Search Solutions 2025: BCS IRSG’s annual event on search & information retrieval. Join our Tutorial Day on 25 Nov 2025!
Agenda
9:00am - Session 1
10:30am - Coffee break
10:45am - Session 2
11:45am - Session 3
12:45pm - Lunch
1:45pm - Session 4
3:15pm - Coffee break
3:30pm - Session 5&6
6:00pm - Event ends
Synopsis
The good news is that you will receive three high quality tutorial on the timely and important topics in professional search between 9am and 6.30pm on 25th Nov 2025.
The topics are:
- Alessandro Benedetti, Sease Ltd. - Search Quality Evaluation in the era of LLMs and vector search
- Cédric ULMER, CEO @ France Labs - what does it really mean to add genAI to Open Source Enterprise Search?
- Radu Gheorghe, Vespa.ai - Lexical, Dense and Sparse Vector Search with Vespa.ai
Hands-on tutorials exploring the latest advances in vector search, Large Language Models, and Generative AI, equipping delegates with practical tools and insights to design, evaluate, and enhance next-generation search systems.
Ticket costs
(Prices stated are inclusive of VAT and fees)
- BCS/ISKO members: £92.00
- Non-members: £110.00
- Students: £80.00
Refunds/cancellations
A refund, excluding fees, will be issued if a cancellation request is received within 14 days of the booking date or by noon on Wednesday, 19 November 2025; otherwise, name substitutions will be allowed after this date.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. Join BCS today
Please note: if you have any accessibility needs, please get in touch with the event organisers and they’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
This event is supported by: Information Retrieval specialist group
