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FOIS 2025 Call for Participation

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Registrations are now open for the 15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2025), taking place in Catania, Italy, from September 8–12, 2025.

FOIS 2025 will be accompanied by a rich program of co-located events, including:
🔹 Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO) – Episode XI: September 8–9, 2025
🔹 Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO): September 15–19, 2025

📄 More information: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/
📝 Register here: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=728

July 2025 newsletter

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Dear IAOA members,
Below you find the news and announcements of our July 2025 newsletter.
If you have information to share with the IAOA’s community, e.g., 
scientific events that 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

(Early registration fees until July 25th)

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

WHEN:

– 4-5 September 2025 (virtual conference)

– 8-12 September 2025 (onsite events; JOWO + FOIS)

WHERE:

– University of Catania, Italy

Stay tuned for updates!

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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

** Submission deadline: July 13th, 2025

** Author notification: August 10th, 2025

** 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

** Submission deadline: July 15th, 2025 (AoE)

** 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

** Abstract submission: July 21st, 2025

** Paper submission: July 28th, 2025

** 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/

Important Dates

** Late-Breaking Submission Deadline: July 24th, 2025

** Abstracts Track Submission: July 31st, 2025

** Special Session Paper Submission: July 31st, 2025

* 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 submission deadline: July 31st, 2025

** Direct-to-Journal track acceptance: October 1st, 2025

** Main Conference submission deadline: August 17th, 2025

** Main Conference acceptance: September 15th, 2025

** East Satellite submission deadline: August 24th, 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

** Submission deadline: August 2nd, 2025

** Author notification: August 29th, 2025

** 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/

Important Dates

** Submission deadline: August 2nd, 2025

** Workshop program with list of accepted papers available online: August 29th, 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/

Important Dates

** Paper submission: July 11th, 2025 (23:59, AoE timezone)

** Notification of acceptance: August 8th, 2025

** Camera-ready due: August 28th, 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

** Submission: August 2nd, 2025 (11:59 pm, AoE)

** Notifications: August 29th, 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

Important Dates

** Submission Deadline: August 2, 2025 (23.59 AOE)

** Acceptance Notification: August 28, 2025 (23.59 AOE)

* 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

** Abstract submission: July 7th, 2025

** Paper submission: July 14th, 2025

** 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/

Important Dates

** Workshop paper submission: 11 July 2025

** Workshop paper notification: 28 July 2025

** Camera-ready submission for paper (in post-conference proceedings): 18 August 2025

* 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/

Important Dates

** Full paper submissions: July 11th, 2025

** Notification of acceptance: July 28th, 2025

** Camera-ready copies: August 18th, 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

Further information: https://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?mantis/24-12-03.pdf

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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

May 2025 newsletter

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Dear IAOA members,
Below you find the news and announcements of our May 2025 newsletter.
If you have information to share with the IAOA’s community, e.g., scientific events that 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), and
Joint Ontology Workshops Episode XI (JOWO): The Sicilian Summer under the Etna.

Website: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/

REGISTRATIONS will open soon: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=728

WHEN:
– 4-5 September 2025 (virtual conference)
– 8-12 September 2025 (onsite events; JOWO + FOIS)

WHERE:
– University of Catania, Italy

OPEN DEADLINES:

JOWO Workshops:
– Workshop paper submission deadline: 14 June 2025 [NEW DEADLINE] (**deadlines may differ between workshops**, check workshops’ websites)
– Complete list of accepted workshops: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=499

Ontology Showcase:
– Paper submission:  1 June 2025
– Further info: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=572

Demonstrations:
– Submissions due: 1 June 2025
– Further info: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=581

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Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)
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ISAO 2025 will take place the week after FOIS 2025.

WHEN:
– 15-19 September 2025.

WHERE:
– University of Catania, Italy

More information on: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=522

REGISTRATIONS will open soon!

