Talis is delighted to be one of the sponsors of the 8th European summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web (SSSW 2011). There will be more about this in coming posts, but just to start off:

We are sponsoring it for a very simple reason. The mix of theoretical, practical and collaboration skills used by all the students involved from across Europe directly corresponds to how we work at Talis. It’s an environment of support and challenge, contribution and connection that has proved beneficial for all involved over the years. Talis is proud to contribute and participate to further the aims of the community.

Talis is a small and ambitious company of likeminded, motivated people. A phrase we often use here is Human Scale. Culturally what we mean by that is we like working closely with people who we all know, whether as employees of Talis or (more likely) over time collaborating as partners in joint endeavours.

We want to grow our company and contribute to the communities we belong to. We know that it is by fostering relationships with others driven by the same passion to collaborate and learn that we can build on the ambitions we have for ourselves and for the communities we belong to. One particular aspect of the Summer School is this same notion of social connectedness, a personal network of trusted relationships that challenge and enhance the experience for everyone.