5th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Knowledge Graph Construction (NLP4KGC 2026)

Co-located with ISWC 2026 | October 25–26, 2026 | Bari, Italy

NLP4KGC 2026 is the fifth edition of the International Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Knowledge Graph Construction. The workshop focuses on methods and approaches for knowledge and data extraction from text, as well as theoretical and practical aspects of using NLP and semantics for Knowledge Graph construction. This edition emphasises emerging topics, including the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic AI systems for knowledge graph construction, while highlighting Responsible AI practices. The workshop is co-located with the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2026) in Bari, Italy.

Important Dates

• Abstract deadline: July 10, 2026
• Paper submission deadline: July 17, 2026
• Notification of acceptance: August 21, 2026
• Camera-ready version due: September 11, 2026
• Workshop date: October 25–26, 2026

Submission Guidelines: All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full research papers (up to 12 pages) describing original research on NLP techniques for knowledge graph construction.
• Short papers (up to 6 pages) describing work-in-progress, negative results, position papers, dataset papers, or system demos.

Papers must be written in English, in PDF format, and formatted using the CEURART single-column style by CEUR-WS. Authors must include a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license footnote on the first page and a Declaration on Generative AI as required by CEURART.

• CEURART Overleaf Template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/wqyfdgftmcfw
• CEURART Author Guidelines: https://ceurws.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/ceurws-publishes-ceurart-paper-style/

Papers will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the program committee following double-blind peer review.

List of Topics: We invite submissions on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Natural Language Understanding

• Entity extraction and resolution
• Text entity relationship extraction and linking

Knowledge Graph Construction

• Ontology learning from text
• Neural network architectures for knowledge graph construction from text
• Explainable AI for knowledge graph construction from text
• Use of LLM agents, tools, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Graph RAG approaches combining graph-based methods with RAG

Responsible AI

• Knowledge Graphs for Bias Mitigation
• Interpretability and Explainability in Knowledge Graph-driven assessment
• Responsible AI frameworks for knowledge graph systems

Committees

Workshop Chairs

• Prof. Edlira Vakaj, Birmingham City University, UK
• Dr. Nandana Mihindukulasooriya, IBM Research, New York, USA
• Dr. Sanju Tiwari, Sharda University & TIB Hannover, Germany
• Dr. Rizou Matina, SingularLogic S.A., Greece

Organizing Committee

• Mohamed Ragab, Birmingham City University, UK
• Malik Uzair, Birmingham City University, UK
• Youssef Senousy, Birmingham City University, UK

Program Committee

• Sima Iranmanesh, Birmingham City University, UK
• Sule Yildirim, NTNU, Norway
• Veronika Heimsbakk, KPMG, Norway
• Amna Dridi, BCU, UK
• Hansi Hettiarachchi, Lancaster University, UK
• Thomas Beach, Cardiff University, UK
• Hadeel Sadanay, Birmingham City University, UK
• Vladimir Alexiev, Ontotext, Bulgaria
• Jagdev Bhogal, Birmingham City University, UK
• Ellie Young, Common Action, USA
• Hossein Ghomeshi, Shipamax, UK
• Ryan Mcgranaghan, NASA, USA
• Stamartina Rizou, Singular Logic, Greece
• Gaetano Rossiello, IBM, USA
• Katarina Karii, IKEA, Finland
• He Tan, Jönköping University, Sweden
• Diellza Elshani, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Ronakkumar Panchal, Gujarat Technology University, India

Publication: NLP4KGC 2026 proceedings will be published on CEUR-WS.org as part of joint workshop proceedings co-located with ISWC 2026.

Venue: The workshop will be held at The Nicolaus Hotel, Bari, Italy, on October 25–26, 2026, co-located with ISWC 2026.

Contact: All questions about submissions should be emailed to: 5thnlp4kgc@gmail.com