May 2025 newsletter
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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