3–7 May 2027

Agenda

85 published sessions across 5 days at Cornell Tech, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY. All times are local to the venue (America/New York). The programme firms up through the spring; the KGC app keeps your own schedule in sync.

Monday 3 May

08:00to 09:001 session

Early Morning Coffee ReceptionTata Innovation Center Auditoriumsocial

09:00to 10:304 sessions

A media archiveBusiness Use CasesVEEC Classroom 2workshop(Phil) (Meredith)Process Tempo Inc.Building a graph adapter over legacy systems that survives its second yearData ArchitectureVEEC Classroom 3workshopMelli AnnamalaiOracleAnahita PakimanAmazonLessons from a supply-chain graphBusiness Use CasesTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopJans AasmanallegrographBrian O'KeefeNeo4jRethinking retrieval-augmented generation over a graphDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 4workshopNishtha AroraAxtriaShreya PandeyOracle

09:30to 10:301 session

Opening keynote: the decade the knowledge graphBusiness Use CasesVEEC Banquet Hallkeynote(Phil) (Meredith)Process Tempo Inc.

11:00to 12:304 sessions

Federation versus materialisation, three years onData ArchitectureTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopVBVirginia BalseiroMatthew PerryOracleFrom pilot to production: lineage across a hundred pipelinesMetadataVEEC Classroom 4workshopTim Berners-LeeInruptTom PlastererKnowledge3 LLCOperating supply-chain due diligenceEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVEEC Classroom 3workshopJon-Michael BeasleyAbbVieTirdesh PettuganiThe case against graph features for a fraud modelDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 2workshopJesús BarrasaNeo4jHotragn PettuganiNortheastern University

13:30to 15:004 sessions

A materiality assessment as a graph at enterprise scaleEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopAlexandre BertailsNetflixBrian PlatzFlureeA post-mortem on named entities in clinical textNatural Language Processing (NLP)VEEC Classroom 3workshopEdgardo CarlosJP Morgan ChaseMichael PoolBloombergLessons from competency questions as a design toolOntologies, Taxonomies, Data ModelingVEEC Classroom 4workshopAshley CaselliKnowledge Pixels · Full-timePeio PopovGraphwiseWhat nobody tells you about active metadataMetadataVEEC Classroom 2workshopRBZPRashmi BhatZiroli Plutschow

15:30to 17:304 sessions

Building cardinality constraints that earn their keep that survives its second yearOntologies, Taxonomies, Data ModelingVEEC Classroom 2workshopRyan ChandlerAbbVieTara RaafatBloomberg LPEntity linking against a live graph: what we would not repeatNatural Language Processing (NLP)Tata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopEric ChaconHometapJesse QinKamiwaza AIIngest at a billion triples a day, three years onSystems and ScaleVEEC Classroom 4workshopStephen ChinNeo4jPrashanth RaoLanceDBRethinking the semantic layer and the BI toolSemantic LayerVEEC Classroom 3workshopSRPhanidhar ChilakapatiShambhavi Raikar

21:00to 23:001 session

Welcome receptionVEEC Banquet Hallsocial

Tuesday 4 May

08:30to 09:001 session

Keynote: what large language models still cannot do without a schemaContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Banquet HallkeynoteBCBruce Chorpita

09:00to 10:304 sessions

From pilot to production: a data catalogue that gets usedMetadataVEEC Classroom 3workshopPeter CrockerOxford Semantic TechnologiesElliott RischEnterprise Knowledge LLCOperating sustainability reporting under CSRDEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVEEC Classroom 2workshopHal CooperAmazon Web ServicesTaylor RigganAWSRelation extraction from filings at enterprise scaleNatural Language Processing (NLP)VEEC Classroom 4workshopJon CurtisCyberhill PartnersPrukalpa SankarAtlanThe case against grounding an LLM in an ontologyDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopMichael ClowT. Rowe PriceAdam RendekAmazon

11:00to 12:304 sessions

A post-mortem on query understanding over SPARQLNatural Language Processing (NLP)VEEC Classroom 2workshopAnanya DassBloomberg LPCruce SaundersARAMAIGoverned self-service analytics: what we would not repeatSemantic LayerVEEC Classroom 4workshopHelena DeusBristol Myers SquibbTony SealeThe Knowledge Graph GuysLessons from SHACL that catches real errorsOntologies, Taxonomies, Data ModelingVEEC Classroom 3workshopBen DeLisleProfound NetworksChun SchirosamazonWhat nobody tells you about provenance after two rewritesMetadataTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopGurshish DangVeriskHenrique SantosRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

