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== '''Registration''' ==
== '''Registration''' ==


Registration will be made available online shortly, with the following early-bird fees:  
Participants may <b>[https://activities-ubf-buffalo.nbsstore.net/basic-formal-ontology-summit-meeting register here]</b>.
 
Early-bird registration fees are as follows (up to May 16th):  


:* Students - None
:* Students - None
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:* Senior Faculty, Government, Industry - $300
:* Senior Faculty, Government, Industry - $300


These fees are designed primarily to cover venue and refreshment costs.
These fees are designed primarily to cover venue and refreshment costs. After the early-bird registration period up to the event date, the registration fees will be as follows:


We are currently exploring possibilities for zoom participation, but given the goals of the event, strongly encourage in-person participation.
:* Students - $50
:* Junior Faculty/Postdocs - $150
:* Senior Faculty, Government, Industry - $400


== '''Keynote Speakers''' ==
We are currently exploring possibilities for zoom participation, but given the goals of the event we strongly encourage in-person participation.


''We are happy to announce four keynote speakers (information will be updated as it becomes available).
A processing fee of 10% will be charged for cancellations up to May 16th; thereafter, no refunds.


== '''Keynote Speakers''' ==
''We are happy to announce five keynote speakers (information will be updated as it becomes available).




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The first keynote will be given by Werner Ceusters, who will speak on </br><b><u>The Axiomatization of BFO 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</u></b>'' [[Ceusters Abstract | Abstract]]
The first keynote will be given by Werner Ceusters, who will speak on </br><b><u>The Axiomatization of BFO 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</u></b>'' [[Ceusters Abstract | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]]




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<div style="text-align:right">The second keynote will be given by Alan Ruttenberg, </br>and will be titled <b><u>Time Matters</u></b></div>''
<div style="text-align:right">The second keynote will be given by Alan Ruttenberg, </br>and will be titled <b><u>Time Matters</u></b></div>''
[[File:Fabian.png|left|150px|frame|
[https://www.theo.ovgu.de/Staff/Fabian+Neuhaus.html Fabian Neuhaus]<br />
Institute for Intelligent Cooperating Systems, Otto-von-Guricke University Magdeburg]]




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[[File:JannaHastings_OntologyPrecisionHealthWorkshop.png|left|100px|frame|
[https://jannahastings.github.io/cv/ Janna Hastings] <br />Assistant Professor of Medical Knowledge and Decision Support, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich <br />Vice-Director, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen]]


<div style="text-align:left">The third keynote will be given by Fabian Neuhaus, </br>and will be titled <b><u>BFO-FOL for Domain Ontologies</u></b></div>''




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<div style="text-align:left">The third keynote, by Janna Hastings, will be titled </br><b><u>Field Reports from Using BFO in Scientific Ontologies</u></b></div>''


[[File:JannaHastings_OntologyPrecisionHealthWorkshop.png|right|100px|frame|
[https://jannahastings.github.io/cv/ Janna Hastings] <br />Editor-in-Chief of ''Applied Ontology'', Assistant Professor of Medical Knowledge and Decision Support, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich <br />Vice-Director, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen]],




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[[File:Riccucci.jpeg|right|110px|frame|
[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ryan-Riccucci-2 Ryan Riccucci]<br />Division Chief, US Border Patrol]]




<div style="text-align:right">The fourth keynote, by Janna Hastings, will be titled </br><b><u>Field Reports from Using BFO in Scientific Ontologies</u></b></div>''




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[[File:Riccucci.jpeg|left|110px|frame|
[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ryan-Riccucci-2 Ryan Riccucci]<br />Division Chief, US Border Patrol]]






<div style="text-align:right">'''Title:'''  TBD</div>




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<div style="text-align:left">The fifth keynote, by Ryan Riccucci, will be titled </br><b><u>For a Government Ontology</u></b></div>''
</br></br></br></br></br>


