SEMIC 2026: Europe's interoperability conference comes to Dublin
HTC is attending SEMIC 2026, the European Commission's conference on semantic interoperability and digital government, at the RDS in Dublin on 30 November.
SEMIC 2026 takes place on Monday 30 November at the RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. It is the European Commission's flagship conference on semantic interoperability and digital government, organised by DG DIGIT with the support of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU. It is an in-person event, and the organisers expect more than 500 participants.
The theme is Interoperable Europe driving competitiveness: how reusable digital public infrastructure, common specifications and shared data can help public administrations avoid fragmentation and deliver more connected services. This year the practical workshops move into the main programme, so one day mixes high-level talks with hands-on sessions, alongside the SEMIC EXPO and the Public Sector Tech Watch Awards. SEMIC was last held in Dublin in 2013.
Why we're going: MapClick, our own software, keeps one sourced record for each real place, joining information from councils, national bodies and communities while keeping track of where each fact came from. Shared specifications, and data that keeps its meaning as it moves between organisations, are the same questions at European scale. We are attending to learn how public administrations are approaching them.
Who's on
- Dr Aida Kamišalić Latifić, keynote speaker, Assistant Professor and Researcher at the University of Maribor and former State Secretary at Slovenia's Ministry of Digital Transformation. Keynote: Turning Europe's AI investment into competitiveness: interoperability as strategic infrastructure.
Names as published by the organiser. Source: Interoperable Europe Portal: keynote announcement
From the organiser
Sources
- Interoperable Europe Portal: SEMIC Conference, used for: theme, organiser, Irish Presidency support, venue, workshops in main programme, EXPO, Public Sector Tech Watch Awards, images. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- Interoperable Europe Portal: Save the date, used for: date, SEMIC in Dublin in 2013, over 500 participants. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- Interoperable Europe Portal: keynote speaker, used for: keynote speaker, role and talk title. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- data.europa.eu: SEMIC 2026, used for: in-person event, one conference day. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- Interoperable Europe Portal: Registration, used for: EU Login account needed to register. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- HTC: MapClick, used for: MapClick wording. Checked 9 Oct 2026.
- HTC home, used for: MapClick keeps one sourced record for each real place. Checked 9 Oct 2026.