Merge pull request #137 from FAIRdom/fairdom-cofest-2026-news

Add news on upcoming CoFest event

Author: PhilReedData

_events/2026-03-02-FAIRDOM-CoFest-online.md

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 ## Details
 
 - **Date**: Monday, 02 March 2026
-- **Location**: Online (Zoom link to be shared nearer the time)
+- **Location**: Online (Zoom link provided upon registration)
 - **Start**: [8am Eastern, 13:00 GMT, 14:00 CET](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20260302T130000&p1=tz_gmt&p2=tz_cet&p3=tz_et)
 - **End**: [10am Eastern, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20260302T150000&p1=tz_gmt&p2=tz_cet&p3=tz_et)
 
 
 ## Topics
 
-We will work together on one topic at a time. The details of the topics will be announced nearer the time.
+We will work together on one topic at a time. The [details of the topics](/news/2026-02-02-fairdom-cofest) have been announced.
 
 - FAIRDOM-SEEK Knowledge Graph and Linked Data
 - Neo4J, Visualization and LLM enabling

_news/2026-02-02-fairdom-cofest.md

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+title: "Registration now open for the FAIRDOM Collaboration Fest Online"
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+![Fairground image](/images/news/fairground-bluegrey-wide.png)
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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 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](2025-03-13-connections-made-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 Langage Models (LLM) have been combined in NextSEEK to vastly reduce the time bioinformations spend filling out GEO forms. 
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+For full details and to register, please visit the [FAIRDOM CoFest Online 2026 event page](/events/2026-03-02-FAIRDOM-CoFest-online).