Lisbon Search and AI #2 Hosted by Microsoft

Hi, and welcome to the Lisbon Search & AI user group event #2, organized by NetApp and hosted by Microsoft!

Below you will find the agenda + talk summaries
18:00 – 18:20: Arrivals, Networking, Food & Drinks
18:20 – 18:25: Welcome & Housekeeping
18:25 - 18:45: First Speaker (Host) - Renato Ribeiro, Microsoft
18:45 - 19:15: Second Speaker - Afonso Mendes, Empa-T
19:15 – 19:45: Third Speaker - Carlos Rolo, NetApp
19:45 – 20:00 Q&A, Wrap-up.
Talk 1: Microsoft in the Open Source Community
Speaker: Renato Ribeiro
Talk Summary: Why Microsoft and Open Source, and Microsoft's role on CNFC and as internal adopter.
Talk 2: Graph-Aware Retrieval Augmented Generation
Speaker: Afonso Mendes
Talk Summary: Transform your RAG from simple text retrieval to true semantic reasoning. This talk demonstrates how knowledge graphs create a natural language semantic layer that LLMs can understand natively, providing improved results and explainability.

Talk 3: Agentic Conversation Memory in OpenSearch 3.5
Speaker: Carlos Rolo
Talk Summary: Agentic Conversation Memory - This innovative capability is designed to make AI interactions more intuitive and context-aware. We’ll explore how to set up and configure memory containers, and manage different types of conversational memory. Imagine chatbots that remember your preferences, customer service agents that understand your needs, and research assistants that keep track of your progress.

If you'd like to join and present at this or future meet-ups, please get in touch with Bernardo or Carlos!