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"Obrst, Leo J." <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:31:03 -0400
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**** FOIS 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

****

**** The 5th International Conference

**** on Formal Ontology in Information Systems

****

**** http://fois08.dfki.de

****

**** October 31st - November 3rd, 2008

**** Saarbr=FCcken, Germany

**** DFKI, Competence Center Semantic Web

**** http://semanticweb.dfki.de/

****

**** Co-located with ISWC 2008, Karlsruhe Germany (October 26th -
30th,=20

2008)

**** (http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org/)

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Conference Description

----------------------

Since its inception ten years ago, the International Conference on =20

Formal Ontology in Information Systems has explored the multiple =20

perspectives on the notion of ontology that have arisen from such =20

diverse research communities as philosophy, logic, computer science, =20

cognitive science, linguistics, and various scientific domains.

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As ontologies have been applied in new and exciting domains such as
the=20

World Wide Web, bioinformatics, and geographical information  systems,=20

it has become evident that there is a need for ontologies  that have=20

been developed with solid theoretical foundations based on =20

philosophical, linguistic, and logical analysis. Similarly, there is =20

also a need for theoretical research that is driven by the issues that


have been raised by recent work in the more applied domains.

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FOIS is intended to be a forum in which to explore this interplay =20

between the theoretical insights of formal ontology and their =20

application to information systems and emerging semantic technologies.

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Invited Speakers

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*  Johanna Seibt (Aarhus Universitet, Denmark)

*  Mike Uschold (Reinvent Technology, Vancouver, B.C., previously =20

Boeing Corporation, USA)

*  York Sure (SAP Research, Germany)

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Tutorials

----------------

  * Tutorial 1: Nicola Guarino - Ontologies and Ontological Analysis: =20

An Introduction

  * Tutorial 2: Ludger van Elst & Michael Sintek - Ontologies and the =20

Semantic Web: Building Blocks and Challenges

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Important Dates and Further Information

---------------------------------------

*  Early registration ends: September 1st, 2008

*  Student Poster Submissions: August 31, 2008

*  Conference: October 31st - November 3rd, 2008

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*  Visit http://fois08.dfki.de for further details and registration

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Registration Fees

----------------------

*  Students: early: EUR 50; late: EUR 60; on-site: EUR 85

*  Academia: early: EUR 200; late: EUR 250; on-site: EUR 300

*  Industry / Corporate: early: EUR 300; late: EUR 350; on-site: EUR
400

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Organizers

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Conference Chair

*  Nicola Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy)

Program Chairs

*  Carola Eschenbach (University of Hamburg, Germany)

*  Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, Canada)

Local Organization: DFKI - Competence Center Semantic Web

*  Paul Buitelaar (DFKI GmbH, Saarbr=FCcken, Germany)

*  Massimo Romanelli (DFKI GmbH, Saarbr=FCcken, Germany)

*  Michael Sintek (DFKI GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Germany)

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_____________________________________________=20
Dr. Leo Obrst       The MITRE Corporation, Information Semantics=20
[email protected]    Information Discovery & Understanding, Command and
Control Center

Voice: 703-983-6770 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S H305=20
Fax: 703-983-1379   McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA=20
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>[Apologies for multiple copies.]<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** FOIS 2008 CALL FOR =
PARTICIPATION<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>****<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** The 5th International =
Conference<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** on Formal Ontology in Information =
Systems<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>****<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** <a =
href=3D"http://fois08.dfki.de">http://fois08.dfki.de</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>****<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** October 31st - November 3rd, =
2008<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** Saarbr=FCcken, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** DFKI, Competence Center Semantic =
Web<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** <a =
href=3D"http://semanticweb.dfki.de/">http://semanticweb.dfki.de/</a><o:p>=
</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>****<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** Co-located with ISWC 2008, Karlsruhe =
Germany
(October 26th -=A0 30th, <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>2008)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>**** (<a =
href=3D"http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org/">http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org=
/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Conference Description<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>----------------------<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Since its inception ten years ago, the =
International
Conference on=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Formal Ontology in Information Systems has =
explored the
multiple=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>perspectives on the notion of ontology that have =
arisen
from such=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>diverse research communities as philosophy, =
logic,
computer science,=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>cognitive science, linguistics, and various =
scientific
domains.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>As ontologies have been applied in new and =
exciting domains
such as=A0 the <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>World Wide Web, bioinformatics, and geographical
information=A0 systems, <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>it has become evident that there is a need for
ontologies=A0 that have <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>been developed with solid theoretical =
foundations based
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>philosophical, linguistic, and logical analysis.
Similarly, there is=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>also a need for theoretical research that is =
driven by
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>have been raised by recent work in the more =
applied
domains.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>FOIS is intended to be a forum in which to =
explore this
interplay=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>between the theoretical insights of formal =
ontology and
their=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>application to information systems and emerging =
semantic
technologies.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Invited Speakers<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>----------------<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Johanna Seibt (Aarhus Universitet, =
Denmark)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Mike Uschold (Reinvent Technology, =
Vancouver, B.C.,
previously=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Boeing Corporation, USA)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 York Sure (SAP Research, =
Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Tutorials<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>----------------<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>=A0 * Tutorial 1: Nicola Guarino - Ontologies =
and
Ontological Analysis:=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>An Introduction<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>=A0 * Tutorial 2: Ludger van Elst &amp; Michael =
Sintek -
Ontologies and the=A0 <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Semantic Web: Building Blocks and =
Challenges<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Important Dates and Further =
Information<o:p></o:p></p>

<p =
class=3DMsoPlainText>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></=
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Early registration ends: September 1st, =
2008<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Student Poster Submissions: August 31, =
2008<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Conference: October 31st - November 3rd, =
2008<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Visit <a =
href=3D"http://fois08.dfki.de">http://fois08.dfki.de</a>
for further details and registration<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Registration Fees<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>----------------------<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Students: early: EUR 50; late: EUR 60; =
on-site: EUR 85<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Academia: early: EUR 200; late: EUR 250; =
on-site: EUR
300<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Industry / Corporate: early: EUR 300; late: =
EUR 350;
on-site: EUR 400<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Organizers<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>----------<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Conference Chair<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Nicola Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, =
Italy)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Carola Eschenbach (University of Hamburg, =
Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, =
Canada)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Local Organization: DFKI - Competence Center =
Semantic Web<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Paul Buitelaar (DFKI GmbH, Saarbr=FCcken, =
Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Massimo Romanelli (DFKI GmbH, =
Saarbr=FCcken, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText>*=A0 Michael Sintek (DFKI GmbH, Kaiserslautern, =
Germany)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times =
New Roman","serif"'>_____________________________________________
<br>
</span><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dr. =
Leo
Obrst&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The MITRE Corporation, =
Information
Semantics</span><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New =
Roman","serif"'>
<br>
</span><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>[email protected]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Information Discovery &amp; Understanding, Command and Control =
Center</span><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New =
Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Voice:
703-983-6770 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S H305</span><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br>
</span><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Fax:
703-983-1379&nbsp;&nbsp; McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA</span><span
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