Organization

The ICBO is governed by a Steering Committee that comprises of a Coordinator, Ontology Experts, Conference Chairs and Program (co)Chairs from past two years (including current year) and the upcoming one.

Founding members

Barry Smith, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Olivier Bodenreider, U.S. National Library of Medicine, USA
Maryann E. Martone, University of California San Diego, USA

Current Steering Committee members

Name Affiliation Year
Melanie Courtot EMBL, EBI, UK -
Alexander Diehl University at Buffalo, NY, USA 2019
William Duncan Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY, USA 2019
Melissa Haendel Oregon State University, USA 2018
Chris Mungall Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USA 2018
Phillip Lord Newcastle University, UK 2017
Matthew Horridge Stanford University, CA, USA 2017
Jennifer D. Warrender Newcastle University, UK 2017

 

Former Steering Committee members

Name Affiliation Year
Pankaj Jaiswal Oregon State University, USA 2018, 2016
Francisco M. Couto Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 2015
Janna Hastings Babraham Institute 2015
Sivaram Arabandi OntoPro LLC. 2014
William R. Hogan University of Florida, FL, USA 2014
Mathias Brochhausen University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2014
Michel Dumontier Maastricht University 2013
Robert Hoehndorf KAUST, Saudi Arabia 2013, 2016
Christopher J. O. Baker University of New Brunswick 2013
Ronald Cornet Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands 2012
Robert Stevens University of Manchester, UK 2012
Stefan Schulz Medical University of Graz, Austria 2012
Olivier Bodenreider U.S. National Library of Medicine, USA 2011
Maryann E. Martone University of California San Diego, CA, USA 2011
Alan Ruttenberg University at Buffalo, NY, USA 2011
Barry Smith University at Buffalo, NY, USA 2009