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Dear all,</div>
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Please be noted that:<br>
<b><i>ex:early-bird schema:acquires ex:worm</i></b></div>
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The deadline for the early bird registrations for the FOIS 2025 conference, the JOWO workshops, and the ISAO summer school is approaching rapidly.</div>
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<b><u>You have until the 25th of July to register</u> for reduced registration fees.</b></div>
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After that, you may still register but only for full price. So if you haven’t already, make sure to register now and join the class of early birds!</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To register, please follow these links:<br>
- FOIS & JOWO: </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=728" id="OWA7c8892fc-ec9f-08cf-185c-3a6f9504e3c5" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=728</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
- ISAO summer school: </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/?page_id=102" id="OWA12565fa0-0d48-b955-6739-6a27a25def7c" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/?page_id=102</a></u></span></div>
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Main events:</div>
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- FOIS Online: September 4-5, 2025.<br>
- FOIS 2025, September 10-12, 2025.<br>
- JOWO 2025, September 8-9, 2025.<br>
- Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO): September 15-19, 2025.</div>
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The on-site events are all hosted by the University of Catania in Catania, Sicily, Italy.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more information on the venue, the program, and other related information,<br>
please visit </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/" id="OWA92d2508f-a700-f482-aba4-cb862c4e594e" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.dmi.unict.it/isao2025/</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<b>About the 15th edition of the</b> <b>International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS)</b>:</div>
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The FOIS conference is a meeting point for all researchers with an interest in formal ontology. Formal ontology is the systematic study of the types of entities and relations making up the domains of interest represented in modern information systems. The conference
encourages submission of high quality, not previously published results on both theoretical issues and practical advancements. FOIS 2025 will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and methods, and domain ontologies.</div>
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FOIS aims to be a nexus of interdisciplinary research and communication for researchers from many domains engaging with formal ontology. Common application areas include conceptual modeling, database design, knowledge engineering and management, software engineering,
organizational modeling, artificial intelligence, robotics, computational linguistics, the life sciences, bioinformatics and scientific research in general, geographic information science, information retrieval, library and information science, as well as
the Semantic Web.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="http://iaoa.org/" id="OWA4c038b88-fc36-1e0c-b6a6-23dbb9c11580" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">(IAOA</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">), which is a non-profit organization
promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology.</span></div>
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<b>About the Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO):</b></div>
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The<b> Joint Ontology WOrkshops</b> (JOWO) is a venue of workshops that, together, address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence,
Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">JOWO is a conference of the </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://iaoa.org/" target="_blank" id="OWA6b055092-2d1b-8098-616b-83198cc356c0" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">International
Association for Ontology and its Applications</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (IAOA), which is a non-profit organization aiming to promote interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can find a </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/" target="_blank" id="OWA305725b4-adbb-22a3-6160-fc13dd9b74df" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">general
presentation of JOWO and former editions here</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<b>Format</b></div>
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Workshops at JOWO 2025 are events whose scientific program is independently established by the workshop organizers. They will be responsible for advertising the workshop and reviewing and selecting the contributions. Workshops can be events that provide a forum
for the discussion of topics broadly related to ontologies, formal ontology, and knowledge management and their application in information science or other areas. Together, the workshops can address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging
from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. They are especially suitable for interdisciplinary and innovative formats.</div>
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<b>About the Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)</b></div>
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The Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO) is the premier educational forum for acquiring and deepening knowledge in ontology - its foundations, applications, and interconnections with related areas.<br>
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September 15-19, 2025<br>
University of Catania, Sicily, Italy<br>
(! in person only, no online participation !)<br>
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Target audience<br>
- PhD students<br>
- PostDocs and researchers<br>
- Ontology practitioners from business, industry and society<br>
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Leading experts in applied ontology (AO), formal ontology, modeling,<br>
semantics and neighboring fields teach various basic courses as well as<br>
engage in interactive formats for deepening the knowledge of all<br>
participants, providing a full immersion experience in AO for all levels<br>
of expertise. Ten speakers will give courses - we highlight G.<br>
Guizzardi, C. Masolo, C. Trojahn and L. Vieu (more details below).</div>
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