The International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO) and the Research Seminar on Ontologies in Brazil (ONTOBRAS) are consolidated and independent events, but which have already established themselves as reference events in the field of applied ontology research, the first at an international level and the second nationally. The ICBO event covers a wide range of topics related to biomedical ontology and its applications, while ONTOBRAS promotes discussions and advances in the field of ontology and its applications in Brazil in any area of knowledge. In addition, since the 2017 edition, ONTOBRAS has had a path aimed at master's and doctoral students, the Workshop on Theses and Dissertations in Ontologies (WTDO).

In 2023, ICBO and ONTOBRAS will be held together for the first time, providing a unique opportunity for researchers, practitioners and society in general to come together and discuss the most recent advances in biomedical ontology and ontology in general. Holding the events together allows for greater synergy between the different fields, since the ontology can be applied in different domains.

2023 Theme: "The role of Ontologies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning".

Joint Conference Date:

• August 28th to September 1st (Monday-Friday)
• Workshops and tutorials: August 28-29, 2023
• Main conference: August 30 - September 01, 2023

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Organization Committee

Below is the list of the General Committee of the event, being the responsibility of the general coordination to align the needs and integration among all members.

President of the organizing committee of the ICBO-Ontobras 2023 Joint Conference

Profa. Dra. Fernanda Farinelli (Faculdade de Ciência da Informação da Universidade de Brasília)

Local coordination of the 2023 ICBO-Ontobras Integrated Conference

Profa. Dra. Fernanda Farinelli (Faculdade de Ciência da Informação da Universidade de Brasília)

Prof. Dr. Dalton Lopes Martins (Faculdade de Ciência da Informação da Universidade de Brasília)

Overall coordination

Dr. Luan Garcia (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil)

Profa. Dra. Rita Galarraga Berardi (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brasil)

Program Committee Coordination (ICBO 2023)

Profa. Dra. Jeanne Louize Emygdio (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brasil)

Prof. Dr. Christiano Pessanha (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil)

Prof. Dr. Luis M. Machado (Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares, Universidade Coimbra, Portugal)

Program Committee Coordination (ONTOBRAS 2023)

Prof. Dr. João Luiz Rebelo Moreira (University of Twente, Países Baixos)

Profa. Dra. Monalessa Barcellos (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasil)

Coordination of Workshops, Tutorials and Software Demonstrations (ICBO 2023)

Dra. Asiyah Lin (National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA)

Dr. Andrey Soares (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)

Trail coordination for the Journal of Biomedical Semantics ICBO Thematic Series Option

Dr. Stefan Schulz (Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria)

Profa. Dra. Amanda Damasceno de Souza (FUMEC University, Brazil)

Coordination of the Workshop on Theses and Dissertations in Ontologies (WTDO)

Dr. Claudenir M. Fonseca (University of Twente, Países Baixos)

Profa. Dra. Amanda Damaceno de Souza (Universidade FUMEC, Brasil)

Coordination of Proceedings

Profa. Dra. Amanda Damasceno de Souza (Universidade FUMEC, Brasil)

Prof. Dr. Eduardo Ribeiro Felipe (Instituto De Ciências Tecnológicas da Universidade Federal de Itajubá)

Profa. Dra. Fernanda Farinelli (Faculdade de Ciência da Informação da Universidade de Brasília)

Alexandre Adler Cunha de Freitas (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasil)

Advertising Coordination

Profa. Dra. Amanda Damasceno de Souza (Universidade FUMEC, Brasil)

Edcleyton Bruno Fernandes da Silva (Instituto Federal do Alagoas, Brasil)

Jordana S. Salamon (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasil)

Website Coordination

Prof. Dr. Eduardo Ribeiro Felipe (Instituto De Ciências Tecnológicas da Universidade Federal de Itajubá)

Dr. William Duncan (University of Florida, USA)

Julia Pelayo Rodrigues (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil)

Volunteers:

Prof. Dr. Maurício Barcellos de Almeida (Escola de Ciência da Informação da UFMG)

It should be noted that Brazilian organizers with ties to Brazil have contributions in the area of ontologies, especially in Biomedical Ontologies.

Previous ICBO Conferences

• 2022: Ann Arbor, MI, USA icbo-conference.github.io/icbo2022
• 2021: Bolzano, Italy icbo2021.inf.unibz.it (proceedings)
• 2020: Bolzano, Italy icbo2020.inf.unibz.it (proceedings)
• 2019: Buffalo, NY, USA icbo.buffalo.edu (proceedings)
• 2018: Corvallis, OR, USA icbo2018.cgrb.oregonstate.edu (proceedings)
• 2017: Newcastle, UK https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/icbo17 (proceedings)
• 2016: Corvallis, OR, USA icbo2018.cgrb.oregonstate.edu (proceedings)
• 2015: Lisbon, Portugal http://icbo2015.fc.ul.pt (proceedings)
• 2014: Houston, TX, USA (proceedings)
• 2013: Montreal, Canada (proceedings)
• 2012: Graz, Austria (proceedings)
• 2011: Buffalo, NY, USA http://icbo.buffalo.edu/2011 (proceedings)
• 2009: Buffalo, NY, USA http://icbo.buffalo.edu/2009 (proceedings)

Photographic Register - 2023

• Day 28: https://photos.app.goo.gl/73g9ytLinbqYyTC1A
• Day 29: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DSo4kFTM4y5HVgpX8
• Day 30: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cFXrERhGTZ6RgE6GA
• Day 31: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mjF8wQe2wsXJ6bBo7
• Day 01: https://photos.app.goo.gl/eVA7TC4RZxsTPr179

Proceedings 2023

The Proceedings of this conference can be access in: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3603/

Contact Information

Please direct all further questions to icbo2023{at}gmail.com or ontobras2023{at}gmail.com