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The Connected Data triple 10X effect: Foundations, Impact, Community


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10 years of connecting data, people & ideas. 10K+ leaders and innovators. 10 reasons to join Connected Data London 2025.


We're celebrating a key milestone this week as we broke the 10k LinkedIn followers threshold.  This is an opportunity to reflect on the origins and the spirit of our community, looking back at 10 years of consistent growth and looking forward to what’s coming next.


Haven't yet joined our 10k strong community? Follow us on LinkedIn below:

Connected Data Foundations: 10 years of growth


Founded in 2016, Connected Data London defined and brought to the fore a new domain. We have been working ever since with community and partners to push the boundaries of innovation, awareness and adoption on the intersection of Knowledge Graphs, Graph Databases, Analytics, AI, Data Science and Semantics Technology.


We are like you. Practitioners, enthusiasts, data geeks extraordinaire. We are looking for insights in data, order in chaos, and meaningful connections. We love playing with data, graphs, algorithms, semantics. It’s more than a job – it’s a passion.


Back in 2016, we felt something was missing from the events picture. An event that is focused, but not niche. Inclusive, but selective.


An event that is vendor neutral and no-nonsense. An event that gets today’s leaders and tomorrow’s innovators together, and lets everyone mingle and share the knowledge. We wanted an event that connects more than data and technology – an event that connects people and ideas.


So we made the road by walking, and put our money where our mouth was: we started our own event. Connected Data London has consistently grown since those early days to be the largest conference of its kind and we look forward to continuing to support our vibrant community.


Connected Data Impact: 10K+ leaders and innovators


Ten years later, the impact of the technology and the community behind it is growing. The knowledge graph market alone is estimated at USD 1.06 billion in 2024 to USD 6.93 billion by 2030, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 36.6%.


Connected Data’s audience has grown from ~6K to 10K followers between 2024 and 2025 on LinkedIn alone. This organic growth far exceeds the projected CAGR for the market at over 60% YoY - and that's not even taking into account our other channels - X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, podcast platforms and our mailing list.


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These are impressive numbers, but this is about more than just numbers. This impact is about all of us and all of you.


The Connected Data community is a core of industry leaders and innovators who have been around for more than a decade by now, plus a growing crowd of newcomers introduced to graphs by GenAI gaining exposure to the expressiveness of graphs and their ability to keep AI honest.


Everything is connected. Graphs exist to model connections. This is why graphs are everywhere. Today, there are more data points to be connected than ever before. There are also more connections made faster than ever before. And people are realising and leveraging the importance of these connections more than ever before.


We are honoured by your trust, and humbled to have contributed our part to spreading the word and the knowledge. We don't think of our community as followers, but as leaders and innovators.


We're building this community together, for those who use the Relationships, Meaning and Context in Data to achieve Great things.

Connected Data Community: 10 reasons to join us in London in 2025


Connected Data London 2025, our flagship conference, is taking place on November 20 - 21 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge. CDL25 offers a rich programme and unrivalled networking and learning opportunities. Here are 10 reasons to attend:


  1. Be inspired by our Keynotes


In "AI’s Defining Moment: From Hype to Lasting Impact with Connected Data", Synapse Partners Co-Founder Evangelos Simoudis combines his perspectives as a venture investor, corporate advisor, and neurosymbolic AI expert to highlight the issues enterprises, startups and governments will need to address if AI is to fulfill its promise and avoid the weak outcomes seen in past AI efforts.


Look out for our second Keynote, which will be announced in the coming days! Hint: expect to learn the story behind the largest cybersecurity graph in the world, worth billions.


  1. Network in a perfect blend of premium and friendly environment


Connected Data London has been described by the people attending it as "the event where everyone talks to everyone else", and that's the biggest compliment we could possibly ask for. A friendly community, welcoming newcomers and experts alike.


And to take things up a notch, don't miss our Community Dinner. Back by popular demand, bigger and better. Join 100+ fellow connected data practitioners for an excellent opportunity to network & connect with industry leaders and speakers in an informal setting.


Connected Data London 2025 features leaders from the likes of ABB, Accenture, Airbus, AstraZeneca, Bloomberg, Capgemini, Delta Air Lines, EY, National Highways, Netflix, Neo4j, Nvidia, Rabobank, SAP, S&P, ServiceNow, Vodafone, and more.


