===== Call for Participation to online FOIS 2023 conference, showcases and demos =====

Program: https://fois2023.griis.ca/online-conference/

Registration: https://event.fourwaves.com/fr/fois2023/inscription
(free registration for students)

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13th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2023)
     September 18-20, 2023 (Online)

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.

Program
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Monday September, 18th            
EDT (UTC -4)    CEST (UTC +2)        
08:15-08:30    14:15-14:30    FOIS online Welcome    Zoom
08:30-10:30    14:30-16:30    Session 1: Foundational concepts (Chair: Laure Vieu)    Zoom
10:30-11:00    16:30-17:00    Coffee break    gather.town
11:00-12:00    17:00-18:00    Ontology showcases and demos     gather.town

Tuesday  September, 19th            
08:30-09:00    14:30-15:00    Invited talks special session (TBC)    Zoom
09:00-10:30    15:00-16:30    Session 2: Methodological issues (Chair: TBA)    Zoom
10:30-11:00    16:30-17:00    Coffee break    gather.town
11:00-12:00    17:00-18:00    ESAO panel    Zoom

Wednesday  September, 20th            
09:00-10:30    15:00-16:30    Session 3: Domain ontologies (Chair: TBA)    Zoom
10:30-11:00    16:30-17:00    Coffee break    gather.town
11:00-12:00    17:00-18:00    IAOA General Assembly    Zoom
12:00-12:15    18:00-18:15    Closing     Zoom

Details: https://fois2023.griis.ca/onlinesession/

Registration fees
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Online presenter: 500 CAN / 340 EUR
Listener - regular fee (academia or industry): 100 CAN / 70 EUR
Listener - reduced fee (student or participant from less developed country): free

More information: https://fois2023.griis.ca/registration/

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
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
Organization: https://fois2023.griis.ca/conference-organization/