Semantic Layer Symposium
2024-10-17 | Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Promenadeplatz 2-6, München, 80333, Germany
Join world-class experts and industry leaders to discover how to achieve Enterprise Intelligence for your organization through Semantic Layers. Meet experts from Enterprise Knowledge, LLC, and hear insights from renowned speakers like Daniel Canter, Malcolm Hawker, Tiankai Feng and Norbert Gergely.
This event is perfect for anyone interested in diving deep into the world of semantic layers and exploring how to integrate an organization’s knowledge assets with context to make better decisions, perform more efficiently, and deliver knowledge at the point of need.
Join the panel discussion with Andreas Blumauer, CEO of the Semantic Web Company.

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Ontotext Knowledge Graph Forum
2024-10-22 - 2024-10-23 | online
Ontotext’s Knowledge Graph Forum is a free two-day online event addressing the full spectrum of knowledge graph business applications and the technology partner ecosystem needed to deliver that value. As a partner of Ontotext, Semantic Web Company is pleased to participate.

Graph-Driven RAG AI Powered by DITACan generative AI benefit from structured content? What role play knowledge graphs in this? And what does all of that have to do with DITA? After they discovered the shortcomings of vector-based RAG there is a buzz in the industry around knowledge graph-driven retrieval-augmented generation (Graph RAG). This session will put the question of whether and how DITA fits into that equation. Michael Iantosca, Senior Direct of Knowledge Platforms and Engineering at Avalara, and Helmut Nagy, Chief Product Officer of Semantic Web Company will demonstrate a full-scale implementation of a graph-driven RAG based on intelligent structured content. Presented by Iantosca as graph AI theory at CIDM and in Best Practices newsletters just as generative AI blasted into the mainstream, this session will explain how DITA was used to automate the construction and maintenance of a scalable knowledge graph to drive generative AI applications along with a fully functional advanced neuro-symbolic chatbot that supports what other models lack: the ability to do inferencing and reasoning. This isn’t your typical show-and-tell session, but an in-depth review of how the model and solution were built, the theory behind it, and how other teams can replicate the same. Several years ago, some audacious Markdown maven declared that DITA was getting “long in the tooth”. Now, at the dawn of neuro-symbolic generative AI, it turns out that DITA was indeed, the future.

Date:Tuesday 22 Oct 5:00 PM (CEST)Speakers: Helmut Nagy, CPO, Semantic Web Company |Michael Iantosca, Sr. Director of Knowledge Platforms and Engineering at Avalara Inc
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How Graph RAG is Disrupting Software MarketsLearn how the fusion of Graphs with Generative AI will open up a universe of new applications.
Date:Wednesday 23 Oct 3:00 PM (CEST)Speakers: Andreas BlumauerCEO, Founder Semantic Web Company
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tcworld Conference & tekom Fair
2024-11-05 - 2024-11-07 | ICS International Congress Center Stuttgart, Messepiazza 1, Stuttgart, 70629, Germany
The tcworld Conference and tekom Fair is the largest European technical communication event. The conference bring together people in technical communication from all over the world to attend over 80 sessions, including lectures, workshops, partner presentations, meetups, tutorials, and showcase presentations. The associated tekom fair showcases over 100 exhibitors from over 20 countries with products and services relevant to the technical communication industry. Meet us at our booth 2D09
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Mit iiRDS und LLMs in wenigen Schritten zum Content als Service am PraxisbeispielHarald Stadlbauer (NINEFEB), Helmut Nagy (PoolParty)05. November 2024, 10:00 Uhr, Raum C10.2
Revolutionierung der Content-Supply-Chain: Ihr Wissen vereint mit Ihrem Content-StyleguideRalf Kühnlein (Acrolinx), Andreas Blumauer (PoolParty)05. November, 13:00 Uhr, Raum C10.3
Die Evolution des Wissens: Intelligente Content-Erstellung im Zeitalter von Mensch und KI – Podium Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) in der Technischen KommunikationUlrike Parson (parson AG), Klaus Fleischmann (Kaleidoscope), Helmut Nagy (PoolParty), Harald Stadlbauer (Ninefeb)05. November 17:30 – 18:15, Plenum 1
Von strukturierten zu intelligenten InhaltenRobert Bredlau (Madcap), Helmut Nagy (PoolParty)07. November 2024, 10:00 Uhr, Raum C10.3

