5th Ontologies4Chem Workshop
November 2 , 8:00 – November 6 , 17:00 CET
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
5th Ontologies4Chem Workshop, November 2–6, 2026
Arrival: November 2, 2026
Departure: November 6, 2026
Workshop core program: November 3–5, 2026
Following the positive experience of last year’s Ontologies4Chem Workshop, we aim to continue fostering open discussions, hands-on collaboration, and community-driven progress in chemical ontologies and semantic infrastructure.
To ensure the program truly reflects the most pressing needs, current priorities, and interests of our community, we warmly invite you to contribute your ideas and help us co-create the agenda!
We welcome suggestions across a variety of formats, including:
- Presentations: Share relevant ontologies, case studies, technical challenges, or user experiences.
- Discussion Topics: Propose themes for deeper exploration, such as best practices, interoperability, or ongoing challenges in ontology use (including topics from the 2025 workshop you would like to see continued).
- Hacking & Collaborative Sessions: Suggest topics for collaborative problem-solving, hands-on breakout groups, ontology curation, or development
This year, we are using a new, highly interactive approach to organize the workshop. Similarly to MADICES, we have set up a public GitHub repository to gather, discuss, and vote on ideas for topics we could tackle together.
👉 Submit and vote on ideas here: https://github.com/NFDI4Chem/Ontologies4Chem2026/discussions
Please feel free to browse the topics we have already added, join the discussion, upvote your favorites, or propose entirely new ones!
If you have questions about the types of contributions we are seeking, or need guidance on using the GitHub repository, please don’t hesitate to contact us via ontologies@nfdi4chem.de.
Further details, including registration information and the preliminary agenda, will follow in the coming months on this website.
We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Limburg!
Best regards,
The Workshop Organization Team