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ESAO webinar
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WHEN:
Thursday  June 03, 2025  14:00 UTC  /  16:00 CEST  / 16:00 SAST
Duration: 60 minutes

HOW TO JOIN:
Video conference (via Zoom)
https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/92895546685?pwd=DQD7Wzf3ZJw02LJ2hHmrVDwdN474PZ.1

Program
Renata Guizzardi, Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences Faculty, (IEBIS group), University of Twente.
Title: Ontology-based Ethical Requirements for AI Systems

Abstract: Ethical behavior is an integral part of people’s everyday life whether they are aware of this or not. This is what happens, for example, when doctors use ethical criteria to choose which patients should be prioritized in face of limited resources, or when people are treated fairly in job interview despite their color and gender. With the speedy development of intelligent technology, systems are more and more pervasive, and machines are also expected to make ethical decisions and act ethically. However, to ensure that, system developers must be aware of ethical principles. Moreover, such principles must guide development, thus being explicitly embedded in system engineering methods. In this talk, I argue that ontologies can play a crucial role in supporting awareness, besides being essential in the development of engineering practices leading to ethical and trustworthy systems. In particular, I will introduce our own current efforts in the development of ontology-based requirements engineering and what that entails.

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The International Semantic Web Research Summer School (ISWS 2025)
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WHERE: Bertinoro, near Bologna, Italy.
WHEN: 8-14 June 2025
https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

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21th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2025)
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The 21th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2025),
WHERE İstanbul, Türkİye,
WHEN: 25 – 28 September 2025

More info here: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/reasoning-web

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UPCOMING EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* 22nd Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2025)
1-5 June 2025 – Portorož, Slovenia
Website: https://2025.eswc-conferences.org/

* 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’25)
16-20 June 2025 –  Vienna, Austria
Website: https://conferences.big.tuwien.ac.at/caise2025/index.php

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UPCOMING DEADLINES OF EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* 38th International Workshop On Description Logics (DL)
September 3-6, 2025 | Opole, Poland

Website: https://dl25.cs.uni.opole.pl/

Important dates:
** paper registration deadline: May 29th, 2025
** submission deadline: June 6rd, 2025
** notification: June 27th, 2025
** camera-ready version deadline: July 18th, 2025

*10th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition (AIC 2025 @ ECAI)
Bologna, Italy, @ ECAI Conference, 25-30 October 2025)

Website: https://codesign-lab.org/aic25/

Important dates:
**Abstract Submission deadline: 13 June, 2025 (strict)
**Paper Submission deadline: June 26h, 2025 (strict)
**Notification of Acceptance: July 26h, 2025

* Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS 2025)
2025 Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling, Melbourne, Australia
Website: https://icaps25.icaps-conference.org/program/workshops/keps/
Important dates:
** Paper submission deadline: June 20, 2025 (UTC-12 time zone)
** Notification: July 31, 2025
**Camera-ready paper submission: TBC

* ONTOBRAS 2025 – Brazilian Ontology Research Seminar
September 29th to October 2nd, 2025, Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) and Faculty of Medical Sciences Humanitas, São José dos Campos, SP, BrazilWebsite: https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontobras/en/call-for-papers-ontobras-2025/

Important dates:
** Submission Deadline: June 22nd, 2025
** Author Notification: July 31st, 2025
** Camera Ready: August 22nd, 2025
** Authors’ Registration Deadline: August 29th, 2025

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SPECIAL ISSUES
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* Special Issue on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage in the Semantic Web Journal
Website: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-semantic-web-and-ontology-design-cultural-heritage
Manuscript submission deadline: 15 June 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.
Further information: https://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?mantis/24-12-03.pdf
– Letters of Intent due: 01 June 2025
– Submissions due: 18 August 2025

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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

Educational Series on Applied Ontology with Renata Guizzardi

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The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for
everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike.

The 16h ESAO webinar will be held on Tuesday June 03 2025 16:00 CEST.
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When and how to connect
Thursday  June 03, 2025  14:00 UTC  /  16:00 CEST  / 16:00 SAST (see more local times [2])
Duration: 60 minutes
Video conference (via Zoom)
https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/92895546685?pwd=DQD7Wzf3ZJw02LJ2hHmrVDwdN474PZ.1
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Program
14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CEST / 16:00-17:00 SAST / 11:00-132:00 UTC-3

Renata Guizzardi, Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences Faculty, (IEBIS group), University of Twente.
Title: Ontology-based Ethical Requirements for AI Systems

Abstract: Ethical behavior is an integral part of people’s everyday life whether they are aware of this or not. This is what happens, for example, when doctors use ethical criteria to choose which patients should be prioritized in face of limited resources, or when people are treated fairly in job interview despite their color and gender. With the speedy development of intelligent technology, systems are more and more pervasive, and machines are also expected to make ethical decisions and act ethically. However, to ensure that, system developers must be aware of ethical principles. Moreover, such principles must guide development, thus being explicitly embedded in system engineering methods. In this talk, I argue that ontologies can play a crucial role in supporting awareness, besides being essential in the development of engineering practices leading to ethical and trustworthy systems. In particular, I will introduce our own current efforts in the development of ontology-based requirements engineering and what that entails.