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Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Conference
2024-11-11 - 2024-11-15 | Irving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Microsoft TechCon 365, is a Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Training Conference that brings you the world’s leading experts in Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure, & AI. Whether you are new to Microsoft 365 and Power Platform or an experienced power user, admin, or developer, TechCon 365 has content designed to fit your experience level and area of interest. Our workshops and sessions are taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, Microsoft MVPs, Microsoft Regional Directors and Microsoft product group members.
Together with our partner EBCONT we present our Microsoft365 add-on for improved metadata management within Microsoft Termstore and a better tagging and search in Sharepoint – PoolParty for Sharepoint.
Join the talk of Martin Trajkov and Gregor Sieber on Tuesday 12:50 pm – 1:20 pm in Room 2: The right content to the right people with automated semantic tagging on SharePoint.
Or visit us at our booth No. 302+304 on November 13 and 14.

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Webinar: How a Semantic Layer enables GraphRAG Applications in the Real World
2024-11-13 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/Vienna) | RECORDING AVAILABLE
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How a Semantic Layer enables GraphRAG Applications in the Real World

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Lulit Tesfaye, Partner & Vice President, Knowledge & Data Management, Enterprise Knowledge
Andreas Blumauer, CEO & Co-founder, Semantic Web Company

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November 13, 2024

Semantic Layer, Knowledge Graph, and RAG
A semantic layer has become the cornerstone of effective data and knowledge management strategies in today’s data-driven business landscape. By connecting key types of enterprise content (structured, unstructured, semi-structured), a semantic layer connects data and knowledge, enabling organizations to define relationships without centralizing everything into one “monolithic system”.
Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) represents the cutting edge of AI-powered data analysis. By combining the strengths of knowledge graphs and large language models (LLMs), GraphRAG offers unprecedented capabilities in data interpretation and insight generation – keeping response focus high and hallucination low.
Unlocking the Potential of AI Through Semantic Layers and GraphRAG
As we navigate the complexities of modern data management and the opportunities presented by advanced AI technologies, semantic layers emerge as a critical component of any forward-thinking data strategy. By enabling GraphRAG applications to add organizational context, semantic layers not only solve current data integration challenges but also position organizations to leverage the full potential of AI-driven insights in the future.
“How a Semantic Layer enables GraphRAG Applications in the Real World,” explores the critical role of semantic layers in enabling advanced AI applications and enhancing enterprise data management. In this webinar, Lulit Tesfaye, Partner & Vice President, Knowledge & Data Management at Enterprise Knowledge, and Andreas Blumauer, CEO and Co-founder of Semantic Web Company, will discuss the role of a semantic layer in GraphRAG-based systems. Specifically, they will elaborate on the following aspects:

Context Provision: Semantic layers provide the essential context that allows LLMs to accurately answer data-specific questions within an organizational framework
Enhanced Accuracy: Latest implementations have shown that the presence of a knowledge graph significantly improves the accuracy of LLM responses to complex queries
Cross-Domain Integration: Semantic layers enable programmatic integration of data across various domains, facilitating more comprehensive and insightful analyses

This webinar will be anchored in real-world examples of organizations leveraging semantic layers to power GraphRAG applications. These case studies will demonstrate how businesses across various industries have achieved:

Improved self-service portals through context-rich conversational AI
Enhanced operational efficiency via AI-powered process optimization
More accurate predictive modeling for strategic planning

