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===== Call for Participation to FOIS 2023 conference, workshops and tutorials =====
Program: https://fois2023.griis.ca/program/
Registration: https://fois2023.griis.ca/registration/
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13th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2023),
July 17-20, 2023 (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada) and Sept 18-20, 2023 (Online)
Important dates
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Early registration: May 22, 2023
Regular registration: June 15, 2023
On site conference: July 17-20, 2023
Definition and scope
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The FOIS conference is a meeting point for all researchers with an interest in formal
ontology. Formal ontology is the systematic study of the types of entities and relations
making up the domains of interest represented in modern information systems. FOIS 2023
will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and methods, and
domain ontologies. FOIS aims to be a nexus of interdisciplinary research and communication
for researchers from many domains engaging with formal ontology. Common application areas
include conceptual modeling, database design, knowledge engineering and management,
software engineering, organizational modeling, artificial intelligence, robotics,
computational linguistics, the life sciences, bioinformatics and scientific research in
general, geographic information science, information retrieval, library and information
science, as well as the Semantic Web.
FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its
Applications (IAOA: http://iaoa.org/), which is a non-profit organization promoting
interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology.
Key Notes Speakers
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. Deborah McGuinness (Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair and Professor of
Computer, Cognitive, and Web Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY)
. Michael Gruninger (Professor of Industrial Engineering,Semantic Technologies Laboratory,
University of Toronto, Canada)
. John Heil (Professor, Department of Philosophy, Washington University, St Louis, and
Durham University, UK)
Accepted papers: https://fois2023.griis.ca/accepted-papers/
Workshops (as part of the Joint Ontology Workshops) and tutorials
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CAOS VII: Cognition And OntologieS<https://caos.inf.unibz.it/>
Where next? The present and future of geospatial
ontologies<http://stl.mie.utoronto.ca/geospatial2023/home.html>
Workshop on FAIR Ontologies and Ontologies for FAIR<https://onto4fair.github.io/>
The Integrated Food Ontology Workshop 2023<https://foodon.org/ifow-2023-workshop/>
Ontologies for Services and Society (OSS)<https://csse.utoronto.ca/oss2023>
2nd Workshop on Knowledge Management and Process Mining for Law
(KM4LAW)<https://km4law.di.unito.it/>
2nd Modular Knowledge Workshop (MK 2023)<https://mk2023.fbk.eu/>
7th Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST
VII)<https://foust.inf.unibz.it/foust7/>
Tutorial: The Ontology of Parts, Wholes, and
Sums<https://fois2023.griis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AG-tutorial-abstract.pdf>,
Antony Galton
Full program : https://fois2023.griis.ca/program/
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Main Conference : July 17-19, 2023
Workshops and tutorials: July 19-20, 2023
Registration fees (early rate until May 22, 2023)
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Full Conference
Academic and indus. early 510€ / 750 Can $ regular 580 € / 850 Can$
Student early 275€ / 400 Can $ regular 310 € / 450 Can$
Workshop Days (July 19-20)
Academic and indus. early 260€ / 400 Can $ regular 260 € / 400 Can$
Student early 170€ / 250 Can $ regular 170 € / 250 Can$
more information here: https://fois2023.griis.ca/registration/
Location
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FOIS 2023 consists of a physical meeting and a virtual meeting:
An in-person only meeting in Sherbrooke, Quebec from July 17 to 20, 2023 that will be very
much like a traditional conference with keynotes, regular talks, workshops and tutorials
and plenty of social and networking opportunities. This part will not have a remote
participation option, but we plan on recording selected talks (e.g. keynotes).
This will be followed by an online part to be held from September 18 to 20, 2023 that
offers an opportunity for presentation and discussion of additional papers that were not
presented at the physical meeting in Sherbrooke.
Conference Organization
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General Chair:
Antony Galton, University of Exeter, UK
PC Chairs:
Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, IRIT-CNRS Toulouse, France
Torsten Hahmann, University of Maine, USA
Local Organization Chair:
Jean-François Ethier, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Online Chair:
Cassia Trojahn, IRIT Université Toulouse 2, France
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs:
Megan Katsumi, University of Toronto, Canada
Emilio Sanfilippo, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy
Early Career Chairs:
Antoine Zimmermann, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (EMSE), France
Guendalina Righetti, Free University Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Demo & Showcase Chairs:
Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster, UK
Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, Netherlands
Publicity Chairs:
Lucia Gomez Alvarez, TU Dresden, Germany
Selja Seppälä, University College Cork, Ireland
Proceedings Chair:
Maria Hedblom, Jönköping University, Sweden
Program committee: https://fois2023.griis.ca/conference-organization/
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Dr. Lucía Gómez Álvarez
Computational Logic Group
Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Computer Science
TU Dresden
GERMANY