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We are delighted to announce the 25th 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. The event is part of the London Search Week, a week of search & AI events in London starting November 24th 2025.

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.

>>>> IN-PRESENCE MEETUP

Location:

BCS London Headquarters, Ground Floor, 25 Copthall Avenue EC2R 7BP

open doors: 6:00 PM

>>>> ONLINE MEETUP

Location: Zoom

open doors 6:15 PM You will receive the virtual event link after completing the form.

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The event will be structured around 3 technical talks, each followed by a Q&A session. The event will end with a networking session.

> Open doors from 6:00 PM (in-person) > 6:15 PM open doors for virtual attendees

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

> 06:30 PM First talk Using Tensor and Rank Profile Math to Combine Dense and Sparse Signals Radu Gheorghe - Software Engineer @ Vespa.ai

> 07:15 PM Second Talk From Infection Prevention to Knowledge Extraction: Showcasing Information Retrieval in the Medical Domain Gregor Donabauer \| PhD student and Research Officer @University of Regensburg

> 08:00 PM Third Talk Professional Search in the Age of Large Language Models Samy Ateia \| PhD student @University of Regensburg + Freelance Software Engineer

> Networking session + buffet

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