Navigating modern data management and AI opportunities, semantic layers and GraphRAG are essential for any data strategy by addressing data integration challenges and unlocking AI-driven insights for the future.
In the meantime, discover the transformative power of semantic layers and GraphRAG with our comprehensive Generative AI Guidebook.
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Lulit Tesfaye
Partner & Vice President, Knowledge & Data Management at Enterprise Knowledge
Lulit Tesfaye is a Partner and the Vice President for Knowledge & Data Management at Enterprise Knowledge, LLC., the largest global consultancy dedicated to Knowledge and data management.
Lulit brings over 15 years of experience leading global knowledge and data management initiatives, specializing in technologies and integrations – focused on employing advanced Enterprise AI, knowledge graphs, and semantic layer capabilities for optimizing enterprise data and information assets.
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Andreas Blumauer
CEO & Co-founder of Semantic Web Company
Andreas Blumauer is CEO and founder of the Semantic Web Company (SWC), provider and developer of the PoolParty Semantic Platform and leading solution provider in the field of semantic AI and RAG. For more than 20 years, he has worked with more than 200 organizations worldwide to deliver AI and semantic search solutions, knowledge platforms, content hubs and related data modeling and integration services. Most recently, Andreas has been involved in the development of AI-powered ESG solutions for companies and investors.
A globally recognized thought leader and author in the field of semantic AI and graph technologies, Andreas has helped define and implement knowledge and AI strategies for various industries and domains. He is the author of “The Knowledge Graph Cookbook: Recipes that Work”, a practical guide to building and deploying knowledge graphs in organizations. He is passionate about enabling clients to harness the power of semantic AI and graph technologies to achieve their business goals and make a social contribution.
Since 2022, Andreas has focused primarily on developing AI-based solutions that help organizations implement ESG and sustainable systems.
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KMWorld 2024
2024-11-18 - 2024-11-21 | JW Marriott Washington DC, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20004
Organized and produced by Information Today, Inc., KMWorld and its co-located events, Taxonomy Boot Camp, Enterprise Search & Discovery, Text Analytics Forum, and Enterprise AI World, showcase organizations which have creative digital strategies for their future, are allowing experimental and risk-taking processes to inform their practices, have made solid progress in changing the culture of their enterprises, and know how to utilize AI and other technologies in practical and useful ways to charge forward in their industries.

As platinum sponsors, we have a representative delegation giving talks and waiting for you at our PoolParty booth #307. Look at all the options you have:

Industry Insights: Preparing the Future Workforce with KM ToolsOur industry leaders share their top tool for building the future workforce for KM. Gain insights about how their tools helped transform a client’s organizational knowledge strategy and understand their real-world applications in enhancing workforce capabilities.
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KMWorld
Date:
Tuesday, November 19: 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Alexi Lopez-Lorca, Associate Director, Professional Services, Semantic Web Company
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Improved Regulatory Recommender in Healthcare: Right Training, Right Place, Right TimeHealthStream maintains a dataset of regulatory requirements for professional licensing for healthcare professionals and provides courses to meet many of these requirements. It wants to explore a regulatory recommender that would use the tags applied to courses and regulations to pair an individual with the appropriate training material specific to their license, care setting, and state. This is being built in collaboration with Semantic Web Company, utilizing its LLM-based Taxonomy Advisor and Recommender feature to extend the taxonomy and its Semantic Integrator technologies to power the recommendations. The primary objective for this recommender is that its architecture be easily understandable and maintainable by our knowledge management team. A previous attempt to build such a recommender was too complex, leading to unexplainable results and an inability to fine-tune the recommendations based on feedback. It is critical that these recommendations be accurate, as this is legal content that has implications for professionals maintaining licensure if incorrect courses are suggested to fulfill the requirements.
Event: Text Analytics ForumDate: Thursday, November 21: 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Speakers:Laura Rodriguez, Knowledge Manager, HealthStreamAlexi Lopez-Lorca, Associate Director, Professional Services, Semantic Web Company
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Enhancing Content Strategy Information Management With LLMs and Symbolic AIClassifying content based on thesauri is an established method in content strategy and information management. Knowledge representation, including formal logic and terminology control, provides precise and consistent indexing, enhancing information retrieval. The advent of LLMs has given these approaches a significant boost. Addressing the challenges of unlocking unknowns from latent content, guiding users in discovering new insights, and preventing hallucinations in GenAIs have become increasingly critical. As enterprises explore merging LLMs with symbolic AI, graph grounding—the formal representation of information and data—emerges as a pivotal challenge. This session introduces key concepts and presents interactive and automated tools for annotating, classifying, and indexing unstructured text and documents.
Event: Text Analytics ForumDate: Thursday, November 21: 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Speaker: Sebastian Gabler, Chief Customer Officer, Semantic Web Company

