March 2026 Newsletter

Dear IAOA members,

Below, you will find the news and announcements of our March 2026 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).

Best,

The Executive Council of the IAOA

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IAOA ANNOUNCEMENTS

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*16th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2026)
21–25 September 2026, Vitória, ES, Brazil – (Virtual conference: 9 September 2026)
https://foisconference.org/

Deadlines for other FOIS 2026 calls:

– Journal-first papers: 3 June 2026
– Ontology Show Case: 3 June 2026
– Demonstrations: 3 June 2026
– Early Career Symposium: 3 June 2026
– Research and Industrial Projects Exhibitions: 3 June 2026
– Tutorials: 24 April 2026

* JOWO (Joint Ontology Workshops) 2026 – Episode XII: The Tropical Spring of Ontology

– Accepted workshops: https://foisconference.org/jowo/

– Submission Deadline: 3 June 2026

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UPCOMING DEADLINES

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* 19th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil (ONTOBRAS 2026)

23 September 2026, Vitória, ES, Brazil (Co-located with FOIS 2026)

– Submission Deadline: 22 May 2026

* 17th International Conference on Biological and Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2026)

15-17 July 2026, Washington D.C., USA

– Submission Deadline: 1 May 2026

* 45th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2026)

5-8 October 2026, St. John’s, NL, Canada

– Paper abstract submission (mandatory): 5 May 2026

– Paper submission: 12 May 2026

* 25th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2026)

25-29 October 2026, Bari, Italy

– Abstract submission: 2 May 2026

– Full paper submission: 7 May 2026

* 35th International ACM Conference on Knowledge and Information Management (CIKM 2026)

7-11 November 2026, Rome, Italy

– Abstract submission: 16 May 2026

– Full paper submission: 23 May 2026

* 30th International Conference on Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing (EDOC 2026)

15-18 September 2026, Enschede, Netherlands

– Second submission deadline: 22 May 2026

* 25th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 2026)

29 September – 1 October 2026, Torino, Italy

– Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 May 2026

– Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 May 2026

* 10th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2026)

24-26 August 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania

– Title and Abstract Submission: 8 May 2026

– Paper Submission: 15 May 2026

* 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Technologies for Data Management (ST4DM 2026)

18 July 2026, Lisbon, Portugal

– Paper submission deadline: 1 May 2026

* Women in Logic (WiL 2026)

24-25 July 2026, Lisbon, Portugal

– Abstract submission deadline: 5 May 2026

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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* 28th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2026)

22-24 May 2026 – Benidorm, Spain.

* 23rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2026)

10-14 May 2026, Dubrovnik , Croatia

* Semantics and Philosophy in Europe (SPE 13) & OntoBRIX

8-9 June 2026 – PTH Brixen College, Bressanone, Italy

* 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’26)

8-12 June 2026

* 20th Terminology & Ontology: Theories and applications (TOTh 2026)

4-5 June 2026, University Savoie Mont-Blanc, France (Onsite & Online)

* 39th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Canadian AI 2026)

25-29 May 2026 – Vancouver, Canada.

* 29th International Conference on Information Fusion (FUSION 2026)

23-26 June 2026 – Trondheim, Norway

* 23rd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2026)

20-23 July 2026 – Lisbon, Portugal

* 12th International Summer School on AI and Big Data

22-26 June 2026, Leipzig, Germany

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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
[6] iaoa-member@ovgu.de
[7] calendars@iaoa.org