May 2026 newsletter

Dear IAOA members,

Below, you will find the news and announcements of our May 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/

Extended Deadlines for FOIS 2026 open calls:

– Journal-first papers: 17 June 2026
– Ontology Show Case: 17 June 2026
– Demonstrations: 17 June 2026
– Early Career Symposium: 17 June 2026
– Research and Industrial Projects Exhibitions: 17 June 2026
– Tutorials: 05 June 2026

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

Extended Deadline for JOWO 2026 workshops:

– Paper submission: 17 June 2026

(Accepted workshops: https://foisconference.org/jowo/)

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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)

Extended Deadlines:

– Main Track: 05 June 2026

– WTDO Track: 12 June 2026

* 18th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD 2026)

28-30 October 2026, Angers, France

– Regular papers submission: 09 June 2026

– Position/Regular papers submission: 26 June 2026

* 38th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2026)

2-4 November 2026, Boca Raton FL, USA

– Paper submission: 30 June 2026

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

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

– Workshop paper submission: 6 July 2026

– Posters and Demos: 28 July 2026

(further info: https://er2026.org/workshops.html)

* 25th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2026)

25-29 October 2026, Bari, Italy

– Industry Track: 7 July 2026

– Poster and Demos: 24 July 2026

– Workshop paper submission: 24 July 2026

(further info: https://iswc2026.semanticweb.org/#/program/workshops)

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

29 September – 1 October 2026, Torino, Italy

– Posters and Demos: 20 July 2026

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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* 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)

* 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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[3] https://iaoa.org
[4] https://iaoa.org/index.php/calendar/events/
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[6] iaoa-member@ovgu.de
[7] calendars@iaoa.org