Dear all,
On the Northern Hemisphere we are approaching the end of summer, and for many of us this also means the end of a much needed break and the anticipation for the new academic year. However, there is still one highlight left to close off the summer, namely the FOIS conference in beautiful Catania, Italy! The final deadline for on-site registration for the FOIS 2025 conference is fast-approaching, so don’t hesitate! Register now!
You have until the 31st of August to register for on-site registration for FOIS 2025.
To register, please follow this link:
https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=728
Main events:
- FOIS Online: September 4-5, 2025.
- FOIS 2025, September 10-12, 2025.
- JOWO 2025, September 8-9, 2025.
- Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO): September 15-19, 2025.
The on-site events are all hosted by the University of Catania in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
For more information on the venue, the program, and other related information,
please visit https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/.
The FOIS community looks forward to welcoming you in Catania!
César Bernabé and Eric Top
(FOIS 2025 Publicity chairs)
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About the 15th edition of the International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS):
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. The conference encourages submission of high quality, not previously published results on both theoretical issues and practical advancements. FOIS 2025 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.
About the Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO):
The Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO) is a venue of workshops that, together, address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics.
JOWO is a conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications<https://iaoa.org/> (IAOA), which is a non-profit organization aiming to promote interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology.
You can find a general presentation of JOWO and former editions here<https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/>.
Format
Workshops at JOWO 2025 are events whose scientific program is independently established by the workshop organizers. They will be responsible for advertising the workshop and reviewing and selecting the contributions. Workshops can be events that provide a forum for the discussion of topics broadly related to ontologies, formal ontology, and knowledge management and their application in information science or other areas. Together, the workshops can address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. They are especially suitable for interdisciplinary and innovative formats.
About the Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)
The Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO) is the premier educational forum for acquiring and deepening knowledge in ontology - its foundations, applications, and interconnections with related areas.
September 15-19, 2025
University of Catania, Sicily, Italy
(! in person only, no online participation !)
Target audience
- PhD students
- PostDocs and researchers
- Ontology practitioners from business, industry and society
Leading experts in applied ontology (AO), formal ontology, modeling,
semantics and neighboring fields teach various basic courses as well as
engage in interactive formats for deepening the knowledge of all
participants, providing a full immersion experience in AO for all levels
of expertise. Ten speakers will give courses - we highlight G.
Guizzardi, C. Masolo, C. Trojahn and L. Vieu (more details below).