== '''Date'''  ==
== '''Dates'''  ==


May 23 (Tuesday) - 25 (Thursday), 2023
May 23 (Tuesday) - 25 (Thursday), 2023
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== '''Venue'''==
== '''Venue'''==


University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260
Main Ballroom of the [https://www.buffalo.edu/administrative-services/managing-facilities/planning-designing-and-construction/building-profiles/profile-host-page.host.html/content/shared/university/page-content/facilities/cft.detail.html University at Buffalo Center for Tomorrow]
 
The Center for Tomorrow, located at the University at Buffalo’s Amherst campus, houses a 350-seat conference area that can be converted into smaller meeting rooms, a reception and display area, a food preparation and serving facility, and a 7,500-square-foot open courtyard.
 
== '''Hotel'''==
[[File: Screen Shot 2023-03-13 at 11.21.39 PM.png |center|frame|50px|
[https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/WM46M2 Comfort Inn University]<br />
Amherst, NY 14226 <br />
1 Flint Road <br />]]
<br />
 
<b>Attendees are encouraged to book rooms at Comfort Inn University by following the link [https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/WM46M2 here]. They should mention that this is a conference booking to receive the special rate.</b> <br />
Comfort Inn University is a four minute walk from the BFO-SM venue and guests will be provided coffee and breakfast each morning.<br />


== '''Tentative Schedule'''  ==
== '''Tentative Schedule'''  ==


=== Day 1 ===
=== Tuesday, May 23===


<h3 style="color:Tomato;">Start Time: 9:00am</h3>
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">Start Time: 9:00am</h3>


:* <b>Keynote:</b> Alan Ruttenberg: Time Matters
:* 9-9:15am: Opening Remarks


:* <b>Keynote:</b> Werner Ceusters: The Axiomatization of BFO 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
:* 9:15-10:30am: <b>Keynote</b> Werner Ceusters: The Axiomatization of BFO 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/15KujvlJ6VLteAA-5rPlxnOFErMeRNVFl/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/_jJiOGgyx5k/ click here].


:* <b>Roundtable</b>: The Future of BFO: What Needs to be Changed? (Chair - John Beverley)
:* 10:45-12pm: <b>Keynote</b> Fabian Neuhaus: BFO-FOL for Domain Ontologies [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q1qgU_DIoLdj-FEkVEyxnzryJ_utE54w/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/WAs8YOv_fs8/ click here!]


:* <b>Workshop:</b> BFO-ISO (Chair - Barry Smith)
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">12-1pm Lunch On-Site</h3>
 
:* 1-2:15pm: <b>Keynote</b> Alan Ruttenberg: Time Matters [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/15yO4XBN_5ObktQSKvf05OEQ0J1vF8iOy/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/uuitXXmsnVY/ click here!]
 
:* <b>Workshop</b> BFO and Temporal Data (Chair - Amelia Kahn)
::* 2:30-3pm: "Temporal Annotations", Dave Lutz
::* 3-3:30pm: "Stases", Mark Jensen -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/11D2hJieM32XM2VXvvjO9ScMl8k0R9N8Y/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/UvWHS50psb8/ click here!]
::* 3:30-4pm: "Time and the Continuant: Modeling Temporal Data in BFO-OWL", Ludger Jansen [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wz6I2BjJu3Ugmkxi2jnDxI3Ik-50kTfK/view slides here].
 
:* 4-5:30pm: <b>Roundtable</b> The Future of BFO: What Needs to be Changed? (Participants: Barry Smith, Alan Ruttenberg, Werner Ceusters, John Beverley)
 
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">5:30pm Banquet for Keynote Speakers and Organizers</h3>
 
=== Wednesday, May 24 ===
 
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">Start Time: 9:00am</h3>
 
:* 9-9:15am: Opening Remarks
 
:* 9:15-10:30am: <b>Keynote:</b> Janna Hastings, Field Reports from Using BFO in Scientific Ontologies -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/183dVFSM-WejUiZ-BHmREkDQdyldDoMkO/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/LooBuEIG6bc/ click here!]
   
