Information retrieval facility symposium in Vienna

ABSTRACT

On November 8-9, 2007 the new Information Retrieval Facility (www.ir-facility.org) held its first annual Symposium in Vienna. The focus of the symposium was patent retrieval, and it was attended by 125 experts in Information Retrieval, Intellectual Property Management and related areas. Delegates came from Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Canada, the US and 10 European Countries. In terms of organisations, delegates came from Universities, Patent Offices (EPO, WIPO) and from commercial organisations ranging from majors like Shell and GlaxoSmithKline to one and two person consultancies.

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Primary Classification:
  A. General Literature
  A.0 GENERAL