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class=952063220-02042006>2nd </SPAN>Call for Papers</FONT></SPAN></H3>
<H2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3>FOIS-2006</FONT></SPAN></H2>
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<H3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3>International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information
Systems</FONT></SPAN></H3>
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title=http://www.formalontology.org/
href="http://www.formalontology.org/">http://www.formalontology.org/</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=952063220-02042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Electronic abstracts: May 1,
2006<BR>Final submissions: May 5, 2006</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=952063220-02042006><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Papers should be submitted
electronically at: <A
href="http://www.softconf.com/start/FOIS06/">http://www.softconf.com/start/FOIS06/</A>.
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Conference
Description</SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Since ancient times, ontology, the
analysis and categorisation of what exists, has been fundamental to
philosophical enquiry. But, until recently, ontology has been seen as an
abstract, purely theoretical discipline, far removed from the practical
applications of science. However, with the increasing use of sophisticated
computerised information systems, solving problems of an ontological nature is
now key to the effective use of technologies supporting a wide range of human
activities. The ship of Theseus and the tail of Tibbles the cat are no longer
merely amusing puzzles. We employ databases and software applications to deal
with everything from ships and ship building to anatomy and amputations. When we
design a computer to take stock of a ship yard or check that all goes well at
the veterinary hospital, we need to ensure that our system operates in a
consistent and reliable way even when manipulating information that involves
subtle issues of semantics and identity. So, whereas ontologists may once have
shied away from practical problems, now the practicalities of achieving cohesion
in an information-based society demand that attention must be paid to ontology.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Researchers in such areas
as artificial intelligence, formal and computational linguistics, biomedical
informatics, conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering and information
retrieval have come to realise that a solid foundation for their research calls
for serious work in ontology, understood as a general theory of the types of
entities and relations that make up their respective domains of inquiry. In all
these areas, attention is now being focused on the <I>content</I> of information
rather than on just the formats and languages used to represent information. The
clearest example of this development is provided by the many initiatives growing
up around the project of the Semantic Web. And, as the need for integrating
research in these different fields arises, so does the realisation that strong
principles for building well-founded ontologies might provide significant
advantages over ad hoc, case-based solutions. The tools of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">formal ontology</I> address precisely these
needs, but a real effort is required in order to apply such philosophical tools
to the domain of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">information systems</I>.
Reciprocally, research in the information sciences raises specific ontological
questions which call for further philosophical investigations.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The purpose of FOIS is to
provide a forum for genuine interdisciplinary exchange in the spirit of a
unified effort towards solving the problems of ontology, with an eye to both
theoretical issues and concrete applications. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Program
Chairs</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>Brandon Bennett (University of
Leeds, UK) <A
href="mailto:brandon@comp.leeds.ac.uk">brandon@comp.leeds.ac.uk</A>
<BR>Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany) <A
href="mailto:fellbaum@clarity.princeton.edu">fellbaum@clarity.princeton.edu</A>
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Conference
Chair</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>Nicola
Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) <A title=mailto:guarino@loa-cnr.it
href="mailto:guarino@loa-cnr.it">guarino@loa-cnr.it</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Local
Chair</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>Bill
Andersen (Ontology Works, USA) <A
href="mailto:andersen@ontologyworks.com">andersen@ontologyworks.com</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Publicity
Chair</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>Leo
Obrst (The MITRE Corporation, USA) <A
href="mailto:lobrst@mitre.org">lobrst@mitre.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Topics</SPAN></H4>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">We seek high-quality
papers on a wide range of topics. While authors may focus on fairly narrow and
specific issues, all papers should emphasize the relevance of the work described
to formal ontology and to information systems. Papers that completely ignore one
or the other of these aspects will be considered as lying outside the scope of
the meeting. Topic areas of particular interest to the conference are:
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Foundational
Issues</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Kinds of entity: particulars vs.
universals, continuants vs. occurrents, abstracta vs. concreta, dependent vs.
