FAIRDOM CoFest news

Author: PhilReedData

_posts/2025-03-14-collaborations-at-fairdom-mini-hackathon.md

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-In a change to the usual FAIRDOM User Meeting format, we hosted the first FAIRDOM Mini Hackathon on 20 Februrary 2025. Users, developers, leaders and advocates from seven institutions in five countries created an opportunity to collaborate, discuss and progress a range of matters and features which will be of benefit to the wider FAIRDOM-SEEK community. We also welcomed those interested in learning more about FAIRDOM-SEEK and how it could benefit their work.
+In a change to the usual FAIRDOM User Meeting format, we hosted the first FAIRDOM Mini Hackathon on 20 February 2025. Users, developers, leaders and advocates from seven institutions in five countries created an opportunity to collaborate, discuss and progress a range of matters and features which will be of benefit to the wider FAIRDOM-SEEK community. We also welcomed those interested in learning more about FAIRDOM-SEEK and how it could benefit their work.
 
 The mini hackathon format allowed us to discuss and plan upcoming work, without needing to commit any code immediately. We ran four projects in parallel, covering a range of concepts and teams.
 

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+title:  "Registration now open for the FAIRDOM Collaboration Fest Online"
+date:   2026-02-02 09:30:00 +0100
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+We invite you to register for the FAIRDOM Collaboration Fest (CoFest) Online. Users, developers, leaders and advocates will have an opportunity to collaborate, discuss and progress a range of matters and features which will be of benefit to the wider [FAIRDOM-SEEK](/products/seek/) community. We also welcome anybody interested in learning more about FAIRDOM-SEEK and how it could benefit their work.
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+The event will run on Zoom on **Monday, 2 March 2026** for 2 hours, providing opportunities for people in eastern North America, western/central Europe and western/central Africa to work together.
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+- Learn about FAIRDOM-SEEK features released in the last 12 months, thanks in part to your contributions at the [FAIRDOM Mini Hackathon](/announcements/projects/2025/03/14/collaborations-at-fairdom-mini-hackathon/) in February 2025.
+- **Topic 1: Knowledge Graph and Linked Data**. Join a discussion about querying the public knowledge graph of a FAIRDOM-SEEEK instance, through writing SPARQL queries, using Triple Stores and Extended Metadata.
+- **Topic 2: Visualization and LLM Enabling.** Watch a presentation about how Neo4J, visualization tools, and Large Language Models (LLM) have been combined in NextSEEK to vastly reduce the time bioinformaticians spend filling out GEO forms. 
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+For full details and to register, please visit the [FAIRDOM CoFest Online 2026 event page](https://fair-dom.org/events/2026-03-02-FAIRDOM-CoFest-online).