FW: VocBench Suite user community meeting 4-5 June 2026
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Dear VocBench&co users,
I’m forwarding this message from the European Commission (many of the participants from past editions could have received it already, so apologies for cross-posting) with an open invitation for the community to participate the new VocBench Community meeting 2026!
In this even you will have the possibility to contribute shaping the future of VocBench, ShowVoc and their satellite systems, and to learn about a new forthcoming sibling in the family: SELEN, The Semantic ELicitation Environment !
A couple of notes:
- This year, to focus on quick interaction and discussion, we would focus less on presentations (still, there will be) and have more discussion, so we opted for physical attendance only
- There is a limited number of places (and the deadline for registering is 8th of May, see the forwarded email below for more details)
We hope to see as many of you as possible in June in Luxembourg!
The VocBench team
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Subject: VocBench Suite user community meeting 4-5 June 2026
Dear VocBench Suite user community,
We are pleased to announce that the next VocBench Community physical meeting will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at the premises of the Publications Office of the European Union in Luxembourg.
The meeting will focus on recent developments of VocBench and ShowVoc, and will also include the presentation of SELEN, our new tool for semantic auto-tagging and AI-assisted enrichment.
In addition, we will discuss the overall evolution of the VocBench and ShowVoc ecosystem, including future directions, user feedback, and how the tools can better support emerging needs such as Data Spaces, interoperability frameworks, and AI-ready data workflows.
If you plan to attend the event, please fill in the registration form until 8 May.
One of the sessions will include lightning talks from VocBench users – we encourage you to participate and provide a short 5-minute showcase of your use of VocBench or ShowVoc. You can indicate this as well in the registration form and find suggestions for the structure of the talk.
Please find below the provisional agenda of the event.
Day 1 – Thursday, 4 June 2026
Focus: Vision, feedback, and community input
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 10:15 | Opening & Objectives
10:15 – 12:30 | Interactive Presentations (with Live Polling)
Indicative presentations:
- VocBench – recent developments & roadmap
- ShowVoc – evolution and publishing workflows
- SELEN – AI-supported semantic tagging
12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:30 | Structured Audience Reactions
14:30 – 15:30 | Lightning Talks from Users
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 | Discussion: Financial Sustainability of the VocBench Suite
17:00 | End of Day 1
Networking dinner
Day 2 – Friday, 5 June 2026
Focus: Consolidation, sustainability, and co-creation of priorities
09:30 – 10:15 | Recap of Day 1 & Key Messages
10:15 – 11:00 | Continued Discussion: Sustainability & Governance
11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 | Thematic Working Groups
3 parallel tracks:
- Track A – Frontend / UX
- Track B – Backend / Modelling
- Track C – AI, Automation & Alternative Workflows
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 | Reporting Back from Working Groups
14:45 – 15:00 | Wrap-up & Next Steps
15:00 | End of Meeting
Practical information:
Address: Publications Office of the European Union, 20, rue de Reims, 2417 Luxembourg – ARENA meeting room, 1st floor
Parking: not provided in the building, you can use the public parkings nearby (e.g. Fort Wedell)
Meals: each participant will cover their own meals (including the networking dinner), coffee will be provided in the breaks.
Networking dinner: 4 June, location to be defined later.
We are looking forward to meeting you all in Luxembourg!
Kind regards,
Denis Dechandon and Anikó GERENCSÉR
Publications Office of the European Union
Directorate A – Data, Information and Knowledge Management Services and Artificial Intelligence Exploitation
A.1 – Data and Format Standardisation Services
A.1.002 l Reference Data and Style Guide
20, rue de Reims • L-2417 Luxembourg
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