The International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG) is a cross-area international forum on semantic computing, knowledge networking, and grid computing. SKG promotes cross-area research and pushes the development of relevant areas. The 4th International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG2008) will be held in Beijing.  Proceedings of SKG2005 and SKG2006 has been indexed by EI (http://www.engineeringvillage2.org.cn/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearchCitationFormat&searchWord1={72224}&section1=CC&database=1&yearselect=yearrange&sort=yr
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So far, SKG2008 (http://www.culturegrid.net/SKG2008/) has received submissions from the following countries: USA, Canada, China (mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Germany, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Poland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Turkey, and United Kingdom.

We herein invite you to submit a paper to this conference. The deadline has been extended to July 31, 2008.

The following is the organizers' information and publication information.

Keynotes:
Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Ramesh Jain, University of California, USA

Conference Co-Chairs:
Tharam Dillon, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University, USA
P.M.A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Program Co-Chairs:
Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
Katsumi Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan
Hai Zhuge, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Proceedings will be published by IEEE Press. Selected high-quality papers will be recommended for publication in the following SCI-indexed international journals after extension:
Future Generation Computer Systems (Impact Factor 1.095).
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Impact Factor: 1.154).
International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS)