My fellow Solr community members, I'd like to invite you to MY conference in MY home town of Charlottesvile Virginia, Haystack ;-). Haystack is focused on the value side of search. It's where we talk about how to meet those business goals that our companies set for us! It's where we talk about ways to delight our users, and how do we even know that we are doing that in the first place? It's a small practitioner focused conference, limited to 150 people. Oh, and each of you is invited to my house for a BBQ on Monday night ;-).
We have a pretty amazing set of speakers lined up, https://haystackconf.com/2025/, including our very own Trey Grainger: ⭐ Don’t miss AI-Powered Search Authors Trey Grainger and Doug Turnbull at Haystack US 2025! ⭐ We’re excited to share that Trey Grainger and Doug Turnbull will be taking YOUR questions live at Haystack US 2025! On Thursday, April 24, you'll have the rare opportunity to tap into decades of search expertise from two pioneers who have helped leading organizations solve their most complex search challenges. Curious about: ➡️ Dense vs. sparse vector search? ➡️ Semantic knowledge graphs? ➡️ RAG best practices? ➡️ Query intent interpretation? ➡️ Or any cutting-edge search and AI topic? This is your chance to ask anything – or see if you can "stump the chump" with your most perplexing search questions. Early bird pricing ends this Saturday, March 22 so register today! https://www.eventbee.com/t/292625631/solr There are also workshops, a meetup, co-working time, and for those lonely Search Product Managers out there, even a barcamp just for them! Got some questions? Email me. Eric
