The ESWC industry track is a forum for exchanging ideas, results, and lessons learned amongst Semantic Web researchers, technologists, and product leaders across industry and academia. The goal is to learn from the process of bringing cutting-edge Semantic Web research to state-of-the-art applications and to align current research efforts with existing real-world requirements that justify the adoption of novel approaches in the face of otherwise unfeasible challenges.
The industry track aims to identify the application domains of Semantic Web technologies that yield significant business value, present the state of adoption of Semantic Web technologies in the industry, and facilitate a discussion about what current industry challenges can be addressed with Semantic Web technologies, the hurdles that may stand in the way of broader adoption, and any novel problems and use cases.
Topics of Interest
We welcome contributions from any industry and application area on topics such as:
- Adoption of Semantic Web technologies and knowledge graphs in real-world environments
- Creating business value through Semantic Web technologies and knowledge graphs
- Key factors for the success of adoption and challenges that stand in the way
- Experience with applying methodologies and best practices from academic papers: do they work? Do they scale?
- Transferability of results reported academic papers to an industry setting (real-world data, scalability)
- The combination of Semantic Web technologies with other (AI) technologies, such as information retrieval, ML over knowledge graphs, NLP, Human-AI interaction, distributed computing, stream processing, and Generative AI, in particular LLMs.
- Technologies for data and knowledge graph curation, evolution, quality, integrity, trust, and privacy
- Experience with publishing and reuse of FAIR data; data as a product
- Applications that rely on reasoning over (large) knowledge graphs
- Organizational challenges and how to overcome them (education, team topologies, data governance in an agile setting, project finance)
- Novel problems, use cases, and application areas that may spark additional research
… and others!
Successful submissions to this track will emphasize the following:
- Real-world deployment experiences and strategic decision-making related to Semantic Web technologies
- Success stories, or failures, from the deployment of Semantic Web technologies
- Discussion on the scalability and applicability of the technology and the interplay between non-semantic and Semantic Web technology.
- Quantitative measurements of the business value created by using Semantic Web technologies and a clear description of the impact in the respective industry, as well as motivation for the need for Semantic Web technologies
- Concrete lessons learned from experiences, both technically and organisationally, and identification of areas where further or novel research is needed
- Challenges in industrial applications for which Semantic Web technologies represent an opportunity to address the challenge, including motivation and approaches for using Semantic Web technologies.
Across all submissions, emphasis should be put on demonstrating the business value and impact created by using knowledge graphs and Semantic Web technologies to address real-world industry problems. We explicitly welcome papers that report on “negative” results.
Come join us at the ESWC 2025 industry track to share your experience!
Benefit
Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to present their work at the main ESWC 2025 conference and discuss their contributions with industry leaders, leading researchers, and practitioners.
All accepted contributions will be published in the satellite proceedings.
Your Submission
We welcome submissions with original content and will not accept already published papers, advertisements, or sales pitches. Each submission must include at least one author with a non-academic affiliation. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the conference to present their contribution.
Industry papers should be submitted as extended abstracts (4 pages including references) via EasyChair (coming soon).
Submissions must be in English and in PDF or HTML format, following the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
For details on the LNCS style, see Springer’s Author Instructions. For HTML submission guidance, visit the HTML submission guide.
Review Criteria
Reviews will be done by a committee of members from both industry and academia.
Reviews will be single and anonymous. The review criteria include the following:
- Maturity of the implementation and value created for the business
- The degree to which Semantic Web technologies play a key role in the experience
- Insights and Lessons Learned for other applications or the research community
- Clarity and quality of the description
Important Dates
| Submission deadline | March 21, 2025 |
| Notification to authors | April 11, 2025 |
| Camera ready papers due | April 25, 2025 |
All deadlines are 23:59 anywhere on Earth (UTC-12).
Track Chairs
Josiane Xavier Parreira (Siemens AG Austria, Austria), josiane.parreira@siemens.com
Diego Collarana (Fraunhofer FIT, Germany), diego.collarana.vargas@fit.fraunhofer.de
Delineation from Other Tracks
The industry track aims to identify the application domains of Semantic Web technologies that yield significant business value. The goal is to align current research efforts with existing real-world requirements that justify the adoption of novel approaches in the face of otherwise unfeasible challenges. Hence, submissions to the Industry track have the potential to extend beyond the examination of technical challenges in applying Semantic Web technologies to specific use cases. They should encompass discussions on the application’s current and anticipated value within a distinct industrial domain.
Papers offering a more detailed, technical, and scientifically focused description of a real-world application should be submitted to the In Use track, whereas papers focusing more on the achieved or intended value of an industry application are suited for the Industry track.
Emerging applications that have not yet been deployed (proofs of concept) and do not primarily aim at business value may be better submitted to the Poster and demo track.
