[iaoa-general] IAOA Summer Institute on Upper Ontologies

[Michael Gruninger]

The International Association of Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)  
is announcing the 2017 Summer Institute:

Upper Ontologies
August 8-11, 2017
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Programme:

Within the Applied Ontology community, upper ontologies are widely  
recognized as tools to support the tasks of ontology design and  
semantic integration. At the first Ontology Summit in 2006,  the  
designers of
several prominent upper ontologies were joined by key ontology  
technology participants,
with the purpose of finding a means to relate the different ontologies  
to each other.
In the decade since that meeting, the development and application of  
upper ontologies has continued,
yet many challenges remain.

The 2017 IAOA Summer Institute will explore the following topics:
- What are the foundational choices and the practical motivations of  
present upper ontologies?
- What is the range of concepts that should be covered in an upper ontology?
- What are the relationships among upper ontologies?
- How do we evaluate upper ontologies?
- Using upper ontologies for semantic integration
- Using upper ontologies for ontology design
- Discussion of proposals for ISO 21838 (Top-Level Ontologies):  
content and consensus-building methodology

Facilitators
Nicola Guarino (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies)
Barry Smith (University at Buffalo)
Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto)


Participants from all sectors of applied ontology are invited to  
interact from August 8 to 11, in Toronto, Canada. As always, the  
Summer Institute will challenge the state of the art through lively  
discussions and hands-on problem solving rather than lengthy  
presentations.

The registration fee will be 500 CAD (350 Euros).
A limited number travel and attendance grants are available for students.

Stay tuned for registration details, which will open in the next few weeks.

Michael Gruninger