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<P><FONT size=2>Australasian Ontology Workshop (AOW 2005): Call for Registration
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<P><FONT size=2>AOW05 will take place in Sydney Australia on December 6th 2005,
in conjunction with the 18th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence. The purpose of this one-day workshop is to bring </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>together ontology researchers from both industry and academia in
the Australasian region for interaction, discussion, sharing of results and
initiation of new projects. This is the first Workshop in what will become an
annual series, with the aim of providing a visible focal point for Ontology
research within the Australasian region, and connection with the international
Ontology community.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Leading international researcher Professor Franz Baader of TU
Dresden, editor of the "The Description Logic Handbook", is the keynote speaker
for this inaugural workshop. Proceedings will be made available on the day, and
selected papers will be published in a special issue of the CRP<SPAN
class=984373813-23092005>I</SPAN>T journal. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The AOW 2005 Program Committee warmly encourages attendees from
both industry and academic institutions who are interested in Ontology research
to join us for this exciting inaugural event.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Registration is now open at the main conference web site at
</FONT><A href="http://attend.it.uts.edu.au/ai05/registration.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff
size=2>http://attend.it.uts.edu.au/ai05/registration.htm</U></FONT></A></P><FONT
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<P>For further details please visit the workshop web site at </FONT><A
href="http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~aow05/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~aow05/</U></FONT></A></P><FONT size=2>
<P>We hope to see you in Sydney.</P>
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