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<H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Call for
Participation</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<H2 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
title=http://www.formalontology.org/fois-2006/fois-2006.htm/
href="http://www.formalontology.org/fois-2006/fois-2006.htm/"><FONT
title=http://www.formalontology.org/fois-2006/fois-2006.htm/
color=#0000ff>FOIS-2006</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">International
Conference on Formal Ontology in Information
Systems<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN lang=IT
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: IT">November
9-11, 2006<BR>Baltimore, Maryland (USA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">November
8, 2006: Co-located Workshop: <A
title=http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/
href="http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/"
target=_blank><FONT
title=http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/
color=#0000ff>Biomedical Ontology in Action</FONT></A> (separate
registration required).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early registration is through October
9, 2006.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Late registration will begin October
10, 2006.</SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
conference hotel is: <A
title=http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BWICUDT
href="http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BWICUDT"
target=_blank>Inn at The Colonnade.</A> The Inn at the Colonnade is
right off the John Hopkins University campus, about a 5-10 min walk
from the conference location, the new Charles Commons
facility.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">To register for FOIS 2006, please enter
the appropriate information at the <A
title=https://www.seattletech.com/registration/index.php?%20confno=584&stguniv=119&PAYMENTS=TRUE
href="https://www.seattletech.com/registration/index.php?%20confno=584&stguniv=119&PAYMENTS=TRUE"
target=_blank>registration website</A></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#0000ff>.</FONT></SPAN><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A
name=_Conference_Description></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Conference
Description<o:p></o:p></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 class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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 class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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-FAMILY: Verdana">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Organizing_Committee></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<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 title=mailto:brandon@comp.leeds.ac.uk
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
title=mailto:fellbaum@clarity.princeton.edu
href="mailto:fellbaum@clarity.princeton.edu">fellbaum@clarity.princeton.edu</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><EM><SPAN lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT">Conference
Chair</SPAN></EM><SPAN lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT"><BR>Nicola
Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
title=mailto:guarino@loa-cnr.it href="mailto:guarino@loa-cnr.it"><SPAN
lang=IT title=mailto:guarino@loa-cnr.it
style="mso-ansi-language: IT">guarino@loa-cnr.it</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT"><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 title=mailto:andersen@ontologyworks.com
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 title=mailto:lobrst@mitre.org
href="mailto:lobrst@mitre.org">lobrst@mitre.org</A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Topics></A><A
name=_Important_Dates></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Important
Dates<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early registration is
through October 9, 2006.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Late registration will begin
October 10, 2006. <BR>FOIS-06 Conference: November 9-11, 2006
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
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align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Submission_Format></A><A
name=_Submissions></A><A name=_Programme_Committee></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Programme Committee<o:p></o:p></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 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Bill Andersen (Ontology
Works, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Werner Ceusters (New York
State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, SUNY at
Buffalo) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT">Matteo
Cristani (University of Verona, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Martin Dörr (Institute of
Computer Science, FORTH, Heraklion, Greece) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Carola Eschenbach
(Department for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jérôme Euzenat (INRIA
Rhône-Alpes) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Aldo Gangemi (Laboratory
for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Roma, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Pierdaniele Giaretta
(Department of Philosophy, University of Verona, Italy)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Michael Gruninger
(University of Toronto, Canada) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Nicola Guarino (Laboratory
for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Udo Hahn (Jena University,
Germany) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jerry Hobbs (University of
Southern California, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Eduard Hovy (University of
Southern California, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Werner Kuhn (IFGI,
Muenster) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Fritz Lehmann (USA)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT">Alessandro
Lenci (University of Pisa, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Leonardo Lesmo (Department
of Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Bernardo Magnini (Centre
for Scientific and Technological Research, ITC, Trento, Italy)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">William McCarthy (Michigan
State University) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chris Menzel (Department
of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Simon Milton (Department
of Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">John Mylopoulos
(Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Leo Obrst (The MITRE
Corporation, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Barbara Partee (University
of Massachusetts, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Massimo Poesio (Department
of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ian Pratt-Hartmann
(Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">James Pustejovsky
(Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University, USA)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">David Randell (Imperial
College London, UK) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Robert Rynasiewicz (Johns
Hopkins University, USA)</SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
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 class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: DE">John
Sowa (Vivomind Intelligence Inc., USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Veda Storey (Department of
Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, USA)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Richmond Thomason
(University of Michigan, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Mike Uschold (The Boeing
Company, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Achille Varzi (Department
of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA) <o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Laure Vieu (Research
Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chris Welty (IBM Watson
Research Center, USA)</SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 4">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 748.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=998>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Workshop></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Co-located Workshop: <A
title=http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/
href="http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/"
target=_blank><FONT
title=http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/
color=#0000ff>Biomedical Ontology in Action</FONT></A><FONT
color=#0000ff>.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">November 8, 2006, Baltimore,
Maryland, USA.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Workshop organized by the
National Center for Ontology Research (NCOR) and the Working Group on
Formal (Bio-)Medical Knowledge Representation of the American Medical
Informatics Association (AMIA).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Co-located with FOIS 2006.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Please note that this
workshop requires separate registration and separate payment of the
Workshop fees at the above site.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 748.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=998>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Registration></A><A