   
:: Potential topics include but are not limited to:
:* <b>Workshop</b> Applications of BFO in Biomedicine and Sustainability (Chair - Cameron More)
::# Background and significance
::* 10:30-11am: "Ontologies for a Learning Health System: Application to PARS3 and theoretical challenges", Adrien Barton, Paul Fabry, Jean-François Ethier [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]]
::# Proposals for future revisions and extensions
::* 11-11:30pm: "BFO Applications in Interoperable Biomedical Ontology Development and Knowledge/Data Integration – He Lab Experience", Yongqun "Oliver" He, Jinjing "Jimmy" Guo[[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NYSUvK8PawW3GorPhWxVxu8NtB20vu-Y/view slides here].
::# Relationship to other standards
::* 11:30-12pm: "Ontologies for Sustainability: Theoretical Challenges", Giorgio Ubbiali, Nicolas Piras, Matthew Lange, Andrea Borghini [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hs2Q1n-_fX_OJaI2Sdng2Sv5n5aH3Ve8/view slides here].


:* <b>Workshop:</b> BFO-2020 Subgroup (Chair - Amelia Kahn)
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">12-1pm Lunch On-Site</h3>


:: Potential topics include but are not limited to:  
:* <b>Workshop</b> Applications of BFO in Industry (Chair - Jonathan Vajda)
::# Evaluation of temporalized relation strategy
::* 1-1:30pm: "OccO: The Occupation Ontology" John Beverley, Yongqun "Oliver" He, Sam Smith, et al. [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]]
::# Development of BFO temporal profiles
::* 1:30-2pm: "The Industrial Ontologies Foundry", Farhad Ameri -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/19POu5qMSHLBswXhKYpA4k7_Tuy_lWZZk/view slides here].
:* <b>Workshop</b> Economics and Accounting Ontology (Chair - TBD)
::* 2-2:30pm: "Accounting Contracts in Collaboration Space", Bill McCarthy and Graham Gal [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/13O2mr3thhwlib0XxIy2aaoqEQ_RBfKSa/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/GiDHcXlXHcw/ click here!]
::* 2:30-3pm: "Toward an Ontology of Inflation", Jonathan Vajda [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HZhE9wGtOpej4XeOQ0pdkL4ntXSssJSf/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/LVCmoS65430/ click here!]
::* 3-3:30pm: "Advantages and Challenges of Building a Realism-based Ontology of Finance", Gloria Sanso [[Basic_Formal_Ontology_Summit_Meeting/abstracts | <sup>''Abstract''</sup>]] -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gN_cgD-J-usFFaV2pBos33gRgqNdiEyc/view slides here].


=== Day 2 ===
:* <b>Workshop</b> BFO and AI (Chair - TBD)
::* 4-4:30pm: "Fandaws and BFO", Aaron Damiano -- To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/rFM03vc05u0/ click here!]
::* 4:30-5pm: "BFO and Common Sense", Roman Ilin -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FO9n60sbf1nQ3FYOMaohjgDx21LFt2mV/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/YHSmppLAybE/ click here!]


:* <b>Keynote:</b> Janna Hastings, Field Reports from Using BFO in Scientific Ontologies
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">5:30pm Banquet for All Participants</h3>


:* <b>Workshop:</b> Biomedical Applications of BFO (Chair - TBD)
=== Thursday, May 25: Government Ontology ===
::"BFO and Semantic Modeling in the Roche Terminology System (RTS)", Rama Balakrishnan
 
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">Start Time: 9:00am</h3>
:* <b>Workshop:</b> Applications of BFO in Industry (Chair - John Beverley)
 
:: Sessions
:* 9-9:15am: Opening Remarks from UB Provost Scott Weber
::# "The Industrial Ontologies Foundry", TBD
 
::# "Fandaws and BFO", Aaron Damiano
:* 9:15-10:30am: <b>Keynote:</b> Ryan Riccucci, For a Government Ontology
::# "OccO: The Occupation Ontology" John Beverley, Yongqun "Oliver" He, Sam Smith, et. al.


