Dear all, the Friday conference call seems highly relevant w.r.t. units in OpenMath.
Cheers, Christoph ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [ontolog-invitation] upcoming virtual panel session - 18 & 19 Jun 2009 - RSVP now! Date: Wednesday 17 June 2009 From: Peter Yim <[email protected]> To: "[ontolog-invitation]" <[email protected]> Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_06_18 & http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_06_19 ****************** Headlines *********************** Two strategically *very* important virtual panel sessions will be on the Ontolog Forum this week. *Thu 18 Jun 2009* - Dr. Nicola Guarino, President of the "International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)" and members of the IAOA executive council, will be with us to introduce IAOA, present their views on the role of the association, the future of ontology, and more ... *Fri 19 Jun 2009* - Dr. Frank Olken (NSF), will chair a panel session for folks from the standards community and the ontology community, to bring about a collaborative effort "Towards A Quantities and Units of Measure Ontology-based Standard" *Register your attendance* by emailing <[email protected]> off-line. Please specify the date of name of the session(s) you are registering for. ... *RSVP now* (if you haven't already)! ******************** Details ************************ While these two important events are somewhat unrelated, they are both strategically very significant. You probably wouldn't want to miss either of these sessions! *Thu 18 Jun 2009* - a 2-Hr. session starting at 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CEST / 6:30pm BST / 17:30 UTC ... Announcing the newly formed "International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)" by members of the IAOA Executive Council - Dr. Nicola Guarino (ISTC-CNR), Professor John Bateman (Bremen) , Dr. Stefano Borgo (ISTC-CNR), Dr. Paul Buitelaar (DERI), Dr. Antony Galton (Exeter), Professor Michael Gruninger (Toronto), Professor Riichiro Mizoguchi (Osaka), Professor Mark Musen (Stanford), Dr. Leo Obrst (MITRE), Dr. Laure Vieu (IRIT-CNRS) and Mr. Peter Yim (Ontolog) - the panel will be with us to introduce IAOA, present their views on the role of the association, the future of ontology, and discuss how we could promote open interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in ontology ... Please refer to details on the session page at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_06_18 *Fri 19 Jun 2009* - a 2.5-Hr. session starting at 9:00am PDT / 12:00pm EDT / 6:00pm CEST / 5:00pm BST / 16:00 UTC ... a follow-up on one of the key projects discussed during the recent Ontology Summit 2009. This panel discussion is entitled: "Towards A Quantities and Units of Measure Ontology-based Standard" - Chair: Dr. Frank Olken (NSF) - Panelists: Mr. Howard Mason (ISO), Dr. Pat Hayes (IHMC), Dr. Robert Raskin (NASA), Dr. Patrick Cassidy (MICRA), Mr. Dave McComb (Semantic Arts), Dr. Stan Huff (Univ. of Utah), Mr. David Price (Eurostep), Dr. Robert Dragoset (NIST), etc. ... Please refer to details on the session page at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2009_06_19 These events, like all Ontolog virtual events, are open and free of charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) who may have something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to event details on the session page, to which the hyperlink is given above, where you will find session agenda, conference call dial-in, slides and other pertinent information. Feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues who may also find these sessions to be of interest. *RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <[email protected]> offline (or add yourself directly to the session page if you are already an Ontolog community member) so that we can prepare enough resources to support everyone. [Please state clearly the date of the session you are registering for in your email.] The sessions will be recorded and made available in a publicly accessible archive. Therefore, before participating, please make sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). Regards. =ppy Peter Yim Co-convener, Ontolog -- _________________________________________________________________ Join this list: mailto:[email protected] Leave this list: mailto:[email protected] Msg Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-invitation/ Community Wiki: http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/ Community Portal: http://ontolog.cim3.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- -- Christoph Lange, Jacobs Univ. Bremen, http://kwarc.info/clange, Skype duke4701
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