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Reviewing the first twenty summits from 2006 to 2025.
The [[OntologySummit|Ontology Summit]] is an annual series of events that involves the ontology community and communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit was started by Ontolog and NIST, and the program has been co-organized by Ontolog and NIST along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.


<table>
As part of Ontolog’s general advocacy to bring ontology science and related engineering into the mainstream, we endeavor to  facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing amongst stakeholders and interested parties relevant to the use of ontologies. The results will be synthesized and summarized in the form of the Ontology Summit 2026 Communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web and in journal articles.
<tr><td>8 October 2025<td>Kickoff</tr><!-- DST -->
 
<tr><td>15 October 2025<td>Upper Ontology Session 1</tr><!-- DST -->
= Process and Deliverables =
<tr><td>22 October 2025<td>Upper Ontology Session 2</tr><!-- DST -->
The [[OntologySummit2026|Ontology Summit 2026]] will consist of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists), virtual presentations and panel sessions as part of recorded video conference calls.
<tr><td>29 October 2025<td>Ontology, Taxonomy, Folksonomy: Understanding the Distinctions</tr><!-- DST in US/Canada, Standard in Europe -->
As in prior years the intent is to provide some synthesis of ideas and draft a communique summarizing major points.
<tr><td>5 November 2025<td>Definition of Ontology</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
 
<tr><td>12 November 2025<td>Toward An Open Ontology Repository</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
Meetings are at Noon US/Canada Eastern Time on Wednesdays and last about an hour.
<tr><td>19 November 2025<td>Toward Ontology-based Standards</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
 
<tr><td>7 January 2026<td>Creating the Ontologists of the Future</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
== Schedule ==
<tr><td>14 January 2026<td>Making the Case for Ontology</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
=== Launch ===
<tr><td>21 January 2026<td>Ontology for Big Systems</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_18|18 February 2026]]
<tr><td>28 January 2026<td>Ontology Evaluation Across the Ontology Lifecycle</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
=== Retrospective ===
<tr><td>4 February 2026<td>Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_02_25|25 February 2026]]
<tr><td>11 February 2026<td>Internet of Things: Toward Smart Networked Systems and Societies</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
** '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' (chair)
<tr><td>18 February 2026<td>Framing the Conversation: Ontologies within Semantic Interoperability Ecosystems</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
** '''[[JanetSinger|Janet Singer]]'''
<tr><td>25 February 2026<td>AI, Learning, Reasoning, and Ontologies</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
** '''[[MichaelGruninger|Michael Gr&uuml;ninger]]'''
<tr><td>4 March 2026<td>Contexts in Context</tr><!-- Standard Time -->
** '''[[SteveRay|Steve Ray]]'''
<tr><td>11 March 2026<td>Explanations</tr><!-- DST in US/Canada, Standard in Europe -->
=== Ontologies and AI ===
<tr><td>18 March 2026<td>Knowledge Graphs</tr><!-- DST in US/Canada, Standard in Europe -->
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_04|4 March 2026]] '''[[GaryBergCross|Gary Berg-Cross]]''' and '''[[RamSriram|Ram D. Sriram]]'''
<tr><td>25 March 2026<td>Ontology Generation and Harmonization</tr><!-- DST in US/Canada, Standard in Europe -->
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_11|11 March 2026]] '''Randy Goebel''' ''A (partial) framework for debugging foundation models''
<tr><td>1 April 2026<td>Dealing with Disasters</tr><!-- DST -->
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_18|18 March 2026]] '''[[PascalHitzler|Pascal Hitzler]]''' ''Some Advances in Neurosymbolic AI Related to Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs''
<tr><td>8 April 2026<td>Helping scientific researchers make better use of ontologies</tr><!-- DST -->
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_03_25|25 March 2026]]
<tr><td>15 April 2026<td>Neuro-Symbolic Techniques for and with Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs</tr><!-- DST -->
** '''Manas Gaur''' ''Neurosymbolic AI for High Stakes Applications in the LLM Era''
<tr><td>22 April 2026<td>Ontology Summit 2025 Theme</tr><!-- DST -->
** '''Luis Lamb''' ''Neurosymbolic AI: From research to industry''
<tr><td>29 April 2026<td>Face-to-Face Symposium during this week or the next one</tr><!-- DST -->
=== Foundations and Tools ===
</table>
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_01|1 April 2026]]
** '''[[KenBaclawski|Ken Baclawski]]''' Introduction to Foundations
** '''Devika P. Madalli''' ''Faceted Classification as a Semantic Framework''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_08|8 April 2026]] '''[[MarkMusen|Mark Musen]]''' ''Reports of the Death of Ontologies Are Greatly Exaggerated''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_15|15 April 2026]] '''[[NicolaGuarino|Nicola Guarino]]''' ''Ontological Analysis as a Search for Truthmakers''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_22|22 April 2026]] Synthesis Panel
=== Interoperability ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_04_29|29 April 2026]] '''Will Sobel'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_06|6 May 2026]] '''[[RaviSharma|Ravi Sharma]]'''
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_13|13 May 2026]] '''[[MikeBennett|Mike Bennett]]'''
=== Education, Training and Certification ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_20|20 May 2026]]
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_05_27|27 May 2026]]
=== Cognition ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_03|3 June 2026]]
** '''[[JohnSowa|John Sowa]]''' and '''[[ArunMajumdar|Arun Majumdar]]''' ''Reasoning Beats Pattern Matching''
=== Synthesis ===
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_10|10 June 2026]] Synthesis Panel
* [[ConferenceCall_2026_06_17|17 June 2026]] Symposium
 
== Resources ==
* [[OntologySummit2026/ConferenceCallInformation|Conference Call Information]]
* [http://bit.ly/34DOmRV Ontology Summit YouTube Channel]
 
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Ontology Summit 2026

Ontologies: Past, Present, Future

20th Anniversary of the Ontology Summit

As the first summit was held 20 years ago in March 2006, the Ontology Summit 2026 will consist of a retrospective of past summits as well as both current ontology activities and future prospects.

Summit Chair Ken Baclawski
Track Chairs:

The Ontology Summit is an annual series of events that involves the ontology community and communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit was started by Ontolog and NIST, and the program has been co-organized by Ontolog and NIST along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.

As part of Ontolog’s general advocacy to bring ontology science and related engineering into the mainstream, we endeavor to facilitate discussion and knowledge sharing amongst stakeholders and interested parties relevant to the use of ontologies. The results will be synthesized and summarized in the form of the Ontology Summit 2026 Communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web and in journal articles.

Process and Deliverables

The Ontology Summit 2026 will consist of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists), virtual presentations and panel sessions as part of recorded video conference calls. As in prior years the intent is to provide some synthesis of ideas and draft a communique summarizing major points.

Meetings are at Noon US/Canada Eastern Time on Wednesdays and last about an hour.

Schedule

Launch

Retrospective

Ontologies and AI

Foundations and Tools

Interoperability

Education, Training and Certification

Cognition

Synthesis

Resources

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