December 2025 newsletter
Dear IAOA members,
Below, you will find the news and announcements of our December 2025 newsletter.
If you have information to share with the IAOA’s community, e.g., scientific events you wish to advertise, please do not hesitate to contact us (calendars@iaoa.org).
We wish you a wonderful 2026!
Best,
The Executive Council of the IAOA
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FOIS 2026 and JOWO Episode XII – Vitória, ES, Brazil
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16th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2026) and
JOWO (Joint Ontology Workshops) 2026 – Episode XII: The Tropical Spring of Ontology.
Website: https://foisconference.org/
WHEN:
– 9 September 2026 (virtual conference)
– 21-25 September 2026 (onsite events: JOWO + FOIS)
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
FOIS
– Mandatory abstract submission: 16 March 2026
– Paper submission: 23 March 2026
– Rebuttal period: 6–13 May 2026
– Notifications: 27 May 2026
– Camera-ready submission: 17 June 2026
– Further info: https://foisconference.org/cfp/
JOWO
– Workshop proposal submission deadline: 19 January 2026
– Workshop organizers notification: 29 January 2026
– Further info: https://foisconference.org/jowocall/
Stay tuned for updates!
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UPCOMING EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* 20th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2026)
2-4 September 2026 – Laguna Hills, California, USA
Website: https://www.semanticcomputing.org/
* The First Swiss Colloquium on Applied Ontology (SCAO 2026)
5-6 February 2026 – University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Website: https://swissonto.ch/scao2026/
* 22nd Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science (IRCDL 2026)
19-20 February 2026 – Modena, Italy
Website: https://ircdl2026.unimore.it/
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UPCOMING DEADLINES OF EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* 23rd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2026)
20-23 July 2026 – Lisbon, Portugal
Website: https://kr.org/KR2026/
Important Dates
** Submission of title and abstract: February 8, 2026
** Paper submission deadline: February 13, 2026
** Author response period: March 24-28, 2026
** Notification of acceptance: April 13, 2026
** Camera-ready due: May 3, 2026
* 29th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2026)
23-26 June 2026 – Trondheim, Norway
Website: https://www.ntnu.edu/fusion2026/
Important Dates
** Paper submissions deadline: 15 February 2026
** Acceptance Notification: 15 April 2026
** Camera Ready due: 15 May 2026
* 28th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2026)
May 22-24, 2026 – Benidorm, Spain
Website: https://iceis.scitevents.org/
Important Dates – Regular Papers
** Paper submission: 5 January 2026
** Author notification: September 15th, 2026
** Camera-ready and registration: 17 March 2026
Important Dates – Position/Regular Papers
** Paper submission: 17 February 2026
** Author notification: 24 March 2026
** Camera-ready and registration: 6 April 2026
* 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and 29th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-ECAI 2026)
15-21 August – Bremen, Germany
Website: https://2026.ijcai.org/
Important Dates
** Abstract submission deadline: 12 January 2026
** Full paper submission deadline: 19 January 2026
** Author response period: 7-10 April 2026
** Paper notification: 29 April 2026
* The America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2026)
20-22 August 2026 – Reno, Nevada, USA
Website: https://amcis2026.aisconferences.org/
Important Dates
** Paper submission: 1 March 2026
** Workshop and pane submissions: 8 May 2026
* 39th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Canadian AI 2026)
25-29 May 2026 – Vancouver, Canada
Website: https://www.caiac.ca/en/conferences/canadianai-2026/home
Important Dates
** Round 2 submission deadline: 13 February 2026
** Round 2 author notification: 6 April 2026
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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[1] calendar: “IAOA Check Events” https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=iaoa.member@googlemail.com
[2] calendar: “IAOA Check Deadlines” https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=os3b7er3ad4ela965ggjoa7u80@group.calendar.google.com
[3] https://iaoa.org
[4] https://iaoa.org/index.php/calendar/events/
[5] info@iaoa.org