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Webinar: From Data to Trust: Leveraging Knowledge Graphs for Enterprise AI Solutions
2024-11-19 17:00 - 18:00 | online
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From Data to Trust: Leveraging Knowledge Graphs for Enterprise AI Solutions

How a Next-Generation Semantic Layer propels LLMs

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Atanas Kiryakov, President Graphwise, CEO & Founder, Ontotext
Andreas Blumauer, SVP Growth Graphwise, CEO & Co-founder, Semantic Web Company
Sumit Pal, Strategic Technology Director at Ontotext
Todd Blaschka, SVP Sales Graphwise, Executive Advisor Ontotext

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Graphwise: A New Era of Graph Technology
With the formation of Graphwise, a merger of Ontotext and the Semantic Web Company, a new chapter has begun in the graph industry. This first webinar in Graphwise history will explore the newly merged company’s commitment to delivering enterprise AI solutions.
The Rise of Knowledge Graphs
Driven by countless AI initiatives around the globe, organizations have once again realized the importance of comprehensive data, content and knowledge management, as well as the associated metadata, knowledge and governance models, to ensure that AI investments deliver sustainable and measurable benefits.
Real-World Applications
This webinar will showcase several specific use cases that are highly relevant to industries such as pharmaceuticals, financial services, IT and manufacturing. These use cases will be used to demonstrate why knowledge graphs are the key to practical AI solutions that businesses can trust.
Harnessing the Power of Generative AI
Knowledge models and the establishment of a semantic layer play an increasingly central role in the concrete implementation of generative AI. This allows multimodal data and content from a variety of sources to be collected, automatically linked, and intelligently enriched with background knowledge. AI applications, especially Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, benefit significantly from this, as it has been proven that more accurate and comprehensive results can be delivered because the LLM can always be provided with comprehensive contextual information.
In this on-demand webinar, our renowned industry experts and directors at Graphwise will address questions such as:

How can organizations leverage knowledge graphs to drive value?
What are the key metrics for measuring the success of graph-based enterprise AI solutions?
How do you build a semantic layer, and what skills are required?
What standards should knowledge graphs adhere to?
How can companies benefit from using enterprise-grade software such as the Graphwise platform?

In the meantime, feel free to read more about Graphwise and the story behind the merger on our official launch blog.

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Atanas Kiryakov
President Graphwise, CEO & Founder, Ontotext
Atanas Kiryakov is the founder and CEO of Ontotext and member of the board of the Linked Data Benchmarking Council – standardization body, who’s members include the major graph database vendors.
Kiryakov obtained his M.Sc. degree in AI from the Sofia University, Bulgaria, in 1995. Today he is a top expert in semantic graph databases, reasoning, knowledge graphs, text mining, semantic tagging, linking and search. Author of signature academic publications with more than 2500 citations. Atanas is partner and board member in Sirma Group Holding – one of the biggest Bulgarian IT businesses, listed at the Sofia Stock Exchange. Atanas started in Sirma as software engineer in 1993 and became a partner in 1997. In the 90s he has led projects in the areas of CASE, CSCW, and b2b for big corporations and government organizations in US and Canada.

