London Information Retrieval & AI Meetup June 2025

We are delighted to announce the 24th London Information Retrieval & AI Meetup, a free evening event aimed at enthusiasts and professionals curious to explore and discuss the latest trends in the field.

This time, the Meetup is Hybrid, with a live event in London streamed online on Zoom!

ATTENTION: Remember to fill out the form to confirm the registration and receive the link to the virtual event:
https://forms.gle/UQfBgcCLm2fG7Zza9

>>>> IN-PRESENCE MEETUP

Location:

Gladwin Tower, nine elms point sw8 2fs, London
[Google Maps]
open doors: 6:15 PM (GMT+1)

>>>> ONLINE MEETUP

Location: Zoom

open doors 6:30 PM (GMT+1)
You will receive the virtual event link after completing the form.

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The event will be structured around 2 technical talks, each followed by a Q&A session. The event will end with a networking session.

> Open doors from 6:15 PM (in-person)
> 6:30 PM open doors for virtual attendees

• Welcome & Latest News - Alessandro Benedetti, Director @ Sease

> 06:45 PM First talk
Building Search Using OpenSearch: Limitations and Workarounds in v2.17
Nazerke Seidan - IR/ML Engineer @ Sease

> 7:30 PM Second Talk
Exploring Multilingual Embeddings for Italian Semantic Search: A Pretrained and Fine-tuned Approach
Nicolò Rinaldi - Software Engineer/Data Scientist @ Sease

> 8:15~8:45 PM Networking session + buffet

For more info, including speaker bios, abstracts and timing, please check our website https://sease.io/