name=_Fees_&_Registration></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Registration<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Academic:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early:
$250<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Late:
$300<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Onsite:
$350<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Corporate /
Government<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early
$300<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Late:
$400<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Onsite:
$450<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Student:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early:
$50<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Late:
$75<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Onsite:
$100<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Early registration is
through October 9, 2006.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Late registration will begin
October 10, 2006.</SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">To register for FOIS 2006,
please enter the appropriate information at the <A
title=https://www.seattletech.com/registration/index.php?%20confno=584&stguniv=119&PAYMENTS=TRUE
href="https://www.seattletech.com/registration/index.php?%20confno=584&stguniv=119&PAYMENTS=TRUE"
target=_blank>registration website</A></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#0000ff>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 6">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 748.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
vAlign=top width=998>
<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable
style="WIDTH: 742.5pt; mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"
cellPadding=0 width=990 border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 739.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
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<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Accommodation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Hotel:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <A
title=http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BWICUDT
href="http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BWICUDT"
target=_blank>Inn at The Colonnade</A><SPAN
class=883324417-27082006></SPAN>.This is the conference hotel. The
Inn at the Colonnade is right off the John Hopkins University
campus, about a 5-10 min walk from the conference location, the new
Charles Commons facility. Special conference hotel rate is $129.
Mention that you are part of the FOIS
conference.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 739.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=986>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Conference
Location<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The conference will
take place at the very new <STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Charles Commons</SPAN></STRONG>
facility of Johns Hopkins University. Charles Commons
features<SPAN class=883324417-27082006> </SPAN>conference space, a
central dining facility, and a major campus bookstore.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Charles
Commons is located at 33rd Street between Charles and St. Paul
Streets, Baltimore, Maryland. The address is: <STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Charles
Commons, John Hopkins University, 3301 North Charles Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21218</SPAN></STRONG><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Some
links for <A title=http://www.jhu.edu/
href="http://www.jhu.edu/"><SPAN title=http://www.jhu.edu/
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT title=http://www.jhu.edu/
color=#0000ff>John Hopkins
University</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#0000ff>:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
title=http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/map.html
href="http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/map.html"><SPAN
title=http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/map.html
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
title=http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/map.html color=#0000ff>John Hopkins
University Main (Homewood) Campus
Map.</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#0000ff>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf
href="http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf"><SPAN
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">John Hopkins University Map
(pdf).</SPAN></A><FONT color=#0000ff>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf
href="http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf"><SPAN
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Visitor Information for Johns
Hopkins University.</SPAN></A><FONT color=#0000ff>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/index.cfm
href="http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/index.cfm"><SPAN
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/index.cfm
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
title=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_information/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/index.cfm
color=#0000ff>Driving directions to John Hopkins University, and
additional maps.</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#0000ff>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University"><SPAN
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University
color=#0000ff>Johns Hopkins University, Wikipedia
entry.</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
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<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 739.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=986>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sponsors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
title=http://www.ontologyworks.com/
href="http://www.ontologyworks.com/"><FONT
title=http://www.ontologyworks.com/ color=#0000ff>Ontology Works,
Inc.</FONT></A> </SPAN></B><SPAN class=body><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">is a leading source of
ontology construction software, ontology-based database software,
and ontology-based information integration
software.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 7">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 748.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=998>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Sponsors></A><A
name=_Baltimore></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Baltimore<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The following are some
useful links for information about the city of Baltimore, Maryland.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
title=http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/ href="http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/"
target=_blank>The Official Home Page of the City of Baltimore,
Maryland</A><FONT color=#0000ff>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
title=http://www.baltimore.org/ href="http://www.baltimore.org/"
target=_blank>Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association</A><FONT
color=#0000ff>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland"
target=_blank><SPAN lang=IT
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland
style="mso-ansi-language: IT">Wikipedia - Baltimore,
Maryland</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT"><FONT
color=#0000ff>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=IT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: IT"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 8">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 748.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=998>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Programme></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Programme<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A
title=http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/FOIS-06/schedule.html
href="http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/FOIS-06/schedule.html"
target=_blank>Provisional FOIS-06 schedule</A><FONT
color=#0000ff>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 9; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 748.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
width=998>
<H4 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><A name=_Accepted_Papers></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Accepted Papers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">List of <A
title=http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/FOIS-06/accepted/accepted.html
href="http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/FOIS-06/accepted/accepted.html"
target=_blank>accepted papers</A><FONT
color=#0000ff>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>
<HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=5>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------></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
Drive, M/S H305</TT> <BR><TT>Fax: 703-983-1379 McLean, VA
22102-7508, USA</TT> <BR>
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<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
Drive, M/S H305</TT> <BR><TT>Fax: 703-983-1379 McLean, VA
22102-7508, USA</TT> <BR>
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