  1. Meet community legends


CDL25 features a range of returning speakers. Connected Data community legends Tara Raafat and Tony Seale are back. Tara will take us beyond technology, focusing on the human blueprint for building an Enterprise Knowledge Graph. Tony will share lessons from the front line of Enterprise AI leveraging the Neural-Symbolic Loop.



  1. Learn hands-on skills you can use in your daily work


On November 20, our programme is dedicated to Masterclasses: hands-on tutorials in which instructors teach attendees skills they can use in their daily work. These are just some of the 15 top-quality Masterclasses featured in our programme.



  1. Facilitate AI adoption, build on Connected Data foundations


GenAI is making headlines and driving many newcomers towards Connected Data technology as the best way to ground AI with meaning and semantics. Topics on the intersection of Connected Data and Large Language Models / GenAI such as GraphRAG and Agentic AI are well-represented in our programme.


But there is more to Connected Data than AI. Over our Nodes, Edges, and Educational tracks, leaders and innovators will cover topics ranging from the foundations of knowledge graph and ontology-driven data model creation and management within organisational practices, to cutting edge innovation.


  1. See how leaders in global brands are using Connected Data


Our Nodes track focuses on use cases, featuring presentations with little technical details aimed primarily at a business audience. Mara Inglezakis Owens will expand on the interplay of knowledge graphs, AI, and work in contemporary IT organisations such as Delta Airlines.


Torsten Jedicke and Robin Osagie will take us along on Vodafone's journey to semantic models in action, and Dharmendra Rana will share how knowledge platforms work at S&P Global.


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  1. Boost time to market with our partner solution providers


Connected Data London is growing roots as a global agora for knowledge exchange and networking. Our partners will be exhibiting and showcasing their platforms and expertise, offering a head-start for building Connected Data solutions.


AWS, Bloomberg, EXFO, Turing Biosystems, Data Graphs, Graphifi, Linkurious, metaphacts, Semantic Partners, and Senzing are partnering with us to bring CDL25 to life, and are looking forward to welcoming everyone to London. Look out for more partner announcements in the coming days!


  1. Experience Connected Data innovation


Our Edges track focuses on innovation, featuring presentations with some technical details aimed at both business and technical audiences. Alexandre Bertails will show how the Unified Data Architecture works at Netflix.


Felix Sasaki will show how SAP uses Knowledge graphs to foster natural language access to enterprise systems, and Brad Rees and Joe Eaton will share how Nvidia benchmarks GraphRAG to measure benefit.


  1. Get up to speed with technical approaches


Our Educational track focuses on applications, featuring presentations with more technical details aimed primarily at a technical audience. Irina Adamchic will show how GraphRAG can be made uncomplicated and nearly LLM-free, using a fixed entity architecture and Cypherouting.


Andrea Gioia will share what happens when Data Vault meets ontologies, making the case this is the perfect match for building and evolving knowledge graphs in distributed environments. Gulay Canbaloglu will elaborate on the creation, population and enrichment of knowledge graphs with the help of AI.


  1. Connect with our team


The hosts for our Nodes, Edges and Educational track, as well as the Connected Data team are here to facilitate things and help everyone get the most out of CDL25.


Maya Natarajan is hosting the Nodes track. Maya is passionate about bringing different technologies together to solve complex problems and champions graphs to bring context to various systems. She has decades of experience in high-tech.


Paco Nathan is hosting the Edges track. Paco is a Principal DevRel Engineer at Senzing leading the Knowledge Graph practice area, and is a computer scientist with +40 years of tech industry experience and core expertise in data science, natural language, graph technologies, and cloud computing.


Katariina Kari is hosting the Educational track. Katariina, with dual Master’s in Science and Music, specializes in the semantic web, notably having led the creation of IKEA Knowledge Graph and Zalando’s Fashion Knowledge Graph to enhance customer experience.


Connected Data founders James Phare and George Anadiotis will also be around and excited to connect with community members. This year also represents another leap forward in growth working for the first time with a dedicated team of event management professionals comprised of partners EventWorks and Reset Connect.


Will you join us across the two days?


Explore the full programme for yourself, and book your ticket to join us now! Benefit from advance pricing to save 15%, valid until Friday 24 October.



 
 
 

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