* <b>Workshop:</b> Economics and Accounting Ontology (Chairs - Bill McCarthy and Graham Gal)
:* <b>Workshop:</b> Buffalo and Toronto Ontology Alliance (BoaT) (Chair - Mark Fox)
::* 11-11:30am: "Survey of University of Toronto Government Ontologies" Mark Fox, Megan Katsumi -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KPw0ZnpCLVvfnpC6gNBJ87iexecQ5300/view slides here].
::* 11:30-12pm: "Survey of University of Toronto Ontology of Impact" Bart Gajderowicz -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v0gA00SGHMW-mIh1CJWWPnYybxf2f3t5/view slides here].
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">12-1pm Lunch On-Site</h3>


:: Further potential topics include but are not limited to:  
:* <b>Workshop:</b> DIOWG: Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Ontology Working Group (Chair - Barry Smith)
::# Demonstrations of benefits associated with using BFO as a top-level architecture
::* 1-1:30pm: "DoD-IC Ontology Working Group (DIOWG) - Overview" Victor Rohr -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uOzcbD502dXIXpFaAMTX_F2iH1UZpFEv/view slides here].
::# Examples of BFO-based temporal reasoning
::* 1:30-2pm: "DICO: Defense Intelligence Core Ontology" Forrest Hare -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lLx5xNKhG3C8mqJj3kpZyiCFKS0CPwx_/view slides here].
::# Comparisons of the use of BFO with other upper-level ontologies in industry


=== Day 3: Government Ontology ===
:* <b>Workshop:</b> Frameworks for Government Ontologies (Chair - Barry Smith)
::* 2-2:30pm: "Towards an Agile Process for Government Ontology" William S. Mandrick -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uH6aBXKL0FEbvpxn5j3je-FWURfHWrzG/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/2dkKTrDqnLo/ click here!]
::* 2:30-3pm: "Warrant and Truth Maintenance" David Limbaugh -- Acces the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GSuZtFnpWxyXO3JYMtmp9PZKBav6cz-6/view slides here].To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/tZs7fQZpTjU click here!]
::* 3-3:30pm: "Cognition Data Framework" Alex Cox -- Access the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GZmp_Njk9qnKDYriQ7_ZE5ZGu576Uwvo/view slides here]. To watch the presentation [https://youtu.be/eD-SjIK9euc/ click here!]


:* <b>Keynote:</b> Ryan Riccucci, TBD
:* 3:30-4:30pm: <b>Roundtable</b> Future of Government Ontologies (Participants: David Limbaugh, Neil Otte, Victor Rohr, Ron Rudnicki, Alan Ruttenberg)


:* <b>Workshop:</b> Buffalo and Toronto Ontology Group (BoaT) (Chair - Mark Fox)


<h3 style="color:Tomato;">End Time: 4:00pm</h3>
<h3 style="color:Tomato;">End Time: 4:30pm</h3>


== '''Organizers''' ==  
== '''Organizers''' ==  
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[https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy/faculty/faculty_directory/smith-b.html Barry Smith] (University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY), [mailto:phismith@buffalo.edu]
[https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy/faculty/faculty_directory/smith-b.html Barry Smith] (University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY), [mailto:phismith@buffalo.edu]


== '''List of Participants will include:''' ==  
== '''Participants will include:''' ==  
 
Christopher Alvarez (CBP)


Rama Balakrishnan (Roche)
Claire Allen (CBP)


Adrien Barton (CNR, Paris)
Farhad Ameri (Texas State University)
 
Adrien Barton (CNRS, IRIT, Toulouse)


John Beverley (UB)
John Beverley (UB)
Niklas Beckmann (U Bonn)
Alena Begler (Trinidata)
Carter Benson (UB)
Jay Bittner (Basis Path)
Thomas Bittner (UB)
Margaret Bogumian (Aerospace Corporation)


