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<div dir="ltr" class="">ISAO 2018 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:<br class="">

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****Early registration deadline: 15 July*****<br class="">

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The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)<br class="">

and the University of Cape Town, South Africa are proud to announce the<br class="">

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Fourth Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO)<br class="">

September 10-15, 2018 -- Cape Town, South Africa<br class="">

<a href="http://isao2018.cs.uct.ac.za/" class="">http://isao2018.cs.uct.ac.za/</a><br class="">

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Description<br class="">

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World-class experts in different disciplines (Applied Ontology,<br class="">

Biomedical Ontology, Logic and Philosophy, Conceptual Modeling,<br class="">

Semantic Technologies) will meet for a week with students, researchers<br class="">

and practitioners, to offer courses in complementary aspects of<br class="">

Applied Ontology.<br class="">

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The school will be a full immersion experience in ontology, where<br class="">

lecturers engage in open discussions with each other, interact with<br class="">

the participants, and supervise micro-projects addressing Applied<br class="">

Ontology problems.<br class="">

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ISAO will take place in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa,<br class="">

and is open to students, researchers and practitioners.<br class="">

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Previous schools were held in<br class="">

* 2016 - Bozen/Bolzano, Italy <a href="http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/" class="">http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/</a><br class="">

* 2014 - Vitoria, Brazil <a href="http://iaoa.org/isao2014/" class="">http://iaoa.org/isao2014/</a><br class="">

* 2012 - Trento, Italy <a href="http://iaoa.org/isao2012/" class="">http://iaoa.org/isao2012/</a><br class="">

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Program<br class="">

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The following lecturers are already confirmed:<br class="">

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* Maureen Donnelly, University of Buffalo, New York, USA<br class="">

(Mereology, Location, and Time)<br class="">

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* Stefan Schulz, Medical University of Graz, Austria<br class="">

(Biomedical Ontology)<br class="">

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* Peter Simons, Trinity College Dublin and University of Salzburg<br class="">

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* Arina Britz, Stellenbosch University, South Africa<br class="">

(First-order Logic and Description Logics)<br class="">

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* Maria Keet, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br class="">

(Semantics and Conceptual Modelling)<br class="">

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Registration<br class="">

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Registration to the school is on a first-come first-served basis.<br class="">

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Check the registration page for details:<br class="">

<a href="http://isao2018.cs.uct.ac.za/registration.html" class="">http://isao2018.cs.uct.ac.za/registration.html</a><br class="">

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Reduced registration fees are available for IAOA members.<br class="">

For information on membership, benefits and how to join, please see:<br class="">

<a href="http://iaoa.org/membership/membership.html" class="">http://iaoa.org/membership/membership.html</a><br class="">

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Organization<br class="">

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International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)<br class="">

<a href="http://iaoa.org/" class="">http://iaoa.org/</a><br class="">

Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br class="">

<a href="https://www.cs.uct.ac.za/" class="">https://www.cs.uct.ac.za/</a><br class="">

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General chair: Aldo Gangemi<br class="">

Programme chair: Antony Galton<br class="">

Local organisation: Maria Keet, with Zubeida Khan, Zola Mahlaza, and<br class="">

Michael Harrison<br class="">

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Contact:<br class="">

Website: <a href="http://isao2018.cs.uct.ac.za/" class="">http://isao2018.cs.uct.ac.za/</a><br class="">

General inquiries: <a href="mailto:aldo.gangemi@unibo.it" class="">aldo.gangemi@unibo.it</a><br class="">

local inquiries: <a href="mailto:mkeet@cs.uct.ac.za" class="">mkeet@cs.uct.ac.za</a><br class="">

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