13:30to 15:004 sessions

A reasoner that would not terminate, three years onSystems and ScaleVEEC Classroom 3workshopCheryl DunnSemantic Arts, Inc. and Grand Valley State UniversityDon SimpsonAWSBuilding a taxonomy that outlived its authors that survives its second yearOntologies, Taxonomies, Data ModelingTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopAmar DoshiTopQuadrantMonil ShahAmazonRethinking a semantic layer over the lakehouseSemantic LayerVEEC Classroom 2workshopJinhua DuBalyasny Asset ManagementBarbara ShubinskiRockefeller Archive CenterThe case against what a graph team is forGeneral TrackVEEC Classroom 4workshopDavide D’AmicoBloombergAnkit SinghAbbVie

15:30to 17:304 sessions

From pilot to production: the second knowledge graphGeneral TrackVEEC Classroom 2workshopMax FinkBoehringer Ingelheim GmbHEvren SirinStardogKnow-your-customer across twelve systems at enterprise scaleBusiness Use CasesVEEC Classroom 3workshopPhilip FosterOxford Semantic TechnologiesTed SlaterEPAM SystemsOperating index choices under loadSystems and ScaleTata Innovation Center AuditoriumworkshopDSStephane FellahGeoknoesis LLCDivya SinghDell TechnologiesWhat nobody tells you about a headless CMS with a graph behind itContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 4workshopBSGiuseppe FutiaCSI Piemonte (Italy)Brian SteinValley Bank

Wednesday 5 May

08:30to 09:001 session

Keynote: the semantic layer as the interface between people and machinesData ArchitectureVEEC Banquet HallkeynoteVivek GhatalaAmazon Web Services

09:00to 10:305 sessions

A post-mortem on terminology extraction for a domainNatural Language Processing (NLP)VEEC Classroom 1talkStephen GoldbaumDataHubEliza SwindellUCLABuilding graph operations at 3am that survives its second yearSystems and ScaleVEEC Classroom 4talkRTCasey HartCasey Hart ConsultingRandy TaylorLessons from modelling time and changeOntologies, Taxonomies, Data ModelingVEEC Classroom 2talkMichael GroveStardogKrisztián SzabóMarketer.comRethinking ownership of the ontologyGeneral TrackBloomberg 165talkATHeather HeddenHedden Information ManagementAnu TennysonThe semantic layer and the BI tool: what we would not repeatSemantic LayerVEEC Classroom 3talkAdrian GschwendQlevia AIJessica TalismanContextually LLC

11:00to 12:305 sessions

A business-meaning layer for AI, three years onSemantic LayerVEEC Classroom 1talkSteve HeddenTopQuadrantNikos TrokanasScaniaArchive metadata nobody wrote down at enterprise scaleContent Knowledge GraphsBloomberg 165talkFlorence HudsonColumbia UniversityClaire WangNetflixFrom pilot to production: a supply-chain graphBusiness Use CasesVEEC Classroom 4talkJim HendlerRPIDrew WanczowskiProgress SoftwareOperating the second knowledge graphGeneral TrackVEEC Classroom 3talkDVWilmer HenaoinvescoDanielle VillaThe case against a reasoner that would not terminateSystems and ScaleVEEC Classroom 2talkVeronika HeimsbakkData TreehouseJohn TulinskyFactor

13:30to 15:005 sessions

A post-mortem on fraud ringsBusiness Use CasesVEEC Classroom 2talkCharles IvieOrtechaRichard WengAccentureBuilding grounding an LLM in an ontology that survives its second yearDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsBloomberg 165talkYitae JeongMetisXMike XuMoody'sData products in a mesh: what we would not repeatData ArchitectureVEEC Classroom 4talkMuhammad JavedMorgan StanleyMaru WillsonThe Knowledge Graph Learning ProgramLessons from schema.org at publication scaleContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 3talkJared JacobovitzStardogBram WesselFactorWhat nobody tells you about what a graph team is forGeneral TrackVEEC Classroom 1talkDavid HughesIndependentDougal WattGraph Reseach Labs

