Call for Speakers
Deadline is 23 October
Smarter Together: Shaping the Future of Knowledge
We’re back in 14 - 15 April 2026! Taxonomy Boot Camp London can’t wait to welcome you in person to two days of unmissable insights and networking, in a brand-new venue in the heart of historic London.
The last few years have been an exciting time for taxonomies and semantic technologies, as the rise of AI shone a spotlight on the business value of our work. Every day, practitioners support their organisations by gathering information, problem-solving and designing solutions to all manner of data and content challenges.
Topics could include:
- Building taxonomies
- Managing taxonomies
- Working with taxonomies
- Ontologies, knowledge graphs, AI and the semantic layer
- See a full list of suggested topics below.
We are interested in your case studies, suggestions for panels, best practices, innovations, career stories, workshops and more!
Programme Chair
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your idea, please email our programme chair – we’d love to hear from you.
Helen Lippell, Taxonomy and Search Consultant, UK
TBCL-Speakers@infotoday.com
Benefits of Speaking
All accepted speakers receive a complimentary two-day conference pass (14-15 April) plus great exposure in the industry—so think over your latest projects and success stories, and submit your proposal today!
How to Submit a Proposal to Speak
If you would like to participate in Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2026 as a speaker or workshop leader, please submit a proposal as soon as possible (23 October at the latest) via the Call for Speakers form. Please be prepared to include the following brief details of your proposed presentation on the form: title, abstract, a few sentences of biographical information that relate you to the topic, and full contact information for you and your co-presenters (title, address, email, and phone). All abstracts are reviewed by the Organising Committee and notification regarding acceptance will be made in December 2025.
Suggested Topics
Building Taxonomies
- Evaluating external taxonomies
- Mapping and interoperability; combining or splitting taxonomies
- Multilingual taxonomies
- Design decisions about structure, style, display, granularity
Managing Taxonomies
- Governance
- Maintenance
- Resourcing, teams or working solo
- Software; procuring, implementing, training, open-source or lower-cost options
- Validation, testing, metrics
- Getting a taxonomy project going from scratch
- Demerging/merging taxonomies
Working with Taxonomies
- Sector and domain-specific taxonomies
- Taxonomies for ecommerce, enterprise search, content management, digital asset management, data platforms
- How taxonomies support/interact with UX, information architecture, content strategy
- SharePoint and O365 metadata and taxonomies
- Automatic classification with taxonomies
- Tagging; adding metadata to content and data
- Data and domain modelling; reference data; metadata models
- Case studies, success stories, ‘lessons learned’ stories
Ontologies, Knowledge Graphs, AI and the Semantic Layer
- Machine learning, entity extraction, text analytics, NLP
- The semantic layer - taxonomies and other knowledge representation tools joined-up across the organisation
- The role of taxonomies in driving generative AI implementation
- Taxonomies for Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Ontologies and knowledge graphs
Career Development
- Career stories eg getting started in taxonomy work; moving into taxonomies from another field
- Use cases and problem-solving
- Beginner and entry-level tips, insights and explainers
- Tips, tricks and best practices
- Workshop suggestions
- Working with stakeholders, subject matter experts, taggers. Working with non-specialist colleagues
- Working as a solo taxonomist; visibility; persuasion skills; project management
About Information Today, Inc.
Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2026 is organised and produced by Information Today, Inc., a diversified digital media and print publisher and conference and events organiser and producer. Our mission is to deliver world-class content in a variety of formats and serve our audiences with the information they need to make informed and critical decisions for their organisations.
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