Werner Ceusters (UB)
Werner Ceusters (UB)
Jaron Cheung (UB)
Sydney Cohen (Northwestern U)
Tim Coleman (Basis Path)
Giacomo De Colle (UB)
Alexander Cox (CUBRC)
Adam Czerniejewski (CUBRC)


Aaron Damiano (Rich Industries, Buffalo)
Aaron Damiano (Rich Industries, Buffalo)
Alexander Diehl (UB)


Bill Duncan (U Florida)
Bill Duncan (U Florida)
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Graham Gal (UMass, Amherst)
Graham Gal (UMass, Amherst)
Josh Gough (CBP)


Pierre Grenon (GSK)
Pierre Grenon (GSK)
John Gugliotti (KadSci)
Jinjing Guo (U Michigan)


Janna Hastings (U St Gallen / U Zurich)
Janna Hastings (U St Gallen / U Zurich)
Forrest Hare (Summit Knowledge Solutions)
Ali Hasanzadeh (UB)


Yongqun "Oliver" He (U Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Yongqun "Oliver" He (U Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Olivia Hobai (UB)


William Hogan (U Florida)
William Hogan (U Florida)


Anthony Huffman
Anthony Huffman (U Michigan)
 
Regina Hurley (Northwestern U)
 
Roman Ilin (Air Force Research Lab, Dayton)
 
Ludger Jansen (U Rostock)
 
Mark Jensen (CUBRC)


Amelia Kahn (UB)
Amelia Kahn (UB)
David Kasmier (NCOR)


Megan Katsumi (U Toronto)
Megan Katsumi (U Toronto)
John Klasen (CBP)
Robert Krieter (UB)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou (NIST)
Stephen Lamberti (CBP)
Matthew Lange (Center for Food Ontology Operability)


Rasmus Larsen (U Toronto)
Rasmus Larsen (U Toronto)
Austin Leibers (UB)
Pilar Vanessa León (Hack Space)


David Limbaugh (CUBRC)
David Limbaugh (CUBRC)
Dave Lutz (MITRE)
William S. Mandrick (Raytheon)
Anna Maria Masci (NIH/NIEHS)
Seyedmohammadnavid Madani (UB)


William McCarthy (Michigan State University)
William McCarthy (Michigan State University)
Mark McCormack (CPB)
Delaney McNulty (UB)


Eric Merrell (Johns Hopkins APL)
Eric Merrell (Johns Hopkins APL)
Cameron More (UB)
Michael Moskal (OSTHUS)


Fabian Neuhaus (U Magdeburg)
Fabian Neuhaus (U Magdeburg)
Bonnie O'Neil (Mitre)


Neil Otte (Johns Hopkins APL)
Neil Otte (Johns Hopkins APL)
Nicolas Piras (U Milan)
Tim Prudhomme (UB)
Michael Rabenberg (UB)


Ryan Riccucci (Customs and Border Patrol HQ, Tucson)
Ryan Riccucci (Customs and Border Patrol HQ, Tucson)
Karen Richardson (Aerospace Corporation)
Victor Rohr (Aerospace Corporation)


Daniele Rosu (U Toronto)
Daniele Rosu (U Toronto)
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Alan Ruttenberg (UB)
Alan Ruttenberg (UB)
Gloria Sanso (UB)


Selja Seppala (University College Cork)
Selja Seppala (University College Cork)
Alec Sculley (UB)


Barry Smith (UB)
Barry Smith (UB)
Tony Truong (Basis Path)
Giorgio Ubbiali (U Milan)
Krishna Udaiwal (Aurint)
Jonathan Vajda (SAIC)
Peihong "Karl" Xie (UB)
Eugene Yockey (CBP)
Yifan Wang (UB)
Lauren Wishnie (UB)
Wugetemole Wugetemole (UB)

Latest revision as of 16:18, 24 July 2023

Announcement

The 2023 Basic Formal Ontology Summit Meeting will be held May 23rd-25th, 2023. The aims of the meeting are:

