VDOS 2025: The 14th International Workshop on Vaccine and Drug Ontology Studies.

The 14th International Workshop on Vaccine and Drug Ontology Studies will be held along with the 16th International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2025). This year, we extend our focus to encompass artificial intelligence's transformative role in drug and vaccine ontology research. The workshop aims to explore innovative solutions and challenges in representing and analyzing drugs and vaccines, covering administration, immune responses, adverse events, and more. Key topics include the ontological representation of drugs and vaccines, real-world application challenges, drug components, administration, immune responses, drug interactions, and adverse events in clinical and research settings. A special emphasis will be placed on how AI can revolutionize ontology studies, enhancing literature mining, meta-analysis, and complex data interpretation. Despite progress, challenges remain in fully representing and utilizing ontologies for research and clinical issues, such as detailed representation of administration and adverse events, drug interactions, and analysis of immune responses. The workshop will bring together experts from clinical, research, and pharma-biotech sectors to discuss solutions to these challenges, aiming to foster advancements in drug development, administration, and the integration of AI in ontological research. Our goal is to contribute to public health improvement by enhancing the understanding and application of drug and vaccine ontologies.

Please, refer to the ICBO website for more information on other workshops and the main ICBO conference.

Conference Dates

Paper submission: August 31, 2025
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2025
Last abstract submission: October 15, 2025
Acceptance of abstract: October 31, 2025

Workshop: To-Be-Determined (likely on or right November 7, 2025; Half-day)
Registration: The link for registration will be made available soon free of charge.

Zoom link: Please see the Program page.

Submission to journal: JBMS (continuous; https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/vdosseries)
Alternatively, submission to EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=vdos2025

Recording and Publishing Disclaimer

By participating in this workshop, attendees acknowledge and agree that the workshop will be recorded and that their participation, including any comments, questions, and visual/audio presence, may be captured during this recording. The recorded content may be edited, repurposed, or otherwise modified by the workshop organizers, who reserve the right to publish the content on platforms, including but not limited to YouTube. By participating, attendees grant the workshop organizers the irrevocable right to use the recorded content for promotional, educational, and other appropriate purposes without further notice or compensation. By continuing with participation, attendees confirm their understanding and agreement to these terms.

Conference Videos

Playlists of the current and previous VDOS conference recordings are available on YouTube.