The Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Workshop will be held in Beijing, China, on April 22, 2008. The goal of the workshop is to foster the development and advancement in the use of Semantic Web technologies to facilitate collaboration, research and development, and innovation adoption in the domains of Health Care and Life Sciences, We also encourage the participation of all research communities in this event, with enhanced participation from Asia due to the location of the event. The workshop consists of two invited keynote talks, eight peer-reviewed presentations, and one panel discussion.