15:30to 17:305 sessions

From pilot to production: active metadataMetadataBloomberg 165talkBob KasenchakFactorOperating a scope-three emissions graphEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVEEC Classroom 4talkEzat KarimiAmazonRethinking a rights and licensing graphContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 1panelAdemar Crotti JuniormetaphactsMadeline ⁠ JürgensenCentralReachThomas KaminskiMetaphactsWeidong YangKineviz, Inc.The case against link prediction that survives reviewDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 3talkNikolaos KaralisTentrisThe migration off a relational core, three years onData ArchitectureVEEC Classroom 2talkMengjia KangJPMorganChase

Thursday 6 May

08:30to 09:001 session

Keynote: governance is the hard part, and always wasDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Banquet HallkeynoteHKHarmandeep KaurUniversity of Connecticut

09:00to 10:305 sessions

A post-mortem on know-your-customer across twelve systemsBusiness Use CasesVEEC Classroom 3talkAtanas KiryakovGraphwiseIndex choices under load at enterprise scaleSystems and ScaleVEEC Classroom 1talkNKNeha KeshanKeshan2@rpi.eduLessons from archive metadata nobody wrote downContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 4talkSanjaya KrishnaRockefeller Archive CenterThe graph and the warehouse: what we would not repeatData ArchitectureBloomberg 165talkRick KubinaCentralReachWhat nobody tells you about buying versus buildingGeneral TrackVEEC Classroom 2talkAgrita KhattarPaypal

11:00to 12:305 sessions

Building customer 360 without a golden record that survives its second yearBusiness Use CasesVEEC Classroom 1talkTKTobias KuhnData products in a mesh, three years onData ArchitectureVEEC Classroom 3talkOra LassilaAccentureOperating supply-chain due diligenceEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceBloomberg 165talkHelen LightnerStardogRethinking schema.org at publication scaleContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 2talkBobby KuzmaArtificer HealthThe case against graph neural networks in productionDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 4talkAmber Lennoxgdotv

13:30to 15:005 sessions

A post-mortem on stewardship at organisational scaleMetadataVEEC Classroom 4talkDiana MarksOxford Semantic TechnologiesFrom pilot to production: the migration off a relational coreData ArchitectureVEEC Classroom 1talkEric LittleAccentureLessons from entity linking against a live graphNatural Language Processing (NLP)Bloomberg 165talkBrian MartinAbbVieRetrieval-augmented generation over a graph at enterprise scaleDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 2talkJanak ManekMorgan StanleyWhat nobody tells you about traceability from field to shelfEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVEEC Classroom 3talkRadu MarianCapco

15:30to 17:305 sessions

An upper ontology nobody resents, three years onOntologies, Taxonomies, Data ModelingVEEC Classroom 4talkNicole MoldovanAmazon Web ServicesBuilding provenance after two rewrites that survives its second yearMetadataVEEC Classroom 2talkDeborah McGuinnessRPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic University)Rethinking query understanding over SPARQLNatural Language Processing (NLP)VEEC Classroom 3talkChristian MilesgdotvSustainability reporting under CSRD: what we would not repeatEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVEEC Classroom 1panelBill MayoWellfleet Advisors LtdDave McCombSemantic ArtsJamie McCuskerGenpactThe case against metrics that mean one thingSemantic LayerBloomberg 165talkLaura MonroeStardog

Friday 7 May

08:30to 09:001 session

Closing keynote: what we got wrong about knowledge graphs, and what comes nextEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceTata Innovation Center AuditoriumkeynoteJim MorrisProgress Software

09:00to 10:303 sessions

Embeddings that stay current at enterprise scaleDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 3talkSuyash NagumalliAbbVieFrom pilot to production: data products in a meshData ArchitectureVEEC Classroom 2talkDenise MyrickOracleOperating schema.org at publication scaleContent Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 1talkFabian MuttachBoehringer Ingelheim International GmbH

11:00to 12:303 sessions

A post-mortem on supply-chain due diligenceEnvironmental, Social and GovernanceVEEC Classroom 2talkNathaniel NavarroNetflixLessons from stewardship at organisational scaleMetadataVEEC Classroom 3talkSuhas NikamJNJWhat nobody tells you about retrieval-augmented generation over a graphDeep Learning for and with Knowledge GraphsVEEC Classroom 1panelSuresh NairMphasisSara NashEnterprise KnowledgePaco NathanSenzing