Andreas Blumauer
SVP Growth, Graphwise CEO & Co-founder, Semantic Web Company
Andreas Blumauer is SVP Growth at Graphwise and has been CEO and founder of the Semantic Web Company (SWC), provider and developer of the PoolParty Semantic Platform and leading solution provider in the field of semantic AI and RAG. For more than 20 years, he has worked with more than 200 organizations worldwide to deliver AI and semantic search solutions, knowledge platforms, content hubs and related data modeling and integration services. Most recently, Andreas has been involved in the development of AI-powered ESG solutions for companies and investors.
A globally recognized thought leader and author in the field of semantic AI and graph technologies, Andreas has helped define and implement knowledge and AI strategies for various industries and domains. He is the author of “The Knowledge Graph Cookbook: Recipes that Work”, a practical guide to building and deploying knowledge graphs in organizations. He is passionate about enabling clients to harness the power of semantic AI and graph technologies to achieve their business goals and make a social contribution.

Sumit Pal
Strategic Technology Director at Ontotext
Sumit Pal is an Ex-Gartner VP Analyst in Data Management & Analytics space. Sumit has more than 30 years of experience in the data and Software Industry in various roles spanning companies from startups to enterprise organizations in building, managing and guiding teams and building scalable software systems across the stack from middle tier, data layer, analytics and UI using Big Data, NoSQL, DB Internals, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Data Science and middle tier.

Todd Blaschka
SVP Sales Graphwise, Executive Advisor Ontotext
Todd Blaschka is a veteran in the enterprise software industry. He is passionate about creating entirely new segments in data, analytics and AI, with the distinction of establishing graph analytics as a Gartner Top 10 Data & Analytics trend two years in a row. By fervently focusing on critical industry and customer challenges, the companies under Todd’s leadership have delivered significant quantifiable results to the largest brands in the world through channel and solution sales approach. Prior to Ontotext Todd led go to market and customer experience functions at Clustrix (acquired by MariaDB), Dataguise, TigerGraph and IBM.

ESPC2024 - Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Conference
2024-12-02 - 2024-12-05 | Stockholmsmässan Exhibition Centre, Mässvägen 1, Stockholm, 125 80, Sweden
ESPC24 offers you affordable, world-class learning and networking at your fingertips. Join in over 100+ sessions covering SharePoint, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Syntex, Microsoft 365 adoption, Microsoft Search, AI, Governance, admin, Cloud operations, intranets, Power Platform, and more.
Together with our partner EBCONT we present our Microsoft365 add-on for improved metadata management within Microsoft Termstore and a better tagging and search in Sharepoint – PoolParty for Sharepoint.
Or visit us at our booth No. 49 and get a demo or have a chat.

For more information and to register for the event, please visit www.sharepointeurope.com.

Connected Data London
2024-12-11 - 2024-12-13 | Convene 133 Houndsditch, 133 Houndsditch, London, United Kingdom
Learn how to use the Relationships, Meaning and Context in Data to achieve great things. Understand your data, curate your knowledge, boost your business.

We wanted an event that connects more than data and technology – an event that connects people and ideas. So we made the road by walking, and put our money where our mouth was: we started our own event. Connected Data London has gone global, and became Connected Data World.

As gold sponsors, we have a representative delegation giving talks and waiting for you at our PoolParty booth.

