The Spatial Ontology Community of Practice (SOCoP) hosts a free, annual workshops on Spatial Semantics and Ontologies. These are free and usually held in the DC area in the Fall based on facility availability and community interest. (2JWX)
The purpose of the workshops is to advance understanding about state of research, implementation requirements, anticipated value and future role of spatial ontologies and semantic tools in the continued growth of spatial data infrastructures. (2JWY)
There is no charge for the workshop and more information about SOCoP and the workshop is available on the SOCoP wiki. (2JWZ)
The latest workshop is planned for Dec. 3, 2010 and will be held at the USGS facility in Reston VA. A preliminary prospectus has been created socop/Workshop_2010_12_03 and people can register using the site listed below. (2J99) (2JX0)
Registration Information: http://www.eventbrite.com/createinvite?eid=994112417&invite=538989 (2JX1)
Information and presentations from the 2009 workshop held at MITRE in MCLean is available at http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SOCoP/Workshop_2009_11_12 (2JX2)