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The biennial International Society for Knowledge Organization – International Conference (ISKO International Conference), in conjunction with the society’s biennial General Assembly, is dedicated to various aspects of knowledge organization in different countries, scholarly disciplines or areas of professional and practical activities.

The international conference is complemented by the society’s biennial local/national chapter conferences. Compared to the international conference these events are organized in uneven years.

Conference History:

19th International ISKO Conference 2026, June 2026, Los Angeles, USA

Conference Theme: TBD
(Host: University of California at Los Angeles, School of Education & Information Studies)

Conference program TBD

18th International ISKO Conference 2024, March 20-22, 2024, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China / Virtual venue

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization for Resilience in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
(Host: Wuhan University, School of Information Management, Center for Studies of Information Resources)

Workshops:
Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop (Theme: Knowledge Organization Systems in AI & AI in Knowledge Organization Systems)
Doctoral colloquium
Workshop on International Publishing Experiences Sharing (Chinese)

Panels:
Maximizing the FAIRness of Cultural Heritage Resources with Conceptual and Infrastructural Models and Knowledge Organization Systems
Domain Analysis in Information Science and Knowledge Organization : Current Status, Progress and Prospect

Panels: Chinese Track
Building Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) for Chinese Cultural Heritage to Facilitate Data Sharing and Reuse
The Construction of Knowledge Organization Core Competency System

Roundtables:
Knowledge Organization and Information Science

Paper Sessions:
Knowledge organization systems
Ontology
Knowledge Organization of Scientific and Technical Literature
Knowledge Organization and Application
Concepts and Knowledge Representation
Knowledge Representation and AI
Domain Knowledge Organization
Ontology and Knowledge GHraph
Knowledge Organization of Academic Literature
Knowledge organization for Digital Humanities

Paper Sessions: Chinese Track
Knowledge Graph Construction
Concept and Knowledge Representation
Knowledge Organization and Knowledge Discovery

Best Practices & Poster Presentstions

Keynotes:
Knowledge Organization for Resilience in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
Exploring the Divergences and Convergences of Knowledge Organization and Knowledge Management: Challenges and Opportunities

Keynotes: Chinese Track
The Intellectual Ability of Traditional Knowledge Organizations
The Linchpin of Curbing the Global Pandemic: A Necessary Conditions Analysis for COVID-19 across 130 Countries
A Glimpse into Cultural Heritage Research: The Functions of Knowledge Organization and Presentation
Do data and knowledge need to be organized? —The practices of National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Preprint Platform and Knowledge Organization
Exploring the Divergences and Convergences of Knowledge Organization and Knowledge Management: Challenges and Opportunities

ISKO Board Meeting (Board members only)

17th International ISKO Conference 2022, 6-8 July 2022, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization Across Disciplines, Domains, Services and Technologies
(Host: Aalborg University, Department of Communication and Psychology, e-Learning Lab)

Keynotes:
Classification in the Algirithmic Age
Subject Access for Digital Humanities

Sessions:
Knowledge Organization theory and concepts
Application of Knowledge Organization in different contexts
Knowledge Organization Systems: (1) specific examples, (2) development
Classification theory
Poster Session

Roundtables:
Knowledge Organization educational practices

Workshops:
Knowledge organization and nations

ISKO Meeting

(CANCELLED – PROCEEDINGS only)
16th International ISKO Conference 2020, July 6-9, 2020, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization at the Interface
(Host: Aalborg University, Department of Communication and Psychology, e-Learning Lab)

Note: The 2020 conference proceedings will be published as planned, and all accepted papers and posters will be included.

