Knowledge Graph Conference 2026
May 04 - May 08
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Meet Graphwise at The Knowledge Graph Conference 2026
Graphwise is excited to take part in the seventh edition of The Knowledge Graph Conference (KGC) 2026, May 4-8, 2026, hosted at the Cornell Tech Executive Education Center in New York City, with virtual attendance available worldwide.
The Knowledge Graph Conference is a global gathering for practitioners, researchers, and industry leaders working with knowledge graphs, semantic technologies, and data-driven AI. Over five days, attendees can take part in masterclasses, workshops, and expert-led sessions that combine thought leadership with hands-on, real-world applications.
Meet the Graphwise Team
Graphwise will be actively involved throughout the conference. We’ll be delivering presentations, hosting a hands-on workshop, and you’ll also be able to meet us at our booth during the event.
Our speaking sessions
May 6, 11:35 AM – 12:00 PM
Keynote From Differentiator to Necessity — The Semantic Backbone
Speaker: Atanas Kiryakov, President at Graphwise
Ontologies got trendy. Amid AI-driven change, one need is constant: capturing meaning and unlocking the value of enterprise information. What was once a differentiating capability is now foundational infrastructure. Drawing on a year of real-world deployments across banking, manufacturing, and infrastructure management, Atanas will cover: semantic backbones as knowledge hubs, metadata hubs, and shared world models for agentic AI; measurable business impact; the Graphwise Platform built on 20+ years of experience; and go-to-market opportunities for the community.
May 5, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Workshop GraphRAG — Why, When and How? · Knowledge-Enhanced AI Systems
Speaker: Peio Popov, FSI Vertical Lead at Graphwise
A hands-on deep dive moving from the honest limitations of LLMs, vectors, and full-text search, through the theory of semantic layers, to a live implementation walkthrough with demos at every step. Part 1 covers the why: a head-to-head retrieval comparison, why your metadata matters more than your RAG variant, and how AI can accelerate building a semantic backbone. Part 2 is the hands-on how: implementation methodology from competency questions to deployment, quality pillars (completeness, accuracy, consistency, provenance), and a live demo of the full ingestion-to-validation pipeline including human-in-the-loop review.
Find our team at the Booth#5
You will meet on-sight Alisa Kepner, Enterprise Account Executive-East and Martin Trajkov, Director Partner Sales USA.
Let’s Connect
Planning to attend The Knowledge Graph Conference (KGC) 2026? We’d love to connect with you! Submit the form below and we’ll reach out to schedule a time to meet at the event, whether at our booth, during a coffee break, or around our speaking session.