  1. to bring together researchers who have played an important role in the development and application of BFO, to highlight the practical impact and value of using BFO as a top-level architecture,
  2. to identify and work through outstanding issues experienced by users of BFO,
  3. to begin the creation of a set of BFO-conformant ontologies in the domain of government policy and data

Subsidiary goals are:

  • to showcase real-world examples of incorporation of BFO in development pipelines and their practical impacts
  • to promote collaboration across different groups of BFO users
  • to share case studies illustrating challenges arising in BFO use, evaluation, interpretation, and revision
  • to reveal differences in interpretation of BFO terms and relations, and of associated strategies for using BFO
  • to share strategies of evaluation of BFO from different user bases
  • to identify and disseminate strategies for improving the quality of BFO-based ontologies

Paper and Workshop Presentations

Those wishing to present a paper at this meeting, including at the workshops mentioned below, should submit a short abstract (~200 words) to John Beverley [1] before February 15th. Confirmation of acceptance will be issued by February 28th. Paper presentations are especially welcome on applications, uses cases, and practical aspects of employing BFO. See below for more descriptions of desirable presentation topics.

Those wishing to present a workshop should contact Barry Smith [2] as soon as possible. Note that we are planning for a meeting consisting entirely of plenary sessions. Hence, the number of workshops will be kept to a minimum.

Workshops chairs will decide each workshop structure (for example: panel, successive talks, one talk + responses, etc.); each workshop will be approximately 1-2 hours in length.

Registration

Participants may register here.

Early-bird registration fees are as follows (up to May 16th):

  • Students - None
  • Junior Faculty/Postdocs - $100
  • Senior Faculty, Government, Industry - $300

These fees are designed primarily to cover venue and refreshment costs. After the early-bird registration period up to the event date, the registration fees will be as follows:

  • Students - $50
  • Junior Faculty/Postdocs - $150
  • Senior Faculty, Government, Industry - $400

We are currently exploring possibilities for zoom participation, but given the goals of the event we strongly encourage in-person participation.

A processing fee of 10% will be charged for cancellations up to May 16th; thereafter, no refunds.

Keynote Speakers

We are happy to announce five keynote speakers (information will be updated as it becomes available).


Werner Ceusters
Division Chief, Biomedical Ontology
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences



The first keynote will be given by Werner Ceusters, who will speak on
The Axiomatization of BFO 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Abstract


Alan Ruttenberg
Director of Clinical and Translational Data Exchange
University at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine





The second keynote will be given by Alan Ruttenberg,
and will be titled Time Matters




Fabian Neuhaus
Institute for Intelligent Cooperating Systems, Otto-von-Guricke University Magdeburg





The third keynote will be given by Fabian Neuhaus,
and will be titled BFO-FOL for Domain Ontologies





Janna Hastings
Editor-in-Chief of Applied Ontology, Assistant Professor of Medical Knowledge and Decision Support, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
Vice-Director, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen

,




The fourth keynote, by Janna Hastings, will be titled
Field Reports from Using BFO in Scientific Ontologies




Ryan Riccucci
Division Chief, US Border Patrol






The fifth keynote, by Ryan Riccucci, will be titled
For a Government Ontology






Dates

May 23 (Tuesday) - 25 (Thursday), 2023

Venue

Main Ballroom of the University at Buffalo Center for Tomorrow

The Center for Tomorrow, located at the University at Buffalo’s Amherst campus, houses a 350-seat conference area that can be converted into smaller meeting rooms, a reception and display area, a food preparation and serving facility, and a 7,500-square-foot open courtyard.

Hotel

Comfort Inn University
Amherst, NY 14226
1 Flint Road


Attendees are encouraged to book rooms at Comfort Inn University by following the link here. They should mention that this is a conference booking to receive the special rate.
Comfort Inn University is a four minute walk from the BFO-SM venue and guests will be provided coffee and breakfast each morning.

Tentative Schedule

Tuesday, May 23

Start Time: 9:00am

  • 9-9:15am: Opening Remarks
  • 9:15-10:30am: Keynote Werner Ceusters: The Axiomatization of BFO 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Abstract -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here.

