NEWS, EVENTS, and PRESENTATIONS
ORG researchers are playing leading roles in a number of national and international ontology research consortia, and they have organized a wide variety of ontology training and dissemination events. The ORG is constantly involved in the organization and participation of workshops, conferences, colloquia, and other events, some of which can be found below.
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, February 26-27, 2008
CONFERENCE on Ontologies, co-organized and co-sponsored by JCOR, NCOR, and ECOR, to be held in Tokyo, Japan
Title: Interdisciplinary Ontology Conference
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, March 27-28, 2008
WORKSHOP on Ontologies of Cellular Networks, funded by the National Institutes of Health and hosted by the National Center for Biomedical Ontology, to be held in Newark, NJ
Title: Workshop on Ontologies of Cellular Networks
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 12-13, 2008
TRAINING COURSE in Biomedical Ontology given by Barry Smith, sponsored by the ORG, to be held in Amherst, NY at the Center for Inquiry
Title: An Introduction to Biomedical Ontology
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008
WORKSHOP on Evolutionary Biology and Ontology, co-sponsored by the NCBO and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, to be held in Minneapolis, MN
Title: Evolutionary Biology and Ontologies Workshop
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008
TUTORIAL on How to Make Useful Ontologies for Biomedicine, to be held in Toronto, Canada
Title: How to Make Useful Ontologies for Biomedicine
WEDNEDAY-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2008
WORKSHOP on an Ontology of Clinical Phenotypes, co-sponsored the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program and the National Center for Biomedical Ontology, to be held in Dallas, Texas
Title: Signs, Symptoms, and Findings: First Steps Toward an Ontology of Clinical Phenotypes
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2008
WORKSHOP on Infectious Disease Ontology, organized with the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, to be held in Buffalo, NY
Title: Infectious Disease Ontology 2008
Infectious Disease Ontology 2007
FRIDAY-MONDAY, OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 3, 2008
CONFERENCE on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, to be held at the Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken, Germany
Title: Formal Ontology in Information Systems
ORG RESEARCHER PRESENTATIONS
Significant presentations by ORG researchers can be found on their websites.