Keynotes: (CANCELLED)
Classification in the Algorithmic Age; Subject Access for Digital Humanities

Sessions: (CANCELLED)

15th International ISKO Conference 2018, July 9-11, 2018, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Conference Theme: Challenges and Opportunities for Knowledge Organization in the Digital Age
(Host: University of Porto, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Research Centre in Communication, Information and Digital Culture)

Keynotes:
Supporting truth and promoting understanding: Knowledge Organization and the curation of the infosphere
ISKO Publication Forum: Knowledge Organization and the ISKO Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization

Sessions:
Foundations and Methods for Knowledge Organization; Interoperability towards Information Access; Societal Challenges in Knowledge Organization; Posters

Panels:
A Vision of Knowledge Organization – Panel in Honor of Ingetraut Dahlberg

Post-Conference Workshops (Jul 12):
The Politics of Classification; Thematic Representation and Metadata of Photographic Documents

14th International ISKO Conference 2016, September 27-29, 2016, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization for a Sustainable World: Challenges and Perspectives for Cultural, Scientific, and Technological Sharing in a Connected Society
(Host: São Paulo State University, Graduate School of Information Science)

Keynotes:
The Integration of Culture in Knowledge Organization Systems

Sessions:
Epistemological Dimension of Knowledge Organization; Applied Dimension of Knowledge Organization; Social and Political Dimension of Knowledge Organization

Roundtables:
Knowledge Organization for a sustainable world: ISKO perspectives

13th International ISKO Conference 2014, May 19-22, 2014, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization in the 21st Century: Between Historical Patterns and Future Prospects (25th ISKO Anniversary Conference; Part of the 650th Anniversary Celebrations of the Jagiellonian University)
(Host: Jagiellonian University, Institute of Information and Library Science)

Keynotes (Plenary Session): Current Global Problems in Knowledge Organization
Classical Databases and Knowledge Organisation: A Case for Boolean Retrieval and Human Decision-Making During Search; Knowledge Organization and the Technology of Intellectual Work; Knowledge Organization for Learning; Big Data and Knowledge Extracting to Automate Innovation. An Outline of a Formal Model; Sociological Aspects of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization

Sessions:
Knowledge Organization Tools: (A) Thesauri, (B) Classifications, (C) Taxonomy, Ontologies, Terminology; Knowledge Organization and Representation for Information Retrieval Services (IRS); Knowledge Organization Education; Knowledge Organization in Libraries; Methods of Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Organization for Special Domains; Knowledge Organization Domain and Epistemology; Knowledge Organization History and Future; Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS); Automatic Classification Systems; Posters

Discussion Panels:
Education for Knowledge Organization; ISKO and Knowledge Organization 25 Anniversary: The Future of Knowledge Organization and ISKO

Workshops:
Taxonomies as a tools for knowledge organization and access to knowledge in firms (Student workshop)
Knowledge Organization Literature Session

12th International ISKO Conference 2012, August 6-9, 2012, University of Mysore, Mysore, India

Conference Theme: Categories, Contexts and Relations in Knowledge Organization (Dr. S. R. Ranganathans 120th birth anniversary event)
(Host: University of Mysore, Bahadur Institute of Management Studies; Co-organizer: ISKO India Chapter, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science)

Keynotes:
Universes, Dimensions, Domains, Intensions and Extensions: Knowledge Organization for the 21st Century; Ontology as Boundary Object (Invited Talk); Sharing Information Resources across Communities and over Time: Metadata, Digital Libraries and Archives, and Information Schools (SRELS Lectures 2012); Knowledge Organization on the Web: The Emergent Role of Social Classification (Invited Talk – CurzonCo-Seshachalam Lecture)

Sessions:
Domain of Knowledge Organization; General Classification Schemes; Knowledge Organization for the Digital Environment; Knowledge Organization as Navigation Tool; Ontology; Categories in Knowledge Organization; Relationships in Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Organization for Specific Domains, Knowledge Organization for Archives; Design and Development of Knowledge Organization Tools; Information Mining/ Automatic Indexing; Users and Context; Posters

Panel Discussions:
Is Classification Necessary?

