SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2025 - London, 26 Nov

Search Solutions 2025

Wednesday 26 November 2025, London

Innovations in Search and Information Retrieval

Search Solutions is the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group=E2=80=99=
s (BCS IRSG) annual event focused on practitioner issues in the arena of =
search and information retrieval (IR). We bring together practitioners, r=
esearchers, analysts and end users to discuss the latest developments in =
the IR community and to share insights between research and practice.

The event consists of a Tutorial day (25 November) and a Conference day (=
26 November), each of which has a separate registration.The conference da=
y includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industr=
y leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information re=
trieval.


09:30 - 09:50 Registration and coffee
09:50 - 10:00 Introduction

We will then have a full day of talks and discussion. The detailed progra=
mme will be announced soon but here is the list of confirmed speakers so =
far:

* Alessandro Benedetti (Sease) =E2=80=9CSearch Quality Evaluation in the =
Era of Large Language Models: RRE-Dataset Generator=E2=80=9D
* Jon Brassey (TRIP) =E2=80=9CHarnessing AI for Faster, Smarter Clinical =
Decision Support: The Evolution of Trip Database=E2=80=9D
* Gianna Cipponeri =E2=80=9CEvaluating Citation Quality and Context Faith=
fulness in Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Product-Specific Framework=E2=
=80=9D
* Mark Harwood (Ex Elastic Developer) =E2=80=9CPlasticine Not Porcelain: =
Shaping Embeddings Through Interactive Clustering=E2=80=9D
* Orland Hoeber (University of Regina) =E2=80=9CSupport Human Intelligenc=
e =E2=80=93 An Alternative to Retrieval Augmented Generation in Academic =
Digital Library Search=E2=80=9D
* Marianne Lykke (Aalborg University) =E2=80=9CRole of metadata and taxon=
omies in professional contexts=E2=80=9D
* Adam Roegiest (Zuva) =E2=80=9CInformation Retrieval Evaluation in the R=
eal-World: A Legal Tech Perspective=E2=80=9D
* Cedric Ulmer (France Labs) =E2=80=9CAdding GenAI to Datafari Community =
Edition - what and why=E2=80=9D
* Sean MacAvaney (University of Glasgow) =E2=80=9CRe-thinking re-ranking=E2=
=80=9D

16:30 - 17:15 PANEL SESSION
17:15 - 17:25 BCS SEARCH INDUSTRY AWARDS
17:25 - 17:30 Closing words


17:30 EVENING RECEPTION


LOCATION

Search Solutions is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Gro=
up of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and ISKO (International So=
ciety for Knowledge Organization), and is held at the BCS Central London =
Office:

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Ground Floor
25 Copthall Avenue
London
EC2R 7BP
https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-london-office-and-event-venue/


REGISTRATION

Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) for Search Solutions are as foll=
ows:

* BCS / ISKO member rate: =C2=A392
* Non-member rate: =C2=A3110
* Students: =C2=A380

Registration fees include lunch. Tea and coffee will also be available th=
roughout the day followed by a drinks reception in the evening.

Register here: https://IRSGSearchSolutions2025.eventbrite.co.uk



TUTORIAL DAY

Search Solutions also includes a Tutorial Programme on Tuesday, 25 Novemb=
er. A detailed programme will be announced in due course.

Tutorials are payable separately.


PAST EVENTS

Search Solutions has been held annually since 2007. For details of past e=
vents please see:
https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/infor=
mation-retrieval-specialist-group/conferences-and-events/search-solutions=
/

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