Meet Our Speakers
Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2026 provides attendees with opportunities to meet and learn from the leading experts dedicated to taxonomies, ontologies, knowledge graphs, metadata and more this 14 - 15 April in London. Click on the links below to find out more about our speakers and when they'll be speaking!
Fran Alexander
— Taxonomist & Information Architect , Expedia Group, Canada
Tom Alexander
— Taxonomy Manager , Cancer Research UK
Paul Appleby
— Director , Graphifi Ltd, UK
Rahel Bailie
— Content Solutions Director , Altuent, Ireland
Kristian Bainey
— Chief AI Officer , PrecisionPro BioTech, Canada
Selena Bryant
— Taxonomy Analyst , Indeed, UK
Joseph Busch
— Principal Analyst , Taxonomy Strategies, USA
Philip Carlisle
— Senior Data Standards Specialist , Historic England, UK
Jo Chapman
— Senior Product Owner , Technology & Innovation Services, ICP
Lauren Clark Hill
— Expert Solutions Engineer , Squirro, USA
Dave Clarke
— Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer , Squirro
Ben Clinch
— CDO and Partner , Ortecha, UK
Louis Coiffait-Gunn
— CEO , Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), UK
Denis Dechandon
— Head of Sector, Reference Data, & Style Guide , Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Aniko Gerencser
— Team Leader, Reference Data Team , Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Doron Gower
— Chief Solution Architect , KMS Lighthouse, USA
Heather Hedden
— Taxonomy Consultant , Hedden Information Management, USA , Author, The Accidental Taxonomist
Matt Hollidge
— Director, Research, Innovation and Ideation , kore.uk.com, UK
Laura Horan
— Taxonomy Manager , Vinted, Germany
Michele Ann Jenkins
— Senior Consultant , Dovecot Studio, Canada
Craig Johnson
— President , Xemma, USA
Bob Kasenchak
— Information Architect , Factor, USA
Jo Kent
— Lead Curator, Digital Mapping , British Library, UK
Aga Kopytko
— CTO , Smabbler, Poland
Charlie Lapin
— Taxonomist , Vinted, Germany
Ahren Lehnert
— Senior Taxonomist - Content Review & Management , Genentech
Yonah Levenson
— Consultant , Metadata, Taxonomy, Ontology Strategist, USA
Helen Lippell
— Taxonomy and Search Consultant , Helen Lippell Business Services, UK
Rachael Maddison
— Product Manager , Taxonomy as a Service Platform, Adobe
Dave McComb
— CEO , Semantic Arts , Author, Software Wasteland, Data-Centric Revolution
Panos Mitzias
— Semantic Graph Solutions Specialist , Squirro, Greece
Helmut Nagy
— VP, Sales Enablement , Graphwise, Austria
Matthew Oleynik
— Founder , rangefindr.ca, Canada
Teodora Petkova
— Knowledge Steward , Growth and Marketing, Graphwise, Bulgaria , FH Joanneum
Tom Reamy
— Chief Knowledge Architect & Founder , KAPS Group, LLC, USA
Achim Reiz
— Founder , neonto, Germany
Lisa Riemers
— Consultant , Lisa Riemers Ltd, UK
Ravinder Singh
— Co-founder , Graphifi, UK
Marc Stephenson
— Technical Director and Co-founder , Metataxis, UK
Jessica Talisman
— Information Architect & Semantic Engineer , Ontology Pipeline, Contextually, USA
Noz Urbina
— Consultant and Founder , Urbina Consulting, Spain , Founder, OmnichannelX & TruthCollapse.com
Joyce van Aalten
— Taxonomy Consultant , Invenier, Netherlands
Clemency Wright
— Director , Clemency Wright Consulting LTD, UK
Dennis Wuthrich
— CEO , Farallon Geographics, USA