northwest Public Power Association’s Utility Microcomputing Workshop, Portland, OR, October 16 17.

“Public Power Research in Bio-Energy,” presented before the Biomass Energy Technology Transfer Conference, Arlington, VA, October 1 3, 1984.

“Special Report: The Status of Microcomputers in Electric Utilities,” presented before the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 1984 Data Processing Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, June 10 13, 1984.

“The Use of Microcomputers by Public Power Systems,” presented before the 28th Annual Engineering and Operations Workshop of the American Public Power Association, Toronto, Ontario, March 26 29, 1984.

Session chairman, “Applications of Microcomputers in Energy Engineering,” Eleventh Energy Technology Conference and Exposition, Washington, DC, March 19 21, 1984.

“PCBs, Computers and Acid Rain,” presented before the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool, Lincoln, NE, February 29-March 1, 1984.

“Acid Rain,” presented before the Washington chapter of the Power Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Washington, DC, February 21, 1984.

“The Impact of Industrial Structural Change on Future Electricity Use,” presented before the Winter Meetings of the Power Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Dallas, TX, January 29-February 3, 1984.

“APPA’s Views on Acid Rain,” presented before the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) Acid Rain Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 9 10, 1983.

“Keynote Address on Acid Rain,” presented before the Fall meeting of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, Minneapolis, MN, October 27 28, 1983.

“An Overview of Microcomputers and Their Use in Public Power Systems,” presented before the Northwest Public Power Association’s Microcomputer Workshop, Portland, OR, October 10 11, 1983.

“An Overview of the Science and Politics of Acid Rain,” presented before the Michigan Power Conference, Traverse City, MI, October 5 6, 1983.

“APPA’s Views on the Science of Acid Rain,” testimony before U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, September 24,1983.

“APPA’s 1983 Public Power Computer Survey,” presented before the American Public Power Association’s Microcomputer Applications Workshop, Dallas, TX, May 24 26, 1983.

“Regulations Governing the Use, Handling and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs),” presented before the American Public Power Association’s PCB Workshop, Atlanta, GA, April 19 20, 1983.

“Integration of Municipal Services,” presented before the International Symposium on Energy Conservation Measures, Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 6 8, 1983.

“The Latest Changes in PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) Regulations,” presented before the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association’s Engineering and Operations Workshop, Nashville, TN, November 21 22, 1982.

“Energy Policy Analysis,” graduate course given in the Department of Engineering Science and Systems, University of Virginia, Fall 1981 (taught jointly with A. Christakis).

“The Clean Air Act and the Direct Use of Coal in Industrial Boilers,” presented before the Clean Air Act Conference, Arlington, VA, November 17 18, 1980.

“Coal Technology Assessment: Industrial Boilers to the Year 2000,” presented before the National Conference on Industrial Boilers, Air Pollution Control Association, Raleigh, NC, December 10 12, 1979 (paper also published in proceedings).

“Technology Assessment,” lecture series presented to the Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, April 1979.

Last Updated 11/15/10