[1]https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO
[2]https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250603T1400

April 2025 newsletter

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Dear IAOA members,

Below you find the news and announcements of our April 2025 newsletter.

If you have information to share with the IAOA’s community, e.g., scientific events that 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

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15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS), and

Joint Ontology Workshops Episode XI (JOWO): The Sicilian Summer under the Etna.

Website: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/

WHEN:

– 4-5 September 2025 (virtual conference)

– 8-12 September 2025 (onsite events; JOWO + FOIS)

WHERE:

– University of Catania, Italy

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

JOWO Workshops:

– Workshop paper submission deadline: 25 May 2025 (actual deadlines may differ between workshops)

– Complete list of accepted workshops: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=499

Ontology Showcase

– Paper submission: 25 May 2025

– Further info: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=572

Demonstrations

– Submissions due: 25 May 2025

– Further info: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=581

Stay tuned for updates!

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Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)

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ISAO 2025 will take place the week after FOIS 2025.

WHEN:

– 15-19 September 2025.

WHERE:

– University of Catania, Italy

More information soon available on: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=522

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The International Semantic Web Research Summer School (ISWS 2025)

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Applications are now open to attend ISWS 2025 – The International Semantic Web Research Summer School

WHERE: Bertinoro, near Bologna, Italy.

WHEN: 8-14 June 2025

https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

To apply, please follow the process described at the “Apply” menu on https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

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UPCOMING EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY

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* 22nd Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2025)

1-5 June 2025 – Portorož, Slovenia

Website: https://2025.eswc-conferences.org/

* 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’25)

16-20 June 2025 –  Vienna, Austria

Website: https://conferences.big.tuwien.ac.at/caise2025/index.php

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UPCOMING DEADLINES OF EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY

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* 19th edition of the European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2025)

1-5 September 2025 – Kutaisi, Georgia
Deadlines:

– Abstract submission deadline: 2 May 2025

– Paper submission deadline: 9 May 2025

For information about other calls at JELIA, see the conference website.

* 29th International Conference on Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing (EDOC 2025)

9-12 September 2025 – Lisbon, Portugal

Website: https://cbi-edoc-2025.inesc-id.pt/

– Submission of abstract for CBI: 12 May 2025

– Submission of full-papers for CBI: 19 May 2025

– Submission for EDOC – Second round: 16 June 2025

– Submission for Doctoral Consortium: 30 June 2025

For information about other calls at EDOC, see the conference website.

* The 41st International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2025)

12-19 September 2025 – Rende, Italy

Website: https://iclp25.demacs.unical.it/

Deadlines:

– Paper submission (TC papers, IJCAI Fast Track papers): 15 June 2025

For information about other calls at ICLP, see the conference website.

* The 18th European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty (ECSQARU)

23-26 September 2025 – Hagen, Germany

Website: https://ecsqaru2025.krportal.org/

Deadlines:

– Abstract submission: 8 May 2025

– Paper submission: 15 May 2025

For information about other calls at ECSQARU, see the conference website.

* 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025)

25-30 October, 2025 – Bologna, Italy

Website: https://ecai2025.org/

Deadlines:

– Paper deadline: 6 May 2025

For information about other calls at ECAI, see the conference website.

* 24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2025)

2-6 November 2025 – Nara,  Japan

Website: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/

– Abstracts (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks): 6 May 25

– Papers (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks): 13 May 25

– Doctoral Consortium submissions: 3 June 25

– Industry papers submissions: 1 July 25

For information about other calls at ISWC, see the conference website.

* 22nd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2025)

11-17 November 2025 – Melbourne, Australia

Website: https://kr.org/KR2025/

Deadlines:

– Main track (title, abstract): May 7, 2025

– Main track (submission): May 12, 2025

For information about other calls at KR, see the conference website.

* 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2025)

10-14 November 2025 – Seoul, South Korea

Website: https://cikm2025.org/

– Full Papers Abstract Deadline: 16 May 2025

– Full Papers Final Deadline: 23 May 2025

– Short Research Papers Abstract Deadline: 30 May 2025

– Short Research Papers Submission Deadline: 6 June 2025

For information about other calls at CIKM, see the conference website.

