On the 21st and 22nd of September the 8th Agricultural Ontology Service workshop took place in Rome at FAO HQ. This workshop was particularly aimed to shape the AOS community and to outline the future of the Initiative. More than 40 people from more than 10 countries participated.

The photo shows Pankaj Jaiswal (Gramene Project) and Jon Corson Rikert (Vivo Project) from Cornell University.

One of the most importan results of the workshop is the decision to install an "AOS committee" that will coordinate and promote the Initiative

A detailed report from the workshop and all presentations are at https://www.fao.org/aims/pub_aos8.jsp.