Reminder FOIS 2025 conference: Strict deadlines approaching.

[Eric Top]

We would like to kindly remind you that the deadlines for the FOIS conference main track are fast approaching, with the deadline for abstracts on the 23rd of March and the deadline for full papers on the 30th of March. It should be emphasized that these deadlines are strict, so make sure to submit before these dates.

In previous years, the main track has provided a platform for excellent work, and we look forward to viewing your submissions this year and for you to join us during the International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS) 2025, to be held in Catania from the 8th to the 12th of September.

For more information, we recommend visiting the FOIS website:
https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/

Best regards,
César Bernabé and Eric Top (FOIS 2025 Publicity Chairs)

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Please consider the following important dates:

FOIS 2025:
Mandatory abstract submission: 23 March 2025 (strict)
Paper submission: 30 March 2025 (strict)
Rebuttal period: 9-14 May 2025
Notifications: 19 May 2025
Camera-ready papers: 30 June 2025
Virtual conference: 4-5 September 2025
Onsite conference: 8-12 September 2025

JOWO 2025:
Workshop proposal submission deadline: 17 January 2025
Workshop acceptance notification: 7 February 2025
Workshop call for papers announcement and publicity: 28 February 2025
Workshop paper submission deadline: 1 June 2025
Workshop paper author notification: 14 July 2025
Camera-ready submission: 1 September 2025
Workshop days: between 8-9 September 2025

For more information about, e.g., submission types, the venue, conference program, or organizing committee, please visit https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/.

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About the conference:
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.

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.

FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA), which is a non-profit organization promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology.