CFP: InterOntology10, Tokyo, Feb. 27-28 2010 (Deadline: 5 Dec 2009)

[Pierre Grenon]

CALL FOR PAPERS

3RD INTERDISCIPLINARY ONTOLOGY CONFERENCE

TOKYO, JAPAN
February 27-28, 2010

The increasingly important role played by ontology in addressing the
data integration needs of government, science and industry has brought
a growing interest in the methods, tools and resources of ontology
research and applications. The goal of the Interdisciplinary Ontology
Conference of the Japanese Center for Ontological Research (JCOR) is
to address the need for an international forum in the ontology domain
and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and state-of-the-art
technologies among researchers from around the world in ontology and
related fields. The conference is co-sponsored by the Japanese
Government’s Ministry of Education and Science (MEXT) under the
framework of the Open Research Center on Logic and Formal Ontology of
Keio University, and by the US National Center for Ontological
Research (NCOR) and by the International Association for Ontology and
Its Applications (IAOA), and features a special session on Biomedical
Ontology, jointly organized with the (US) National Center for
Biomedical Ontology.

Disciplines represented will include computer science, logic and
philosophy, as well as a variety of application domains. The
conference consists of invited lectures and sessions consisted of peer
reviewed papers which will be included in the on-site volume of
Proceedings, which will also be distributed as a post-conference
publication.

Papers may address a wide variety of issues relating to ontology and
its applications. Papers should be at most 12 pages long (including
figures and references) employing the Springer LNCS style
(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0).
Submission instructions along with registration and logistics
information will appear at the conference website
http://abelard.flet.keio.ac.jp/ontology/index.php?InterOntology10

Invited speakers will include:
Christopher Baker (University of New Brunswik, Canada)
John Bateman (University of Bremen, Germany)
Antony Galton (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)

Important Dates:
December 5: Deadline for submission of complete paper
By January 7, 2009: Notification of acceptance
January 28: Camera-ready copy due for on-site proceedings version
February 27-28: Conference in Tokyo. The conference will begin at
9.30am on Saturday, and close at 6pm on Sunday.

International Scientific Committee
Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka University, Japan), Co-chair
Barry Smith (University at Buffalo / NCOR, USA), Co-chair
Christopher J. O. Baker (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
John Bateman (Bremen University, German / ECOR)
Mathias Brochhausen (Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical
Information Science, Saarland University, Germany / ECOR)
Werner Ceusters (University at Buffalo / NCOR, U.S.)
Ken Fukuda (Aist, Japan) (Tentative)
Pierre Grenon (Open University, England)
Mark Musen (Stanford University / NCBO, U.S.)
Jun Nakaya (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan) (Tentative)
Hideaki Takeda (NII, Japan)
Takahira Yamaguchi (Keio University, Japan)

Local Organizing Committee
Mitsuhiro Okada (Philosophy Department, Keio University), ORC Chair
Hiromichi Fukui (Integrated Policy Department, Keio University), ORC
Co-Chair(Tentative)
Tatsuya Hagino (Environmental-Information Science Department, Keio University)
Sumio Nakagawa (Philosophy Department, Keio University), ORC Co-Chair
Yutaro Sugimoto (Philosophy Department, Keio Univerisity)
Takahira Yamaguchi (Computer Science Department, Keio University)

For inquires please write to miz at ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp