Ontologies are being used in an ever increasing variety of ways by researchers in almost every life science discipline, and their use in annotation of both clinical and experimental data is now a common technique in integrative translational research. Principles-based ontologies are being developed for the description of biological and biomedical phenomena of almost every different type. To be maximally effective, such ontologies must work well together. But as ontologies become more commonly used and as their breadth of coverage increases, the problems involved in achieving coordination in ontology development become ever more urgent. The ICBO conference series was initiated in 2009 to address these problems by providing an overarching forum bringing together representatives of all major communities involved in the development and application of ontologies in biomedicine and related areas.

 

 

Workshops and Tutorials: July 25-27, 2011

 

Doctoral Colloquium July 27 2011

 

Conference: July 28-30,  2011

 

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ICBO 2011: Organizing Committee

Barry Smith (Chair), University at Buffalo

Michael Ashburner, Cambridge University ▪ Judith Blake, The Jackson Laboratory

Olivier Bodenreider, NIH National Library of Medicine ▪ Albert Goldfain (Blue Highway / University at Buffalo)

Suzanna E. Lewis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ▪ Mark Musen, Stanford University

Susanna-Assunta Sansone, European Bioinformatics Institute ▪ Stefan Schulz, University of Freiburg ▪

Dagobert Soergel, University at Buffalo

 ICBO 2011: Scientific Committee

Alan Ruttenberg (Chair), University at Buffalo / Science Commons (Chair)

Maryanne Martone (Co-Chair), University of California at San Diego

Stefan Schulz, University of Freiburg (Workshop and Tutorials Chair)

Michael Ashburner, Cambridge University ▪ Colin Batchelor, Royal Society of Chemistry

Judith Blake, The Jackson Laboratory ▪ Olivier Bodenreider, NIH National Library of Medicine

Werner Ceusters, University at Buffalo ▪ Lindsay Cowell, Duke University

Louis J. Goldberg, University at Buffalo ▪ Suzanna E. Lewis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

J. L. E. Mejino, Jr., University of Washington ▪ Mark Musen, Stanford University

Christopher Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ▪ Darren Natale, Georgetown University

Helen Parkinson, European Bioinformatics Institute ▪ Bjoern Peters, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Alan Rector, University of Manchester ▪ Peter Robinson, Charité Hospital, Berlin

Alan Ruttenberg, University at Buffalo / Science Commons

Susanna-Assunta Sansone, European Bioinformatics Institute ▪ Ulrike Sattler, University of Manchester

Richard Scheuermann, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Ida Sim, University of California at San Francisco ▪ Barry Smith, University at Buffalo ▪ Harold Solbrig, Mayo Clinic

Kent Spackman, International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization

Chris Stoeckert, Jr., University of Pennsylvania

Cathy Wu, Georgetown University / University of Delaware

 

Keynote Speaker:

Bernard de Bono (European Bioinformatics Institute)

 

Sponsored by:

University at Buffalo ▪  National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR)

National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO)

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) WG6

 

For further information or to be included in the conference mailing list, please write to: ontology@buffalo.edu

 

Information concerning ICBO 2009