September 2025 newsletter
Dear IAOA members,
Below, you will find the news and announcements of our September 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).
Best,
The Executive Council of the IAOA
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FOIS 2025 and JOWO Episode XI – Catania, Italy
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15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2025), and
Joint Ontology Workshops Episode XI (JOWO 2025): The Sicilian Summer under the Etna.
Website: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/
REGISTRATIONS are open: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=728
Accepted papers: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=713
Keynotes: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=453
Tutorials: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=602
Program: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=26
WHEN:
– 8-12 September 2025 (onsite events; JOWO + FOIS)
WHERE:
– University of Catania, Italy
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Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)
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Website: https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/
ISAO 2025 will take place the week after FOIS 2025.
REGISTRATION is now open: https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/?page_id=102
Program: https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/?page_id=88
WHEN:
– 15-19 September 2025.
WHERE:
– University of Catania, Italy
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UPCOMING EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* 38th International Workshop On Description Logics (DL 2025)
September 3-6, 2025 – Opole, Poland
Website: https://dl25.cs.uni.opole.pl/
* 5th Conference on Language, Data and Knowledge (LDK 2025 )
9-11 September 2025 – Naples, Italy
Website: https://2025.ldk-conf.org/
* 41st International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2025)
September 12-19, 2025 – Rende, Italy
Website: https://iclp25.demacs.unical.it/home-page
* 9th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR 2025)
22 – 24 September 2025 – Istanbul Turkey
Website: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr
* 18th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil – ONTOBRAS 2025
September 29th to October 2nd 2025 – São José dos Campos, Brazil
Website: https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontobras/en/18th-seminar-on-ontology-research-in-brazil-ontobras-2025/
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UPCOMING DEADLINES OF EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* 18th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil (ONTOBRAS 2025)
September 29th to October 2nd, 2025 – São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Website: https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontobras/en/call-for-papers-ontobras-2025/
Important Dates
** Camera-ready: September 9th, 2025
** Authors’ registration deadline: August 29th, 2025
* 37th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2025)
3-5 November 2025 – Athens, Greece
Website: https://ictai.computer.org/2025/
Important Dates
** Author notification: August 30th, 2025
** Camera-ready: September 20th, 2025
* 13th International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2025)
December 10-12, 2025 – Dayton, Ohio, USA
Website: https://www.k-cap.org/2025/
Important Dates
** Author notification: September 15th, 2025
** Camera-ready: October 6th, 2025
* 17th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
October 22-24, 2025 – Marbella, Spain
Website: https://keod.scitevents.org/
* 16th International Conference on Biological and Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2025)
November 3-9, 2025 – Virtual Conference
Website: https://icbo-conference.github.io/icbo2025/
Important Dates
** Direct-to-Journal track acceptance: October 1st, 2025
** Main Conference acceptance: September 15th, 2025
** East Satellite acceptance: September 17th, 2025
* 20th International Workshop on Ontology Matching (OM-2025)
November 2nd or 3rd, 2025 – Nara, Japan (co-located with the 24th International Semantic Web Conference – ISWC-2025)
Website: https://om.ontologymatching.org/2025/
Important Dates
** Camera-ready: September 26th, 2025
* 16th Workshop on Ontology Design and Patterns (WOP 2025)
November 2-3, 2025 – Nara, Japan (co-located with the 24th International Semantic Web Conference – ISWC-2025)
Website: https://odpa.github.io/workshop-on-ontology-design-and-patterns/2025/
* 5th International Workshop on Scientific Knowledge: Representation, Discovery, and Assessment (Sci-K 2025)
November 2-3, 2025 – Nara, Japan (co-located with the 24th International Semantic Web Conference – ISWC-2025)
Website: https://sci-k.github.io/2025/
* 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Materials Science (SeMatS 2025)
November 2-3, 2025 – Nara, Japan (co-located with the 24th International Semantic Web Conference – ISWC-2025)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/semats2025/
Important Dates
** Notifications: September 5th, 2025 (11:59 pm, AoE)
** Camera Ready: TBA
* 1st Workshop on Bridging Hybrid (Artificial) Intelligence and the Semantic Web (HAIBridge 2025)
November 2-3, 2025 – Nara, Japan (co-located with the 24th International Semantic Web Conference – ISWC-2025)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/iswc-haibridge25
* 18th IFIP WG8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM 2025)
December 3–5, 2025 – Geneva, Switzerland
Website: https://poem2025.unige.ch/
Important Dates
** Notification: September 5th, 2025
** Camera-ready version September 22nd, 2025
*OntoCom 11th International Workshop on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling
20-23 October 2025 – Poitiers, France (co-located with the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling – ER 2025)
Website: https://ontocomworkshops.github.io/OntoCom2025/
* 6th International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling for Life Sciences (CMLS 2025)
20-23 October 2025 – Poitiers, France (co-located with the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling – ER 2025)
Website: https://upv-pros.gitlab.io/omics-hub/CMLS-2025/
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OTHER CALLS
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* Collaborative Artifact, Specification, Context and Data Exchange (CASCaDE)
The Object Managing Group (OMG) issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) called “Collaborative Artifact, Specification, Context and Data Exchange” (CASCaDE). This RFP calls for a standard for Product Lifecycle Collaboration in the domain of mechatronics and software that shall include an ontology as one of its components., which calls for an ontology. Submissions that answer this RFP will compete to become an OMG standard.
– Submissions due: 18 August 2025
Website: https://www.omg.org/techprocess/meetings/schedule/CASCaDE_RFP.html
Important Dates
** Letter of Intent Deadline: September 1st, 2025
** Initial Submission Deadline: November 10th, 2025
** Revised Submission Deadline: February 23rd, 2026
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