[PlanetKR] ISAO 2016 - 3rd CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - Early registration ends May 31

[Stefano Borgo]

ISAO 2016 - 3rd CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:

The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
and the KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data at Bozen-Bolzano
are proud to announce the

Third IAOA Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology
June 27 - July 1, 2016 -- Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it


Early registration ends May 31.

Program online:
http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/?page_id=137

Courses by Alessandro Artale (Italy), Gilberto Camara (Brazil), Antony 
Galton (UK), Achille C. Varzi (USA), and Laure Vieu (France). Additional 
lectures by Roberta Ferrario (Italy) and Fabian Neuhaus (Germany).


Description
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World-class experts in different disciplines (Ontology Engineering,
Conceptual Modeling, Knowledge Representation, Logic and Philosophy)
will meet for a week with students, researchers and practitioners and
present courses in complementary aspects of Applied Ontology. The
summer school will be a full immersion experience in ontology, where
lecturers engage in open discussions with each other as well as interact
with the participants.

The school will take place in Bozen-Bolzano, the beautiful capital city
of South Tyrol, Italy, and is open to students, researchers and
practitioners.

http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/?page_id=91

Previous summer schools were held in Vitória, Brazil

http://iaoa.org/isao2014/

and in Trento, Italy

http://iaoa.org/isao2012/


Registration
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The event will have a limited number of participants to ensure the 
quality of the interactions and the immersion experience. Registration 
costs are kept low and start at 200 Euros for the entire week.

Check the registration page for further information and to register:

http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/?page_id=56

IAOA membership (which can be obtained before registering) entitles to 
reduced registration fees. Affordable student accommodation is listed here

http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/?page_id=50


Organization
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International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
http://iaoa.org/

Research Centre on Knowledge and Data (KRDB)
Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
http://www.inf.unibz.it/


Contact: ISAO2016 at unibz.it
Website: http://iaoa.org/isao2016/