* 44th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2025)

20-23 October 2025 – Poitiers / Futuroscope, France

Website: https://er2025.ensma.fr/

– Full paper abstracts submission (mandatory): 19 May 2025

– Full paper submission: 26 May 2025

For information about other calls at ER, see the conference website.

* 17th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD 2025)

22-24 October 2025 – Marbella, Spain

Website: https://keod.scitevents.org/Home.aspx

– Regular Paper Submission: 19 May 2025

– Position/Regular Paper Submission: 26 June 2025

For information about other calls at KEOD, see the conference website.

* ONTOBRAS 2025 – Brazilian Ontology Research Seminar
September 29th to October 2nd, 2025, Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) and Faculty of Medical Sciences Humanitas, São José dos Campos, SP, BrazilWebsite: https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontobras/en/call-for-papers-ontobras-2025/
Important dates:
** Submission Deadline: June 22nd, 2025
** Author Notification: July 31st, 2025
** Camera Ready: August 22nd, 2025

** Authors’ Registration Deadline: August 29th, 2025

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SPECIAL ISSUES

=======================================================

* Special Issue on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage in the Semantic Web Journal

Website: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-semantic-web-and-ontology-design-cultural-heritage

Manuscript submission deadline: 14 May 2025

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OTHER CALLS

=======================================================

* 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.

Further information: https://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?mantis/24-12-03.pdf

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

=======================================================

[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

March 2025 newsletter

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Dear IAOA members,

Below you find the news and announcements of our March 2025 newsletter.

If you have information to share with the IAOA’s community, e.g., scientific events that 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

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15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS), and

Joint Ontology Workshops Episode XI (JOWO): The Sicilian Summer under the Etna.

Website: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/

WHEN:

– 4-5 September 2025 (virtual conference)

– 8-12 September 2025 (onsite events; JOWO + FOIS)

WHERE:

– University of Catania, Italy

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

JOWO Workshops:

– Reference deadline for workshop paper submission: 25 March 2025 (actual deadlines may differ between workshops)

– Complete list of accepted workshops: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=499

Ontology Showcase

– Paper submission: 25 May 2025

– Further info: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=572

Demonstrations

– Submissions due: 25 May 2025

– Further info: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=581

Stay tuned for updates!

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Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)

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ISAO 2025 will take place the week after FOIS 2025.

WHEN:

– 15-19 September 2025.

WHERE:

– University of Catania, Italy

More information soon available on: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=522

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The International Semantic Web Research Summer School (ISWS 2025)

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Applications are now open to attend ISWS 2025 – The International Semantic Web Research Summer School

WHERE: Bertinoro, near Bologna, Italy.

WHEN: 8-14 June 2025

https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

To apply, please follow the process described at the “Apply” menu on https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

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UPCOMING EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY

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* 22nd Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2025)

1-5 June 2025 – Portorož, Slovenia

Website: https://2025.eswc-conferences.org/

* 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’25)

16-20 June 2025 –  Vienna, Austria

Website: https://conferences.big.tuwien.ac.at/caise2025/index.php

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UPCOMING DEADLINES OF EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY

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* The 41st International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2025)

12-19 September 2025 – Rende, Italy

Website: https://iclp25.demacs.unical.it/

Deadlines:

– Paper registration (regular papers): 13 April 2025

– Paper submission (regular papers): 18 April 2025

* 29th International Conference on Enterprise Design, Operations, and Computing (EDOC 2025)

9-12 September 2025 – Lisbon, Portugal

Website: https://cbi-edoc-2025.inesc-id.pt/

– Submission for EDOC – First round: 21 April 2025

– Submission for Workshops: 21 April 2025

– Submission for EDOC – Second round: 16 June 2025

– Submission for Doctoral Consortium: 30 June 2025

For information about other calls at EDOC, see the conference website.

* 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025)

25-30 October, 2025 – Bologna, Italy

Website: https://ecai2025.org/

Deadlines:

– Abstract deadline: 29 April 2025

– Paper deadline: 6 May 2025

For information about other calls at ECAI, see the conference website.

* 24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2025)

2-6 November 2025 – Nara,  Japan

Website: https://iswc2025.semanticweb.org/

– Abstracts (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks): 6 May 25

– Papers (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks): 13 May 25

– Doctoral Consortium submissions: 3 June 25

– Industry papers submissions: 1 July 25

For information about other calls at ISWC, see the conference website.