12-1pm Lunch On-Site

  • Workshop BFO and Temporal Data (Chair - Amelia Kahn)
  • 2:30-3pm: "Temporal Annotations", Dave Lutz
  • 3-3:30pm: "Stases", Mark Jensen -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!
  • 3:30-4pm: "Time and the Continuant: Modeling Temporal Data in BFO-OWL", Ludger Jansen Abstract -- Access the slides here.
  • 4-5:30pm: Roundtable The Future of BFO: What Needs to be Changed? (Participants: Barry Smith, Alan Ruttenberg, Werner Ceusters, John Beverley)

5:30pm Banquet for Keynote Speakers and Organizers

Wednesday, May 24

Start Time: 9:00am

  • 9-9:15am: Opening Remarks
  • 9:15-10:30am: Keynote: Janna Hastings, Field Reports from Using BFO in Scientific Ontologies -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!
  • Workshop Applications of BFO in Biomedicine and Sustainability (Chair - Cameron More)
  • 10:30-11am: "Ontologies for a Learning Health System: Application to PARS3 and theoretical challenges", Adrien Barton, Paul Fabry, Jean-François Ethier Abstract
  • 11-11:30pm: "BFO Applications in Interoperable Biomedical Ontology Development and Knowledge/Data Integration – He Lab Experience", Yongqun "Oliver" He, Jinjing "Jimmy" Guo Abstract -- Access the slides here.
  • 11:30-12pm: "Ontologies for Sustainability: Theoretical Challenges", Giorgio Ubbiali, Nicolas Piras, Matthew Lange, Andrea Borghini Abstract -- Access the slides here.

12-1pm Lunch On-Site

  • Workshop Applications of BFO in Industry (Chair - Jonathan Vajda)
  • 1-1:30pm: "OccO: The Occupation Ontology" John Beverley, Yongqun "Oliver" He, Sam Smith, et al. Abstract
  • 1:30-2pm: "The Industrial Ontologies Foundry", Farhad Ameri -- Access the slides here.
  • Workshop Economics and Accounting Ontology (Chair - TBD)
  • 2-2:30pm: "Accounting Contracts in Collaboration Space", Bill McCarthy and Graham Gal Abstract -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!
  • 2:30-3pm: "Toward an Ontology of Inflation", Jonathan Vajda Abstract -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!
  • 3-3:30pm: "Advantages and Challenges of Building a Realism-based Ontology of Finance", Gloria Sanso Abstract -- Access the slides here.
  • Workshop BFO and AI (Chair - TBD)
  • 4-4:30pm: "Fandaws and BFO", Aaron Damiano -- To watch the presentation click here!
  • 4:30-5pm: "BFO and Common Sense", Roman Ilin -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!

5:30pm Banquet for All Participants

Thursday, May 25: Government Ontology

Start Time: 9:00am

  • 9-9:15am: Opening Remarks from UB Provost Scott Weber
  • 9:15-10:30am: Keynote: Ryan Riccucci, For a Government Ontology
  • Workshop: Buffalo and Toronto Ontology Alliance (BoaT) (Chair - Mark Fox)
  • 11-11:30am: "Survey of University of Toronto Government Ontologies" Mark Fox, Megan Katsumi -- Access the slides here.
  • 11:30-12pm: "Survey of University of Toronto Ontology of Impact" Bart Gajderowicz -- Access the slides here.