Pre-conference Workshops (Aug 6):
Categories for the Web

11th International ISKO Conference 2010, February 23-26, 2010, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Conference Theme: Paradigms and Conceptual Systems in Knowledge Organization
(Host: Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Philosophy)

Keynotes:
Organizing and disseminating knowledge: theoretical and instrumental innovations of Paul Otlet

Sessions:
Ontological Foundations of Knowledge Organization (not sorted according to program!); Epistemological Foundations of Knowledge Organization; Pragmatical Foundations of Knowledge Organization; Interdisciplinarity and Complexity; Specific Knowledge Organization System (KOS) Structures

Workshops & Seminars:
Levels of Reality as a Knowledge Organization Paradigm; Seminar on Epistemological paradigms in Knowledge Organization

Pre-conference Workshops (Feb 23):
An organizing system of memoirs: the psychoanalytical biography

10th International ISKO Conference 2008, August 5-8, 2008, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Conference Theme: Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization
(Host: University of Montreal, School of Library and Information Science)

Keynotes:
Interrogating “Identity”: A Philosophical Approach to an Enduring Issue in Knowledge Organization

Sessions:
Models and Methods in Knowledge Organization; Multilingual and Multicultural Environments; Knowledge Organization for Information Management and Retrieval; Non-Textual Materials; Discourse Communities and Knowledge Organization; Users and Social Context; Systems, Tools and Evaluation; Posters

Pre-conference Workshops (Aug 5):
Everything Need Not Be Miscellaneous: Controlled Vocabularies and Classification in a Web World (OCLC/ISKO-NA)

9th International ISKO Conference 2006, July 5-7, 2006, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society
(Host: University of Vienna, Center for Translation Studies and Institute for Educational Sciences)

Keynotes:
n.a.

Sessions:
Information Systems and Learning in a Global Society: Concepts, Design and Implementation; Global Society and Learning in Theories of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization; Multilingual problems of information retrieval; Representations of Educational and didactical knowledge; Theoretical basis of knowledge organization: universal vs. local solutions; Users and uses of knowledge organization; Ontologies; Knowledge organization for non print multimedia; Linguistic and cultural approaches

Co-located Conferences:
Wissenorganisation’06 (German ISKO Conference), Jul 3-5

8th International ISKO Conference 2004, July 13-16, 2004, University College London, London, England

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society
(Host: University College London, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies)

Keynotes:
n.a.

Sessions:
Theoretical Foundations of Knowledge Organization; Linguistic and Cultural Approaches to Knowledge Organization; Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation; Theoretical Foundations of Knowledge Organization: Facets & Their Significance; Social & Sociological Concepts In Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Organization of Universal and Special Systems 1: Dewey Decimal Classification; Applications in Knowledge Representation; Knowledge Organization of Universal and Special Systems; Special Applications; Knowledge Organization in Corporate Information Systems; Knowledge Organization of Non-Print Information: Sound, Image, Multimedia; Theories of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization – Past and Present; Posters

Panel Discussions:
Knowledge Organization – past, present & future

7th International ISKO Conference 2002, July 10-13, 2002, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

Conference Theme: Challenges in Knowledge Representation and Organization for the 21st Century. Integration of Knowledge across Boundaries
(Host: University of Granada, Department of Information and Communication)

Keynotes:
Conceptual Universals in Knowledge Organization and Representation

Sessions:
Theoretical Models and Universals in Knowledge Organization and Representation; Epistemological Foundations for Knowledge Structures and Analysis; Models and Methods for Knowledge Representation; Models and Methods for Knowledge Organization. Tools and Systems; Models and Methods for Knowledge Organization and Retrieval; Organization of Integrated Knowledge in the Electronic Environment. The Internet; Models and Methods for Knowledge Organization and Conceptual Relationships; Integration of Knowledge in the Internet. Representing Knowledge in Web Sites; Models and Methods for Knowledge Integration in Information Systems; Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Information Retrieval; Integration of Knowledge in Multicultural Domain-Oriented and General Systems; Epistemological Approaches to Classification Principles, Design and Construction; Professional Ethics. Users and Information Structures. Evaluation of Systems

6th International ISKO Conference 2000, July 10-13, 2000, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Conference Theme: Dynamism and Stability in Knowledge Organizatioll
(Host: University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies)

Keynotes:
The Dynamism and Stability of Classification in Information Ecologies-Problems and Possibilities

Sessions:
Theories of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization; Culture, Language, and Communication in Knowledge Organization; New Information Technologies for Knowledge Organization; Information Systems: Concepts, Design, and Implementation; Cognitive and Linguistic Foundations; Information Policies and Management of Knowledge Structures; Global Users and Uses of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Organization of Universal and Special Systems

Panel Discussions:
n.a.

