We invite you to the Ontop Community Webinar on September 17, 2026 – a free, online session bringing the Ontop community together to share use cases, practical insights, challenges, and best practices for virtual knowledge graph applications.

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About the webinar

Ontop began as a research project at the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, addressing a specific challenge: enabling organizations to query relational databases through an ontological lens without moving, copying, or transforming the underlying data. Today, Ontop supports virtual knowledge graph applications across research institutions, enterprise data teams, and commercial systems worldwide. The open-source project continues to be maintained by its core team, with contributions and input from the wider community.

The purpose of this webinar is to create space for the Ontop community to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another. Where suitable speakers are confirmed, Ontop users will present their own projects, use cases, and lessons learned. Following the event, a written summary of the main themes, questions, and next steps will be published within one to two weeks.

What we'll cover

• How Ontop is being used in practice
• Community use cases and implementation experiences
• Practical insights, challenges, and best practices
• Questions and topics raised by the community
• What users need from Ontop going forward

Who should attend

If you work with knowledge graphs or linked data, this event is for you – in particular:

• Developers integrating Ontop into applications and enterprise systems
• Knowledge engineers building semantic layers and virtual knowledge graphs
• Researchers using Ontop in academic and applied projects
• Data architects in enterprise teams working with distributed data
• Contributors who have built on or supported the project

Hosts

Peter Haase
VP Knowledge Graph Technologies, Digital Science

Johannes Trame
Product Manager - metaphactory, Digital Science

Benjamin Cogrel
Head of Engineering (Ontopic), Digital Science

Confirmed technical participants and community speakers will be announced ahead of the event.

Event details

Date: September 17, 2026
Format: Online, live with Q&A
Cost: Free
Recording: The session will be recorded

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