IAOA 2012 Executive Council Election ... eVoting was conducted 16~20-July-2012.
Members were urged to make sure they vote! ... See time-table and process details
at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?IAOA_ExecutiveCouncil_Election_2012


IAOA General Assembly will be called to order during July, 2012 ...

• a virtual Assembly 16~20-July-2012, to:
    (i) Elect the next Executive Council, and
    (ii) Adopt the Provisional IAOA ByLaws.
• a face-to-face Assembly (during FOIS) on 25-July-2012 5:00~8:00pm CEST.
    (Remote participation will be supported.)

Results of the vote on the Statute changes and the 2011 Financial Budget: As approved
by the IAOA Extraordinary Assembly, May 2012


FOIS 2012: The International Conferences on Formal Ontology in Information Systems are IAOA's flagship conference series. Its seventh edition was held on July 24-27, 2012 in Graz, Austria, together
with the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2012). Early bird registration
ended April 15. Grants available for IAOA student members.


First Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis:
The school will took place in Trento (Italy) on July 16-20, 2012, the week just before FOIS 2012.


Membership renewals for 2012 are always open, see this link on the joining page.
If you forgot/lost your credentials, reset your password (now self-handled procedure).
Membership fees for 2012 here.

Ontology Summit 2012: Ontology for Big Systems

This Summit is co-organized by Ontolog, NIST, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD, and is the 7th in the series of 3-month open annual events, by and for the Ontology Community and their collaborators.

The Summit culminates in a 2-day Ontology Summit workshop/symposium which will be held on April 12 & 13, 2012 at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the greater Washington, DC Area (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA to be exact.)

Registration for the Ontology Summit 2012_Workshop & Symposium is now open - see: OntologySummit2012/WorkshopRegistration ... please register to attend now! ... participation is free-of-charge (and both on-site and remote participation are supported)!

• in particular, registration for on-site attendance is mandatory (due to the venue being a government facility), and the deadline to get registered is 6-Apr-2012. Please register for on-site attendance at the NIST event page via this link.
• see details about registration for remote participation here.
  

NEW! First Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis: July 16-20, 2012
The school will take place in Trento (Italy) the week just before FOIS 2012 in Graz (Austria).

The FOIS 2012 Call for Papers is now closed, see here.
The International Conferences on Formal Ontology in Information Systems are IAOA's flagship conference series. Its seventh edition will be held on July 24-27, 2012 in Graz, Austria, together with the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2012).

Renewals for 2012 are always open
Members who haven't renewed yet for 2012 have had their access to the member's area suspended after January 31rst.
Former members can always renew through the link on the joining page.
If you have lost your credentials, ask for a password reset.
Membership fees for 2012 can be seen here.

Deadline Extension for FOIS 2012: Feb 12
The deadline for initial submissions of conference papers to the FOIS 2012 conference in Graz, Austria was extended to February 12, 2012 (Sunday).

Renewals for 2012 open
Members are invited to renew through the utilities of the member's area. Without renewal, access will be suspended after January 31rst.
Former members can always renew through the link on the joining page.
If you have lost your credentials, ask for a password reset.
Membership fees for 2012 can be seen here.

The FOIS 2012 Call for Papers has been published, see here.
The International Conferences on Formal Ontology in Information Systems are IAOA's flagship conference series. Its seventh edition will be held on July 24-27, 2012 in Graz, Austria, together with the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2012).

A number of new supported events have been added, see them here.

Deadline Extension for FOIS 2012: Feb 12
The deadline for initial submissions of conference papers to the FOIS 2012 conference in Graz, Austria was extended to February 12, 2012 (Sunday).

The FOIS 2012 Call for Papers has been published, see here.
The International Conferences on Formal Ontology in Information Systems are IAOA's flagship conference series. Its seventh edition will be held on July 24-27, 2012 in Graz, Austria, together with the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2012).

A number of new supported events have been added, see them here.