5th International ISKO Conference 1998, August 25-29, 1998, Lille III University, Lille, France

Conference Theme: Structures and Relations in Knowledge Organization
(Host: Lille III University, Department of Information and Documentation Sciences)

Sessions:
Epistemology and Information Ecology; Cognitive Approaches to Knowledge Organization: (A) Conceptual Entities and Modeling of Ontologies, (B) Applications: Image Retrieval; Computational Models; Development and Analysis in Classification Systems; Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Organization; Design of Information Systems: (A) Thesaurus Design, (B) Knowledge Structures at the Interface, (C) Design of Special-Purpose Systems of Knowledge; Linguistic Aspects; Conceptual Modeling; User Profile Modeling; Structures and Relations in the On-line Environment; The Comparative Approach; Posters

Panel Discussions:
Structures and Relations in Knowledge Organization

4th International ISKO Conference 1996, July 15-18, 1996, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization and Change
(Host: Library of Congress, Cataloging, Collections Services)

Keynotes:
Go with the Flow, or Abide by the Side, or Watch the Waves? Challenges of Change for Knowledge Organization
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), the Universe of Knowledge, and the Post-Modern Library (Dewey 120th Anniversary Address)

Sessions:
Library of Congress Classification; Knowledge Organization in Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Settings; The Role of Relationships in Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Organization in the Online Environment; Management of Change in Knowledge Organization Schemes; Thesauri and Metathesauri; Knowledge Organization and Images; Knowledge Organization in the Business and Economic Environment; User Focus in Knowledge Organization; Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Organization; Interplay of Epistemology and Knowledge Organization; Natural Language Processing; Dewey Decimal Classification

3rd International ISKO Conference 1994, June 20-24, 1994, Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark

Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization and Quality Management
(Host: Royal School of Librarianship, Department of Consultancy)

Keynotes:
Elsinore Revisited

Sessions:
Quality in Knowledge Organization; Theory of Knowledge; Linguistics in Knowledge Organization; Concept Representation in Systems Design; Knowledge Organization in Specific Domains; Communication and Knowledge Organization; Online Public access Catalogues, OPaCs; Knowledge-based Systems; Tools and Techniques for Organization of Knowledge; Thesauri Facing New Technologies; Restructuring Classification Schemes and thesauri; Future Prospects

2nd International ISKO Conference 1992, August 26-28, 1992, Madras, India

Conference Theme: Cognitive Paradigms in Knowledge Organisation (Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Birth Centenary Conference)
(Host: University of Madras; Co-organizer: Madras Library Association, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science)

Sessions:
Knowledge and Knowledge Organisation: the Needs and die Modes; Knowledge Seeking in Libraries; Knowledge Seeking in Information Retrieval; Knowledge Seeking in Problem Solving, Decision-Making, and Learning Situations; Taxonomic Approach to Knowledge Representation; Analytico – Synthetic Approaches to Knowledge Organisation; Cognitive Paradigms and their Application to Knowledge Organisation; Cognitive Paradigms in Knowledge Base

1st International ISKO Conference 1990, August 14-17, 1990, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Conference Theme: Tools for Knowledge Organization and the Human Interface

Note: This conference is also the 1st Conference of the German ISKO Chapter

Plenary Sessions:
End users and structured searching of online bibliographic databases: recent research findings; Concept theory and facet analysis of knowledge units – with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence research; Knowledge organization and the human interface – a personal view from the UK on developments; On organization problems of databanks from machinereadable text data; Classificatory principles in intelligent interfaces; A framework for characterizing systems for knowledge organization: a first basis for comparisons and evaluation; Experiences with online catalogs in the USA using a classification system as a subject searching tool; Problems of intellectual and computerized contents analysis; Knowledge organization and the human interface

Workshops:
General Issues; Algorithmic Text Analysis; Terminology; Knowledge Organization by Universal Systems; Knowledge Organization in Special Systems; Thesaurus Issues; Online Retrieval; Hypermedia; Retrieval from Universal Systems; Indexing; Retrieval Technologies

Panel Discussions:
Information retrieval and the future of an illusion