Revolutionizing Customer Engagement Through Graph RAG SystemsThis presentation will first provide an overview of the numerous innovative applications of generative AI, which are opened up in particular through the use of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). In particular, the pitfalls and risks that are to be addressed with RAG will be discussed.
At the centre of the presentation is Semantic RAG, which can eliminate numerous disadvantages of conventional RAG architectures. We will show how Semantic RAG can be used to implement personalised, user-friendly dialogue systems even in business-critical processes.
In this presentation, we will compare Semantic RAG with other GraphRAG approaches and discuss the advantages and the underlying methodology using examples from customer support, knowledge management and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance).
Date:Thursday, December 12: 4:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
Speaker:Andreas Blumauer, SVP Growth Graphwise, CEO Semantic Web Company
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Edges Track Review and Unconference SessionJoin Edges Track Chair Paco Nathan and all Edges speakers as they review the Edges track. Bring your own discussion topic, see if if gets traction, and start a break out session
Date: Friday, December 13: 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Speakers:Andreas Blumauer, SVP Growth Graphwise, Co-founder, Semantic Web CompanyAlessandro Negro, Chief Scientist, GraphAware, London, United KingdomBogdan Arsintescu, Lead Software Architect, Microsoft, Microsoft, Mountain View, CA, USASofus Macskassy, Co-founder, Chief Scientist, zaimlerJessica Talisman, Senior Information Architect, AdobeDexter Lowe, Principal Engineer, G-ResearchHans Viehmann, Director of Product Management, OracleUrbashi Mitra, Gordon S. Marshall Professor in Engineering, University of Southern CaliforniaVeronika Haderlein-Høgberg, Senior Researcher, Semantics & Reasoning, Siemens Foundational Technologies, Data & AI, Siemens AGThomas Hubauer, Principal Key Expert for Knowledge Graph & Semantics, Siemens
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Webinar: The PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor
2024-12-17 08:00
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The PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor

Harnessing the Power of GenAI for Taxonomy Development and Management

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December 18, 2024

The PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor
Harnessing the Power of GenAI for Taxonomy Development and Management
Taxonomies, LLMs, and GenAI
Imagine empowering a Large Language Model (LLM) to craft a comprehensive, domain-specific taxonomy from a set of documents. Picture it effortlessly mapping out relationships between concepts, listing alternative labels, and defining terms with precision. This would revolutionize the role of taxonomists and domain experts, handing over their intricate tasks to a large language model.
While the journey to harness Generative AI for taxonomy creation has begun, the results have yet to meet expectations. The intricate dance between taxonomists and domain experts is challenging for machines to replicate, and the nuanced linguistic analysis required to accurately contextualize concepts remains elusive.
Unlocking the Potential of Taxonomists with the support of AI
Introducing the PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor, an LLM-supported application that allows taxonomists and domain experts to create domain-specific taxonomies from a set of documents.
Most GenAI for taxonomy creation is unsatisfactory due to complex collaboration processes and linguistic analysis issues. The PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor corrects this with the suggestion function – the sweet spot for GenAI in taxonomy management. It allows for an employee, or human-in-the-loop (HITL) to:

select from suggested narrower concepts and edit them
select from suggested related concepts and edit them
select from suggested definitions and edit them
perform single or bulk suggestion operations
check the created entries for consistency with the whole taxonomy

Join “The PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor” webinar, hosted by Márk Szabó, Java Developer at Semantic Web Company, where you’ll get a first look at the updated PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor that will be featured in the PoolParty 9.5 release. The webinar will cover:

Taxonomy enrichment through LLMs
Receiving suggestions for narrower concepts, alternative labels and definitions
The Taxonomy Advisor translation service
Importance of human-in-the-loop (HITL)
Reduction of hallucinations with a Knowledge Graph

Register now to learn how your organization can shorten the construction of a company taxonomy by 50% with the PoolParty Taxonomy Advisor!

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Márk Szabó
Java Developer, Semantic Web Company
Márk Szabó is a Java Developer at Semantic Web Company (SWC). As pioneers in the realm of semantic AI and RAG, Semantic Web Company is the proud provider of the innovative PoolParty Semantic Platform, setting the standard for cutting-edge solutions in the industry.
As a software developer, Márk has extensive experience in Java and working with generative AI related technologies. His passion lies in facing new challenges and solving problems as efficiently as possible. He is also enthusiastic about AI and how this technology could shape our future.