* 22nd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2025)

11-17 November 2025 – Melbourne, Australia

Website: https://kr.org/KR2025/

Deadlines:

– Main track (title, abstract): May 7, 2025

– Main track (submission): May 12, 2025

* 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2025)

10-14 November 2025 – Seoul, South Korea

Website: https://cikm2025.org/

– Full Papers Abstract Deadline: 16 May 2025

– Full Papers Final Deadline: 23 May 2025

– Short Research Papers Abstract Deadline: 30 May 2025

– Short Research Papers Submission Deadline: 6 June 2025

For information about other calls at CIKM, see the conference website.

* 44th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2025)

20-23 October 2025 – Poitiers / Futuroscope, France

Website: https://er2025.ensma.fr/

– Full paper abstracts submission (mandatory): 19 May 2025

– Full paper submission: 26 May 2025

For information about other calls at ER, see the conference website.

* 17th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development (KEOD 2025)

22-24 October 2025 – Marbella, Spain

Website: https://keod.scitevents.org/Home.aspx

– Regular Paper Submission: 19 May 2025

– Position/Regular Paper Submission: 26 June 2025

For information about other calls at KEOD, see the conference website.

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SPECIAL ISSUES

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* Special Issue Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, and Knowledge Graphs in the Semantic Web Journal

Website: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-large-language-models-generative-ai-and-knowledge-graphs

Submission deadline: 30 April 2025

* Special Issue on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage in the Semantic Web Journal

Website: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-semantic-web-and-ontology-design-cultural-heritage

Submission deadline: 30 April 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.

Further information: https://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?mantis/24-12-03.pdf

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ESAO webinar with Jérôme Euzenat

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The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike.

The 15h ESAO webinar will be held on Thursday March 20th, 2025 at 16:00 CET.

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When and how to connect

Thursday March 20th, 2025 15:00 UTC / 16:00 CET / 17:00 SAST (see more local times [2])
Duration: 60 minutes
Video conference (via Zoom) :https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/92895546685?pwd=DQD7Wzf3ZJw02LJ2hHmrVDwdN474PZ.1

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Program
15:00 – 16:00 UTC / 16:00 – 17:00 CET / 17:00 – 18:00 SAST / 12:00 – 13:00 UTC-3

Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France
Ontology evolution
Abstract: Unless considering ontologies as transcendental and perfect, they need to evolve. This may be because the world they represent evolves or the purpose they fulfill requires it. In general, what triggers evolution is the inadequacy of an ontology. Restoring it may be carried out by human designers or automatic means, but it is worthwhile that they follow rules. In this short presentation, we will discuss two techniques that may help evolving ontologies: belief revision and artificial cultural evolution. How they are different and how they are alike.

[1]https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO
[2]https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250320T1500

February 2025 newsletter

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Dear IAOA members,

Below you find the news and announcements of our February 2025 newsletter.

If you have information to share with the IAOA’s community, e.g., scientific events that 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
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15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS), and
Joint Ontology Workshops Episode XI (JOWO): The Sicilian Summer under the Etna.

Website: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/

WHEN:
– 4-5 September 2025 (virtual conference)
– September 8-12, 2025 (onsite events; JOWO + FOIS)

WHERE:
– University of Catania, Italy

SOME NEWS:
– Keynotes have been announced!
** prof. Sabina Leonelli, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology (Germany)
Title of keynote: Bringing Humans Into Ontologies

** prof. Sören Auer, Leibniz University Hannover (Germany)
Title of keynote: Towards agentic AI – Neuro-symbolic organization of research contributions with knowledge graphs and large language models

– Accepted JOWO workshops, see the complete list:

JOWO 2025 Workshops

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Call for FOIS main track:
– Mandatory abstract submission: 23 March 2025 (strict)
– Paper submission: 30 March 2025 (strict)

Call for FOIS Early Career Symposium (ECS):
– 25 May 2025

Early Career Symposium

Call for FOIS tutorials:
– 28 February 2025

Call for Tutorials

Stay tuned for updates!

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Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)
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ISAO 2025 will take place the week after FOIS 2025.

WHEN:
– September 15-19, 2025.

WHERE:
– University of Catania, Italy

More information soon available on: https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/

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Ontology Summit 2025
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Ontology Summit 2025 “Conceptualization, Analysis and Formalization: The Two Sides of Ontology: Relating ontologies to the world and to theories about the world”
When: Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm US/Canada Eastern Time from 15 January 2025 to 21 May 2025.

