London Information Retrieval & AI Meetup September 2026
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On September 9, London’s search community is coming together for a special evening dedicated to Search, Information Retrieval and AI.
This event is a collaboration between the London Information Retrieval & AI Meetup Group, the London Search & AI User Group and Vespa AI Live, bringing together three communities around a shared interest: exploring how search is evolving, from established Information Retrieval techniques to the latest AI-powered approaches.
📅 September 9, 2026
🕕 From 6:30 PM
📍 Lumiere London [How to get there]
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For this special edition, we’ll have three technical talks, each followed by time for questions and discussion.
### Schedule
6:30 PM — Doors open & welcome
Talk #1
"Introducing Vector-Native Faceting" - Philippe Bouzaglou, Technical founder @ Vectra
Talk #2
"Patterns from Shipped Migrations" - Ravindra Harige, Founder @Searchplex
Talk #3
"Making Filtered HNSW Fast Again" - Radu Gheorghe, Software Engineer @Vespa ai
Buffet+Networking
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The event is free, but registration is required.
More details about speakers, talks and timing will be announced soon.