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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>(with apologies for cross-posting)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>8th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Courier New"'>September 22-25, 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="http://fois2014.inf.ufes.br/p/home.html">http://fois2014.inf.ufes.br/p/home.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Email: <a href="mailto:fois2014@gmail.com">fois2014@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Relevant dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>1 December 2013: Workshop proposal submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>15 January 2014: Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>22 May 2014: Recommended workshop paper submission deadline (after FOIS notification deadline)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>22 September 2014: FOIS Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>23-25 September 2014: FOIS main conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Workshops at FOIS are scientific events that are independently<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>organized by the workshop organizers. The workshop organizers will be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>responsible for advertising the workshop and reviewing and selecting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>the contributions. Workshops can be events that provide a forum for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>the discussion of topics that may complement the main conference or<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>focus on specialized sub-topics related to formal ontology and its<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>application in information systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>We specifically invite proposals for workshops organized by IAOA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Special Interest Groups and Technical Committees.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>TOPICS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Areas of interest to the conference include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Specific Foundational Issues in Formal Ontology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Ontology Evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Specific Issues in Ontology Methodologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Scientific applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Relations between Formal Ontology and the Semantic Web<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Visualization and accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Ontology Repositories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>A full list of topics can be found on the conference website: <a href="http://fois2014.inf.ufes.br/p/call-for-papers.html">http://fois2014.inf.ufes.br/p/call-for-papers.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>SUBMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Workshop proposals should be no more than 2 pages in length, and must<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>contain the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- title of the workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- names of the workshop organizers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- brief description of experience in workshop organization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- description of the workshop topic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- brief statement on the relation and relevance of the workshop to FOIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- intended duration of the workshop (half-day, full-day)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- timeline for the workshop (submission dates, notification dates)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Please consider the notification date of FOIS and the proposed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Workshop Submission Deadline. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- plans for publishing workshop proceedings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Workshop proposals should be submitted to the FOIS Workshop Track<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>through Easychair:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fois2014">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fois2014</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>EVALUATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Submissions for workshop proposals will be evaluated by members of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>FOIS organizing and program committee, using the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Relevance and utility to attendees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Quality of the proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Likelihood of success of the workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>- Complementarity with FOIS and overlap with other workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>The proceedings of the FOIS workshops are usually published on-line by<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>the respective organizers and are not included in the main conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>proceeding volume published by IOS Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>General Chair: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Laure Vieu (CNRS, France)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Program Chairs: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Pawel Garbacz (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Oliver Kutz (University of Bremen, Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Local Organization: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Giancarlo Guizzardi (Federal University of Espirito Santo Brazil)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Renato Rocha Souza (FGV, Brazil)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=FR-CH style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Workshops:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Robert Hoehndorf (University of Cambridge, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Ontology Competition:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Till Mossakowski (DFKI Bremen and University of Bremen, Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Early Career Symposium:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Marion Haemmerli (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Torsten Hahmann (University of Toronto, Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Claudio Masolo (ISTC-CNR, Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Publicity:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Janna Hastings (European Bioinformatics Institute, UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Fernanda Baiao (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Janna Hastings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Email: <a href="mailto:hastings@ebi.ac.uk">hastings@ebi.ac.uk</a> | Tel: +44 (0)1223 494411 | Fax: +44 (0)1223 494468<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Twitter: @jannahastings | Web: <a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~hastings">www.ebi.ac.uk/~hastings</a> | Blog: <a href="http://www.bioontology.ch/">www.bioontology.ch</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Coordinator, Cheminformatics and Metabolism, European Bioinformatics Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Visit ChEBI at <a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi">www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>