 

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C-FORS Summer School in Foundational Ontology
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WHEN: 20-23 May 2025

WHERE: University of Oslo, Blindern Campus

Four-day summer school aims to give both a theoretical and a practical overview of foundational ontologies (DOLCE, BFO, UFO, and BORO)

More info here: https://groups.google.com/a/aixia.it/g/aixia/c/qhzsa8QoDwo

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The International Semantic Web Research Summer School (ISWS 2025)
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Applications are now open to attend ISWS 2025 – The International Semantic Web Research Summer School

WHERE: Bertinoro, near Bologna, Italy.
WHEN: June 8th – June 14th, 2025
https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

To apply, please follow the process described at the “Apply” menu on https://2025.semanticwebschool.org/

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UPCOMING EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* Workshop on Semantic Knowledge-based Explainability of Artificial Intelligence (SKEAI 2025)
4-6 April, 2025, Porto, Portugal

Website: https://iceis.scitevents.org/SKEAI.aspx

* 47th European Conference on information retrieval (ECIR 2025)
6-10 April, 2025, Lucca, Italy

Website: https://ecir2025.eu/

* 2025 Industrial Digital Ecosystem Summit Agenda
8-11 April, 2025, NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)
9700 Great Seneca Hwy, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA

Website: https://oagi.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IOF/pages/5324406785/2025+Industrial+Digital+Ecosystem+Summit+Agenda

 

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UPCOMING DEADLINES OF EVENTS INVOLVING ONTOLOGY
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* ICCBR 2025: 33rd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning
IUT / UPPA Anglet, Biarritz, France, June 30-July 3, 2025

Deadline:
** Early Paper Notification: March 9, 2025
** Final Submission Deadline: March 16, 2025

* 5th Conference on Language, Data and Knowledge (LDK 2025)
9-12 September 2025, Naples, Italy

Website: https://2025.ldk-conf.org/call-for-papers/

Deadlines:
– Main track: March 6, 2025

* 22nd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2025)
November 11-17, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia

Website: https://kr.org/KR2025/

Deadlines:
– Tutorial and Workshop Proposals: March 24, 2025
– Main track (title, abstract): May 7, 2025
– Main track (submission): May 12, 2025

* The 41st International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2025)
12-19 September, 2025, Rende, Italy

Website: https://iclp25.demacs.unical.it/

Deadlines:
– Paper registration (regular papers): April 13, 2025
– Paper submission (regular papers): April 18, 2025

* 28th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025)
25-30 October, 2025, Bologna, Italy

Website: https://ecai2025.org/

Deadlines:
– Abstract deadline: 29 April 2025
– Paper deadline: 6 May 2025

For more information about calls at ECAI, see the conference website

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SPECIAL ISSUES
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* Special Issue Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, and Knowledge Graphs in the Semantic Web Journal

Website: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-large-language-models-generative-ai-and-knowledge-graphs
Submission deadline:
*** March 31, 2025

* Special Issue on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage in the Semantic Web Journal

Website: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-semantic-web-and-ontology-design-cultural-heritage
Submission deadline:
*** April 30, 2025

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JOWO 2025: Call for papers announced!

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Workshops at JOWO 2025 Episode XI: The Sicilian Summer under the Etna
08-09 September 2025 (Catania, Italy) – co-located with FOIS 2025
https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=499
– Cognition and OntologiesS (CASOS9)

– 14th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry (FOMI)

– 5th International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2025)

– The Ninth Image Schema Day (ISD9)

– Integrated Food Ontology Workshop (IFOW 2025)

– 9th Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST IX)

– 2nd Playing with Meanings workshop (PwM2)

– Knowledge Management and process mining for Law (KM4LAW)

– 2nd International Workshop on Modeling for Cybersecurity (Shields 2)

– 2nd Annual Workshop on Convergence of Large-Language Models and Ontologies (ONTOLLM 2025)

– Explicit and Implicit Knowledge Extraction (EIKE)

– Ontologies for Services and Social-good (OSS)

– Workshop on Promoting Healthy Aging through the Semantic Enrichment of Social Science (PHASES 2025)

– Perspectival Ontology Workshop on Entities that can be Realized (POWERs)

– Planning and Ontology Workshop (PLATO)

IMPORTANT DATES:
– Workshop paper submission deadline: 25 May 2025*
– Workshop paper author notification: 14 July 2025
– Camera-ready submission: 1 September 2025

* Reference submission deadline; actual deadlines may differ between workshops, please check each workshop’s website

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