<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> *** IRIS-AI 25 Symposium on AI ***</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">(Calls・Attending・Speakers・Location・Activities)</font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">We are pleased to announce the First International Research and Industry Symposium on AI (IRIS-AI 25). It is an interdisciplinary conference on Artificial Intelligence that brings together researchers, experts, professionals both from academia and industry, and everyone interested in getting informed on the latest advances and emerging trends in Artificial Intelligence.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Set against the scenic backdrop of Montefiascone (Italy), a historic town overlooking Lake Bolsena, IRIS-AI offers a unique opportunity to share ideas, foster collaborations, and network in a relaxed and informal setting.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Dates: August 1–4 2025</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Location: Montefiascone, Italy</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Submission deadline: July 6, 2025 AoE</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Desk notification (to grant poster presentation): on a rolling basis (avg 2–3 days), and no later than July 9, 2025 AoE</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Full reviews (to grant oral presentation): July 22, 2025 AoE</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Early Registration: June 30, 2025 AoE</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Registration: July 31, 2025 </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Website: https://iris-ai.org</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/iris-ai-symposium</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Info below on: (i) calls for contributions, (ii) attending, (iii) invited speakers, (iv) location, (v) contacts, (vi) organising committee.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">** Calls for Contributions **</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">IRIS-AI invites contributions from researchers and professionals both from academia and industry, on theoretical and practical aspects of a wide range of AI-related topics, as well as submission on industrial applications of AI. </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">The topics include but are not limited to: </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Machine Learning</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Expressivity of Neural Networks</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Reinforcement Learning</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Relational Databases and Graph Databases</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Knowledge Graphs</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Knowledge Representation and Reasoning</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Logics for AI</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Automata Theory and Its Applications</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・AI Applications in Industry and Society</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Explainability and Trustworthy AI</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">IRIS-AI invites submissions for the following calls:</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call For Papers: Main Track </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/main-track)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call For Papers: Position Papers </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/position-papers)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call For Papers: System Papers </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/system-papers)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call For Papers: Student Papers </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/student-papers)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call For Extended Abstracts: Recently-Published Research </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/recently-published-research)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call for Talks: Research Highlights </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/research-highlights)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call for Tutorials </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/tutorials)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call for Demos </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/demos)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Call for the Defuk Challenge </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (https://iris-ai.org/calls/defuk-challenge)</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">** Attending **</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">IRIS-AI invites participants interested in recent advances and emerging trends in AI. Attendance at IRIS-AI is open to everyone who would like to participate in discussing AI and related topics, or even just get informed.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">To *register* for attending, please visit https://iris-ai.org/?tabs_current=Attending </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">** Invited Speakers **</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Angelo Montanari </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Rector of University of Udine</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to Logic in Computer Science, Formal Methods, and Databases.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Dana Angluin</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Professor at Yale University</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to Machine Learning, Automata Learning, Expressivity of Transformers and Recurrent Neural Networks.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Egor V. Kostylev</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Professor at University of Oslo</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to Knowledge Representation & Reasoning, and Expressivity of Graph Neural Networks.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Kurt Stirewalt</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Vice President of Knowledge Engineering at RelationalAI</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to Model-based Design, Declarative Languages, Reasoning, and Generative Programming.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Marcelo Arenas</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Researcher at RelationalAI | ACM Fellow</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to the Theory and Practice of Relational Database Systems, Logic in Computer Science, and Semantic Web.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Mahmoud Abo Khamis</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Researcher at RelationalAI</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to the Theory and Practice of Relational Database Systems.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">・Mohammad Sadegh Talebi</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Professor at University of Copenhagen</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> Fundamental contributions to the Theory of Reinforcement Learning.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">** Location **</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">The symposium will be held in the beautiful Rocca dei Papi—the castle of Montefiascone overlooking the town and the entire Lake Bolsena.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">The symposium will happen during the 65th Montefiascone Wine Festival, the main event of the town with a long tradition rooted to the legendary figure of Johannes Defuk. There will be plenty to do in the evening, including historical parades, wine tasting, and good food. Additionally, there will be planned social activities (see below).</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Montefiascone sits on the shores of Lake Bolsena, the largest volcanic lake in Europe. Its clear waters, beautiful beaches of black volcanic sand, and two islands make for a great setting for a summer vacation.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">** Social Activities **</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">The social activities include:</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (i) a social dinner on the rooftop terrace of the most traditional restaurant of the town, </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (ii) a boat tour of the islands of Lake Bolsena, with an excursion on Island Bisentina to visit its landmarks, </font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"> (iii) a tour of one of the most traditional wineries of the town.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">We look forward to welcoming you to Montefiascone for an inspiring exchange of ideas at IRIS-AI!</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">** Contacts and Info **</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">For the latest info, please visit the event's website https://iris-ai.org.</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">For any questions, please contact us at info@iris-ai.org, or join the IRIS-AI Discord server (https://discord.gg/9mVSJb36XW).</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">* General Chairs *</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Alessandro Ronca | University of Oxford</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Nadezda Alexandrovna Knorozova | Relational AI</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz"><br></font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">* Program Chairs *</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Pan Hu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Gianluca Cima | Sapienza University of Rome</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Roberto Delfino | Sapienza University of Rome</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Antonio Di Stasio | University of Oxford & City St George's University of London</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Stefano Germano | University of Oxford</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">David Tena Cucala | University of Oxford & Royal Holloway University of London</font></div><div><font face="Inconsolata-dz">Przemysław (Przemek) Wałęga | University of Oxford & Queen Mary University of London</font></div><div><br></div></body></html>