History

This conference series started its life as the European Semantic Web Symposium (ESWS), which was held in Heraklion, Greece in May of 2004. The event was established by the SEKT, DIP, and KnowledgeWeb projects that made up the SDK cluster. Based on the success of this first event, the symposium was expanded and upgraded to a conference with the new name the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC). From 2005 through to 2008 the conference has grown in stature and quality, visiting Budva in Montenegro, Innsbruck in Austria, and Tenerife in Spain. The SDK Cluster that initially established the conference series later became known as ESSI with the addition of the ASG project. ESSI was the major seed for the establishment of STI International, which now runs the series as one of its major activities. In 2009 the conference returned to its spiritual home in Heraklion, Greece. From 2010 on, the ESWC is named 'Extended Semantic Web Conference' to underline the extended scope and international character behind the event.

1st European Semantic Web Symposium (ESWS2004)
Date: May 10 - 12, 2004
Location: Heraklion, Greece
Academic Track Chairs: Dieter Fensel, Rudi Studer
Industrial Track Chair: Christoph Bussler

2nd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2005)
Date: May 24 - June 01, 2005
Location: Heraklion, Greece
General Chair: Jérôme Euzenat
Program Chair: Asunción Gómez Pérez

3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2006)
Date: June 11 - 14, 2006
Location: Budva, Montenegro
General Chair: John Domingue
Program Chair: York Sure

4th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2007)
Date: June 03 - 07, 2007
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
General Chair: Enrico Franconi
Program Chairs: Michael Kifer, Wolfgang May

5th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2008)
Date: June 01 - 05, 2008
Location: Tenerife, Spain
General Chair: Manfred Hauswirth
Program Chairs: Sean Bechhofer, Manolis Koubarakis

6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2009)
Date: May 5 - June 1, 2009
Location: Heraklion, Greece
General Chair: Fabio Ciravegna
Program Chairs: Lora Aroyo, Paolo Traverso

7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2010)
Date: May 30 - June 3, 2010
Location: Heraklion, Greece
General Chair: Lora Aroyo
Program Chairs: Grigoris Antoniou, Eero Hyvönen