SAP Research is the technology research department of SAP, engaged in
applied research and development at various research centers worldwide.
Targeted to establish SAP as the thought leader in the area of
innovative and breakthrough information technology, SAP Research
determines the business value of new technologies and introduces new
technology and concepts for future solutions that will be of strategic
importance to SAP and its customers. 

Part of SAP Research is the "Enterprise Services & Semantics" research
program. This research program explores the broad research areas of
service-oriented computing (including development, architecture &
deployment), semantics, and more importantly their overlap - building
towards the Intelligent Service-Oriented Enterprise. Currently ESS
participates in two major EU Integrated Projects with a clear focus on
Semantics and Interoperability - 'ATHENA' and 'DIP'. In the course of
DIP the development of WSMO plays an important role.

We expect from the participation in the W3C Workshop on Frameworks for
Semantics in Web Services a lively discussion about current and future
technology developments especially in the areas Ontologies for Semantic
Web Services and Integration in Web Services Architectures. Additionally
we would expect information sharing about real live development and
application of Semantic Web services in Enterprise environments.