[iaoa-education] IAOA webinar series meeting

[Laure Vieu]

Dear all,

Thanks to all of you who have filled the Doodle. Fortunately, there is a 
clear answer!

The meeting will be held on March 3, 11:00-12:30 CET / 12:00-13:30 SAST 
/ 5:00-6:30 EST

We'll send a link for the connection a few days before.

Don't hesitate in sending items to include in the agenda before then.

Best,

Laure

Le 11/02/2021 à 18:58, Laure Vieu a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> I'm writing to you on behalf of the IAOA Executive Council to invite 
> you to contribute to develop a program of short webinars (on-line 
> video lectures) on fundamentals of Ontology and its Applications.
>
> IAOA's main educational activity, the ISAO summer school, was 
> cancelled in 2020 with hopes to postpone it to September 2021. But 
> pandemic uncertainties are still high and since we deemed that a 
> proper summer school cannot be held on-line, ISAO 2021 is now 
> cancelled. Of course, ISAO summer schools shall resume when the 
> situation will improve.
>
> The idea then emerged in the IAOA EC to create a program of short 
> on-line lectures, possibly asking some of the lecturers who were on 
> the ISAO 2020 program to contribute, as well as extending to the 
> wealth of great lecturers present in our community. The webinar series 
> could adopt a regular frequency, and extend over the years, possibly 
> becoming a main instrument of the IAOA Education Technical Committee.
>
> Educational activities certainly are in high demand from IAOA members. 
> The EduTC needs to be revived, and the webinar series project could be 
> the occasion to gather energies and make it active again.
>
> If you are willing to join, here is a Doodle for a first meeting at 
> the beginning of March to discuss this idea in more details:
>
> https://doodle.com/poll/mknafezeu6hvkzbp?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
>
> You can of course before then already contribute ideas by replying to 
> this thread.
>
> Looking forward to the meeting with you,
>
> Laure Vieu
>
> IAOA President
>