Text Analytics Forum

 The Text Analytics Forum

The Text Analytics Forum is the leading conference on text analytics. It was started by Tom Reamy in 2016 and is co-located with 4 other Information Today conferences. To open the conference, Tom Reamy gives an updated overview of the field of text analytics along with a quick presentation of the basics of text analytics. In addition, Tom has given a 3-hour text analytics workshop every year. Take a look at a sample workshop from 2020.

Text Analytics (TA) and the Integrated Enterprise

Unstructured text is everywhere and, despite multiple and varied attempt to get real value from all that text, it continues to be a problem child. Any solution requires an integrated approach to utilize all the varied types and uses of unstructured text. Text Analytics (TA) is a critical component for all efforts to utilize unstructured text in the enterprise and is the key to a successful integration of this essential enterprise resource. This year’s conference will explore how TA can enhance and be enhanced by 4 other key players: Knowledge organization (taxonomy and knowledge graphs), Search and search-based applications, Knowledge Management (KM) and learning, and, of course, Gen AI and machine learning.

Text Analytics Forum is also part of KMWorld 2026 which is comprised of five closely integrated events: KMWorld, Enterprise Search & Discovery, Text Analytics Forum, and Taxonomy Boot Camp. All four conferences are essentially connected and text analytics is the glue that connects them.

  • First, text analytics enriches KM with rich content, applications such as automated expertise location, and as a collaboration platform.
  • Second, text analytics is the best method for improving search by pulling data from text to create faceted search and automated or semi-automated metadata.
  • Third, text analytics uses taxonomies and ontologies to provide structure and is a means to apply the taxonomies to content.
  • Fourth, text analytics provides the technical and semantic foundation for Gen AI including well-structured training sets for Gen AI development

With all these rich interrelations, the best value is to register for our Platinum Pass and get access to all FOUR events! Register with code TR26 for super early bird pricing. Limited time offer!