12-1pm Lunch On-Site

  • Workshop: DIOWG: Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Ontology Working Group (Chair - Barry Smith)
  • 1-1:30pm: "DoD-IC Ontology Working Group (DIOWG) - Overview" Victor Rohr -- Access the slides here.
  • 1:30-2pm: "DICO: Defense Intelligence Core Ontology" Forrest Hare -- Access the slides here.
  • Workshop: Frameworks for Government Ontologies (Chair - Barry Smith)
  • 2-2:30pm: "Towards an Agile Process for Government Ontology" William S. Mandrick -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!
  • 2:30-3pm: "Warrant and Truth Maintenance" David Limbaugh -- Acces the slides here.To watch the presentation click here!
  • 3-3:30pm: "Cognition Data Framework" Alex Cox -- Access the slides here. To watch the presentation click here!
  • 3:30-4:30pm: Roundtable Future of Government Ontologies (Participants: David Limbaugh, Neil Otte, Victor Rohr, Ron Rudnicki, Alan Ruttenberg)


End Time: 4:30pm

Organizers

John Beverley (University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY), [3]

Barry Smith (University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY), [4]

Participants will include:

Christopher Alvarez (CBP)

Claire Allen (CBP)

Farhad Ameri (Texas State University)

Adrien Barton (CNRS, IRIT, Toulouse)

John Beverley (UB)

Niklas Beckmann (U Bonn)

Alena Begler (Trinidata)

Carter Benson (UB)

Jay Bittner (Basis Path)

Thomas Bittner (UB)

Margaret Bogumian (Aerospace Corporation)

Werner Ceusters (UB)

Jaron Cheung (UB)

Sydney Cohen (Northwestern U)

Tim Coleman (Basis Path)

Giacomo De Colle (UB)

Alexander Cox (CUBRC)

Adam Czerniejewski (CUBRC)

Aaron Damiano (Rich Industries, Buffalo)

Alexander Diehl (UB)

Bill Duncan (U Florida)

Mark Fox (U Toronto)

Bart Gajderowicz (U Toronto)

Graham Gal (UMass, Amherst)

Josh Gough (CBP)

Pierre Grenon (GSK)

John Gugliotti (KadSci)

Jinjing Guo (U Michigan)

Janna Hastings (U St Gallen / U Zurich)

Forrest Hare (Summit Knowledge Solutions)

Ali Hasanzadeh (UB)

Yongqun "Oliver" He (U Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Olivia Hobai (UB)

William Hogan (U Florida)

Anthony Huffman (U Michigan)

Regina Hurley (Northwestern U)

Roman Ilin (Air Force Research Lab, Dayton)

Ludger Jansen (U Rostock)

Mark Jensen (CUBRC)

Amelia Kahn (UB)

David Kasmier (NCOR)

Megan Katsumi (U Toronto)

John Klasen (CBP)

Robert Krieter (UB)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou (NIST)

Stephen Lamberti (CBP)

Matthew Lange (Center for Food Ontology Operability)

Rasmus Larsen (U Toronto)

Austin Leibers (UB)

Pilar Vanessa León (Hack Space)

David Limbaugh (CUBRC)

Dave Lutz (MITRE)

William S. Mandrick (Raytheon)

Anna Maria Masci (NIH/NIEHS)

Seyedmohammadnavid Madani (UB)

William McCarthy (Michigan State University)

Mark McCormack (CPB)

Delaney McNulty (UB)

Eric Merrell (Johns Hopkins APL)

Cameron More (UB)

Michael Moskal (OSTHUS)

Fabian Neuhaus (U Magdeburg)

Bonnie O'Neil (Mitre)

Neil Otte (Johns Hopkins APL)

Nicolas Piras (U Milan)

Tim Prudhomme (UB)

Michael Rabenberg (UB)

Ryan Riccucci (Customs and Border Patrol HQ, Tucson)

Karen Richardson (Aerospace Corporation)

Victor Rohr (Aerospace Corporation)

Daniele Rosu (U Toronto)

Ron Rudnicki (CUBRC)

Alan Ruttenberg (UB)

Gloria Sanso (UB)

Selja Seppala (University College Cork)

Alec Sculley (UB)

Barry Smith (UB)

Tony Truong (Basis Path)

Giorgio Ubbiali (U Milan)

Krishna Udaiwal (Aurint)

Jonathan Vajda (SAIC)

Peihong "Karl" Xie (UB)

Eugene Yockey (CBP)

Yifan Wang (UB)

Lauren Wishnie (UB)

Wugetemole Wugetemole (UB)