TERI is organizing ICDL 2013 (International Conference on Digital Libraries) during 27–29 November 2013 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The conference would be inaugurated by Hon'ble VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA. The major objectives of this mega event are: • To bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries • To create a platform through capacity building on Digital Library, Knowledge Management and applications of Social Media ICDL 2013 is also expecting an august gathering of over 500 participants drawn from cross-disciplinary areas etc. We have received confirmations from several renowned international experts for participating in the deliberations. Some of the highlights of the conference would be: ü Thematic Workshop addressing on contemporary issues to a focused group of clientele ü Tutorials by leading DL experts of the World ü Conference deliberation by the luminaries of Digital Library ü Exposition by National and International Publishers, Knowledge Vendors Tutorials@ ICDL 2013 1) Introduction to data mining with Weka by Ian H Witten Professor, University of Waikato New Zealand 2.Imagine! Information retrieval from the WWW by images by Paul Nieuwenhuysen Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels 3) Content-based Image Retrieval: Concepts, Challenges, and Research Opportunities by Ricardo da Silva Torres Associate professor Institute of Computing (IC) University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 4) Ontological Engineering by Kavi Mahesh Professor, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, and Principal Consultant, Knowledge Management Group, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Bangalore, India 5)Using XML and TEI to produce digital books for digital libraries by Alejandro Bia CIO - DEMI Área de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos Spain 6) Open Data Repositories & Linked Data by ARD Prasad, Professor & Head, DRTC, ISI, India Workshops cum panel discussion@ICDL 2013 1) Standardization and Interoperability in the context of Digital Libraries by UNESCO 2) National Mission Libraries (Activities) and National Virtual Library Initiative (NVLI) by Ministry of Culture 3) Open Access by Nature Publishing Group 4) New Trend in e-Publishing: Unlocking More Value for the Researcher byElsevier 5) Workflow based Platform for Digital Archiving by Trinaina Informatics Limited 6) Revolutionizing the Publishing Model by JoVE 7) Audio-visual Archives: Focus and Challenges by Prasar Bharati For registration kindly visit our website: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/register.php Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013@teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.