independent, natural vs. artificial </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Formal relations: parthood,
identity, connection, dependence, constitution, subsumption, instantiation
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Vagueness and
granularity</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Identity and change</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Formal comparison among
ontologies</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology of physical reality
(matter, space, time, motion, ...)</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology of biological reality
(genes, proteins, cells, organisms, ...)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology of mental reality
(mental attitudes, emotions, ...) </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology of social reality
(institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic
expressions, ...)</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology of the information
society (information, communication, meaning negotiation, ...)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology and natural language
semantics, ontology and cognition, ontology and epistemology,
semiotics</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Methodologies and
Applications</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Top-level vs. application
ontologies</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Role of reference ontologies;
Ontology integration and alignment</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ontology-driven information
systems design</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Requirements engineering
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Knowledge engineering
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Knowledge management and
organization</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Knowledge representation;
Qualitative modeling</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Computational lexica;
Terminology</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Information retrieval;
Question-answering</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Semantic web; Web services; Grid
computing</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Domain-specific ontologies,
especially for: Linguistics, Geography, Law, Library science, Biomedical
science, E-business, Enterprise integration, ...</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Deadlines and
Further Information</SPAN></H4>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Electronic abstracts: May
1, 2006<BR>Final submissions: May 5, 2006<BR>Acceptance Notification: June 26,
2006<BR>Submission of camera-ready paper: July 28, 2006<BR><BR>Submitted papers
must not exceed 5000 words (including bibliography). Abstracts should be less
than 300 words. Papers should be submitted electronically at: <A
href="http://www.softconf.com/start/FOIS06/">http://www.softconf.com/start/FOIS06/</A>.
Additional information will be provided on the conference web page: <A
href="http://www.formalontology.org/">http://www.formalontology.org/</A>
.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Proceedings will be
published and available at the conference.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Programme
Committee</SPAN></H4>
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Bill Andersen (Ontology Works,
USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Nicholas Asher (Department of
Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles
(Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">John Bateman (Department of
Applied English Linguistics, University of Bremen, Germany)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Brandon Bennett (School of
Computing, University of Leeds, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for
Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Joost Breuker (Leibniz Center
for Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: FR">Roberto
Casati (Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS, Paris, France) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Werner Ceusters (European Centre
for Ontological Research, Saarbrücken) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Tony Cohn (School of Computing,
University of Leeds, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Matteo Cristani (University of
Verona, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ernest Davis (Department of
Computer Science, New York University, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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Computer Science, FORTH, Heraklion, Greece) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Christiane Fellbaum (Cognitive
Science Laboratory, Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg Academy
of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Antony Galton (School of
Engineering and Computer Science, University of Exeter, UK)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Aldo Gangemi (Laboratory for
Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Roma, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Pierdaniele Giaretta (Department
of Philosophy, University of Verona, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Michael Gruninger (University of
Toronto, Canada) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Nicola Guarino (Laboratory for
Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Udo Hahn (Jena University,
Germany) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jerry Hobbs (University of
Southern California, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Eduard Hovy (University of
Southern California, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ingvar Johansson (Institute for
Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Saarbrücken,
Germany) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Werner Kuhn (IFGI, Muenster)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Fritz Lehmann (USA)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Alessandro Lenci (University of
Pisa, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Leonardo Lesmo (Department of
Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">David Mark (Department of
Geography, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Claudio Masolo (Laboratory for
Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chris Menzel (Department of
Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Simon Milton (Department of
Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Philippe Muller (Research
Institute for Computer Science, University of Toulouse III, France)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">John Mylopoulos (Department of
Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Leo Obrst (The MITRE
Corporation, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Barbara Partee (University of
Massachusetts, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Massimo Poesio (Department of
Computer Science, University of Essex, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ian Pratt-Hartmann (Department
of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">James Pustejovsky (Department of
Computer Science, Brandeis University, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">David Randell (Imperial College
London, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Robert Rynasiewicz (Johns
Hopkins University, USA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Barry Smith (National Center for
Ontological Research and Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, USA;
Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Saarbrücken,
Germany) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">John Sowa (Vivomind Intelligence
Inc., USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Veda Storey (Department of
Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, USA)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Richmond Thomason (University of
Michigan, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Mike Uschold (The Boeing
Company, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Achille Varzi (Department of
Philosophy, Columbia University, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Laure Vieu (Research Institute
for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chris Welty (IBM Watson Research
Center, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>_____________________________________________ <BR><TT>Dr. Leo
Obrst The MITRE Corporation, Information
Semantics</TT> <BR><TT>lobrst@mitre.org Center for Innovative
Computing & Informatics</TT> <BR><TT>Voice: 703-983-6770 7515 Colshire
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