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Graphwise AI Summit 2026
The Graphwise AI Summit 2026 was a two-day free virtual event that brought together business leaders and technical practitioners to share what’s working: the governance approaches, the architectural decisions, and the implementation lessons that move AI from pilot to production.
Two days. One connected story about what it takes to get enterprise AI right.
Program
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DAY 1: Where ROI meets trust |
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04:00 pm – 04:30 pm CEST |
Opening Keynote + Q&A Precise Context and Efficient Reasoning:Bringing Confidence to AI when the Stakes are High Speaker: Atanas Kiryakov, President, Graphwise |
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04:30 pm – 05:00 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A Semantic Backbone: Driving Strategic Business Outcomes Through a Centralized Content Catalog Speakers: Monica Fulvio, Data Governance and Metadata Leader, ASHA; Kathleen Gollner, Taxonomy Consultant, EK; Ben Kass, Taxonomy and Ontology Technical Consultant, EK |
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05:00 pm – 05:30 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A The Business Case for a Semantic Backbone: From AI Investment to Measurable Returns Speakers: Andreas Blumauer, SVP and Co-Founder, Graphwise; Helmut Nagy, VP Sales Enablement, Graphwise |
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05:30 pm – 06:00 pm CEST |
Panel Stop Chasing Tools: Building an AI Business Case in a Chaotic Market Speakers: Toni Ressaire, Director of Innovation, Altuent; Leslie Farinella, President, Content Rules; Ben White, Product Manager, Graphwise |
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06:00 pm – 06:20 pm CEST |
Expo Zone & Networking Break
***this is not a live session, but an opportunity to take a networking break and explore our Expo Area |
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06:20 pm – 06:50 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A Harmonizing Centralized and Federated Governance: How to Build FAIR Minimal Viable Ontologies Speaker: Martin Romacker, Principle Data Data Governance and Semantics Expert, Roche |
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06:50 pm – 07:20 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A Delivering Context for Agentic AI for Corporate Reinvention Speakers: Manish Bachhania, Senior Architect, Accenture; Derek Rodriguez, Knowledge Engineering Practice Lead, Accenture |
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07:20 pm – 07:50 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A Content as a Service: EY's Playbook for Knowledge ROI Speaker: Barbara Dombrowski, Adobe Product Lead, Director, EY |
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07:50 pm – 08:30 pm CEST |
Panel Connected by data: how knowledge graphs drive interoperability and ROI in mobility and transportation Speakers: Ghislain Atemezing, Project Officer, ERA; Burkhard Kresser, Head of CORP IT-Infrasrtucture and Operations, Doppelmayr. |
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08:30 pm – 09:00 pm CEST |
Presentation Day 1 Recap & Day 2 Preview Speakers: Alan Morrison, Consultant, Speaker, Blogger and Podcast Host; Todd Blaschka, Senior Executive, Graphwise |
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DAY 2: Infrastructure & Implementation |
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04:00 pm – 04:30 pm CEST |
Opening Keynote + Q&A AI-Driven Orchestration (AIDO): The Next Paradigm Shift Towards a Self-Reflective Semantic Backbone Speaker: Andreas Blumauer, SVP and Co-Founder, Graphwise |
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04:30 pm – 05:00 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A AI and the Future of Technical Documentation: From LLMs to Fully Agentive Workflows Speaker: Michael Iantosca, Senior Director of Content Platform, Avalara |
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05:00 pm – 05:30 pm CEST |
Panel How can semantic KGs help solve data challenges of the energy sector? Speakers: Johan Wilhelm Klüwer, Senior Principal Specialist, DNV Energy Systems; Antun Kraljevic, Technical Director, AI Technologies; Andreas Kimsas, Senior IT-architect at Statnett. |
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05:30 pm – 06:00 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A Data Governance of a Semantic Data Layer Speaker: Ben Gardner, R&D Lead for Data Mesh and Semantic Infrastructure, AstraZeneca |
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06:00 pm – 06:20 pm CEST |
Expo Zone & Networking Break
***this is not a live session, but an opportunity to take a networking break and explore our Expo Area |
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06:20 pm – 06:50 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A All-in-one semantic backbone connecting enterprise data with AI agents Speakers: Vassil Momtchev, SVP of Product & Technology, Graphwise |
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06:50 pm – 07:20 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A From Ontologies to GraphRAG: Building Enterprise Knowledge Graphs for Real-World Use Cases Speaker: Gianluca Generali, Innovation Manager, BitBang |
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07:20 pm – 07:50 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A How Do You Know? Building Data Your AI Can Be Trusted With Speaker: Agis Papantoniou, VP of Business Development, Cognizone |
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07:50 pm – 08:20 pm CEST |
Presentation + Q&A Want to talk to your data? Tell me about it: Making Data AI-Ready Through Semantic Annotation Speaker: Szymon Klarman, Senior Director, Knowledge Engineering, S&P Global |
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08:20 pm – 09:00 pm CEST |
Presentation Final Q&A & Closing Remarks Speaker: Alan Morrison, Consultant, Speaker, Blogger and Podcast Host; Todd Blaschka, Senior Executive, Graphwise |
